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COLUMBUS:
XHIBNDAT MORNING, I>EH. 7.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JAMES MILTON SMITH,
OF MUSCOGEE.
Election, lOth. December.
Superior Cocbt Yesterday. —But
little business was transacted. The
criminal and motion dockets were fin
ished, when at 12 m. the Court adjourn- J
ed until 9 a. m. to-day. The petit j
juries were discharged until Monday.
The Judge, at the suggestion.of counsel,
thought by that time some of the law
yers to whom leaves of absence had j
been granted, would return, and some
business might be transacted. The
Grand Jury will probably make the
general presentments to-day
The following is a resume of the
Criminal business:
Joe Schley and Washington Watson,
colored, charged with burglary, were
sentenced to jail for 30 days each.
Jno. Williams, colored, charged sim
ple larceny, plead guilty, and was sen.
tenced to jail for 00 days.
Jno. Heard, colored, charged with
being an accomplice in burglary, found
not guilty. C. H. Williams, Esq., de
fended him.
R. J. Moses, Jr., Esq , charged with
assault and battery on Sheriff, J. J.
Bradford, was found “not guilty.”
Present among counsel in the court
room was Wm. U. Garrard, Eeq., form
erly of Columbus, but now among the
leading junior members of the Savan
nah bar.
Will Add to the Value of the
M. &G. R. R.— The Louisville and
Nashville and Decatur Railroad Com
pany consolidated some time since
with the South end North Alabama
Road, forming a line from Louisville to
Montgomery, and are now in treaty to
lease the Montgomery and Eufaula and
Brunswick and Albany Railroads,
which will give an unbroken line from
Louisvilleto Savannah and Brunswick-
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
has an abundance of money. This can
not fail to increase the value of the M.
& G. R. R., because of its connection
both with this great line, which will
be controlled chiefly by Louisville, and
its strong competitor, the Georgia
Central. We hope the Directors will
not consent to a lease of the road while
such complications are thought of by
wealthy corporation s.
Field Labor. —The prospect is that
next year it will be very cheap in this
section. The majority of farmers have
no money, little corn, and less cotton.
They could not make the money they
did last season. Piiees are higher but
the crop is too short to think about
with pleasure. Few will be able to run
the plows or employ the force of the
past spring. Cotton picking is now
finished. Laborers are looking for new
homes. The supply is greater than the
demand and hence wages must be cut
down. There will be many who can
not secure engagements, and how they
are to run places without money or
provisions is a question yet undecided.
Paying its Way.—We are informed
the Mobile and Girard Railroad, is now
doing a good business, is paying expen
ses and making something beside. It
is thought no money will have to be
borrowerd this current year to defray
the interest account, as it is hoped the
earnings will be sulllcient for that pur
pose. The connection with Montgom
and Eufaula, is beneficial to both roads.
Via Union Springs is the favorite route
to Montgomery from this point.-
Receipts at Intejuioi* Towks. —
The following are the receipts of cotton
at the places named for the years 1870
and 1871, from August 31st to December
2d, three months. They show a total
falling off of this year from the last of
81,065:
1870. 1871.
Augusta 81,25 G 63,896
Eufaula 15,540 10,370
Selma 36,973 28,893
Macon 52,794 29,831
Montgomery 43,063 29,669
Columbus 33,616 18,518
263,242 182,177
The Latest Agonies. — They are
getting up picturesque pants for gentle
men. Men call them stunners, women
beauties, perfect loves. They are to be
on the pictorial order. Some represent
a quiet landscape in the country with
cattle and sheep browsing under shady
trees where babbling brooks are flowing;
others are of the fighting style, cannon
balls, “where are you,” shells bursting
and red smoke; the lovely youths; the
gaieties of the ball rooms; the ladies
decked with ala modes and radiant
glances speaking from the canvass of
unmentionables; while the fast boys are
splendid with ballet queens and golden
haired blondes of the opera bouffe. A
politician will have all his constituents
on his legs, the lawyer his boat clients,
the card player the handsomest paper
pack in town. There will be a walking
panorama everywhere, gorgeous to
behold. The ladies will shortly find
much in gentlemen’s legs to admire.
This will be some compensation to the
females whose pedals have been objects
of graceful study to masculines since
the day Eve bit the apple.
The Social Wokld.— ln St. Paul’s
Church last evening, by Kev. A. M.
Wynn, Miss Lizzie Patten, one of the
loveliest, most estimable and cultivated
ladies of Columbus, was married to Mr.
W. H. Pope, of Atlanta.
Brilliant parties have been given the
last two evenings at the residences of
Mrs. B. A. Chapman and Mr. C. E,
Dexter.
Their Report.—We have asked the
officers of the North aud South Railroad
concerning a bill introduced into the
Legislature, authorizing a subscription
to the company, the caption of which
we copied yesterday from an Atlanta
paper. They state the bill is to provide
that guardians, administrators, &c.,
may invest trust funds in Columbus
bonds given the road, which by law
they oannot now do.
Fashionable Wedding. —Last even
ing, in the Episcopal Church, Miss
Warren Chapman, one of the most
beautiful ladies of Colnmbus, was mar
ried to Mr. Edward Haile, of New
\otk. The service was impressively
performed by Rev. W. C. Hunter, the
rector of the parish. Dr. F. A. Stan
ford gave away the bride. The Church
was crowded. Afterwards a brilliant
reception was given at the residence of
the bride’s mother.
Legislation for Columbus. —The
following bills passed the Georgia House
of Representatives on Monday:
Bill to amend the charter of the city
of Columbus.
Bill to provide tor the payment of a
proportion of the school fund to the city
of Columbus.
Bill to authorize the Mayor and Coun
cil to issue bonds to aid in building the
North and South Railroad.
Tills fs no apology for whisky drinking: It is
amedlelne that oannot ba used to Intoxicate;
It produces a tonic eltect, as well as acts as a
cathartic. In faot, Simmons’ Liver Begula
tor Is pronounced an unexceptionable medi
cine. I
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
After a considerable expenditure of
patience and courage, we have with
much tribulation waded through the
late Message of the President from the
beginning to the end. The first thing
which makes it remarkable is the total
silence about San Domingo. When it
is remembered that the annexation of
that Island is the only and favorite
measure ever originated by the Presi
dent, this omission to name it is a very
unkind cut to the “friend and brother.”
The President recommends a modi
fication of both the tariff and internal
tax laws. That all taxes from internal
sources be abolished, except those col
lected from spirituous, vinous and malt
liquors, tobacco in its various torrns,
and from stamps.
Now when we reflect that the Presi
dent has a particular fondness for spir
ituous and vinous liquors, and that
tobacco in its various forms is one of
his greatest luxuries, this recommends
tion is rather singular. We suppose,
however, that Grant knows his friends
will be always ready to supply his
wants in these particulars, in consid
eration for little favors conferred, and
he cares nothing so long as others pay
the reckoning. He says:
I don’t see the advantage or proprie
ty of excluding men from office merely
because they were, before the rebellion,
of standing and character sufficient to
be elected to positions requiring them
to take an oatu to support the Gonstitu
tion, and admitting to eligibility those
entertaining precisely the same views,
but of less standing in their communi
ties. It may be Baid that the former
violated an oath, while the latter did
not. The latter did not have it
in his power to do so. If they
had taken that oath, it cannot
be doubted they would have
broken it, as did the former class. It
there are any great criminals distin
guished above all others for the part
they took in opposition to the Govern
ment, they might, in the judgment of
Congress, be excluded from such an
amnesty. This subject is submitted for
your careful consderation.
