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TUESDAY KOKNISU, DEC. 6.
Superior Court Yesterday.— The
case of Greenwood ys. Gray, was con
eluded in the morning. The decree of
partition was granted. The law points
being decided agaii.sl the plaintiff. It
is understood ,l ecase will be appealed.
Defendant stands costs. Tbe case of
Baxter vs. Hays, on claim to recover
money for mules, was being tried wbeu
Court adjourned.
Another Killing in Alabama.—
Mr J. J. Dumaß, a respected gentle
man and man of means, well known in
Columbus, was killed Sunday, near his
residence at Society Hill, by O. A. j
Fields. A thousand dollars is offered
for the arrest of the slayer, who is not
tbe Fields, as was rumored on the
streets, who was so long a policeman
aud once Military Deputy MarsLal in
Ibis city. We have heard no particulars
Another Burned. —The gin house
of Capt. T. 8. Fontaine, on the “Boykin
place,” in Alabama, some twenty miles
below Columbus, was burned last
Thursday in the day time, about 12
o’clock. The agent of Capt. F., Mr.
Jackson, was in the house at the time.
The gin was well oiled, working slow,
and there was no fire witihin a quarter
of a mile. About twenty three bales
of cotton wore burned, and some six
bales and a quantity of cotton seed
saved. Cannot matches be banished
from cotton plantations?
TnE Catholic Churcii Bisnor
Peksico. —This distinguished prelate
preached twice Sunday to overcrowded
congregations. There waß not even
standing room. Numbers hud to go
away at night. In the morning ho cel
ebrated mass and delivered a brief ser
mon, some fifteen minutes in length.
In the evening, after Vespers, a hand
some address, welcoming him to our
city, on the part of the Parish, was de
livered by Captain John J. Grant, to
which a brief and cordial reply was
made. The sermon of the Bishop at
night is represented by good judges to
have been able, profound aud masterly,
lie spoke of the influences of Christian
ity on the world, the wonderful effects
wrought by it, of the late Council of
Home, aud many of the cardinal princi
ples of the Catholic Church.
The Bishop is a man of high culture
and polished manners. He is wonder
fully pleased with our city, and we un
derstand will hold his next Conference
here. He has produced a most excel
lent impression on the Parish and peo
ple. He returns to Savannah to-day.
The Treaty of Paris, which Russia is
now so anxious to have abrogated, was
signed on March 30, 1850, terminating
tho Crimean war. Persons not friondly
to the ex Emperor Napolean, assert
thut he was too tender to Russia during
these diplomatic negotiations, and that
lie sold out England in his anxiety to
make a friend of Russia. Allowing this
question to remain undisouased, it is at
least certain that some of the clausos
made that treaty sufficiently obnoxious
to Russia. With the purpose of pre
venting the growth of Russian mari
time influence in the Mediterranean, it
was provided that the Black Sea should
he neutralized—that it should remain
forever open to commerce, but forever
closed against vessels of war, an excep
tion being made in favor of some small
ships. Tho Black Sea thus being neu
tralized, it was declared purposeless and
useless for either Russia or Turkey to
maintain arsenals such as Sebastopol on
its coasts. These were therefore for
bidden. Those prohibitions wero the
chief points of the treaty. Russia was
obliged to cede a very small slip of ter
ritory in Europe, but her Asiatic pos
sessions remained intact. The princi
palities of Serbia, Moldavia and \Y r al
laehia were left under the suzerainty of
tlie Sultau, hut were guaranteed certain
rights and liberties by the powers. So
determined is England to prevent Rus
sian aggression in the Mediterranean
Unit she refused to permit the St. Peters
burg government to h ase the port of
Villa Franca for twenty yeurs, wtien
they attempted to do so in 1858. ,
Masonic. — The following are theoffl
eers of Barley Chapter No. 7, R. A. M.,
for the ensuing Masonic year, elected
Saturday night: M. M. Moore, M. E. H.
P ; I '.V. Duer, E. K.; R. 11. England,
K. ri.; F. A. Pomeroy, C. H.; John
King, P. S.; Win. Fee, K. A. C.; N.
Crown, M. 3d V.; A. Wittich, M. 2d
V.; J. A. Urquhart, M. Ist V.; S. 11.
Hill, Treasurer; Cliff. B. Grimes, Secre
tary; J. M. Hughes, Bentinel.
Tuk Unlucky Letter- The unlucky
letter which Gen. Grant wrote to one
of his subordinates in Missouri before
the late election, was used by Gratz
Brown in the canvass with terrible ef
fect. That unfortunate letter reads as
follows:
I regard the movement headed by
Carl Schurz, Brown & Cos., as similar
to the Tennessee and Virginia move
ments, intended to carry a portion of
the Republican party over to the De
mocracy, and thus give them control.
Show this to Newcomb, Easton and
Smith. 1 hope you will see your way
clear to give the regular ticket your
support.
Tho morning after the election all
the Brown papers had the following an
nouncement in blazing capitals:
brown's majority forty thousand!
SHOW THIS TO
NEWCOMB, EASTON AND SMITH !
U. 8. G.
The editor of the Lumpkin Telegraph
speaking of a recent trip to Columbus,
says ;
Cotton was coming in from every
direction so rapidly that sometimes the
streets wore completely blockaded with
wagons; and as we started away from
“town" we passed from one to a dozen
cotton wagons every few hundred yards
for about twenty miles. We believe
that Columbus is one of the best cotton
markets in Georgia, though buyers seem
to understand each other’s interest and
so modify prices as to have cotton up
when there is not much ortcriug and
down when the market is full. Outside
of the cotton trade there seemed to be
more stir than business. During our
stay, several thinking men spoke to ns
of the practibility and importance of a
Railroad from Columbus to Lumpkin,
which we think conld be easily done
if undertaken by a good company. It
would be far the most desirable and
valuable road to our town and county
that we can have, and we would join
heartily any effort to bring forward
such an enterprise, and our county
would do its full share in building such
a road.
Voters in Stewart County.
Whites 1,063; colored 1,795; total 2,858;
colored majority 785. White voters in
Lumpkin 86; colored 64; total 150.
VOL. XII.
(Skating Rinks and Sunday Reading
The wise man said there was nothing
new under the sun, but we venture to
atsert with all due reverence, that Solo
mon in all his glory, never saw a skat
ing rink. If he had erected one on his
kingly grounds when visited by the
Queen of Sheba, she would have been
more astonished at his magnificence
and ingenuity.— Charleston paper.
Why, there are plenty of Talmudists
in Charleston who could inform you
that that was one of the very things
Solomon got up for the astonishment of
his (air visitor. There is no mention
of skating, to bo sure, but the rink was
there, with the little fishes swimming
beneath the glassy surface through
which she essayed to wade to the royal
presence.—• Mobile Register.
We are not like some of onr cotempo
raries, »—(>.■ dally sensative about the
offspring of our minds. We believe in
the indestructibility of mental impres
sions, and care but little when our
bread is cast upon the waters, whether
the finder knows that it is ours or some
others bounty. Is it good ? is a more
important enquiry.
\V e will, in this instance, depart from
our usual custom, and correct the Mo
bile Register, both as to the credit and
fact. The credit should have been
given to the Columbus Sun, and we
beg to say, that a fi3h aud a skating
rink are entirely two different things—
the one is where fish swim under, and
the other is where “fair women and
brave men” swiin over the water.
