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TUESDAY MOKNINO, NOV. 14.
River Survey.— Mr. Tri.l, with his
surveying party, has reached Chimney
Bluff. Steamboatmen call the distance
from Columbu3 to that point thirty-six
miles. The instruments prove it to be ,
thirty-three.
Sad Accident.— Last night, about 9 j
o’clock, Mr. Barney Casey, who is act- I
ing as night watchman at the Planters’ j
Warehouse, fell off the platform inside i
iha building, a distance of some twenty
five or thirty feet, and was very seri
ously injured, one of his legs being
broken.
UNFKtqUENT OCCURRENCE. Five
funerals took place Sunday afternoon.
The remains of Messrs. Mort Weems,
Thacker Thwealt, Louis Haiman, a
child from Girard, and Mr. Thos. Don
nelly, were interred in our cemetery.
Only two were residents of Columbus.
Away from Home. — A negro boy
tjaught in some bushes near the city,
Sunday, a web footed bird that bears
some resemblance, as respect the body,
to a dark blue chicken. It answers to
the representation in the books to what
is called a petrel, or as sailors term
them, “Mother Carey’s chickens.”
Came from the Bay probably.
Former College Mates. —We are
told Thos. Norwood, of Savannah, the
Democratic nominee for United States
Senator, was a classmate with Mr. Geo.
Banks and others of Columbus, at Ox
ford, Ga., where he graduated. John
Peabody, E3q., was in the college at
the same time but in a lower class.
The Opelika Fair.— lt closed Satur
day afternoon. It has been most suc
cessful. The ladies’ committee awarded
the premium for the ugliest youDg man
to Mr. W. B. Frazer, and that for the
sweetest to Mr. Frank B. Ticknor, edi
tor of the Locomotive. At the Fair,
Mrs. J. H. Harris exhibited twenty six
varieties of wines, jellies and pickles,
all made at home.
Died of Exposure —Thomas Wheel
er, who kept a fruit stand near Henes’
restaurant, died Sunday morniDg from
the effects of exposure the night before.
He was found early in the morning ly
ing in the branch beyond the ravine,
south of Girard. He died in an hour
after he had been removed to comfort
ble quarters. His head had been injur
ed by a fall. We are informed whisky
was the cause. It is presumed he must
have been in the water nearly all night
North and South R. R.— We con
versed with Mr. Green, of R. N. Lee &
Co.’s force, now building the piers at
Mulberry creek.for the truss bridge to be
placed at that point by the N. & S. E. R,
on which Messrs. Wilkins & Bro. are
the contractors. He reports one pier
about finished, and the whole work so
far advanced as to put at reat any fears
of interruption from high water. The i
■whole grading for eighteen and a half
miles is about finished except at occa
sional points where only a limited numg |
her of hands can be used to advantage.
Death of an Ex-Resident of Co
lumbus. —We regret to learn of the
death of Mr. Edwin H Hardin, which
occurred at LaGrange, Ga., on the Bth
inst. He will bo remembered by many
as being,before the war,the book keeper
of Mr. W. W. Garrard, and also as con
nected with one of the Columbus banks.
He subsequently moved to Augusta and
thence to Texas, from which State he
lately returned. He was a cultivated
gentleman. He married Miss Rogers,
of Augusta. Three children survive
him. He has near relatives and many I
friends in this city.
Montgomery and Troy Railroad.
—The committee to report ways and
means, have a two column statement
in the Montgomery Advertiser of Sat
urday. They advise a narrow gauge to i
be run in the direction of Troy to the
Montgomery county line, to be called |
“The Montgomery County Railroad”— j
capital stock $300,000, divided into
shares of $lO each—to be arranged
under the State act of December 29,
1808—subscriptions to amount to SIOO,- j
000 to be solicited after incorporation—
-20 per cent to bo paid in 00 days after
publication that county aid has been j
granted, and ten per cent, every sixty j
days thereafter. The resolutions pro- i
vide for application to the Legislature I
to authorize the County Commissioners j
to levy a tax limited to one-third of j
one per cent, per annum, about $30,000, ;
for five successive years, to pay the !
interest on the 8 percent, county bonds
to be issued—tax payers to receive cer- j
tificates of stock.
The committee think thß amount will
be sufficient to build the road twenty
five miles. They do not think it will
require more than SIO,OOO per mile, j
They are of the opinion that other coun •
tics will extend it.
A meeting of citizens was held Friday ;
to consider theestablishment of a cot- i
ton factory in Montgomery. Col. J.
11. Powell presided aud W. Fowler was !
secretary.
The following committee was ap- i
pointed to solicit subscriptions: L.
Owen, M. Muuter, A. Strassburger,
G. M. Figb, W. Fowler, Thos. Joseph,
D. S. Troy, J. If. Powell and J. S. j
Winter.
Black and Yiolet Ink.—Docu
ments written in violet ink and found
in the vaults and safes of Chicago, and
taken out after the great fire were
I'"Ui»d til-ink, be ii * ion of -he teat
Ujhiu iu*. ink i iiusvc .t .o Ue- me
obliterated. B ack ink, on the c utra
ry, was not in the kart affected.
A son of Joe E. Brown has taken a
Miss Fort, of Macon, and the old gent
was willing.
The Brown family are fond of Forts.
The old man stormed Pulaski near Sa
vannah, and now the sou captures a
Macon Fort, borne folks will exhibit
their genius for war au.l adventure.
Mr. R. T. Burns, formerly living near
Mt. Meigs, in Montgomery county, Ala.,
was found Wednesday, near Perdido
Station, between Pollard and Tensas,
with the part of his head above the eyes
chopped off. His pockets had been
robbed of the S3OO be had. No clue to
the murderer.
The Macon Citizen. —From a pub
lication in the Macon Daily Citizen, of
the 12th, we learn that J. Clarke Swaze,
one of the most notorious radicals iu
the State, is proprietor of the paper.
Mr. Shropshire retired from it on Nov.
4th.
VOL. XIII.
The I.Pslslatare—Usury Laws, Ac.
On Thursday, we wrote an article de
precating too much speaking and legis
lation. In looking over the captions of
the bills since introduced, we apprehend
our worst fears in this particular will be
realized. Over every Legislative Hall
the words— “speech is silver, but silence
is golden." should be written; and a
statue to the Goddess of Silence, with
mute lips, but touched with a hallowed
fire more eloquent than language,should
look down with a vulture’s eye upon
the members.