These are strange statements to be
uttered by Grant, and prove either that
he has acted the hypocrite for many
years, or that his influence has been
small with his party. Like causes will
produce like effects all the world over,
and if Grant is sincere in his present
declarations, it will be difficult for him
and his friends to answer why be has
permitted such a wretched state of
affairs to exist in tho South for six
years.
His suggestion as to “great crimi
nals,” shows the littleness of his soul.
His low instincts urge him to proscrip
tion; policy, alone, stimulates to a show
of magnanimity.
NEXT GOVERNOR.
If we were a prophet,like some of our
more gifted brethren of the Press, we
would not hesitate to predict the elec j
tion for Governor of Hon. James M.
Smith, now Speaker of the House ol
Representatives, whose nomination by
acclamation we received on yesterday j
by special telegraph
If any one should be curious to leara
the grounds of our prediction, we would
with our usual gravity answer, firstly,
because we know the Convention could
not have made a better selection—sec
ondly, be will receive the largest vote
—and thirdly, he will have no opposi
tion! This last, we regret, if only for j
the excitement of the thing—for spread
eagleism will be choked, and the whole
affair will be as dull as a wet Sunday,or
Weston dressed in velvet pants walk
ing for hours around a race track.
We knew Col. Smith as a near neigh j
bor, years before his removal toColutn- i
bus. We then appreciated his talent j
and sterling honesty, which now lik» a
jewel in an Ethiop’s ear, has comman
ded universal attention and admiration.
He is a fit representative of the real in
telligence, worth and honesty of our
much slandered countrymen, and the
product of our Republican institutions
before robbers were Governors and hu
man butchers were Presidents. He is
every inch a nobleman, not inherited i
through man or kingly power, but i
stamped with the signet of truth and |
the finger of a God.
Feeble as we are, we could say more,
but could not say less. From all we
know of our acting Governor, we be
lieve he is a Christain and a gentleman.
As such, we hope he will yield grace
fully to the highest law and logic of all
Republics ,l Salus populi suprema
est lex ” —The welfare of the people, is
the supreme law.
THE GEORGIA SEN ATOKSIIIIL
The credentials of Thomas M. Nor
wood, claiming a seat in the Senate,
were presented in the Senate yesterday
by Senator Thurman, and laid on the
table. There is noprospectof his being
admitted, as it is generally understood
that the vacant seat in the Senate from
Georgia will be given to the Hon.
Foster Blodgett, who has, by the late
revolutionary action of the Georgia
Legislature, gained strength in the Sen
ate, aud will, undoubtedly, be admit
ted.
We clip the above from the National
Republican of the sth, published at
Washington.
Our neighbor, the Macon Messenger,
a few days ago spoke of the “ double
distilled stupidity” of the North Caro
lina Legislature for sending General
Vance to the U. S. Senate, who was
opposed to secession, battled manfully
in the field and in furnishing clothing
to suffering soldiers, not only North
Carolinians but to other Southerners.
Too rightfully and nobly proud to ask
any favors from tyrants and usurpers,
he, and the Legislature preferred that
his great State should remain forever
unrepresented, rather than not stand the
peer of any of her sisters.
If Norwood should not be admitted,
and Blodgett should, where would the j
difference between the “ double distil
led stupidity” of the North Carolina and
Georgia Legislatures ? If Abbott is not
a better man than Blodgett, we confess
that we are ignorant of the dark ways
and vain tricks of rascals.
Xhs Brunswick aud Albany Rail
road Bjimls.
We had a call yesterday from Mr.
Jacob H. Schiff, of the large banking
house of Bludge, Schiff, & Cos., of New
York. Mr. Schiff’s firm sold over sev
enteen hundred thousand dollars of the
first mortgage bonds of the Brunswick
and Albany Railroad, to as many as
five hundred different parties in Ea
rope. He says he has no interest in
the matter beyond desiring to see good
faith kept to those to whom he sold
these securities. He was employed by
Clews & Cos. to negotiate those securi
ties, and their legality was guaranteed
by Clews & Cos.
He says he negotiated a million in
March, and continued negotiating small
sums in Macon, when he declined hav
ing any thing more to do with them.
He says he does not know Bullock or
Kimball. He futher says that, when he '
sold the Urst million of the bonds so
stable and sound was Georgia’s credit
and name, that he had application for
seven million more of them.
He does not speak kindly of Clews &
Co.’s action in this matter.
Mr. Schiff’s statements confirm the
fact, that whenever the Legislature can
lift the cloud from our State securities,
and solve the problem of the present
complications, Georgia credit will stand
solid as a rock. —Atlantic Const.
J. 8. Jones advertises dry goods at
greatly reduced prices.
Special to the Macon Telegraph.
DouiorrelleStiKe Convention
Atlanta, December 6. — The Demo
c.auc Convention was caileU io oi iei
by Hon. Clifford Anueieon. Han L.
1 Doyal was elected temporary presi
dent, and J. D. Wadded, L. Carrington, j
M A. Hardin, T. G. Caban iss, H. D.
Randall, D. If. Craig, tempoiary secre
taries.
The following committee was ap
pointed cu permanent organ z»twu: j
First Congressional District Julian i
Hartridge, Morgan, RawU; Second |
District —C. W. Styles, ii. R. Tarver; .
Third District—H. L Benmng, J. A
Long; Fourth'Discrict—D Hammond,
F. D. Dismukes; Fifth District J B.
Camming, G. F. Fierce; Sixth District ,
—Garnett McMillan, W. L. Mitchell; i
Seventh District—J. A. W. Johnson, j
J. C. Fain; J. B. Camming, Chairman.
she majority recommended Julian i
Hartridge for permanent President, at.d
J. D. Waddell, L. Carrington, M. A.
Hardin, T. G. Cabaniss, H.' D Randall j
and D. R Craig for permanent seereta j
ries. Also recommended that the vote \
be by counties, each county having as i
many votes as Representatives, »nd j
that a majority nominate •
The minority, through Mr. McMillan, 1
agreed with the majority as to officers,
but recommended two thirds be requir
ed to nominate.
The majority report, after some dis
cussion, was adopted.
Hons. W. T. Wofford, John C. Nich
ols, Herbert Fielder and James M.
Smith were put in nomination. Before
proceeding through a half dozen coun
lies on the first ballot all names but the
last was withdrawn, and James Milton
Smith was unanimously nominated by
acclamation.
Hon. Herbert Fielder, in response to
calls, made an eloquent and patriotic
speech, and the nominee was waited on
by a committee and appeared in the
hall and accepted the nomination in an
able speech, amid great enthusiasm.
Jubilations and speeches at the Kim
ball House in honor of the nomination
of Mr. Smith.
The Resolutions Adopted—Speech
of Hon. J. 31. Smith.
We clip the following additional to
the above account from the Atlanta
Constitution:
The following resolutions offered by
P. W. Alexander, were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas power should ever be used
wisely and justly for the benefit of those
who confer it; and wheieas there is a
prospect for the first time in some years
of placing the administration oi the
affairs of our State in the hands of her
own sons; and whereas it is not deem
ed necessary at this time, to go into a
particular enumeration of our views and
principles in regard to general politics;
therefore,
Resolved, That we congratulate the
people of Georgia upon the prospect of
securing an honeatand faithluladminis
tration of their State Government, and
we declare it to be the universal desire
of those whom wo represent to Becure
government, to live at peace, to pass
wise and wholesome laws, and to have
the same administered in a spirit of
“wisdom, justice and moderation.”