Now if the skating rink had been there,
the Queen of Sheba would not have
been compelled to follow the example of
Mose’s wife, when she crossed the Big
Swamp (as related in Cousin Sally Oil
lard) “ lift her clothes like a fool" and
wade to the wise king. Solomon, how
ever, might have enjoyed the sight, as
he was no Joseph.
Speaking, however, of the origin of
skating rinks, we will give a tradition
as related by a good old preacher. Wo
know not where he picked it up, proba
bly in the Talmud, among the antiqua
rian researches of Rabbi Solomon ben
Isaac, known under the abbreviation of
Rashi.
The tradition may be new to some of
our readers, and we will add—
“ I cannot say how the truth may be,
1 tell the tale an ’twae told to nie.”
The tale is that on a dark, wet and cold
night in November, A. D. 50, the Devil
sat himself down on a rock, wearied
with walking to and fro through the
earth. He was very gloomy and per
plexed in spirit and the big tears rolled
down his iron cheeks. He anticipated
the labors of Faust, Guttenburg aud
Schoffer, and saw at once that if the art
of printing was a success, that his do
minion would end. He knew at once
that Bibles would multiply and the
light of virtue and knowledge would
cover the earth. He wished to block
this game and shuffle anew deck of
cards. He set his invention to work,
but was outwitted every time by only
two P’s—the Printers and the Preach
ers. Ho dropped his tail, stamped in
despair his cloven foot and scratched
his right horn. He struck He! Hein
vented a skating rink and vanished
triumphantly in a cloud of brimstone.
The old preacher chuckled and added
••lei us alone anU we will show him yei
how wo can countermine as well as he
can mine.” We will have the Bible
nowly revised, and have a command
ment which shall read—Thou shalt in
no wise skate, either under, on, or over
ice, brick or wood. This, he concluded
with a laugh, will do until the Devil
makes anew lead.
American Arms and Ammunition
for Tnu French. The American
steamship Ontarioleft Cowes(England)
on Friday morning for Havre, con
voyed by two French frigates. Her
cargo consisted of 18,000,000 cartridges,
90,000 breach loading muskets, a large
number of carbines and pistols and 55
cannon. These munitions are intended
for tho equipment of the Army of the
Loire, whose movements, it is said,
have been delayed by their non arrival.
California Beet Sugar.— The San
Francisco Alta California, ofa late date,
says:
Yesterday was a proud day for Cali
fornia. The first ton of perfectly crys~
talizod sugar from beets, grown on the
spot, was taken from the centrifugals at
the Alvarado mill yesterday. The
homo-made machinery worked charm
ingly, and the various processes were
perfectly successful. Tho triumph was
so complete that California may now
count on this industry as a permanent
institution, soon to be multiplied, until
in three years we shall be independent
ol foreign supplies, and we may expect
to be seeking outlets abroad for our
surplus.
The Southern Cultivator. —This
old stand by—for nearly thirty years
an honest and earnest laborer in the
cause of Southern agricultural improve
ment, and always a favorite of South
ern tillers of the soil—still maintains
the high character and position it has
ever enjoyed. The December number,
just received, is fully up to the Cultiva
tor’s standard—and that is saying all
that need bo said in its behalf—but the
remarkable feature, which deserves
special notice, is to be found in the ad
vertising department. The present
number contains over fifty fagbs of
advertisements—a most conclusive and
gratifying evidence of its prosperity.
Address Wa&W.L. Jones, Editors
Athens, Ga.
From North Carolina.— Raleigh,
l)tc. 3.—Alter a harmonious session the
Temperance State Convention adjourn
ed to meet at Franklinton in 1871.
Theodore N. Ramsey was chosen Pres
ident.
The Democrats of the General Assem
bly are caucusing nightly upon the sub
ject of impeaching Governor Holden
and calling a restricted constitutional
convention.
Hon. Josiah Turner, editor of the
Raleigh Sentinel, and ex United States
Senator T. L Cliuguiau had a personal
encounter on the streets this forenoon.
Canes were freely used. Air. Clingman
was very badly injured about the head,
having received "three or four severe
blows. Mr. Turner received one very
severe blow. Mr. Clingman made the
assault. The difficulty originated in
some strictures appearing in the Senti
nel upon Mr. Clingman.
The Taxes.— For the last four or
five days, until the Ist inst., U. L. Mar
tin, Tax Collector of Russell county has
been at Seale Station to receive the
taxes of all persons who had not paid
their taxes at his regular appointments
throughout the county. Os the general
State tax to the 30th ultimo, about $lO,-
000 were collected; of the general coun
ty tax to the the sine date, about $lO,-
000 were collected; of the special coun
ty tax, about $5,000 were collected.—
Russell Examiner.
Route of Cotton. —The first train
from Selma over the Western railroad
brought 700 bales of cotton, 500 of which
went through to Savannah, and 200
bales were shipped to Mobile.— Mont.
Mail.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
PRINCIPLES AND MEN-BEN. BUT
LER.
The motto of some is principles, not
men, and of others men, not principles.
Principles without men are mere shad
ows without- vitality men without
principles, good or bad, are neither
human, angelic or infernal. We can
judge of the man only by his principles,
and the principles only by the man.
Principles and men are the true criteri
ona of right and wrong, of freedom and
tyranny, of purity and corruption.
We select Benj. Butler, to day, as a
fit representative and a real personation
of Radicalism. With his cocked eye,
nature stamped with her signet villain
on his face, to be read by all. A decent
woman would shrink from him as from
a hyena, and a child would instinctly
cower under his cold blood-aliotten gaze.
Mean and cruel men have lived and
died, and the worms have eaten them,
but no tyrant ever before existed whose
name was linked with so few virtues
and so many crimes, and living, was so
universally despised, and dying, will
be so little respected or regretted. A
murderer, a thief, and a coward, he is
as an incarnate devil the type of Radi
calism—a vulture ready to scent human
blood find feast on the spoils aud mise
ries of nobler animals.
No man not a Radical, and no Radical
but Butler, could have mustered the
impudence to invoke a war with Great
Britain on account of the Alabama
claims and in order to prolong the evil
and miserable life of a fast dying party
of which he is the head and front. The
hero of Fort Fisher blows his horn right
lustily for the onset, but if the red ar
tillery should flash once more along our
sea coast, he would be the first found
safely bottled up or hid in a Dutch Gap.
Butler’s piratical appropriations of
silver ware, in our late struggle, has
only sharpened his teeth and whetted
his appetite for more plunder. He now
wishes to steal by wholesale. Nothing
but Canada, St. Domingo and the rest
of mankind will now satisfy his un
bounded stomach. The man is worthy
of his party and his party is aptly illus
trated by the man. Bad as we believe
the Radical party to be, this war with
Great Britain for selfish purposes, is
endorsed by few of its journals. The
New York Times denounces it as suffi
cient “to incur the execration of man
kind,” and the New York Nation says
that “the spectacle of a Christian public
buzzing about a personage like General
Butler, waiting for his views on peace
and war and political morality, is not
pleasant, even when ODe knows how
small his influence is.”
The Senate of Alabama. — This
somewhat anomalous body seems re
solved, judging from its whimsical con
duet during the past week, to obstruct
the legislative business of tho State.
The Senate refuses to do any work, or
to pass any laws, and does nothing
more than adjourn from day to day in
apparent, if not professed, sympathy
with the revolutionary proceedings of
Ex Governor Smith and his legal ad
visers. They draw their pay and mile
age quite diligently, and cost our over-
WAua aud Impuruilciica
ands of dollars, while playing to all in
tents and purposes, the part of confede
rates in the Smith conspiracy, actually
scheming to produce a condition of af
fairs that may invite Federal military
intervention in some shape, and thus
occasion trouble, expense and further
humiliation to the people of the State.