We are not opposed to investigation
of facts and timely argument on every
subject. We think that truth, like the
fire in the flint, is struck out by conflict
ing forces. If, however, the flint is soft
and strikes too high or too low for the
steel, no flash or deadly explosion will
follow. Unlike a kiss, a speech should
be valued for its strength and not its
length. An eminent English divine
was once asked how it was that on a
particular occasion his sermon exceeded
in delivery half an hour. His reply—
“ 2 had not the time to shorten it," was
full of experience and wisdom. Talk
ing and speech-making are American
institutions. It comes like Dogberry’s
reading and writing to our girls, “by
nature,” and our boys are early taught
to “speak in public on the stage.” It is
true while the girls go on to improve,
the boys generally, in after years, “fail
below Demosthenes or Cicero,” and the
orations smell but little of the lamp.
While the few, can command the ap
plause of “listening Senates, and read
their history in a nation’s eyes,” the
many, in their aspirations sunward, fall
heavily to the earth with drooping wing
and soiled and ragged plumage. We
hope the days of spread-eagle oratory
are numbered, and if our legislators
would calmly calculate the cost to the
people of eacn speech, in dollars and
cents, sure are wo, that they would
never speak unless they could say some
thing to the point, and alw T ays close
when done.
If the Legislature will confine itself
to a few well selected acts, such as a re
peal of all usury laws, and the investi
gation of the frauds and plunderings by
Bullock, and the stealage of the bonds
and misuse of the credit of the State as
alleged against Kimball, Bullock,Clews
& Cos.; its labors will reflect credit on
the individual members and redound to
the future character and prosperity of
Georgia. In the bombardment of the
Gibraltar of Radical corruption, a
few well directed cannon shot will effect
a breach sooner than a thousand vollies
of pop-guns and blunderbusses. To
subdue robbery, wrong and usurpation,
we want no “ slack wads,” but—
“ Gannon to right of them,
Gannon to left of them,
Gannon In front of them ”
to belch forth a continual hurricane of
flames and iron hail. Let the red artil
lery flash and roar from every quarter,
and tho shells fall thick and heavy.
Alabama Baptist; Convention— Sat.
unlay.
The report on Foreign Missions, after
speeches by Rev. Dr. Burrows and
Tichnor, were adopted.
The claims of tho Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary were considered.
They were presented by liev. Dr.
Williams, one of the professors, and
Revs. Drs. Burrows, Sumner, DeVotie
and Tichnor, and Revs. H. E. Talia
ferro, David Lee and J. W, Jones,
agent for the institution. Special ref
erence to the Student’s Aid Fund, by
which young men studying for the
ministry are supported was made. A
liberal contribution collected. Dr.
Tichnor made an allusion to a young
man who was supported at the Semi
nary by a juvenile Bewing society,
who was now an accepted missionary
to China.
Rev. Dr. W. H. Mclntosh presented
the report of the Board of Trustees of
Howard College, located at Marion,
Ala.
The report pays a high tribute to Dr.
S. R. Freeman, the late President, who
at his own request was transferred to
the Theological Department, and to the
new President Col. J. T. Murfree—
“who brings a high reputation as an
organizer aud disciplinarian and has
entered upon his duties with the most
flattering prospects.” The chair of
English iterature, most ably filled by
Prof. F. H. Hawkes, has been added
during the year aad the other members
of the Faculty are at their posts faith
lully discharging their duties.
The College is now furnishing first
elass instruction and at a cost (by
adopting the messing system) of only
$7 55 per month for board.
The report speaks in the most en- J
couraging manner of the prospects of
the College, and closes with a feeling
tribute to Hon. W. P. Chilton, a late
member of the Board of Trustees.
At the night meeting $2,000 were
raised for the, college and Rev. Dr.
Freeman was appointed a General
Evangelist in the State and Agent of
Howard College. Rev. Dr. Mclntosh,
iu his speech, feelingly alluded to the
large number of ministers who had
been withdrawn from Alabama, (Drs.
DeVotie, Curry, Tickenor, Spalding,
Battle and others.)
The following Trustees of Howard
College were elected: M. W. Hand, C.
C. Huckabee, W. W. Wilkerson, J. F.
Bailey, A. B. Woodfin, J. G. Shorter,
E. B. Teague, John Gamble, W. N.
Reeves, W. C. Cleavelaad.
Board of Directors. —A. J. Battle, J.
B. Lovelace, J. B. Vaiden, M. T. Sum
ner, J. H. Lee, J. F. Bailey, D. R. Lide,
E. A. Biunt, John Moore.
Ist Vice-President —W. H. Mclntosh.
2nd Vice-President —E. B. Teague.
Rev. Geo. F. Williams presented an
able and interesting report on Domestic
Missions.
Rev. W. N. Cbaudoin, District Sec
retary of the Domestic Mission Board,
made an effective address, at the close
of which the body adjourned with pray
er by Rev. A. J. Walrop.
Rev. A. B. Woodfin was elected to
preach the introductory sermon at the
nest meeting, and Rev, J. J. D. Ren
froe, alternate.
Rev. T. C. Boykin presented the re
port on Sunday Schools , giving some
account of the work in the State, and
urging that more earnest efforts be
made to organizelmore schools and make
se j « e effiMent
l’Ue rtp-m t-.mpia-.c il.ue failure o! ■
many of the schools to report their sta
tistics, and suggests the appointment
of a board to take charge ot and push
the Sunday School work in close and
cordial co-operation with the Board of
the Southern Baptist Convention loca
ted at Memphis. Rev. T. C. Boykin
made a brief statement, and called out
Dr. Tichenor, President of the Board at
Memphis, who briefly but effectively
urged the Convention toco operate with
the Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention. to take their Sunday School
paper, Rind Words, and to unite in
promoting the great Sunday School
work. Rev. Geo. F. Williams opposed
the appointment of a Sunday School
Board. Dr. Boykin replied, and pend
ing the consideration of this matter the
Convention adjourned.
We have somewhat condensed from
the Montgomery Advertiser’s report.
Alabama Bapti.t Convention, Mon
day.
The original Sunday School report,
which appoints a State Board to co op
erate with Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention was after much debate
adopted. The following Board was
elected:
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Rev. T. C. Boykin, President; mem
bers, J. J. D. Renfroe, Wm. R. Stone,
J. F. Joiner and E. T. Smythe, of Ox
ford.
On motion of Rev. Dr. Mclntosh the
convention resolved that inasmuch as
there is no need at present of the ser
vices of Dr. Freeman iD his Chair as
Professor of Theology in Howard Col
lege, the Domestic Mission Board be
requested to employ his services as
State Evangeliat, the salary to be paid
out of the pledges made for this object,
and the brethren being requested to
pay half of their pledges the first of
next January, and the remainder the
first of July following.
Rev. Dr. Henderson presented an
able report on systematic Beneficence
in which he argued {or frequent collec
tions; and contributions from every
church member. Adopted.
Rev. D. W. Gwinn presented the re
port of the Board of Education which
has had for its object the education of
students for the ministry. The report
details the work of the Board for the
past year, and recommends that as it is
important there should be conference
between the Board aad the beneficia
ries, the Board shall be removed to Ma
rion.