Resolved, That it is our fixed purpose
to put down corruption in all depart
ments of the State government, to clear
the temple of justice of the money chan
gers, to practice economy in the expen
diture of the public money, to elevate
and preserve the public faith and credit,
to encourage education, to develop the
resources of the commonwealth, and to
i bring back all branches of the govern
ment, Executive, Legislative and Judi
cial, to the ancient landmarks of the
fathers.
Resolved , That as a Democratic con
vention of the people of Georgia, we
avail ourselves of the occasion to renew
our adhesion to the great Democratic
party of the Union, and to assure all
men that it is our desire and purpose,
as far as in us lies, to preserve public
order, to bring to condign punishment
all disturbers of the peace, as well as all
unfaithful public servants, and to deal
justly and kindly with all classes of the
people.
Col. Carey W. Styles and the com
mittee came in with the nominee, lion.
James M. Smith.
Mr Smith responded in a speech,
which appears below, reported phono
graphically for the Constitution :
81-HKCH OF HON J. M. SMITH.
Mr. President , and Gentlemen of the
Democratic Convention:
It will hardly be expected that upon
this occasion that I shall say more than
to return my thanks, for the honor you
have conferred upon me. If, at the ap
proaching election, the people of the
State of Georgia shall see fit to ratify
your action of to day, I shall enter upon
the duties of the high trust which will
be imposed upon me, with a profound
distrust of my own ability for the full
and faithful discharge of the same. But,
fellow-citizens, I trust I shall not be
charged with egotism when I say, that
however limited I may consider my own
capacity, I have an abiding faith in the
omnipotence of honesty. [Applause.]
That is what we need to-day more than
anything else. [Applause.]
What is the condition of our State?
In the remarks that I make I shall con
fine myself-to the affairs of the State of
Georgia alone, and I shall be very brief.
There is a work for every Georgian to
do, and there is an object for the exer
cise of the greatest patriotism. What
have we to do ? We all know that the
financial affairs of thß State are in inex
tricable confusion. We do not know
what the legal indebtedness of the State
is. We do not know how these bonds
were put out, but we have a suspicion
as to the one who put them out, and
that is about all. It will be expected
that the person who shall be selected to
fill the position of Governor, for the
next twelve months at least, shall so
administer the government of the State
of Georgia as that the people shall know
what their honest debts are, and what
is expected of them. [Applause.] He
will need honesty more than brains.—
[Applause.] It will be difficult to get
at the frauds that have been practiced
upon us. It will require a firm will and
an honest heart to get at and expose
them ; but, gentlemen of tbe Convention
permit me to say that, as God is my
Judge to-day, if I have the honor to be
selected by the people of Georgia to fill
the position of Governor, I shall en
deavor to get at the bottom of these
things. I shall at least give a very
large portion of my attention to the task
of determining how much we really
owe, and how much is claimed of us.
It is of paramount importance that
popular confidence should be restored
in the administration of public affairs in
this State. Unfortunately, since the
war, or within the last three or four
years, we have been placed in a condi
tion where the people, by reason of the
many impositions and the many frauds
which have been practiced upon them,
have lost confidence in those who have
been selected to fill tbe prominent po
sitions under our State government.
How long has it been since it was con
sidered that the name of the Governor
of Georgia was hardly a synonym for
honesty? Ido not make these remarks
in any improper spirit, but for the pur
pose of calling your attention to the
fact that I feel in its fill! measure the
great- responsibility that, -v ** r d•- ]ve
upon me in case the people shall ratify
your nomination.
It is desirable that the people should
have confidence io their Governor- In
the event that I shall bo chosen to
fill that position, it snail be my object
to protect tbe people, so far as may be
in my power, not only in their rights
of person and property, but in ineir
public rights as well. [Applause.]
And permit me to say furtner, that in
the discharge of the duties of that high
office, I shall, if elected observe no dis
tinction except the distinction between
rogues and honest men [Applause.]
But let me pause to say that the j
names of other gentlemen have been
brought to your attention to-day in this
connection—gentlemen of character,
intelligence and great worth, (Messrs.
Wofford, Fielder and Nichols.) With
the name of one of these gentlemen 1
have been long familiar, (General Wof
sored.) I saw him in Virginia. He
was doing bis duty there. [Applau-e.J
1 saw him in the midst ot smoke anil
fire and bullets, and he was doing his
i.uty then. [Applause.] And when,
on the present occasion in this Conven
tion, where his name was prominently
mentioned in connection withe the of- l
fice for which you have selected me
his friends—the men who know him’
the men who love him, and who are ca
pabit ot appreciating his inch character
hav. waived Git- urging oi his name
before thiß body, and themselves have
become the nominators oi myself, how
I fell otherwise than grateful? I
ctr.k hand3 with those men and with
their friends. lam sure that my hon
ored iritui, Gtnuial Wofford, will
uiii e with me iu doieg everything that
can be done to promote the welfare of
the "' ate, to secure protection to her
ci'iz-tns, and to place tho old Common
wealth iu the same high position she
formerly occupied w hen men werehon
est met., and were not chosen because
they wire rogues. I tell these gentle
men I want to strike hands with them
and march forward to the emancipation
iff our state irons the impositions,
trom the frauds, and from the villainies
which have boon practiced upon hor.
And it the distinguished gentleman
w id do Ms duty now, as he has done his
duty on other arenas—and I know he
will —tuecess w ill crown our efforts.
A gentleman remarked as I entered
the hal., that your nominee was a na
tive Georgian So I am. I know that
since tho days of reconstruction it has
been consider. <i not. altogether honor
able for a man to have been born in the
South. But I must plead guilty to the
charge. lam native and to the manor
born. I look upon Georgia as my moth
er. She is my mother. 1 expect to re
pose in her bosom at last, and my pray
er is that I may so conduct myself that
I may not be censured by the friends
who have this day, in so marked a de
gree, manifested their confidence in me,
that I may so conduct myself as that no
man who has spoken my name favor
ably to-day, will ever have occasion tg
regret that he joined in the nomination
of James M. Smith. [Applause.] And
that when I shall have run my career,
and when my good old mother shall
have taken me to her bosom, I shall go
to my grave amid the tears and bless
ings of »those whom I have helped to
emancipate from the distress, the suf
sering and villainy which have been
brought upon them. [Great applause.]
Hon. J. M. Smith was serenaded
Wednesday night at the Kimball House.
He said that carpet-baggers had infest
ed Georgia like the lice in Egypt, but
they must eow pack their carpet-bags
and leave—Bullock had already pack
ed his and left.
We must give these rings—organized
to steal—to understand that Grant,
Alexander & Cos, takes charge of such
characters, and have buggy straps to
satisfy the debt they owe to the State.
If the State Road Lease was honestly
made, it should be respected; if dishon
estly made the people should not allow
themselves to be swindled out of their
property, lie expressed no opinion as
to the honesty or dishonesty of the
lease. The Courts would settle the
question.
Gen. Wofford, Col. Peebles and oth
ers made stirring speeches.
From the Macon Telegraph.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday, December G.
MORNING SESSION.
SENATE.
The bill to. pay the debt of this State
with the earnings of the State Road
was lost by a vote of 17 to 20.
The Senate refused to reconsider the
bill to provide for the farming out of
convicts.
Other proceedings unimportant.