It is true there are two or three Conser
vative and two or three Republican
Senators who protest against this fool
ish and criminal course—but unfortu
nately they have not sufficient power to
influence their erring colleagues.— Mont.
Advertiser, 4 th.
Du. Samuel Bard.— The late Gover
nor of Idaho, and editor of the Atlanta
New Era, the Bard of the mighty Ulys
ses, has at last “closed his rear" and
advanced his front. With his paint
and feathers, he jumps into the political
war path like another Pallas fully arm
ed and equipped. Hear him for his
cause and be silent, that you may hear.
A close observation, sings the Bard,
upon the condition of the country, dur
ing my recent visit to tho ‘Federal Cap
itol’ and the Northern States, has forced
upon my mind the conviction that the
mission of the Republican party has
ended.”
“Alas poor Yo-rick! I knew him
well, a fellow of infinite wit, of most
excellent fancy.” Here, Doctor, is an
ounce of civet to sweeten you after
your lato associations ! You need it.
Taking Care of His Kin.— Bullock,
on an humble scale, is a pretty good im
itation of Grant. He has just about as
muefi brains, and just about as much
regard for laws and constitutions, and
the rights and interests of the people.
He turns up as standing by his kin as
Grant does. Last Thursday he drew
his warrant on the Treasurer for SSOO
to Robert H. Brown—his uncle from
New York—for drawing the title to the
James house. He has also made Brown
one of the Commissioners to revise the
Code. As it was the Attorney General’s
! duty to have drawn this title the people
don’t see why Brown, just because he is
i Bullock’s uncle, should have been paid
| for it.— Macon Telegraph.
The Russell Court House.—We
are informed that the Court of County
Commissioners, passed an order at its
session this week, directing A. B.
Eiland, Esq., Treasurer of the county,
to pay $6,000 to Simeon O’Neal, Esq.,
the contractor to build the Court House,
that he may at once commence
work upon his specifications. Mr
O’Neal will be ready as soon
as he can get the money appro
priated, to start to work. As
there will probably be ample funds in
the hands of the Treasurer to meet the
appropriation, we may expect that the
Court House buildings will be speedily
erected.— Russell Examiner.
The President's Message. A
Washington letter says: “It is now
given out, officially, that the message
is finished. The parties engaged in its
preparation have sent in the portions
allotted to them, and irmn their friends
enough is learned to know that it will
not be a very extraordinary document.
On foreign afi'airs, the old position of the
administration in regard to Cuba—that
there is uo war there, notwithstanding
the fact reported by the Captain Gener
al of the Island that of fifty six thous
and troops sent to put down the insur
rection, only fourteen thousand remain
will be reiterated. The scheme of
Canadian annexation will be advocated,
and the New England and Pennsylva
nia policy of protection will be support
ed, and an attempt made to show the
beauties and desirableness of ‘protec
tion to American manufactures’ by
levying taxes upon the American con
sumers of those articles.
A lawyer in Connecticut, not remark
able for his cleanliness of person, ap
peared at a party awhile ago with a
rose in his button-hole. do
you suppose it came from ?’’ said he to
a brother lawyer who was admiring it.
The latter looked up and down the en
tire length of the questioner, and with
great deliberation responded, “Why, I
suppose it grew there.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, IS7O.
TELEGRAPHIC.
By Telerrapb from Europe.
Berlin, Dec. 4.—King William tele
graphs the Queen that there was no
fighting of monjent on Saturday, at
Paris.
London, Dec. 4.—The military situ
ation, in the best informed is
deemed critical. Maatenfel has been
ordered to march to Paris.
It is stated that Bismarck will retire
from office unless the convention with
the South German States is adopted
without alteration.
Tours, Dec. 4. Gamhetta is here
to consult with officers of the Army of
the Loire.
The battle of Friday, in which the
16th and 17th corps were engaged, was
protracted and sanguinary; the Prus
sians using heavy artillery.
The Army of the Loire will receive
heavy reinforcements.
It is rumored that Ducrat is still near
Paris, and has been strongly reinforced.
He will soon take the offensive.
Berlin, Dec. 4.—The French loss
in the fight of the 2d, was seven guns,
one General, twenty superior officers,
and eighteen hundren men captured.
London, Dec. s.—The Saxon losses,
from, the 30th to the 2d, was 1,800.
Four Saxon regiments lost in officers,
15 killed and sixty wounded. The
French prisoners number about 8,000.
Advices from Paris Sunday night
state that no further attempt had been
made to force the Prussian lines.
Versailles, Dec. s.— The enemy,
the French, before Vincennes, has been
reinforced.
Treskow's division, in Friday’s fight,
took 7 guns and 1,800 prisoners.
Lyons, December 5. There was
fighting between Garibaldi’s and Wer
der’s forces all day Saturday, near
Antum. The French were successful.
General Cremtr is now actively follow
ing the flying Prussians.
Lille, Dec. 4.— The Prussian Army
operating in the North of France is
retreating toward Rheirns.
Tours, Dec. 4.—On Friday the Prus
sians re-captured Ferminieres, Gullon
ville, Neuville and Villepain. Heavy
fighting yesterday all along the line is
reported. The Pontificial Zouaves were
terribly cut up. Their commander,
Charetteau, was wounded.
Germans are bombarding Belfare.
Versailles, Dec. 4 Frederick
Charles deceived the French into the
forest of Orleans—capturing two can
non.
Florence, Dec. 5. —The Duke of j
Aosta officially notified the Deputation j
of the Spanish Cortes of his acceptance
of the Spanish crown. He will prob
ably accompany the Deputies to Mad
rid.
London, Dec. 5. —lt is stated that
Erlager is storing vast quantities of pro
visions at Havre for Paris when the
siege is over.
Constantinople, Dec. s.— Russia
furloughs her troops and consents to a
conference. This removes Turkisli ap
prehensions.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 5 Official
**.« sOn-. nr. nf U.n P.nr
siar.-’press as regards the Treaty of
Paris.
Tours, Dec. 5.-The Army of the
Loire, after spiking their guns and de
stroying their ammunition, evacuated
Orleans. The Piussians re entered j
Orleans at midnight. The French re
treated orderly.
Versailles, Dec. 5 —The French
have been driven from Chevilly, and
have abandoned Campegny. They are
massing at Creteil. The troops are suf
fering from intense cold.
Manteufl'el is at Rouen.
New York, Dec. 0 — The Herald’s
special from Tours, sth, says that the
train bearing Uambetta from Orleans
was fired into by the Prussians.
The French spiked 500 cannon before
: abandoning Orleans.
I The French retreated to Blois.
From VTasliitnetoii.
Washington, Dec. 5. House.
Dixon’s disabilities having been remov
| ed, Platt, of Virginia, moved that
I Duke’s credentials bo referred to the
Committee on Election. Lost.
| A resolution that Duke qualify passed,
j Notice was given by Reeves of the con
j test.
j Recess until 2 o’clock.
Washington, Dec. s.—ln tho House
j 173 members were present. Duke, of
! Virginia, was seated, taking the old
| oath. Sypher was seated from the Ist
Louisiana District.
After reading the President’s message j
the House adjourned.