The Convention refused to change
the location of the Board, but adopted
the remainder of the report.
At the suggestion of Dr. DeVotie a
number of subscribers were secured for
the forthcoming memoir of Rev. Dr.
Jno. E. Dawson.
The Finance Committee made its re
port which was adopted.
On motion of Dr. Bummer unabated
interest was expressed in the prosperi
ty of the Christian Index and South
Western Baptist, and the highest grat
tification was expressed at the contin
uance of Dr. Shaver in the editorial
chair.
The Convention decided to have the
next session at Eufaula.
Rev. J. L. D. Hyllyer earnestly pre
sented the interests which he repre
sents at Birmingham and Elytoa.
Rev. J. J. D. Renfroe moved that the
Convention express their deep interest
in the enterprise at Birmingham, and
urge the churches of the State to sus
tain it. Adopted.
The report on the state of religion, by
Rev. J.J. D. Renfroe, was an able and
earnest presentation of the present sta
tus aud wants of the churches.
The secretary was instructed to in
sert in the Minutes an appeal for histo
rical date.
The report of the committee on edu
cation was taken up. The point of
discussion was as to whether the plan
of endowment adopted by the Trustees
—through means of a Life Insurance
Company—should be approved.
The subject elicited much discussion,
and was adopted.
The following Board of Education
was elected: D. W. Gwinn, B. B. Da
vis, G. W. Thomas, W. T. Hatchett,,
B. F. Noble, J. M. Newman, J. C.
Stratford, A. H. Johnson, and R. B.
Molton.
Corresponding Messengers were ap
pointed to the General Association of
S. E. Alabama, and the Georgia Bap
tist Convention.
At 11 o’clock the Convention adjourn
ed. Regular session next year.
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS.
Augusta. —Mr. Charles Lesene was
accidentally and seriously wounded by
two companions while out hunting
deer Anopossum, snow white, with
out a dark hair on its body, with pink
eyes, similar to those of a rabbit, is
shown as a curiosity....A South Car
olinian was beat out of sllO by two
travelers running the box game
Ilev. Edwin E. Weed, of Savannah,
has accepted the call of the Church of
the Good Shepherd in the village of
Summerville.. .The Board of Directors
of the Oglethorpe Manufacturing Com
pany have resolved to reduce the object
of the company to the raising of a capi
tal of $300,000, and the building of a
cotton factory of ten thousand spindles
.... Sabre club being organized.
Savannah. —Twelve hundred tickets
to John Robinson’s circus sold Friday.
....Fair Ground privileges rented for
$4,825 John Robinson’s African
lion died on the morning after arrival,
and his Bengal tiger the next day....
On Wednesday night, about eight or
nine o’clock, amid the darkness and
pelting rain, Mr. Albert Turner, of
Graniteville, was shot through the right
leg, above the knee, and now lies at the
point of death and suffering great ago
ny. Should he recover, it must be with
the loss of his leg.
Atlanta.—Representative Page, of j
Lee county, an alleged murderer, has !
been Bent home to be tried... .St. Paul’s
Church has been presented with a hand
some communion service, and the pas
tor, Rev. G. M. Patillo, with a $75 suit
of clothes The Central Railroad,
on Dec. Ist, takes lull possession of the
Macon and Western road... .Mr. D. M.
Glass, recently of Fulton county, was J
murdered near Des Arc, Arkansas, by :
an armed band ofnegroes who were at- j
tempting his arrest....An Olympian
Gymnastic Club has been organized.
John 11. James, Esq., i3 President, and
the fine hall in his building is to be im
mediately fitted up as a first class gym
nasium .... P. W. J. Echols, of Decatur,
has produced three crops of Irish pota
toes this year on the same spot of
ground. The third crop are now ma
turing On Sunday evening quite a
congregation assembled at St. John’s
Church, anew edifice constructed at
the corner of Irvin and Rolling Mill
streets, in the Fourth Ward. As Rev.
C. A. Evans was reading from the scrip
tures the words “The Lord upholdeth
all those that fall,” the centre pillar
gave way, participating the congrega
tion into a conglomerated mass of shriek.
iDg, struggling, and scared humanity in
the centre. Fortunately no one was
injured. The floor was some four feet
from the ground... .Rev. John Thur
man, of the Methodist Protestant
Church, the first preacher that delivered
a sermon in Atlanta, preached Sunday.
....The Methodist Protestant Confer
ence will meet next year at Morr’s
Church, 9 miles from Atlanta, on Fri
day before the first Sunday in Novem
ber The Era saysthere are 53 candi
dates !or Governor.
Macon.-Messrs. Maxwell, Powers
and Willingham were appointed a sub
committee to get up ail the details for
the erection and place of the new
building for Mercer University. It is
the intention of the new building com
mittee to erect a structure that will
honor the city, the denomination and
the State Hilliard Crutchfield, an old
citizen, died Tuesday... .Capt. Brain’s
lecture was poorly attended Tuesday
night The City Treasurer reports
$25,000 city change bills, 1871,0n hand,
and $l2O old issue, and $1,34S issue
1567, burned.
Griffin. —The railroad to Mad Lon is
being pushed ahead. Estimates to the
lOth promptly paid....J. C. Byington
takencharge of hotel John Redding,
negro, killed a darkey and wounded
another Saturday night On Monday
the Savennah, Griffin and North Ala
bama Railroad brought 400 bales of
cotton consigned to one,house,alone
Col. Clark, formerly a leading cotton
merchant of Savannah, died suddenly
last Sunday.
COLTJMBIJS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1371.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Special to the San:
LaGrange, Nov. 18,1871.
J. N. Smith & Cos. passed here to-day
with 85 hands and tools, from West
Point, en route for Rome, to work on
the North and South Railroad, south
ward. Another squad goes up Wed
nesday. The Troup County Transpor
tation Company begin work here this
week. W.
FOREIGN.
London, Nov. 13.—Physicians an
nounce that Victoria’s health is improv
ing.
The yacht Livonia has arrived.
Ashbury renounces his intention of
contesting again in American waters
for the Queen’s cup.
Paris, Nov. 13.—The court martial
is rapidly disposing of the Communists,
10,G45 of whom have been discharged
and 773 sentenced to various punish
ments.
Count Keratry has been appointed
Prefect of Marsailles.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The corres
pondence regarding the Hornet is pro
gressing slowly. The Spanish Govern
ment made a demand upon theHaytien
Government for the Hornet. The U. S.
Minister, Basssett, protested. Subse
quently, the crew of the Hornet hooted
at the Spanish Consul, whereupon he
hauieil down his consular flag. In the
meantime the Hornet is virtually block
aded by a Spanish man-of-war.
Washington, Nov. 13.— Correction.