HOUSE.
A bi.il to abolish the District Courts
was passed over Conley’s veto by a
vote of 125 to 26 ; also a bill to repeal
the act declaring the poll tax of 1868-
69-70 illegal, and to provide for the col
lection of the same; by a vote of 122 to
28.
A number of local bills passed, and
others lost and tabled.
afternoon session.
SENATE.
House bills were read the first and
second time.
The Senate passed the bill making
the purchase of stolen produce a misde
meanor. If the purchase is made be
tween sunset and sunrise, it shall be
prima facia evidence of guilt. The de
fendant may testify. Persons carrying
produce In wagons more than five miles
to market are excepted in the provisions
of the bill.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House took up the appropriation
bill and discussed it till half past eight
o’clock. Adjourned.
Thursday, Dec. 7.
Senate,—The Senate was called to
order by President Trammel, and
prayed for by Rev. Mr. Keichum.
Mr. Brown moved to reconsider so
much of the proceedings of yesterday as
relates to the passage of a bill to amend
section 4420 of the Code, so as to make
the purchase of stolen produce a misde
meanor, and the purchase of produce
and sunrise prima facie
evidence of the same.
Mr. Matthews forcibly opposed the
motion, and alluded to various instan
ces where the want of such provision
had worked serious injury. He was
surprised to learn that any district in
North Georgia did not need such a law;
but Southwest Georgia undoubtedly
does, for he believed that section loses
more annually for the want of such a
law than the actual production of North
Georgia.
Mr. Burns moved to lay the '■motion
to reconsider on the table. Carried.
The bill to repeal the act organizing
the District Court, which was vetoed by
the Governor ad interim, and the veto
message returned with the same, was
taken up.
The message placed the veto upon the
economy, speed and other advantages
of the District Court, as now constitut
ed.
The vote on the bill stood, ayes 33,
nays 8; so the bill was passed.
A bill to repeal an act to declare the
poll tax for the years 1868-69-70 uncol
lected. unconstitutional, and to prevent
the collection of the same—vetoed by
the Executive, and the veto message ac
companying the same, was taken up.
The message based the disapproval of
said bill upon the objectionable form of
the bill, claiming that it contained pro
visions not specified in the title, and
was unconstitutional in containing more
than one subject matter; and that the
bill, as framed, would accomplish more
than the repeal of the act aimed at.
Senator Campbell spoke at length
against the bill.
On the passage of the bill the vote
stood—ayes 27, nays 13; so the bill was
passed.
Mr. Nichols offered a resolution pro
viding for the appointment of a joint
committee of five from the General As
sembly to visit the penitentiary and
the several places where the con
victs are employed, and report upon the
manner of their treatment and ail other
matters connected therewith. Also, to
report upon what interest, if any, Ru
fus B. Bullock has in the contract un
der which the convicts were farmed
out. Also to inquire what disposition
was [made of the appropriation of
$150,000 to the penitentiary made in
March, 1869, and called the previous
question on its addoption.
The resolution was adopted by yeas
25; nays 15.
The House bill to amend section 178
f tbe Code, fixing the per diem and
uj.ieage oi -in- General Ai„, moly, and
the veto message of the Executive re
turned with the same, were taken up
aud read.
The message stated that the bill was
idisapproved because retroactive, as
providing that it shall take effect from
the beginning of the present session,
and because the slight reduction made
in the bill is not sufficient to meet the
popular demand.
Mr. Burns called the previous ques
tion. The call was sustained, and the
bill passed, by ayes 29 : nays 18.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to incorporate the Macon and
Knoxville Railroad Company. Passed.
A bill to regulate and define the laws
of this State relating to the assessment
and enforcement of c uuty taxes, and
for other purposes Indefinitely post
p nsd.
A House bill to provide for' tbe ap- 1
portionment of Representatives in the
General Assembly.
The special committee to whom the
bill was referred, reported a substitute I
to the same effect, and changing the |
Senatorial Districts, which limits the j
number of Representatives in the House ‘
to 175.
Mr. Nichols moved to have the bill
printed and make it the special order i
for Saturday. Lost.
The hour of adjournment having ar
rived the Senate adjourned until 3 p. m.
House. —The House met at the usual
hour. Speaker Smith in the chair.—
Prayer by Mr. Jones.
Mr. Pierce moved to suspend the rules
to take up a Senate resnlution directing
the Attorney General to dismiss certain
suits against ~the Treasurer, and de
claring that the Treasurer shall not be
held liable for interest on deposits in
the Treasury.
Mr. Pierce said that this was due to
the faithfulness of the Treasurer who
had done so much toward guarding the
public funds.
The motion to suspend prevailed and
the resolution was unanimously adop
ted.
On motion, the House went into a
Committee of the Whole on the Appro
priation bill.
After a discussion of an hour or more
on the question of granting SSOO extra
pay to certain clerks, an amendment
paying the chief Clerk of the House and
Secretary of the Senate SSOO and mile
age, without per diem, was adopted.
No appropriation was made for the
Attorney General. The committee rose,
reported progress, and asked for leave
to sit again.
Mr. W. D. Anderson moved to take
up the Governor’s veto of the bill to re
duce the per di.m of officers and mem
bers of the General Assembly.
The message was read. The reasons
assigned for the veto are that the bill i»
retroactive and unconstitutional, and
that the reduction of only $2, leaving
the mileage as it was before, was not a
sufficient reduction to meet the demands
of the people.
Mr W. D. Anderson moved to pass
the bill over the veto.
Mr. Edwards called the previous
question, which was sustained.
' The yeas and nays were called with
the following result; Yeas 118; nays 31.
House again went into the Committee
of the Whole.
The salary of the Principal Keeper of
the Penitentiary waß reduced to SIOOO.
It was moved to appropriate about
$2500 to pay Messrs Rawson, Red wine,
Hammock and others, Mrtaking charge
of and posting up the State Road books.
This averages about $l5O per month for
those actually engaged. This motion
did not prevail.
Messrs. Hodge and Jackson explained
the situation when these parties were
called upon to take charge of the books,
and the value of the services rendered.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, one hun
dred dollars per month were appropri
ated as pay to the clerks employed on
these books, and one hundred and fifty
dollars per month, on motion of Mr.
Wofford, of Bartow, as pay for the
book-keeper employed.
On motion of Mr. Bacon, one hun
dred dollars per month were appropria
ted to each of the gentlemen who were
appointed a committee to take charge
of the books.
On motion of Mr. Cumming, five
thousand dollars were appropriated to
Mrs. Catherine Fleming for money
which the State got from her husband
during the war, as money belonging to
the United States, and for which the
United States sued and obtained judg
ment against her and collected the
money. The committee rose and re
ported back the bill.
Pending final action on the bill the
House adjourned until 3 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate. —The Senate passed the bill
apportioning representatives. It gives
Chatham, Richmond, Fulton, Bibb and
Houston each three Representatives;
Bartow, Burke, Cobb, Coweta, Clarke,
Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd, Gwinnett.
Green, Hancock, Harris, Jefferson,
Jackson, Muscogee, Monroe, Meriweth
er, Macon, Oglethorpe, Pike, Randolph,
Sumter, Stewart, Troup, Thomas,
Talbot, Washington, Walton and
Wilkes, two each; the remaining coun
ties one each.
A joint resolution for the appointment
of a committee of two from the Senate
and three from the House to report on
the necessity of prolongation was agreed
to.