In the Senate, a routine of business
was transacted, including the introduc
tion of bills to constitute Shreveport, j
La., a port of delivery; for the removal j
of political disabilities of citizens of;
Louisiana; to abolish all income taxes.
After the reading of the President’s I
message the Senate adjourned.
Washington, December G. —Admiral
Porter has written to Grant in oxplana- !
tion of his letter to Wells. Porter’s |
first impulse was to deny the authenti- (
city of the letter. Neither the Admiral ’
nor his Secretary could recall to their
recollection any circumstance of the
kind. The Admiral could not conceive
that he had uttered such sentiments, so
at variance with the sentiments he had
uniformly expressed towards Grant.
The Admiral says: “The letter was
private, and vindictive must have been
the heart which prompted its publics
tion at thia late day.” The Admiral is
glad that he remembers nothing about
the letter, because it is so poor a return
for Grant’s uniform kindness. Recall
ing the excitements of Fort Fisher, the
Admiral adds: “I presume it was while
under this excitement that I wrote the
letter which you say has made you lose
your faith in human nature. I have no
recollection of it any more than I would
have of other passing circumstances of
six years ago.” The Admiral then
says: “I do not write for the purpose of
exhoncrating myself, for I would rather
be the writer of the letter than its pub
lisher. The peace of political parties
and society would be placed in great
peril if all the private letters written
within the last six years were publish
ed,” and concludes with an expression
of regret for the loss of Grant’s friend
ship.
Senate.—Bill introduced giving the
Indian Territory a delegate in Congress.
House.—Redistribution of seats voted
down.
Gen. Hiram Waldridge, a well-known
merchant and railroad man and recent
ly prominently mentioned as Secretary
of State, is dead. He died at a store
house in New York.
Carl Schnrz participated in the Sena
torial caucus to-day.
Colored recruits have been ordered
from New York to Galveston, Texas.
Motly has accepted the hospitality of
the Queen of Holland. He will occupy
one of her houses while finishing his
history of the Netherlands.
The French Minister Treilhard has
been presented to the President. Treil
. hard appeared in plain clothes.
Bills repealing the income tax were
* introduced in both Houses to-day.
House. Bills were introduced re
mitting duties on materials used in
building vessels engaged in foreign
trade, and to enable American citizens
to register foreign vessels; repealing
the duty on sugar, tea and coffee; abol
ishing the franking privilege; abolish
ing the office ot Admiral and Vice Ad
miral of the navy—the former at once,
the latter when a vacancy occurs.
Resolution abolishing the Reconstruc
tion Committee was introduced by Cox,
but was objected to and went over.
Adjourned.
The Senate adjourned early to allow
the rearrangement of committees.
From Ohio.
Cincinnati, Dec. 6.— The wall of
the new gas company’s building was
blown down. Five carpenters buried;
four killed.
T. R. Spence was elected President
of the Cincinnati Tobacco Association.
Another nearly finished building was
blown down. None hurt.
Accounts from all directions report
severe winds.
From Alabama.
Mobile, Dec. 6.—The Democratic
municipal ticket was elected by over
one thousand majority.
Tbe Farmer's Clnl)-JI»rh Twain
Aiuodx tbe Buffalo Theorists.
As some of our intelligent and enter
prising agriculturists of Davidson, says
an exchange, are about organizing a
Farmer’s Club (something which ought
to have been done, by the way, long
ago), the following experience of Mark
Twain will be diverting to the mem
bers, if not edifying. Mark reports
proceedings as follows:
Ex-Constable Quinn desired the club
to inform him how to make hogs root.
Dr. Slow had been a practical farmer
for the last six weeks, and in all his
varied agricultural experience no such
article as hog’s-root had ever come un
der his notice. What was it? Was it
edible ? Was it useful in any way ? or
was it, as he more than supposed,
another worthless humbug devised by
the sharpers to defraud us practical
farmers ? He knew not whether it was
propogated by seeds or by cuttings, but
he would advise Mr. Quinn to be shy of
hog’s root, especially if it was a new
fangled or high priced tuber.
Mr. Moker, the agricultural writer,
explained the anatomy of the hog’s pro
boscis. It is designed for subterranean
foraging, by a process vulgarly called
rooting, to which Mr. Quinn’s inquiry
probably refer!ed. Being a delicate or
gan, it is liable to injury. He would
recommend that Mr. Quinn wipe his
hog's nose. If he finds it red, he may
be sure it is tender and needs -protec
tion by a metallic shield. Some resort
to the strategic advice of inserting a
wire ring in the hog’s nose, in his ef
forts to remove which he would natu
rally thrust his snout into the soil, and
thus root unwittingly. That was play
ing it rather low on the hog, and the
metallic shield was preferable on the
scote ot fair dealing aud philosophy.
Mr. Greeley exhibited a pumpkin of
his own raising. As it embodied Ids
solitary and crowning success, alter
several years of successful culture, the
club surrounded it with uncovered
heads and mingled emotions of surprise,
admiration ana envy. It was a superb
fruit, aud when Mr. G.’s hat was placed
on it, to illustrate its size and symme
try, the hat and pumpkin seemed so
perfectly adapted to each other, and al
together produced an effect so startling,
that several enthusiastic members
swore they would have known who
raised that pumpkin if they had seen it
anywhere. It is to be photographed by
Gurney, and next year’s Tribune sub
scribers will receive copies. The pump
kin was the flattering product of one
k.ml.nl „„ ,V, „ ! -
(JUampagna. Boon after bloßson.iug
the vine manifested an inclination to
wither. It was thereupon transplanted
to a large flower pot and removed to
the town residence of its founder. For
some time it pined and drooped, and
they sat up nights with it, expecting
i that every moment would be its last,
j but every moment turned out not to be
its last, and with careful nursing it
finally rallied and came up to maturity,
as cherished and tough a pumpkin as
ever grew.
! Dr. Sixbamtnera suggested that the
result of Mr. G.’s indomitable struggle
| with this pumpkin showed how every
j city family could provide itself with
pumpkin pie. He hoped to see the day
when every window sill in every city
would be adorned with fructifying
pumpkin pots, and every workman’s
cottage embowered in pumpkin vines.
Thomas Dodd, of New Hampshire,
! writes to the club that he is fifty years
old, infirm with consumption, has a
large family, teu dollars in money, and
wants to know what to do.
Mr. Moker—Go out to Greeley’s Col
ony, and invest in our irrigating ditch,
i llr. Layman—Buy a Texas ranche or
j a Florida orange grove.
I Dr. Smith—His health requires light
farming in a bracing climate. Let him
start an indigo plantation in Alaska.
Mr. Greeley—He musn’t come to
New York. His ten dollars wouldn’t
last a year; but out West he can invest
it and grow up with the country. If I
had gone West with ten dollars at his
age, I should be a happy man now, with
two suits of respectable garments, an
office, and a conscience guiltless of dis
trading tariff and farming essays.
Mr. Herrings invited the club to visit
his farm, thirty miles up the river, next
Wednesday, and inspect a horse radish
that he had been persuaded to vegetate.
The ground was tilled, subsoiled and
top dressed. He had expended on that
plant only half a ton of bone dust, one
cart load of ashes and a barrel of guano;
yet in spite of his neglect, it had within
a year grown to the size of his little
finger. Hiß foreman would explain to
the clerk the peculiar difficulty of rais
ing this rare exotic. He would treat
the club to a regular farmer’s dinner,
the materials for which he had already
engaged at the city markets.
The club accepted and adjourned.