—The President formally suspended
the writ of habeas corpus in Union, not
Marion county, S. C., as stated Satur
day night.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Gen. How
ard’s report recommends the abolition
of what remains of the Freedmens Bu
reau.
The barometer here fell over an inch
the last 24 hours.
A cyclone to-day, swept the entire
country coming from west to east and
up the Gulf along the Atlantic coast.
Washington, Nov. 15.—The Agri
cultural Department is preparing seeds
seasonable for the South. A supply
may be obtained by application to the
agent of the department, or through
members of Congress.
Gen. Allen, Adjutant General of Ala
bama, has been successful in obtaining
arms due that State. The arms are of
approved pattern.
Louis H. Mayer has been appointed
Assessor for the Ist Alabama District.
It is stated that charges have been
made against Prosser, the postmaster at
Nashville, for accepting pay for getting
claims through Congress. Prosser was
formerly a member of Congress.
NEW TURK.
New York, Nov. 18.—Belle Renan,
a woman, upset a lamp and was burned
to death.
Two homicides yesterday.
The Mormon Elder Lindsey, while
preaching at Williamsburg, said: “We
are God’s chosen people. He is work
ing. A few weeks ago Chicago was de
stroyed. This is bnt a drop of water to
what will happen. We were driven
from that State and God said they would
not thrive tLero.”
Newbury, Nov. 13. Archbishop
McCloskey confirmed seven hundred
persons yesterday.
New York, Nov. 14.—The Wabash
will be detained three or four days.
She encountered a severe gale hither
from Boston. Three men at the wheel
were badly injured.
Tweed resigned Thursday. The May
or is consulting prominent citizens for
a successor.
A Herald special denies the report that
the Pope has requested a residence in
France.
The Wabash sails Thursday.
New York, Nov. 15.—A Cuban,
name unknown, threw a pail of filth in
the face of the editor of a Spanish pa
per. The affair occurred on the street
near Change Place, Broadway.
A railroad car ran into a street car.
Two persons were fatally and six seri
ously hurt. The driver of the car has
disappeared. Cause, carelessness. The
crossing keeper has also disappeared.
Six new cases of cholera at the quar
antine, including the surgeon of the j
steamer Franklin. Two fatal.
The storm ceased at daylight. It was
the severest for years. Fences, awn- j
ings and chimneys were blown down, i
The tide is unusually high. The gale
was directly frem the Gulf. Many
wrecks along the Island apprehended.
Gen. McClellan declines to succeed
Tweed.
Col. R. G. Stone, editor of the Platts- 1
burg Republican, is dead.
The wind last night was 03 miles an
hour.
UTAH.
Salt Lake, Nov. 13.—A special says
Brigham Young is at St. George to re- j
assemble the delegates, and hopes to be
able to make terms at Washington.
Accounts from Provo report all kinds
of outrages arising from contests over
mires. Two witnesses were badly
beaten. A superintendent narrowly
escaped with his life.
The Herald publishes a letter from
the St. George Conference, which makes
no mention of Brigham Young. His
movements heretofore were regularly
reported.
It is stated thatthe Mormons confined
at Camp Douglass have appealed to the
U. S. Supreme Court for habeas corpus.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Nov. 13.—John P. Flana
gan having suffered pecuniary losses,
resolved to kill himself and family, and
chloroformed them. The wife recov
ered from the stupor and discovered her
husband driving nails into the children’s
heads. She disarmed her husdand but
the ch'ldren were dead
St. Louis, hwv. 15. —A party of
practical bridge builders propose to
bridge the Mississippi at Carondolet
within two years, at a cost of $2,000,-
000. Three railroad companies are
considering the proposition.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville, Nov. 13. A family
named Parks, father, mother, son aged
10. and two daughters aged 17 and 15,
were found murdered. Their bodies
were mutilated. No clue.
Louisville, Nov. 15.—Citizens of
Henryviile, Indiana, put a rope round
the neck of a negro and frightened him
into a confession of the murder of the
Park family. With two negro accom
plices hs planned the murder. It is
believed Park had five hundred dollars.
The three are in jail at Jeffersonville.
CAIFOBSIA.
San Francisco, Nov. 14.—The Pimo
Indians made & raid on the Apaches,
killed 35 men, captured eight children,
and captured a quantity of plunder
taken the day previous from the white
. settlements.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Panama, Nov. 2. —The steamship
Venezuela was seriously damaged by
fire. Capt. Crader, o£ the steamship
Venezuela, was killed by a mutinous
sailor.
Archbishop Penal and the Bishop o’
Guamteala are expelled from Guate
mala for meddling with the late revelu
tion.
Peru, October s. —Great Panic.—
Towns Pica and Matilla were destroyed
by fire. Succeeding earthquake at Pica.
The Church, Pantheon and eighteen
houses at Parrapacca destroyed. Few
[ives lost.
The English steamer Weekford was
lost off Cape Horn.
Small pox is spreading in Chili. It
has broken out among the troop3 of
Bunos Ayres.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Nov. 15. —Grant par
ish Ku Klux were sent before the Fed
eral Court, though Commissioner Wel
le! had grave doubts of their guilt.
The city administration rescinded
the resolution creating a paid fire de
partment. A contract will probably be
made with the Firemen’s Charitable
Association for one hundred and forty
thousand dollars per year, for ten years.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, Nov. 15.—The ship Amity,
hence for Savannah, was caught in the
gale, dragged anchor and cut away her
masts. No other damage.
TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga, Nov. 12.—A fire was
discovered this morning at one o’clock
in Fisher & Bro.’s jewelry store, cor
ner of Eighth and Market streets, de
stroying a square and a half of the busi
ness portion of the city. Loss estimated
at $75,000. Insurance, $30,000. Ori
gin, incendiary. The city was fired in
two different places, but was extin
guished.
Fifteen supposed Chicago despera
does arrived from Memphis last night,
and suspicion points to them. A large
number of persons have been arrested
for committing robberies.
Nashville, Nov. 15.— An oil mill
thirty miles from Nashville flaws 100
gallons daily.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Nov. 15.—Loring,
who was murdered Sunday, with others
in a stage in Arizona, was a popular
author and journalist. He was on Lis
way Eas., intending to lecture against
Collyr’s Indian policy.
Legal technicalities will postpone the
decision in Mrs. Fair’s case until Janu
ary.
Cotton Movements for the Week.
New York, November 12.—Cotton
movements for the week the largest for
the season in receipts and exports—
larger than last week but not up to the
corresponding week of 1870. Receipts
at all the ports for the week, 100,540
against 96,708 last week, 93,969 for the
previous week, and 82,538 for three
weeks since. Total receipts since Sep
tember, 56,519 against 67,855 for the
corresponding period of the previous
year, showing a decrease since Septem
ber 1, of this year, of 113,361. Exports
from all the ports for the week
41,151 against 52,280 for the same week
last year. Total exports for the expired
period of the cotton year 230,850 against
281,196 for same time last year. Stock at
all the ports 297,188 against 315,723 for
the same lime last year. Stocks at all
the interior towns 66,776 against 52,070
for the same time last year. Stock in
Liverpool 479,000 against 438,000 for
same time last year. American cotton
afloat for Great Britain 83,000 against
133,000 for the same time last year.