The House resolution requesting the
State School Commissioner to resign
was concurred in by a vote of 32 to 13.
House.—The appropriation bill cov
ering the usual purposes, was perfected
and passed.
The Senate resolution for theappoint
ment of a committee to report on the
necessity of prolongation was concur
red in.
The bill to move the Georgia Military
Institute to Fort Valley was passed.
A large number of Senate bills were
read first and second time.
NIGHT SESSION.
Several Senate bills were passed, most
ly of a local character.
The session will probably be prolong
ed a few days to bring up unfinished
business which would otherwise be lost.
PROCEEDINGS OF FRIDAY.
The Senate met at 9 o’clock a. m.,
President Trammell in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hinton.
Mr. Candler moved to reconsider so
much of the proceedings of yesterday
as relates to the passage of a resolution
providing for the appointment of a
Joint Special Committee to investigate
various matters connected with the
penitentiary and the farming out of the
i convicts, on the ground that its object
had been thoroughly accomplished by a
Legislative Committee appointed in
18—, at great expense and trouble.
Mr. Erwin moved to lay the motion
on the table. Lost.
The motion to reconsider prevailed—
ayes 19; nays 14.
Mr. Smith moved to reconsider a res
olution requesting the School Commis
sioner to resign the office which he now
holds.
Mr. Nicholia called for*the previous
question.
The motion was carried by ayes 25,
nays 16.
Mr. Nunnally moved to refer the res
olution to the Committee on Education.
Carried.
The committee appointed to look into
the amount of business before both
Houses, reported a large amount of
business before each body which ought
to be acted upon during the present
session, and recommended that the sea
sion be extended until Wednesday, 13th
inst.
Mr. Brown opposed the adoption of
the report. He believed that there
would still remain a large amount of
business whenever the Legislature
might adjourn, and if any very impor
tant business shall not be attended to, it
can be acted upon at the session in Jan
uary; turther, that while it requires a
two thirds vote to prolong the session—
adjournment thereafter depends merely
upon a majority vote.
Mr. Wellborn offered a resolution,
that the session be extended until Wed
nesday 13th, inclusive, and not longer,
except by a two-thirds vote.
Mr. Reese favored the adoption of
the report because, notonly expediency,
but necessity, as well as duty to the
people, demands action upon the ap
propriation bill, tbe tax bill and the
perfecting of the public school system,
which could all be acted, upon by the
time recommended in the report for
adjournment.
The resolution of Mr. Welborn, as
an amendment to the report, was adop
ted.
The report of the committee was then
adopted by yeas 27, nays 11.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
A bill to amend an act to alter the
Charter oi Columbus. Pasßed.
A bill to amend an act incorporating
the Newnan and Americus Railroad j
Company. Passed.
A bill to repeal an act to amend sec
tion 4245 of the Code by striking out !
the words “to work jn a chain gang.”
Senator Campbell moved to lay the
bill upon the tabie. Lost. Yeas, 11 ; |
nays, 27. The bill was passed.
A bill to incorporate the Atlanta and
Tennessee Railroad Company.
Mr. Brown moved to lay the bill on
the table. Carried. Yeas, 20; nays 16
A bill to change the lines between
Upson and Pike counties. Passed.
A message was received from tbff
Governor slating bis approval of a res
olution discontinuing certain suits
against the Treasurer. Also, a resolu
tion calling upon the Governor for in
formation of the indebtedness of the
State for printing, etc.
A bill to authorize a counter showing
on a motion for continuance. Passed.
Yeas, 31; nays, 6.
A House resolution that one thousand
copies of the election bill be printed and
generally distributed throughout the
Slate so as to disseminate a knowledge
of its’provisions previous to tho elec
tion, was concurred in.
A bill to change the law of distribu
tion so far as relates to the property of
married women. The bill provides tor
the distribution of the property of a
married woman among the husband
and children, whereas thu law now
vests all in the husband. The bill was
PS A biil to make it legal for sheriffs,
constables and other officers to sell
property levied on in other places than
before the Court House door. Passed.
Mr. Hinton offered a resoulation that
hereafter the Senate shall meet at 9
o’clock a. m., and adjourn at 1 p. m.,
and meet at 3 p. m., and adjourn at 5
p. m., unless otherwise ordered by a
majority of the Senate.
House. —The House was called to or
der at 9 a. m. by the Speaker.
Mr. Pou moved to reconsider the loss
of a bill to amend the charter of the Al
bany and Columbus Railroad Company.
On the motion to reconsider, the yeas
and nays were called for, with the fol
lowing result—yeas 47, nays 84.
Clower, of Monroe, moved to recon
sider the passage of the bill to regulate
labor. Motion laid on the table.
Mr. Bryan moved to reconsider the
lobs of a bill to regulate the practice of
dentistry. This motion did not prevail.
The bill to prevent the sale of farm
products between the hours of sunset
and sunrise In Richmond and other
counties was taken up.
Mr. Bryan offered a substitute for the
bill.
On motion the bill and substitute were
laid on the table.
A resolution by Mr. Wofford, of Bar
tow, in relation to land granted to the
Cherokee Indians was adopted.
A bill to carry into effect a bill to pro
vide for the election of Governor to fill
the unexpired term of li. B. Bullock,
was passed and transmitted to the Sen
ate.
On motion of Mr. Rawls the rules
were suspended and the House went
into a committee of the whole on the
tax bill.
A motion by Mr. Scott to strike out a
section whicii -compels non-resident
persons selling by sample to pay a tax oi
one hundieu dollars, excited consider
able discussion.
On the motion to strike out, the yeas
and nays were called with the following
result—yeas 101, nays 44.
A lengthy and interesting correspond
dence between General Lowis, State
School Commissioner, and Hon. Gar
nett McMillan, in reference to remarks
made by Mr. McMillan relating to an
alleged attempt on the part of General
Lewis to have certain text books, ob
noxious to our people, introduced into
our schools.
Mr. Pierce stated that he had pre
pared the resolution before Mr. McMil
lan’s speech; that said speech had noth
ing to do with the introduction of the
resolution; that he alone is responsible
for it.
The Senate resolution, providing for
the extension of the session until Wed
nesday next, was set down as the spe
cial order for 3 o’clock.
A resolution, by Mr. Glover, request
ing the Governor to order an election
for Representative in Sumter county to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Hon. Wright Brady. Was adopted.
The tax act V’as resumed.
The section .mposing a tax of twen
ty cents per gallon on liquor dealers
was stricken out.
A bill to amend section 3895 of the
Code, relating to foreclosure of mort
gages on personalty.
A number of other bills, all of a local
character, were passed.
The bill to amend garnishment laws
was tabled.
House. After some discussion,
which was participated in by Speaker
Bmith, the House voted to prolong its
session till Saturday next: This was a
matter of necessity bring up the unfin
ished business of the session.
The following bills were passed:
A bill to amond section 3434 of the
Code.
A bill to incorporate the Montlcello
Narrow Gauge Railway Company.
Thirteen bills of a local character
were disposed of.
Other proceedings unimportant.
NIGHT SESSION.
House.— The following bills were
passed:
A bill to amend the law creating a
lien in favor of employees in steam saw
mills.
A large number of local bills were
passed.
* Trial ofßcv.J.jL. Fierce.
The public probably bears in mind the
gross scandal that for some months ago
was circulated through the papers, with
the names of Rev. J. L. Pierce and a
lady from Cartersville were unenviably
connected. The scandal was so great,
and bore so heavily upon not only the
ministerial, but the moral character of
Mr. Pierce, that it became necessary for
the Conference, to which h 6 belonged,
to give the matter a most inquisitorial
examination.