Hogs at Cincinnati.—We extract
tho following from the circular of Ken
neday, Eckert & Cos., of Dec. 2d :
Since ours of the 25th ult., the weath
er has been very fine, with two or three
days too warm to slaughter with safety.
The arrivals of hogs are only fair and
hardly equal to the demand. We do
not look for larger receipts until a
change of weather takes place, as feed
ers are taking advantage of the same,
and holding back the hogs. Prices
have fluctuated some, but most of the
sales have been at about the same prices
as last reported, $6 25@6 00. Early
ia the week the very best sold at $6 25,
hut closed to-day at $6 40@G 60. Net
hogs are selling at $7 70 (o $7 90, ac
i cording to weight. We hear ol nocou
tracts for delivery ahead, packers pre
ferring to take the chances of paying
higher or lower prices later in the sea
son. The receipts to day were 5,121
head; for the week 46,428; less ship
inents 2,215; leaving 44,213 for packers
and city use. The total receipts for the
season are 160,784, against 120,781 same
time last year. The market for pro
duct closes quiet at quotations.
Forced to Strip by a Woman.— On
Tuesday, a gentleman riding along the
Washington road, in the neighborhood
of Rae’s creek crossing, discovered a
white man and woman engaged in a
very animated discussion. As he near
ed the pair, the woman complained that
the man had stolen two dollars from
her, and proclaimed that she intended
to institute a thorough search. Carry
ing out her proclamation, she drew a
pistol, and brought the man to a stand,
compelling him to divest himself of his
shoes, pants, coat and vest, leaving
I him protected by only a costume suited
to the sultry weather of August. The
search, however, was not successful,
except in convincing the subject of it
that some women are possessed of an
extraordinary amount of curiosity con
cerning even small matters.— Augusta
I Const.
ShprnisnT i'Mtnpaltrn in Northern
Osorxts-ltl* Finns Asainst John
ston.
We extract as follows from the spun h
of General W. T. Sherman at the recent
anniversary gathering of the army of
the Cumberland at Cleveland, Ohio, as
published in the Herald of that place:
“I well remember that morning in
May, when over the telegraph was
flashed to me the order for the army to
move. We advanced in three armies,
bearing directly down upon Joe John
ston, at Dalton. We all remember
when we first saw upon those hills the
first blue puffs of smoke from the rifles
of the skirmishers, followed by the
boom of the cannon, which told that
the battle had begun. From that time
till the last gun of the campaign was
fired, one hundred and nineteen days,
it was one unceasing battle. Not only
was the crack of the rifle our reveille,
but the sound of the cannon in the dis
tance soothed us to sleep at night, and
when the sound was hushed we awoke
from sleep. So long as the firing of the
pickets told us that they were awake
we were secure, but when all was quiet
we felt disturbed and anxious. I wish
I had time, and it were appropriate for
me, to follow in detail the movements
of those armies throughout the whole of
that devious campaign, over mountains,
across streams, and through those dense
woods and thickets. I have only time
on this occasion to give you a few
points, but before I proceed further I
want to thank you for your silence and
attention.
It was my hope and desire to crush
the army of Johnston by a single blow,
and while you of the Army of the Cum
berland were climbing the rough sides
of Rocky Face, I knew, what you did
not, that a brave and well appointed
army was moving to the right upon a
far more important line than that you
occupied. I listened anxiously for the
boom of the guns of McPherson, who
had moved through Snake Creek Gap
and was advancing on Resaca. When
the welcome sound came to my ears I
thought Joe Johnston was my victim,
but my plan was not entirely success
ful. Then all tho armies passed down
through Snake Creek Gap, like a steam
of lava from a volcano, upon Resaca.
Here I came within an ace of accom
plishing my purpose, Johnston only
escaping by a few minutes, as I have
had it from the lips of Johnston himself
since the war. Then we moved down
th« valleys to Cassville, where I sup
posed Johnston would fight. He has
told me since the war, and shown me a
copy of his order to that effect, that he
intended to give battle on the range of
hills below Cassville. lie said that he
had been out all day, and at night, when
worn and weary, Hood asked him to
supper. The subject of the coming
battle was discussed, and Hood told
him that his lines were enfiladed. John
ston told him that it was impossible,
hut Hood reiterated the statement, and
Johnston could not go into battle when
one of the most trusty corps command
ers was dissatisfied. The next morning,
when I had expected to commence the
decisive battle of the campaign, I found
the enemy’s position vacant.
Twenty years ago, when a lieutenant
of artillery, I passed on horseback
through Altoona Gap. I knew the place
and its advantages for defence, and I
surely thought Johnston would make a
stand there. I was not a little surprised
that he did not, and we had no choice
but to push on, for we would be satis
fied only with victory. Below Altoona
we met Johnston at New Hope Church
—that “hell hole,” rightly named. The
trees there yet bear the marks of that
conflict, torn and sundered as if by
lightning. Tho hardest fighting of the
campaign was during the we
There was no clear ground; it was alia
dense thicket, and none of us will soon
forget the fearful boom and crack of
•hose bloody days. We passed on and
at, length reached the railroad. Then
the heavy tains came on, and tho roads
were well nigh impassable, the wagon
trains were left behind, and at length,
with the Boldiers almost stripped and so
dirty that uone could scarce tell what
color they were, we arrived at Keno
I saw. Tho war became more interest
ing. We all remember that assault and
deplore the loss, but such is war.
But one day I saw in the early morn
ing, with my telescope, the blue coats
clambering up the side of the mountain.
Eagerly I watched them, and at length
I saw a man creep to the summit, peep
over for an instant, and then wave his
hand to his comrades, as if saying,
‘‘Come on, hoys!” 1 could almost hear
his voice, although I was four miles
away, and I knew the enemy had gone.
The General went on to narrate the
pressing of the rebel army across the
Chattahoochee, on the banks of which
they spent the Fourth of July. The
rebels supposed he would stop there,
but he did not—he was bound to go.
He detailed briefly tho crossing of the
Chattahoochee; the flank movement of
Schofield to Stone mountain; the battle
of Peach Tree Creek, which Hooker
would alway s remember; the closing in
of the lines around the fated city of
Atlanta; the fierce attacks of Hood,
whose army was hurled back with
frightful slaughter; tho grand flank
movement, after live weeks’ siege below
Atlanta, resulting in itsevacuation, and
gave a summing up of the results of the
campaign, which was, in fact, a contin
uous battle for 119 days.
A Thrilling Anecdote op Ben.
Butler’s Military Career. —About
twenty years ago, and long anterior to
the historical bottling up, he arosefrom
a private to a Brigadier of the militia in
his native State of Massachusetts. It
was at Groton (Stoncy Brook) that a
grand review was to take place, and the
embryo beast, puffed out with military
aspirations, issued divers cartels of
invitation, to certain gentlemen of Bos
ton, to witness the display, which
proved more than was advertised in the
bill of entertainment. Butler was so
drunk that he could scarcely sit upon
his horse, and under his eccentric bridle,
it became a matter of speculation
whether the Bucephalus was not as
drunk as the rider. Through him the
intended military pagent degenerated
; into a burlesque, which reached the
• climax, when one of Van Amburgh’s
showmen —for the famous menagerie
1 was being exhibited in the town that
day—started a monkey, tricked out in
I military costume and mounted upon a
pony, within the lines. The specta
tors screamed and the laughter became
hysterical, as the minature parody was
borne alongside of the Beast, who, as he
dimly realized the situation, made an cf
< effort to unsheath his sabre, but the con
tract was too weighty—he flopped over
and fell incuriously upon the sward;
the monkey, accompanied by a ringing
hurrah, galloped triumphantly from the
| field.— Cincinnati Correspondence Ham
\ Mon Herald.