Indian cotton afloat for Europe 331,436
against 204,446 for same time last year.
The weather at the South has been
rainy during the week in many sec
tions, although not so much so as last
week. Scarcely any mention has been
made of frost. The crop is being gath
ered rapidly.
About tbe State Bonds.
Lochrane Gives an Opinion that is a
Settler —Some Bich Developments.
A long official correspondence is pub
lished in the Atlanta Constitution of
Tuesday. Mr. Avery, the editor, asked
Comptroller Bell for information re
garding a statement in his annual
report.
The Comptroller, in reply, states that
he countersigned and registered and
delivered to the Governor $3,000,000 of
gold bonds under the act approved
Sept. 15, 1870, and $1,880,000 under act
of Oct. 17, 1870. The first were to
redeem bonds and coupons falling due;
the last to aid the Brunswick and Al
bany Railroad—all the bonds payable
in gold—the first quarterly; the last
semi annually. He knows nothing about
them after they were delivered. The
first batch of bonds signed were litho
graphed gold bonds, issued under act of
October 17, 1870, from No. 1 to 880,
which are not included in those above
mentioned and should have been can
celed, but Bullock did not send them
back.
Then follows Bollock’s order to ex
change 880 of engraved bonds of the
B. & A. R. R. ior State lithographed
bonds; then he orders the Comptroller
to countersign 880 more bonds of SI,OOO
each and swap them for some more B.
A A. R. R. bonds.
By this time the Comptroller had
some doubts about the matters connect
ed with thi3 road. It seems that he
had countersigned SBBO,OOO of the new
Brunswick and Albany bonds. The
Governor wanted to issue the full
amount of $1,888,000, which was a
part of this authorized issue. And, by
the way, the $1,880,000 are out, and
also a part of the SBBO,OOO, as the Con
stitution stated the other day.
The law providing for the issue did
not specify its character, whether coin
or currency Major Bell thought as do
many lair men. that where the nature of
the bond is not specified, it should be a
currency and not a gold bond. The
Comptroller had also doubts as to his
duty to consign the bonds and sign the
coupons. He also thought that if he
signed it was his duty to see that the
terms conform to the law. He submit
ted these matters to the Attorney Gen
eral, who, it seems, was absent. Gov.
Bullock appointed Judge Lochrane
Attorney-General for the time to reply
to the Comptroller.
Lochrane gave an opinion as is an
opinion. He said the Comptroller must
do as the Governor desired. Rufus was
sovereign and an under officer could
not give a contrary opinion. He must
obey. It settled all the points in the
Governors favor and relieved the
Comptroller of all responsibility. The
Governor got his bonds after this, as
the Comptroller signed as he ordered.
The flight of Rufus ends the matter,
and the bonds.
; WEDNESDAY MORNING,HOY. I*.
The Right Step.— The Girard Bap
tist church has declined to receive the
| resignation of Rev. Mr. Whipple, and
resolved to support him as pastor. This
is right; for he has jhimself to
be an able minister.
Hard Times.—The fast buggy bay
mare, owned a year or two ago by Mr.
Dan. Williams, but lately by an Ala
bamian, was sold at Ellis & Spencer’s
auction sale yesterday for $l5O. She
was without a fault. Effect of Hard
J Times.
Blooded Cattle.— Our Fairs are
proving we have much more than it
was thought the country possessed.
The tendency of the exhibitions is to
improve the stock, and this is being
done annually. At the Opelika Fair,
Mr. Penn Yonge had an Ayrshire
heifer, three years old, that gave four
gallons of milk, and Col. L. F. McCoy
one that gave five gallons. Both were
milked in the presence of the Examin
ing Committee.
The Best Saving Yet.— lt is told on
Joe Cumming, Esq., tho able repre
sentative in the Georgia Legislature
from Richmond county, that in the con
sultation regarding a Senator to Con
gress, he said it was really of no great
importance. Electing a United States
Senator was equivalent to appointing a
Minister to a foreign country with
which we are on unfriendly relations.
The saying was not only good but
true.
Sudden Death. —Mr. D. E. Moody,
an employee at Ennis’ Variety Works,
died Monday night. He was formerly
working at the Eagle.and Phenix Man
ufactory. He labored all Saturday,
and at the close fell in a fainting fit,
since which time, Mr. Ennis tells us,
he has not spoken a word. During the
war he was a member of the 46th Geor
gia Regiment. In 1869, he ran for the
office of sexton in this city, receiving a
very large vote, but was defeated by
Mr. James Lynah, the present incum
bant. He possessed many warm per
sonal friends. We understand he was
a man with some family.
That Repaired Engine— The steam
engine, Louis Wyeth, belonging to the
East Alabama and Cincinnati Railroad,
which has been thoroughly repaired by
the Columbus Iron Works, and after
wards attached by some creditors of
said road, was carried yesterday to the
8. W. R. R. depot. We also are in
formed that steps are being taken to re
move all the indebtedness of the road.
The engine wa3 tried the other day
some few miles down the Mobile and
Girard railroad, and found to work ad
mirably.
Change of Weather—Ecce Sig
num.—During the night of Monday to
those, who, from any cause were
awake, could be heard the peculiar cry
of tho leaders of flocks of wild geese, as
they wended their way irom frozen re
gions to milder ones, and, early yester*
day morning they could be seen in their
divisions, wedge-like in shape, wing
ing towards the lands which He to the
extreme south of us. How they get
information of coming changes of tem
perature, has never yet been revealed,
if understood, by the astutest philoso
phers. A friend who communicated
this late movement of the geese, has
asked, how is it, that of the immense
numbers composing the 11 which fly
over, that no one of them t v>. is found
on our roads or on plantations dead, or
exhausted by fatigue? Where can be
their northern breeding and feeding
grounds? Every Arctic navigator, as
far as he reached, in hia effort to find
the North Pole, and when stopped by
ice, always saw the wild goose passing
over him, and heading north! It was
this fact that encouraged Doct. Kane,
that there must be an open sea, with
mild climate and flourishing vegetation,
and led to his second expedition.
The Provision Trade— Revolu- :
tion.— Tho ice curing of meat in Sum- \
mer is effecting great breaches in the
old packing trade. It may be almost
said that it is no longer necessary to
salt and lay aside meat In the winter at
all, any more than at any other season;
there being, however, a few weeks in
the heated term of summer when it is
not necessary or desirable to handle or
use such meat. Swine are fattened more
conveniently and more economically in
fall weather, and then transportation
can be done twenty per cent, cheaper.