When Conference met in Athens last
week one of the first acts ol the body
was to raise a committoe for the inves
tigation of the matter. The committee
was composed of the following minis
ters: Arminius Wright, chairman; H.
H. Parks, L. J. Dayies, F. A. Kimball,
A. G. Haygood, A. M. Thigpen, G. Y.
Smith, J. H. Grogan, J. T. Dickey, M.
Calloway, D. J. Myrick, J. Lewis, Jr.,
P. A. Heard, W. P. Fort.
Before this tribunal the Rev. J. L.
Pierce was brought for an examination
of the charges against him. His trial
occupied five entire days—three sittings
of the committee beinf held each day.
The testimony was taken in writing,
and covered 300 pages of cap paper.
Every witnesses was subjected to the
most thorough and rigid examination.
Witnesses pro and con were examined
with like rigor. There was no partiali
ty—no discriminating—no favors
shown, but an obvious determination
to arrive at the exact truth in the case.
What points were divulged by the
testimony it is not necessary to state.
It is sufficient for the public to know
that after the most patient and exhaus
tive hearing, the judgment of the com
mittee was that Mr. Pierce was not
guilty of the charges that had been
made against him. The husband ofthe
lady involved, who was present during
the examination, at its close said Mr.
Pierce had a fair and impartial trial.—
At. Sun.
Tbe Southern Cotton Jlnnafactnre.
The war did us vast evil. It has
done good too. It has stimulated
Southern ingenuity and industries. In
nothing has this stimulus been more
conspicuously apparent than in the im
portant and stupendous matter of cot- j
ton manufactures. The South has ta
ken hold of this subject in dead earnest.
Everywhere cotton factories have !
sprung into existence, with a substan
tial result of profit, that has amazed our
own people and bids fair to revolution
ize the cotton commerce.
The quotations of Southern cotton
fabrics in the Northern markets have
in a few years, leaped from insiginifi
oance into a bold competition with the
Northern fabrics. The rs a '
Southern supremacy in thia industry is
clearly foreshadowed.
The extent and finish to which our
Southern manufacture is carried is re
markable. Southern goods are becoming
the choice fabrics of the world. Take
for instance the manufactures of that
celebrated establishment, the Eagle and i
Phenix Mills, of Columbus, Ga., under
the management of Dr. N. J. Bussey.
They are unsurpassed. We have a
specimen of their famous cotton blank
ets that can’t be beat. They are superb
creations of skill. There is no woolen
blanket that can surpass them in beau
ty or utility. The ereat house of A. T.
Stewart, of New York, is a standing
purchaser of these blankets. For soft
ness, for whiteness, for warmth, for ex
quisite finish, and for perfection of man
ufacture, they are an attractive example
of what can be done by Southern enter
prise.
Theseachiovementsof Southern brain
and energy, backed by Southern capi
tal, we regard with unspeakable pride.
They show what is in the future for the
South by a utilization of our capacities
and resources At. Const.
A little terrier in lowa ate a yeast
cake. Next morning his master didn't
know him; he was as big as a bull-dog. .
SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 9.
Death of Dr. E. L. deGraffkn
rikd— One of the Commissioners
Who Laid Off Columbus. —Dr. E. L.
deGraffonried, one of the earliest and
most prominent landmarks of Colum
bus, died yesterday morning, at his
residence, in the seventy-third year of
his age, of congestion oi the bladder.
He was born in Lunenburg county, Va.,
in 1798. The Doctor always made it
his boast that he was a “Virginia gen
tleman.” He married Miss Kirkland,
of North Carolina, a sister of the j
mother of Gen. Kirkland of the Con
federate army, and of the wife of Chief
Justice Ruffin,and of tho wife of United
States Senator Strange, of the 6ame
State. The Doctor, of late yeai'3, has
claimed he was a descendant of the
Baron deGraffenried who had an im.
mense treasury left for his heirs in
Berne, Switzerland.
Having received a superior medical
education, he came early to Georgia
where he settled at Greensboro. That
was long before the era of railroads.
He received the appointment from
Governor Forsyth, under authority of
the Georgia Legislature, with other
commissioners, of which we believe
none now survive, to layout the town
of Columbus and have the lots sold.
He came here in 1827. Ia the next
year the streets were surveyed. They
were regulated by the north stars,
which old citizens tell us at that time
varied five degrees from the indications
of the magnetic needle. Mr. Lloyd, we
believe, was surveyor. In the follow
ing year the lots were sold, and the next
year the first bale of cotton was brought
to the town. The staple was then
picked by hand, as the gin is compara
tively a modern invention.
Doctor deGraffenried has resided
here ever since, and has been one of
our leading citizens. Then, tho Indians
roamed through this country. The
: Muscogee tribe of the Creek nation
| inhabited this section. Small pox broke
out among them. The Doctor, with an
unselfishness truly admirable, traveled
among them to cure this pestilence.
He has in turn applied to the United
States, to Georgia and Columbus to pay
him, without succcess. This claim,
with interest, has swelled to a large
sum.
The Doctor, for a long period,engaged
a lucrative practice, but for many years
has withdrawn from active business.
He was an Episcopalian by faith. He
used to observe, in his peculiar way, it
was the only Church in which a man
could worship like a gentleman. He
was a man of a remarkably retentive
memory and one of the strongest com
pounds of intellect, eccentricity and
originality we have ever met. He raised
a large family. Several sons and daugh
ters live to do him honor.
Shooting Affair. —On Dog Alley,
on Thursday night last, Lee Kilgore
was shot by John Grant. Kilgore,
and Grant are employees of the Eagle
and Phenix Manufacturing Company.
Kilgore used a Colt’s repeater and fired
the first shot, the ball going through
Grant’s hat. Grant returned the fire
with a Smith & Wesson’s pistol, the
ball entering below Kilgore’s second
rib. K. was carried to his home, it was
thought, in a dying condition. We
were informed yesterday, that his phy
sician, Dr. Pitts, stated his chances of
recovery were good. Grant delivered
himself to the authorities in the morn
ing. Beyond this we can learn noth
ing. The general report is bad whisky
was the cause.
Now’s the time to leave your homes,
And make a call on J immle J ones;
The best of bargains there you’ll find,
With ‘“boss” and clerks so very*kind.
Sail in and sing, Brother Miller.
Jackson, of the Enquirer.
Now Parson, on sermons and sing
ing “himes,” you beat us to death, but
your poetry reminds us of the little sto
ry of Jo. Sylvester and “Rare Ben Jon
son.” They in jolly mood, staked a
wager as to which could rhyme best on
his own name. Sylvester let fly:
X, Jo. Sylvester,
Kissed your sister.
“Rare Ben” then buckled to:
I, Ben Jonson,
Klssediyour wife.
Sylvester claimed the bet, because
Jonson had not rhymed. Jonson re
plied, he had done better—for he had
told the truth.
Parson, your truths may ba good, but
as for your poetry, you should be
placed at once under bonds for an as
sault with intent to kill the Sacred
Nine.
Officers of Emory College.— This
institution is located at Oxford, on the
Georgia Railroad. It is the Methodist
college of the State. At the late ses
sion of the North Georgia Conference
the faculty was re organized. It will
be noticed from the list of officers pub
lished below that Rev. O. L. Smith, D.
D., pastor of St. Luke’s church in this
city, is President, and Col. Wm. H.