Waltzing is, no doubt, to those par
ticipating, a delicious excitement, hut
to the looker-on, v/ho sees the arm of a
rival embracing the girl he adores, the
sensation is not very comfortable.—
Henry Eng/efield has thus expressed
the latter’s feelings :
“What! the girl I&tiore by another embraced!
What! the bal mos her breath shall another
man taste
What! presaec: in the whirl by another’s bold
knee !
What! panting reclined on another thau me '
Sir ! she's yours. You have brushed from ttie
grape its seft blue ;
From the rosebud you’ve Bhaken the tremu
lous dew;
What you’ve touched yon may take. Pretty
waltzer, adieu!’’
We heard of a boy the other day who
accidentally swallowed a silver half
dollar. They gave him warm water
and tartar emetic, and antimonial wine,
and poked their fingers down his throat
until the boy thought he would throw
up his toe nsils. After awhile a doctor
came along,who understood these cases.
He gave the boy a small dose of patent
medicine, ard in less than ten minutes
he threw up the half dollar in five cent
\ pieces. Science is a big thing.
WEDNESDAY MORN IN U, DEC. 7.
Col. Wright and his Disabilities.
Col. Wright, the Democratic caudi
date for Congress, in this District, de
nies the charge made by a Radical
paper that he petitioned for the removal
of his disabilities, as alleged. He says
that he made no pledge ot any kind,
aud that he did not express the wish
that no other Democrat in his District j
should be relieved until! lie could be
elected to Congress.
The paper that made the charge ex-1
cuses itself by saying;
It is no part of the mission of this !
journal to treat with discourtesy its po- j
litical opponents, nor to misrepresent
them either directly or indirectly.
No ! no ! You only adopt the Spartan
code of morality, that tho crime consists
in the detection, and not in the act.
But suppose Col. Wright did petition j
as charged, i3 not this a far better
record than the oath that he never sym
pathized or relieved thci sufferings of
those whose votes he now solicits? j
Let tho people answer !
A Temporary Judge.— ln the. case
of Theophelus Sapp, administrator, vs.
Collier & Raines, yesterday, on a suit
for the purchase money of lands, it was j
claimed that it fell under the Relief i
Law of cases that stand not ready for
trial—being founded on a contract made
prior to June Ist, 1865. The exception, j
lawyers tell us, is where the party
owing the debt was in possession of
land. The greater portion of the pur
chase money had been paid. Judge
Johnson having been of counsel iu the i
case, preferred someone else to preside.
Col. J. M. Smith, tho Democralic can
didate for the Legislature, was selected
as Judge, lie decided the case was an i
old one, and hence did not stand ready
for trial. Downing & Pou for plaiutiff; i
Biandford & Thornton for defendant.
The temporary Judge presided with that j
urbanity, dignity and courtesy which j
characterizes his every action,
Superior Court Yesterday.— ln j
the case of Baxter vs. Hays, suit for |
money due for mules, verdict was ior
defendant. Several orders were taken.
The suit of Barney Hawkins vs. Thurs
ton Andrews, both freedmen, for an
assault, claiming SI,OOO damages, occu
pied most of the session. Smith &A1
exander and Judge A. C. Morton for
plaintiff; Ingram & Crawford lor de
fendant. Tho jury had not returned
with a verdict when Court adjourned to
9 a. m. to day.
TnE Alabama Situation. Gov
ernor Lindsay has established his office
in the Capitol, lie lias appointed Col.
Gindrat as his private Secretary, and
Gou. Win. W. Allen as Chief of Staff.
The House recognizes him as Governor.
On Monday he complied with a requi
sition from Gov. Bullock of Georgia in
relation to the extradition of a fugitive
from justice. Auditor Reynolds has
declined to receive the official bond of
Treasurer Grant, who has deposited it
with the Secretary of State. Many tax
collectors are paying money so his
hands.
Ex-Governor Smith of Atalmmi* do
mes that ho has a negro guard. He
says: ‘‘l have never made any call for
militia, white or black. Neither have I
asked the assistance of colored men in
any way whatever as a body guard, or
otherwise, except in the capacity of
servants.”
Death of a Catholic Priest.—A
telegram received by Father Cullman
Tuesday morning, announced tho
death in Augusta, Monday night, of
Father Duggan, lie was well known
to our citizens, and highly esteemed.
Russell County.— Senator Martin
introduced a bill into the Senate on
Monday providing for an election to
permanently locate the county site of
Russell county, Ala.
Estimates ok Expenditures.---Mr.
.T. 11. Saville, the chief clerk of the
Treasury, who has been vigorously at
work with a largo clerical force almost
day and night during the past two
weeks upon the annual estimates of ex
penditures of the Government, has coin
pleted his task, and reports to the Sec
retary of the Treasury that the total lor
tho fiscal year ending June 30,1872,wi1l
be $280,272,35G, exclusive of estimated
balances.
The estimates for the current fiscal
year were $298,516,733, including
balances, to meet which the sum of
$272,308,307 was appropriated by Con
gress.
The War Department estimates, as
originally prepared by the chiefs of bu
reau, amounted to $37,775,435 72. —
Secretary Belknap reduced the bureau
estimates to $29,383,998. Tho appro
priations of this Department for the
current year were $29,321,397 22, in
cluding "the Military Academy, tor
I which $314,8G9 was appropriated. For
the support of the Bureaufor Freedmen :
and Reiugees, refunding to States the j
j amounts expended in raising troops,
J &c., the amount asked is $7,541,951.
[ For fortifications and works of military
defence, and for geographical surveys,
the amount asked is $3,699,200; for
rivers and harbors, $8,842,450; for pub
lic buildings and grounds in tlm Dis
trict of Columbia, $018,150.
Tho Navy Department asks for an
i appropriation of $20,683,317 77. The
amount appropriated for the current
: year is $19,250,290 20. An appropria
; tion of $1,344,494 is also asked to meet
a deficiency.
The Pension Office asks for $20,000,-
000, provided unexpended balances can
be used. Otherwise, the Bureau will
require an appropriation of $30,000,000.
For the Executive, Legislative and
Judicial Departments, the amount ask
ed for is $22,848,951 84. Included in
this is $575,520 for the Patent Office,
I and $220,240 for the Deparemeut of
Agriculture.
All these estimates are exclusive of un
expended bn! tweet*, and are made in
ronfiMoiit v with the ..v . t Jniv 12,
i 1870.
To compile these estimates has been
a very arduous task, but it has been ac- j
complißbed with great thoroughness and ,
in rigid conformity with the circular
sent to the heads of the executive bu
reaus by Secretary Boutwell some time
ago. Washington Patriot.
A Financial Caucus to re Held. —
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce says: j
An intention has been announced on
the part of certain gentlemen in Con-i
gress, who take a special intersst in
shaping financial legislation, to call a ;
private caucus of a few members of the ;
present Congress who are re-elected to j
the next, for the purpose of considering j
the financial situation and interchang
ing view3 as to what further is neces- j
sary to he done on the funding and I
currency question. Since Congress ad- \
journed a complete revolution has taken
place in some of their financial views,
but the general tendency of the change
has been to convert Congressional
financiers to the healthy belief that the
’ less they tinker with the finances the
better it will be for the country.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.— Girard Iron
Tube Works burned. Loss $175,000.