Fresh ice-cured meat is brighter, sweet
er, and sells higher for several of the
leading qualities, than the dry, highly
salted winter cured. Ice houses have
been constructed at many Western
points where packing continues con
stantly and safely all the summer. The
extra cost of cold air from ice is being
rapidly reduced, and is already costing |
less than the expense of holding meat
over from winter to summer. This |
state of affairs has completely upset the
old business by which the wealth of the
pork packing business has been acquir
ed. The circular says “the last winter’s
packing stock has lately been selling at
a loss of some forty per cent.”
Anxiety about the Grand Duke.
The Russian man-of-war which arrived
at Sandy Hook, on Saturday, it seems
had been detached 27 days previously
from the fleet of the Grand Duke, and
nothing has yet been heard from it.
Meanwhile, Gov. Cutin, the American
Minister at St. Petersburg, reports the
imperial family distracted by anxiety
about the fate of the voyagers.
Gratifying.—The Cincinnati En
quirer contains a copy of an agreement
entered into by the packers there, dated
November Ist, in which they formally
covenant with each other “that they
will, in tho purchase of gross hog3, dur
ing the packing season of 1871 and 1872,
only weigh as merchantable hogs such
as will walk without assistance to the
scales.” It is comforting to the gener
a! consumer to know that her packers
have “struck hands” over a bargain not
to salt away auy more “broken down
or diseased” pigs.
Hogs at Cincinnati.—Since Novem
ber Ist 38,028 head have been received.
The opening rale of the week was
$3 90 to $4, closing 4 20@4 50. Ken
nedy, Eckert & Cos say the raisers have
accepted the situation and do not ex
pect any large price this season.
Dr. Shaver, of Atlanta, has declined
the position of Corresponding Secretary
of the Sunday School Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, and will
continue as editor of the Index and
Baptist.
Certainty, and Not Severity tbe
Best Care for Crime.
Col. Brown threw down a bomb in
the shape of a bill declaring it felony
for any one to sella minor liquor with
out the consent of parents or guardians,
or to allow the youngsters to drink the
liquid fire at any body’s bar. This is
setting the temperance coulter pretty
deep, and will stir up things from the
depths.
The above is reported by Onslow,
' correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel. The following is also
found among the reports for the same
paper of the Legislative proceedings on
the 10th:
The bill to alter the punishment pre
scribed in the various sections of the
Code—changing the penalty in most
cases from misdemeanor to felony was
passed, with amendments.
We are unable to identify the Col.
Brown who has so bravely thrown down
this bomb, but suppose he is connected
with the family of the Col. Smiths or
Thompsons of whom Byron wrote:
“All Englishman of pith—
Sixteen named Thompson and nineteen named
Smith.”
We think with the correspondent,
this is setting the temperance coulter
pretty deep,” and we add, in very poor
land. We believe that temperance in
“liquid fire,” meat, dress and in every
thing, is a great blessing, and intern
perance in any thing, is the worst of
curses. The remedy, however, may be
more fatal than the disease. There iB
a great deal of human nature in human
people. Says the great Bard, “Our
virtues would be proud unwhipped by
our vices, and our vices would despair
uncherished by our virtues.” Every
one has some ruling passion of good
and evil. He may be temperate in
drink, and very intemperate in speech,
meat, sleep, apparel, and in all other
degrees of selfishness. Such persons
are usually ignorant fanatics and bigots
who :
Compound for elns, they’re lncllnoil to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
The experience of all ages has mani
fested the evils of sumptuary laws and
the penalties annexed to offenses not
proportionate to the alleged crimes.
The Marquis of Beccaria, an Italian
legal author, in an essay upon crimes
and punishments, makes a conclusive
argument on this subject. This small
book has been translated into all the
languages of Europe and into modern
Greek. Baron Grimm called its author
“one of the best heads in Europe” aud
spoke of his, as “one of the few books
that make men think.” He says “pun
ishment should be public, immediate
and necessary; the least possible in the
case given, proportioned to the crime
and determined by the laws.”
Felony, in American law, is undefin
ed. It is used to denote a crime of a
high grade and punishable by death or
imprisonment. Mr. Brown thinks “to
sell a minor liquor without the consent
of parents or guardians, or allow the
youngsters to drink the ‘liquid fire’
at anybody’s bar,” should boa felony.
Would it not be well for some member
to amend the bill and make it penal as
well against the “youngster,” the
parent or guardian, (consent or no con
sent,) as the bar keeper. Why should
a parent or guardian throw the burden
of puutsnmeut on tlie sutler or liquor
and enforce ’a penalty at law when
they have a remedy in their own hands?
If the disposition to do a wrong, or
violate a moral principle when young,
is not subdued, we have little faith in
severe laws to accomplish tho end.
“O !” said a fond father to a dissolute
son who was very penitent when caught
at a suspicious place, “You should
have repented before, and not after,
you entered into a house of sin.” There
must always be a tempted, as well as
a tempter, and the first class is usually
the worst. The already corrupt, will
leave a celestial bed to prey on garbage
We want more domestic restraint and
more certainty in tho execution, than in
the severities of ’ law. If tho punish
ment is two severe for the offence,
Judges and Juries will forget their
oaths and lean to the side of mercy;
and if upon conviction, the public will
regard the prisoner not as a criminal,
but as a victim and martyr to the vio
lated laws. When Law is treated with
neglect and, 1 contempt, anarchy and
ruin will soon follow.
How Shall tbo Candidate for Gov
ernor be Nominated?
Under ordinary circumstances, we
should prefer a Convention to a Legis
lative nomination, but the sudden flight
of our late Governor has left the State
without a legal head. Conley, in our
opinion, is a usurper, and
the President of the Senate, is the only
person that can lawfully exercise the
chief executive powers of Georgia.—
However, on this point, the Legislature
has agreed to accept the situation, and
we as a member of the peace establish
ment and Quaker persuasion, will make
no fight—a judgment by default may
for the present be entered.
The late special election act fixes
Tuesday, the 12th of December, as the
day on which the election must he held.
Owing to the want of mail facilities it
is impossible that even the time ot elec
tion should be known to the voters of
many counties in the State. The peo
ple, too, have no special favorite and
would only desire a candidate capable,
honest, true to their interests and faith
ful to the Constitution.
We believe under the peculiar eircum- i
stances, that a nomination by the Dem
ocratic members of the Legislature
would be received by their constituents
with approbation, and be confirmed at (
the ballot-box "on the second Tuesday j
in December , 1871.”