Chambers, one of the most cultivated
and polished men of this section, who,
for several terms, was Speaker of the
Alabama House of Representatives, is
Vice-President and Professor of Eng
lish Language and Literature:
Rev. O. L. Smith, President and Pro
fessor of Moral Philosophy.
Col. Wm. H. Chambers, Vice-Presi
dent and Professor of English Language
and Literature.
Rev. Q. W. W. Stone, Professor of
Mathematics.
Rev. J. 8. Hopkins, Professor of Nat
ural Science.
Rev. Morgan Calloway, Professor of
Latin Language and Literature.
J. M. Doggett, Professor of Greek
Language and Literature.
Rufus W. Smith, Principal of Acade
mical Departments.
What the Radicals Propose.—
After canvassing three days and two
nights, we learn from the Atlanta Sun
the Republicans have come to the con
clusion not to have any candidate for
Governor, and to let the election go by
default. As we stated in our issue of
Thursday morning, the leading mem
bars of the party were divided in their
conuaels on Wednesday—some siding
with Conley, and determining oo! ;o
recognize the election—others believing
a nomination should be made and the
election vigorously tested. Whether
they have all finally sided with Conley
or not, we do not know. What took
place in their counsels we do not know
—they are not communicative. We are
only authorized to say that they will
place no candidate in the field.
At one time it was believed Col. Jas.
Atkins would be brought out by them,
and at one time be really was nomina
ted; but this nomination was reconsul
ered at subsequent consultation, and the
nomination withdrawn.
Columbian Lodge.— The following
officers were elected last night by Cos
lumbian Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M., lor
the ensuing year:
C. C. McGehee, W. M.
Jno. A. Urqubart, 8. W.
Geo. D. Chaffin, J. W.
S. H. Hill, Treasurer.
A. T. Calhoun, Secretary.
W. H. Perrine, S. D.
D. R. Bize, J. D.
J. M. Hughes, Tyler.
Stewards—R. G. Weir, H, F. Everett.
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.
London, December 7. —Tho Prince
of Wales is steadily improving.
Paris, December 7. A message
from Thiers announces that he has
notified Great Britain that he intonds
to abrogate the treaty of commerce at a
stipulated time, but will continue the
regulations for re-adjustment.
London, Dec. B.—First bulletin: The
Prince of Wales pats-d a very unquiet
night; had considerable fever.
London, Dec. B.—lJ p. m.—The
Queen is at the Prince of Wales’ bed
side.
The morning papers publishing ex
tras; every issue increases public anxiej
ty - .
London, Dec. B—s p. m.—Exciting
rumors are on ’Change, announcing
the death of the Prince of Wales, but
the news is not authenticated, and
should be received with great caution.
6 P. m. —The Prince is sinking fast.
London, Dec. 8-9:30 p. m.— Phy
icians In attendance on the Prince of
Wales, have just issued a bulletin, stat
ing his Royal Highness was still very
much prostrated.
London, December B—Midnight.
The sudden unfavorable change in the
Prince of Wales causes depression
throughout the country from all classes.
Sandingham, Dec. 9—9 o’clock.—
The Prince of Wales slept little during
the Exhausted symptoms have
not increased. His geueral condition
is some what more favorable.
[Signed.] Wm. Jerver,
and all attending physicians.
London, Dec. 9.—Unofficial advices
from Sandingham continue unfavorable
and represent the case hopeless.
London, Dec. 9.—The anticipated
strike of the telegraphers has commenc
ed at Liverpool. Dispatchts are de
layed.
London, Dec. 9—l p. m.—The fol
lowing bulletin is ja3t posted : Sandig
ham, Dec. 9—Noon.—The Prince pass
ed the morning more tranquilly. The
febrile paroxysms are subsiding. There
has been no increase of exhaustion.
(Signed) Snt Wm. Jerrer,
And others.
Piiucess Beatrice, Princess Leopold,
and all the children of the Prince have
been called to the bedside, and are hast
ening to Sandingham.
The Duke of Cambridge has already
gone there in response to a telegraphic
summons.
London, Dec. 9—2 p. in.—Archbish
op Canterbury requests the clergy to
pray for the recovery of the Prince of
Wales. The excitement is intense, now
that there is a gleam of hope.
London, December 9—o o’clock.—
The Prince of Wales passed a quiet
afternoon but no change of symptoms
since noon.
London, Dec. 9—ll p. in. —The fol
lowing is the latest official bulletin irom
Sandingham, dated 10 o’clock to night:
The Prince has slept since noon, but
there has been no improvement iu his
symptoms.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Dec. 7.—The House is
engaged on postal affairs.
The Senate is discussing whether
witnesses which placed the Ivu-Ivlux
Committee in contempt shall be arrest
ed by concurrent resolution or by ac
tion of the Senate alone.
Secretary of the Treasury isues a no
tice that on and after the 7th of March,
1872, principal and accrued interest on
five twenties coupons and registered
known as second series, act of Februa
ry 25th, 1802, will be paid at the Treas
ury Department. Amount of bonds
$20,000,000.
The Senate committees show no
changes in chairmans. Alcorn succeeds
Spencer in the Mississippi Levee Com
mittee. Other changes unimportant.
Both Houses have adjourned to Mon
day. Proceedings unimportant.
Washington, Dec. 8. Senator
Trumbull has no recollection of utter
ing the sentiments attributed to him by
interviewers in Louisville. The Cour
ier-Journal’s account represented Trum
bull as favorable to Grant’s re-election.
Suit began to-day in the District
Court: Gossaway B. Lamar against
Samuel B. Cabell, for the valuo of 426
bales of cotton which Lamar casually
lost, and Cabell found, and knowing it
was Lamar’s property, Cabell appro
priated the proceeds.
The income tax expires by limitation
on the 13th inst.
No communication between Grant
j and Akerman regarding a change in
j the Attorney Generalship, though the
pressure for a change wa3 great and
Akerman’s resignation would be
j promtly accepted. Influential political
! circles urge that Akermsn’s acts and
j judicial force and attainments wore
j necessary to the position. The very
j highest authority thinks that Fish will
stick.
J Sumner did not sign the Senatorial
j letter requesting Fish to stick,
j The Commission under the troaty
j of Washington adjourned to the 14th.
j About a hundred cotton cases before
| the Court of Claims, are postponed,
pending a decision in the Supreme
J Court, as to whether the Presidential
j position entitles pardoned party to tosti
| fy in the Court of Claims against the
government.
SEW YORK.
New York, Dec. B.—Havana steam
j ers decline receiving any newspapers
j outside the mails, by order of the Cap
j tain General.
Montgomery Blair writes to the
; World urging the Democrats to adopt
I immediately a passive policy. The
World editorially dissents from Blair’s
j views.
| Arrangements for the International
| Society’s demonstration Sunday, are
j concluded. Woodhull & Clalliu will
; assist in the procession.
| The Gold Room is excited over a
baseless rumor of the death of the Prince
of Wales and theexcitiment of the Lon
| don markets. Gold is consequently
strong and active. There is no author
ity whatever, so far, for the rumor.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, Dec. 7.—Judge 80-’d to
day, io 'hr U. 8 Oircni* -nrt. .! Mv
ered an up. i. n <.. a a. >t. » the
defence to quash an indictment against
Allen Crosby aud others, charged with
violating tbe Ku Ivlux law The Court
decided that two Os the eleven counts
were good, that six wen bad,aud that
on three counts the Court was divided.