Three hundred and fifty workmen out
I of employment.
NO. 43.
THE SIRE AT MAN.
That man is great, amt ho alone,
w ho serves a greatness not his own,
lor neither praise nor pelf;
Content to know, an.l he unknown,
Whole in himself.
Strong Is that man, he only strong
To whose well-ordered will belong
For service and delight, ‘ '
All powers that, In despite of wrong,
Established right.
And free he is, and only he,
Who from his tyrant passions free,
By Fortune undismayed,
Hath power upon himself to l»o
By himself obeyed.
If such a man there lie, whcr’or
Beneath the sun and moon he lare,
Ho cannot faro amiss,
Great Nature hath him In her care,
Her cause is his.
Time cannot take him by surprise,
Fate cannot crush him ; he shall rise
Stronger from overthrow,
Whose arms a Heavenly Friend supplies
Against llcavon’s foe.
The merely great are, all In all,
No more than what the merely small
Esteem them. Man’s opinion
Neither conferred nor oan recall
This man’s dominion.
Lord of lofty life Is he,
Loftily living, tho’ lie bo
Os lowly l»lrth ; tho’ poor,
Ho lacks not wealth, nor high degree,
In state obsure;
Tho’sadden’d soil’d not, broken not
Tlio’ burthen’d by hts mortal lot
To strive with mortal sin.
And scald away with tears tho spot
That sinks not In.
Yet not with downward oyes morose,
Beat on himself, nor ear so close
Held to his own heart’s cell,
But that he sees, and fears, and knows,
And doth love well.
For tho’ ho lives aloof from ken,
The world’s unwitness’d denizen,
Tho love within him stirs
Abroad, and with tho hearts of men
His own confers;
The Judge upon the justice-seat,
Tho brown-back'd boggar In tho street,
Tho spinner In the sun -,
The reapers reaping In the wheat,
The wan-cheekd nun—
He nothing human alien dooms
Unto himself, nor disesteems
Man's meanest claims upon him,
And where he moves, the mero sunbeams
Drop blessings on nhu.
r [Oisoi Meredith.
From the Montgomery Advertiser, Bth.
Commit nictation of Kx-Uov. Smith
to the General Assembly of Aln
bsuis.
Whe following document was sent in
to the Senate yesterday by Ex-Gover
nor Smith. If it had been communica
ted to tho General Assembly before the
opening and publishing of the returns
for Governor, it would have been an
official document. As it is, we submit
it to our readers as a paper containing
information on matters interesting to
the public, and reserve what comments
we may have to make for another oc
casion :
State of Alabama, l
Executive Department, p
Montgomery, Dec. sth, 1870. J
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of
Representatives:
In obedience to a constitutional re
quirement I submit such information as
is deemed sufficient to show the condi
tion of the State Government.
The present bonded indebtedness of
the State is five millions three hundred
and eighty-two thousand, eight hundred
dollars, ($5,382,800.) Upon this in
debtedness tho interest has been prompt
ly paid as it matured; and thus tho in
tegrity and credit of the State been
fully maintained.
I herewith transmit the annual reports
of the State Auditor and State Treasu
rer, which show, in detail, the receipts
and expenditures for last fiscal year.
Finacially speaking the State is in a
good condition, and free from embar
rassment.
It is the settled practice of the Gener
al Assembly, when an appropriation
bill ia passed, to embrace therein an
amount to be applied to incidental and
contingent expenses of the State Gov
ern uieut. There is a law regulating the
nvnanHitiirfl ot’ALia fund wliUUi ellectu
rtlly £-uardu tlio 'l'xeJttiJUry against its im
proper use. During the last fiscal year
the State was subjected to a considera
ble expense on account of law suits and
other incidents that were unforeseen at
the time the last appropriation bill was
passed. The consequence was that the
amount named in the appropriation was
exhausted before the expiration of the
year. This being the case, it was
found necessary to resort to tho au
thority conferred in “An Act to provide
for a temporary loan for the State,” ap
proved August 11, 1868. Under this
act expenditures to a limited amount
were made; no more, however, than
were absolutely essential to the public
service- For all tiro expenditures thus
incurred, regular vouchers are filed,
showing the amount paid; by whom re
ceived; and for what purpose.
I send herewith a copy of the report
of the officers of the Alabama Insane
Hospital, at Tuskaloosa. Tho report is
very full, and Bhows tho condition and
practical workings of the Institution, in
ail its details. Much credit is duo the
officers of the Hospital for the efficient
manner in which it isconducted. Doc
tor I‘. Bryce, theabloand accomplished
Superintendent, has proved himself to
be one of the best queers of his claBS in
the country. Under hi,B Superintend
ency, has the Alabama Insane Hospital
been raised to u high rank among insti
rations of the United States for the care
of insane persons. He is not only effi
cient in tho ordinary management of
patients in the Hospital; but his report
shows that his chief care is to improve
the mental condition of the inmates,
and if possible to restore them to reason.
His success in this laudable work
shows hi« familiarity with the cstab
fished results of science and practical
experiments in connection with the
treatment of the mentally embecile.
The report contains many suggestions
and recommendations to which your
attention is invited.
Under the laws providing for the en
dorsement, by the State, of the first
mortgage bonds of Railroad companies,
endorsements have been made for the
following roads : the Montgomery and
Eufaula road ; the Alabama and Chat
tanooga road; the Selma and Gulf
road ; the Selma, Meridian and Mem
phis road; and the South and North
Alabama road. By a special Act pass
ed at the last session of the Legislature,
the rate of endorsement for the last
named road is twenty-two thousand J
dollars per mile. For all the other
roads the endorsement is sixteen thou
sand dollars per mile. Up to the pres
ent time endorsements have been made
as follows:
For Uie Ala. & Chattanooga Koail 250 miles
•• “ JSelma Marion it Memphis “ 40 miles
“ South 4c North Alabama “ 95 miles
“ " Montgomery 5t Eufaula “ 15 ini on
“ “ Selma & (Full “ _J» “ ilea j
Total mlle3
The interest on all the indorsed bonds
has been regularly paid by the several
Railroad companies as it fell due ; and
there is no reason to apprehend any
failure to pay it promptly as it matures
hereafter. The construction of the
various roads entitled to endorsements
is being prosecuted with commendable
vigor. There is every reason to be
lie've that they will prove successful en
terprises, and contribute greatly to the
prosperity of the State.
By an act approved February 25,
1870, it was provided that bonds should
be endorsed by the State for the Mobile
and Montgomery Railroad company to
the extent of two millions five hundred
thousand dollars. The law prescribes
the manner in which the proceeds of
these bonds shall be applied. It was
required that, before any of the bonds
were indorsed, all tho liens on the Road
should be discharged so that the State
would have a first mortgage for the
bonds indorsed. In negotiating for the
j existing bens, the company was author
I ized to pledge the proceeds of one mil
! lion of bonds. The indebtedness being
discharged, the company was allowed
an additional amount to be applied to
the outfit, repairs and equipment of the
Road from Montgomery to Tensas. It
is provided, however, that the aggre
gate amount to bo applied to the dis
charge of the liens and repairs of the
Road shall be limited to a million and
a half of dollars. The proceeds of the
remaining million of bonds are to be
applied to the extension of the Road
from Tensas to the oity of Mobile.—
Bonds wore to bo given by tho compa
ny for a faithful compliance with all the
terms of the law. Good and sufficient
bonds wero duly executed. The old
liens hare been discharged in the man
ner prescribed by tho act; and hence
the Company is entitled to a million
and a halt of bonds, which have been
regulafly used and delivered.