The claims of Henry Clews & Cos.
against the State of Georgia, amount
to over $1,000,000, of which $14,320 are
for advertising and $93,749.45 for com
missions. The Atlanta Sun says the
debit items in this huge account fill ten
or twelve closely written pages, while
there are only two items on the credit
side of the account— both for the pro
ceed of the sale of State bonds. On
the 15th of February last credit is given
for the proceeds of the sale of 500 gold
bonds of 51,000 each at 87j, equal to
$437,500; and on the Bth of September
of 1,150 bonds of SI,OOO each at 86i,
equal to $994,750; in all $1,432,250 for
the sale of $1,050,000 of bonds.
The Sun does not believe the firm has
made a single bona fide sale of a bond,
for Bullock’s bonds have had no nego
tiable value in New York. A gentle
man of Atlanta tried to sell some of
Bullock’s gold bonds in New York, last
Spring, and could not get an offer of
more than fifty cents on the dollar. Fi
nally, Mr. Clews gave him eighty-five,
rather than allow them to be thrust
upon the market for just what they
would bring.
NO. 41.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOT. 10.
Hard Freeze—Cotton.— The wind
turned into a miniature hurricane about
midnight Tuesday. It whistled and
shrilled exultant, and had a merry time
around the corners and slamming win
dow blinds. It was too lively for frost
to be formed. The weather took re
venge in firmly freezing the ground as
hard as a rock.
If any ever entertained the idea that
the second growth of cotton under the
late pleasant Fall weather largely in
creased the crop, yesterday proved a
settler to their hopes. All new vegeta
tion was seemingly ended. In Tonnes
see and Arkansas, where the largost
yields were expected, the telegraph
brings intelligence of snow falling. Os
course no further growth after such a
freeze can be expected, and prices
should advance as soon as the influence
isfully felt. The rains and subsequent
cold are reported throughout the cotton
belt from Virginia to Mexico. Tho
bulls are exultant.
Yesterday opened bright and cold.
On Wednesday, November 16ih, last
year, the weather was very cold in this
section, and a good deal of ice was
found. About that time the war in Eu
rope was being waged, and prices of
cotton receded. This year we have
universal peace.
Members of the Committee.
On the list of judges in the several de
partments of the Industrial Association
of Georgia, at Savannah, we find the
following from this section : Col. Geo.
P. Harrison, Jr., Auburn, Ala., on
Plantation farms and garden; Col. U.
J. Moses, Columbus, on Horticulture;
H. Castleman, Columbus, on Eques
trian exercises; J. Rhodes Browne,
Columbus, on Manufactures in woolen,
cotton, silk, &c.
On the Committee on wines, brandies,
&c., we find tbe names of Gen. A. D.
Clayton and Col. H. M. Thompkins,
of Clayton, Ala.
Each Committee numbers from eight
to ten members.
Decline in Interior Towns.— Tho
following table shows the comparative
receipts of 1870 and 1871, to Nov. 10th,
in the principal townß of Georgia and
Alabama :
1871. 1870.
Augusta 46,617 65,973
Eufaula 7,245 12,310
Montgomery 21,866 29,177
Columbus 12,427 23,729
Macon 21,121 39,407
Selma 20,747 25,060
Total 129,523 185,656
This shows a decrease from last year
in these six places, of 56,133 bales.
They have received nearly one half of
what they expect for the season. The
smaller places show still greater falling
off.
Rather a Novelty.— Last Saturday
four ladies rode for the special premi
um offered by Col. J. L. Pennington.
They wore Misses Fannie Fuller,
Hames, Mamie Phelps and Gilbert.
They were accompanied respectfully
by Messrs. R. C. Jeter, Clay Hames,
Charles Sales and Brit Matthews. All
rude beautifully. Miss Fannie Fuller
was given the prize for the best lady
rider, and Mr. Charley Sales the best
male rider.
We have heard of many premiums
being offered for lady riders, but this
is the first time wo can recall of their
being contested for. Wo like for the
ladies to contend for them, and in the
way this trial was managed, the veriest
prude could find nothing to which to
object. Everything of this kind gives
great interest to our Fairs.
Southern Life Insurance Compa
ny.—We direct attention to the adver
tisement of the Atlanta department of
this first elass company. The assets
are over $1,200,000. Those distinguish
ed Confederate officers, Gens. John B.
Gordon and A. H. Colquitt, are re
spectively the President and Vice Presi- I
dent. Col. Wm. Edlngs is general
agent. Jas. R. Randall, who for sev
eral years so ably edited tbe Augusta
Constitutionalist, and is the author of
“Maryland, My Maryland,” and other
splendid poems that so enthused the
Southern heart, is special agent. These
gentlemen will remain here several
days. The company is a home institu- j
tion, officered by men of ability, who
have the confidence and esteem of all
classes, and combines every element oi
prudence, safety and reliability, and as
such we recommend it to our readers.
The money invested remains here to
enrich our own people, and not those
who are hostile to us. The many ex
cellent features and advantages of the
company aro given in the notice.
Marriages. —The following were re
ported yesterday:
Mr. John H.ltutherford, of Houston
county, to Mrs. Pauline L. Pinckard, of
this city. Ceremony took place at the
residence of Dr. Bussey, and was per
formed by Rev. Dr. J. 11. DeVotie.
At Jamestown, Chattahoochee coun
ty, on Tuesday, by Rev. Mr. Corley,
Mr. Chas. E. Johnson was married to
Miss Lucy Hunter. Ceremony took
place at the residence of Dr. J. 11.
Wooldridge.
Admitted to U. S. Couht. — We
learn from the Savannah papers that
Reese Crawford, Esq., of this city, was
on Monday admitted to plead and prac
tice in the United States District Court.
He is a son of Hon. Martin J. Crawford,
a young man of marked talent and for
the time he has been in business, com
mands a considerable practice.
Mammoth Potato. Dr. J. H.
Wooldridge, of Jamestown, Chatta
hoochee county, presented the office
yesterday with a sweet potatoe which
weighed pounds when dug. He
raised over 300 bushels to the acre.
The specimen exhibited surpasses any
thing in that line we have yet seen.
Runaway Match—At the Rankin
House, yesterday morning, Mr. Le
grand Passmore, of Troy, Ala., married
Miss Bishop, of Barbour county, Ala.
It was a runaway match, that laughed
at bars and keya. Mayor Cleghorn
performed the ceremony. Much happi
ness attend them.
The Engine for the N. & S. R. R
—We are told positively, the engine,
“H. S. Estes,” for the North and South
railroad, left Philadelphia yesterday for
Columbus. The iron for the road is
also expected. Grading is still being
pushed ahead.
Athens.— A petition of 1400 citizens
was presented to the Legislature to re
move the court house of Clark county
from Watklnsville to Athens.
A Uase of Local wen an General
Interest.
We find tho following in tho Savan-
Republican’s report of tho procceedings
on Monday, of the United States Dis
trict Court, Judge Erskin presiding :
Madison Stratton, survivor of the firm
of Stratton & Seymour, vs. Edward
Barnard—ln Assumpsit.