The motion to quash iva» overruled.
Childers, from York county, was ar
raigned and pleaded not guilty. The
defence challenged a juror perernp
torially, to which the Government
objected Tbe Court reserved its decis
ion until to morrow.
Columbia, Dec. B.— ln the Kuklux
trial to day, four persons plead guilty to
charges of conspiiacy to deprive citi
zees of the light to vote. They reserve
the right of reading affidavits in mitiga
tion of the plea.
MEXICO.
Matamohas, Dec. 6— A special of
the 2d saps Travino, the rebel General,
took Sattillo. Loss on both sides heavy.
The Government still holds the French
fort on the outskirts, but the rebels com
mand the place from two positions, aud
the surrender of the fort i 3 hour ,
pected. J
Tho Government commander
moras conceals all news. This at '
sidered unfavorable to the Gover # C<>t '
Matamoras, December G Ca,<illl '
days severe lighting, resulting J* 9
Rebel occupation of Satillo ti ““
olutionists are apparently ler , e?
ground. The second rebel 1(j K “ 1Dio 8
been accipied at Monterey "V"*
foreigners have closed their j
Mexican merchants are compeii?*'
pay or cuter the ranks.
Mataomras, Dec. 7.—Saitiij,
all the forts are in possession‘lr?
rebels.
The insurgents are preparing f
march on San Luis. b w 1
Matamoras, Dec. 0.-rhe n .,<
tionists are marching on Bau ?
Potc-si, Meir and Camargo. p e& “'I
a pronunciamento here; busicessl ° !
pended.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Pittsburg, Dec. 0. Blackmor,
(Ind.) is elected Mayor over Mori
(Rep.) by 1274 majority. Magee(rT
elected City Treasurer by i t Ooo m „;.
ity.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Dec. 8-The Board
Trade Committee on Mississippi Lev.
reported, earnestly requesting Cong tet
sioua) aid for Levee purposes ami j |
manent improvement of navigation
St. Louis, Dec. 9.—National (v I
vention.—The subject of the Nations
Double Truck Government p oßll .
Road, from St. Louis via Santiago'
San Francisco, was indefinitely p w .
poned.
Resolutions on inland water comm,,
nications, was postponed to next year
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, Dec. 8-The Wilmk
ton, Columbia and Augusta Rnj| ro(i
being completed to Columbia, 8. c
opens a now line to the North, viac«
lurnbia and Augusta on and afterDe
cernber 13th.
ALABAMA.
Selma, December 7.—The Agricul.
tural Congress, alter an iuterestingan'i
important session, adjourned today,]
3 p. in. to meet in Si. Lous In May. j
Spurr, of Kentucky, was elected p et .
manent President.
.VILMI'MIS AVAL VNI IIL-AtiAIS
The Avalanche is mentioned by the
Columbus (Ga.) Sun as among u,
journals which, “provoked or nmpto.
yoked, never miss an opportunity to
snake a lick at Mr. Stephens." Th
philosophy of all this the able edi otti
plains on “two common elemeata oi
human nature—first, envy of supstion.
and second, never to forgive those we
(have injured.” The Avalanche ii,
great and good newspaper. It has
kept within the limits of the proprie
ties in combating Mr. Stephens' propo
sitions. It has uttered nothing person,
ally offensive to that gentleman. It
has assailed his doctrines because they
j are injurious to the best interests of the
| people; and tho public ht ve accepted
our views as correct. The Sun seems
to view it a crime to differ from Mr.
Stephens. With men’s names or ante,
cedents we have nothing to do. If Mr.
Stephens desires his past to be held sa
cred ho must keep within its limits.
He has chosen to set himself up ass
target, and if fired at can have no valid
reason to complain. Man worshipisi
1 weakness of which it would be well lot
our Georgia contemporary to disposseit
itself.
We give the above in full from the
Memphis Avalanche and propose to
prove from an editorial in the saint
issue as the above, that its profession!
of Democracy are hypocritical and it!
frequent misrepresentations of Mr.
Stephens and his friends, are the re
suits of gross ignorance or corrupt
falsehood. The Avalanche calls itself
a “great and good nawapappr.” "W here
is the modesty and wisdom of Solomon
when he says—“ Praise not thyself, but
let another’s lips praise thee?”-
Who before ever heard a “great and
good” man call himself “great and
good?” The very affirmation proves
its falsity and shame. Akin to tbe
same egotism is the following :
“Six months ago we doubt if there
was any other journal than the Ava
lanche that ventured to suggest tbe
probability of the necessity of the De
mocracy voting for a Republican ia
1872.”
Instead of such a suggestion being >
matter of self-glorification, itwouldbe,
with a true Democrat, an evidence ol
tho vilest treachery. Since that time
the Avalancho has been doing, under
the mask of Democracy, all it could lo
effect the suggested necessity. An epea
Republican sheet could not have done
as much to such an end. The “great
I and good newspaper” always “witbia
the limits of the proprieties,” further
says :
“The persistence of the Bourbow,
led by such impracticables as Stephens
and Toombs, has caused Democrats to
view a probable dissolution of the parly
with complacancy.”
Can it be that the “great and good"
is so ignorant as not to know that al
tho time Mr. Stephens was quietly
writing a book full of political knowl
edge, and Mr. Toombs was an exile lll
a foreign land, that the principles ol
Democracy then, were the same prin
ciples as now. The “impracticables
who now view a dissolution of fit
party with complacancy left tho De
mocracy only a few months ago ia
search of golden wedges and Baby
lonish garments in the camps li
the enemy,* and like many "in
go alter wool, now como tack
! shorn. The “great and good” J * !
j only met the fate of all deserters— h
spised on one side, and suspected oa
i the other.
The Avalanche, speaking for tbe
I Democratic Southern Press, says a
I majority incline to the proposition tbs'
I Democrats must unite with diaaffc-cte'-
j Republicans. The leading Republican!
J have already relused to abandon their
old party and now we want to know
I where the soft shells will 8°-
| they dare to crawl back among those
they habitually denounce as Bourbon!,
Red Hots and Agitators ? If to oppose
robbery of States and the destruction
of all local government; to place t j
superior under the inferior race, an
subject that superior to be imprisoned
fined and driven into exile for the i,rim
of having loved too well the l® Cu oI
their sires am! the homos of their hops*
~ ’ , , (»r
but cowardly tyrants wcum
slaves would willingly accept; 11
reverence law when sanctioned by 11
rightful authority of mingled « ,,a6f 1
aud power to puuish the guilty uu 1
ancient forms and shield tno innocent,
tho ignorant and the u'-ffilcss; »>. iu “
word, to advocate justice, mere)
truth always, and Dever leealizoopp
sion, wrong aud usurpations as bn
ties; it such principles aie D ,,ur '
&c., bind them on our brows as r
lets, aud they will be assigns when
aud whetevtr seen of Patriots and 1
men.
Four Evils.- Wboevei babituaffi
uses any alcoholic preparations ft
“appetizer” will be likely 1,1 * ilt
from four evils, viz.: an over pc '
food in the stomach, impaired am» ) #
digest it, the pangs ot dyspepsia,
doctor’s bill. Dr. Walker h \
ble Vinegar Bitters, the great -
total Hestorative ot the age, without
stimulating the palate or irritating
Btomach imparts a heathful api"' '
promotes digestion, regulates tbe
and bowels, purities the blood, and
instead of entailing four evils, conu
four inestimable benefits.