Au act was passed at the last session
of the Legislature, and approved March
3d, 1870, providing for a loau of Stale
bonds to the amount of three huudreil
thousand dollars to the Montgomery
aud Eufaula Railroad Company. All the
requirements of the law were regularly
complied with by the Company, and
consequently the bonds were duly is
sued. *
By an act approved February 11,1870,
the State, on certain conditions, loaned
two millions of bonds to tho Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad Company.
Tho act required various conditions of
tho company, all of which have been
complied with. This being the case,
the company was entitled to tho bonds;
| and hence they wero issued and deliv
ered.
Under the “Act to loan and appro
priatu the three per cent, luud and in
terest,” approved February -18, 1860,
the Selma and Gulf Railroad Company
was entitled to a loan of forty thousand
dollars. By an act approved December
5,180 t, this loan was diverted to the
Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail
road Company. It is clearly shown
upon tho face of this act that tho appli
cation of the forty thousand dollars
was for war purposes in aid of tho
rebellion. This being thu case the act
is manifestly void, and anything done
under it to tho prejudice of tho Selma
and Gulf Railroad Company is of no
effect. The last named Company has
recently applied for thu loan which it
was entitled under the original act; and
after a careful examination of tho whole
subject, I came to tho conclusion that 1
lind no discretion but to allow it.
Among thu documents herewith
transmitted is the regular annual report
of officers of tho Alabama Institution
lor tlio Deaf and Dumb and Blind at
Talladega. Tho report represents the
Institution as being in good condition.
I am satisfied that it is well managed,
aud is successfully accomplishing the
objedsfor which it wasestahlished. To
the report itself l refer tor suggestions
as to bucli legislalion as tho officers
deem necessary.
I also submit the report ot the officers
of the Froedmcu’s Hospital near Talla
dega. That Hospital is but a tempora
ry institution lor tho benefit of a few
helpless colored people who were in it
when the Freedmou’s Bureau was dis
continued, and who had been previous
ly cared for at the expense of the United
States government. The law under
which the State took charge of the Hos
pital provides that no new patients be
taken. Hence its temporary character.
The law makes it tho duty of the
Governor to appoint three commission
ers at least once in each year, to exam
ine tho books, accounts and vouchors
of tho sevoral Executive offices. In
compliance with this law, 1 recently
appointed Messrs. J. P. Stow, Francis
Bugbee and W. T. Hatchett. Theso
gentlemen are now engaged in the ex
amination required by the law ; and
their report will be ready lor transmis
sion to the General Assembly in a few
days. . .
I herewith transmit, as required by
the constitution, a list of cases in which
reprieves, commutations and pardons
have been granted during tho past year,
together with tho reasons therefor.
I also transmit tho regular annual
report of offleors of tho penitentiary,
which shows tho condition and work
ings of that institution.
W. 11. Smith.
Alnliaum t.cßlHlnture- Mmiklhj .
Senate.t-A message from W. H.
Smith, as Governor. Mr. Worthy oh
jeeted to its being read, as he did not
recognize Smith as Governor. Penn
ingtou favored tho reading oi tho mess
age, asking that all courtesy due in tho
premises bo extended to Gov. Smith,
lie also suggested that a joint resolution
of the two Houses request of Gov. Smith
the message he had prepared to send
into the General Assembly in order to
learn tho condition and operation ol tho
Htato Government during the past two
years.
The message was read, aud was as
follows:
State of Alabama, i
Executive Department,
Montgomery, Dec. 5,1870. J
Gentlemen of the Senate : At the time
fixed by law ior the commencement of
your session, 1 had satisfied myselt that
at the late election in this State, I re
ceived a majority of tho votes cast foii
Governor.
Actuated by this belief, I determined
to adopt a legal aud peaceful mode to
have a fair and impartial count of tho
votes thus cast. After consulting gen
tlemcn who aro recognized as amoflg
the ablest Attorneys in the State, I was
advised, and now believe, that the in
junction obtained is, in every sense, a
legal aud proper remedy. The bill
prays that tho presididg officer of tho
Senate ,bo enjoined from opening and
publishing t,ho vote until the General
Assembly shall e.pact such a law as will,
under the Constitution, cnablo tho two
Houses to try contested elections for
State officers; or, in caso no such law
was passed, that the Court of Chancery
take jurisdiction and try the contest for
tho office. Confidently believing that
the injunction would bo obeyed by all
concerned, 1 withheld my annual mess
age in order that I might state therein
the reasons of my action. It was my
purpose, after a count ol tho vote of
those Executive officers to which the
injunction did not apply, to send in my
message immediately; but the Senate
adjourned before I bad an opportunity
of doing so; and the Lieutenant Gover
nor elect entered upon the count of the
vote for Governor, in disregard of the
injunction.
The House of Representatives having,
by its action, recognized Hon. It. B.
Lindsay as Goyernor, 1 cannot, now,
with propriety, send the message to tho
two llouscs in the usual way. I am
ready, however, to submit to either
House any information which may be
called for by resolution while the con
test is going op. 1 sincerely hope thut
the whole matter involved in the pond
ing contest will ho terminated by peaee
ful means, at an early day, and to the
satisfaction of all parties concerned.
W. H. Smith.
A message from Gov. U. H. Lindsay
was received by the hands of his private
Secretary, John H. Gindrat.
[ The message is the same as the one
sent to the House some days Rgo.l
Bills were introduced : to provide for
the right of way lor railrouds in this
State- to -enable the citizens of Russell
county to hold an election to perma
riently locate a county site; to repeal
the act incorporating the Fort Browder
Male Academy in Harbour county; to
amend section 11 Revenue Laws; the
joint resolution, by Fardur, that the
two Houses meet on Monday, tho 12th
inst., to hear testimony in the Gover
nors contest, after a spirited debate, was
tabled; to provide for the payment of
fees due from the State to Registers and
Receivers of the U. S. Laud Offices; to
expedite collection of taxes; a resolu
tion by Pennington, that W. H. Smith
he asked to transmit his message to the
two Houses for information. The first
resolution was to print 2,000 copies as
the Governor’s message. Objection be
ing made to calling him Governor, it
was finally amended as mentioned and
| 2500 copies ordered printed with accom
panying documents. A motion was
adopted to have a joint convention to
elect a Public Printer next Saturday.
House —Joint resolution to go into
I election for United States Senator lues
i day at 12 m., was adopted. Vote was
reconsidered for a committee to propose
amendments to the Constitution. Mo
tion to reconsider the vote unseating
j Braxdali of Talladega, was defeated by
' 2 *Xlm following bills were introduced :
To incorporate Eufaula Hook and Lad
1 ,j e r Company; to amend sections 97 and
i ;>8 and Art. 9, sec. 3 and sec. 2, and sec
16, Revenue Laws; to reorganize tho
Bth Judicial District; to constitute the
13th Judicial Circuit out of the counties
of Coffee, Geneva, Dale, Barbour, and
Henry; to repeal sections 3,519 and
3 352, Revised Code; to more effectual
ly prevent the offenses of arson and
burglary; for the relief of all persons
who are exempted from jury duty on
account of non-age. [Provides that,
persons who are over ago shall be ex
empted by making affidavit ] Passed-