This was a suit upon which sight
drafts for SI,OOO each, drawn by John
D. Carter, agent of the Mechanics Bank
of Augusta, at Columbus, Ga., on the
Bank ol tho Republic ot New York,
dated August 19th, 1861, and payable to
the order of E. Barnard, defendant, who
endorsed tho same over to Stratton A
Seymour, of Nashville, Tonn. They
were protested for non-payment Sep
tember 11th, 1861.
The defendant contended that by the
general principles of international law,
as well as by the act of Congress of July
18th, 1861, and the President’s procla
mation thereunder oi August 16th, 1861,
all commercial intercourse was declared
illegal between the citizens of tho billi
gerent governments, and that therefore
theßO drafts wore void. Further, that
even if the drafts were valid, that notice
of protest was not given to defendants
in reasonable time; that the Bank of the
Republic was a chartered bank within
the meaning of the Code of Georgia, so
that notice of protest must have been
given to defendant in order to bind him.
Further, that if the plaintiff, by his neg
ligence iu giving such notice, failed to
bind the defendant, that he, plaintiff,
could not recover on tbe common
counts for goods sold, Ac.
Plaintiff contended that the endorse
ment was a non contract, and that as
Barnard lived in Georgia and Stratton
in Tennessee, both said States being in
insurrection in 1861, that these drafts
were not within the scope of the said
principle of international law ; further
that he could recover on his common
counts for “goods sold, Ac.,” even if
the drafts failed; further that notice of
protest was not required by Georgia
law under tho facts of tho case, but that
even if it was, that notice had been
givon within a reasonable timo so as to
bind Barnard as endorser; and lastly,
that tLere was anew promise by Bar
nartl in a letter written bv him in De
cember, 1801, to plaintiff to pay this
debt.
The court charged that the endorse
ment was anew contract, such as re
lievod the draft of the point ot iliegali
ty as between the endorser and endorx
es, they both being then citizens of the
insurrectionary States; that notice of
protest was necessary to find said en
dorser, and that under all the facts
diligence had not been shown in giving
legal notice of protest to Barnard; that
the plaintiff could not recover ou the
drafts by reason ot his negligence, ho
could not rely on hits common counts,
and left it to' the jury to say whether
the evidence disclosed any new promise
to pay on the part of Barnard.
The jury found a verdict for tho de
fendant. The Judge remarked that ho
would write out his opinion shortly on
the point involved in the cause, his
charge to the jury being oral.
The abovo cause excited some inter
est and was elaborately argued by
Hartridge for plaintiff, and Moses A
Garrard for defendant, respective coun
cil receiving the compliments of tho
court for the able manner in which tho
case was argued.
Nolectlon from Hyron's “Aire «
Hr« Die.”
(Putillstiod by request, to settle a wager.)
“But wlienoe aro they—the rivals ! a lew leot
Os sullen earth divide each winding sheet.”•
•Mr. Fox used to say—“l never want a
word, but Pitt never wants the word.” The
grave of Mr. Fox, In Westminster Abbey, Is
within eightoen inches of that of Mr. Pitt:
Here Is what Sir Waltor Soott says of both
“Whore—taming thought to hum an pride !
The mighty ehiefs sleep side by side.
Drop upon Fox's grave tbe tear,
'T’wlll trtokle to tils rival’s bier:
O’er Pitt’s the mournful requiem sound,
And Fox’s shall tho notes resound.
The solemn echo seems to cry—
Here let their dlsoord with them dlej
Speak not for those a soparate doom
Whom fate made brothors In the tomb,
But search the land of living men,
Where wilt thou find their like again!'’
Stanton Appeals.—The Chattanooga
Times of Monday, says: “It is reported
that Stanton has appealed tho matter of
the A. & C. R. R , in bankruptcy, to
the Suprome Court of the United States,
and that a hearing has been granted,
but we have not heard when it will tako
place. The ground of appeal is said to
be that a responsible company stood
ready to take the road and pay its
debts, and that therefore it is not bank
rupt. It is also claimed that Judge
Busteed decided tho case without proper
investigation.”
Mr. Pou, our immediate representa
tive, haß introduced the following bills:
A bill to amend the charter of Co
lumbus.
Also, a bill to authorize parties in
certain cases to file bills of exceptions.
Also, a bill to provide for the pay
ment of a portion of tho school fund to
the city of Columbus.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Mer
chants’ and Mechanics’ bank of Coluin
bus.
Gould, the defaulting U. 8. Collector
at Savannah, reached Washington a
few days since on route to Savannah,
but on his arrival there he was informed
ofhis indictment by tho Grand Jury in
that city, and he immediately retraced
hiß steps northward.
Gould says he waß promised that ii
he would return to Savannah and give
all the information ho could relativo to
other parties, he should go unmolested.
Mr. Scruggs, the editor, and Mr.
Grubb, the business manager, have
sworn in court they do not know who
owns the Atlanta New Era; they only
know that they were employed by cer
tain parties, but knew not that tho par
ties were owners; and these parties are
not in the State.
Since the first of last January tho Or
dinary of Richmond county, Judge
Samuel Levy, has paid out two thou
sand three hundred and six dollars and
eighty-seven cents for the support of
sick colored people in the Freedmcn’s
Hospital.
On December let the Central Road
will take full possession of the Macon
and Westein Railroad in accordance
with their lease. An inventory of the
property of the road is now being taken.
The Good Templars Advocate say
Bro. E. S. Bleakly, of Augusta, is an
nounced as State Lecturer, and wants
to know where the money to pay his
salary is to come from.
The Bainbridge Sun is informed "hat
the brother of a mechanic in that city,
died in England recently, leaving him
an estate valued at $3,000,000.
In Cutbbert, Monday, T. R. Brown
was cut severely five or six times by
Abel McKenny. McK. was put in jail
to a wait a hearing.
Brunswick.— The city has advanced
$3,000 to destitute laborers on the B. &
A R. R.
Athens.— Prof. J. M. Sneed, of tho
University of Georgia, died on the
lltb.
Regular freight trains commenced
running on the Alabama and Chatta
nooga Road pa Wednesday. Two pas
senger trains will leave Chattanooga
daily as soon as the schedule is cstab
lished.
Thieving. —This crime appears very
plentiful now a-days among the high
as well as the low. The prominent ones
took millions; the small fry anything
they can pick up. Mr. W. R. Bullard,
in Montgomery, the other day lost a
gold watch, and small speculators with
other people’s goods abound there as
well as at this place and other citios in
the South. “Mine and thine” are
awfully mixed now a-days. A negro,
the other day, at Cuthbert, had the pos
session of a hog taken from him, and
awarded to another darky. He coolly
stepped to the wagon and cut the hog’s
throat. go.