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TUESDAY mOBMIKIO, NOV. IS.
THE SUPREMACY OF LAW.
Father Burke, the eloquent Dominican,
lately delivered his second lecture in the
Academy of Music, New York, in reply
to Mr. Fronde, the eminent English his
torian. During his profound discourse,
the learned orator uttered this indisputa
ble truth, applicable to every age and
country:
All order in the State is based upon
throe principles, my friends, namely, the
supremacy of the law: respect for and the
liberty of conscience, and a tender regard
for that which lies at the fountain head of
all human society—namely, the sanctity
of the marriage tie. [Applause.]
He pi aces the supremacy of law as the
first element of order and argues that this
is the quintessence of human freedom,
order and prosperity in u State. In the
language of Thomas Aguinas he detiues
law “The judgment pronounced by pro
found reason and intellectual thinking
and legislating for the public good.” In
other words, it is reason backed by au
thority and influenced by motives of pub
lic good. When it assumes and comes in
this divine shape it commands and re
ceives obedience from every good man and
wise patriot.
We propose to shortly apply Father
Burke’s test, to suffrage under the rccon
struction of Congress, and which
asked to accept (and many Democrats
have accepted as linai) both in
law. Is suffrage (whether a right or a
mere privilege] as now established, the
result of “profound reason” and intel
lectual legislating, and was it intended to
benefit party or the public? If not, it is
no “dead issue,” but should be resisted to
the last as an abuse of power, unknown to
law and utterly wanting in authority—a
usurpation which none but tyrants would
command and slaves obey.
It will lie remembered that the author
of this “legislating” confessed it. was “out
side of the Constitution” and hacked by no
authority but fraud and the bayonet. Its
main elements were malice and revenge,
and its end will be eternal discord and
bloodshed alike destructive to order and
the prosperity of all sexes and races.
Alexander Hamilton, in the fffty-niuth
number of the Federalist, wrote:
Suppose an article had been introduced
into the Constitution empowering the
United States to regulate the elections for
the particular States, could any man have
hesitated to condemn it, both as an un
warrantable transposition of power and.is
a premeditated engine for the destruction
of l lie State governments? The violation
of principle in this case would have re
quired no comment.
Hamilton was a and
ye! he shuddered to confer a power on
the Federal Government “to regulate the
elections for the particular States” —a
power attempted to be legalized by the
fifteenth amendment and we commanded
to accept, as a “dead issue” and a never
to-he-repealed law by Southern Liberal
Republicans. Alas, for the Constitution !
Alas, for the fame of Patrick Henry and
Th< aims Jefferson—for Clay, Webster and
Calhoun! Wise statesmen are now liv
ing in the persons of Grant and Greeley
—of Ben. Hill and Joe Brown!
We learn that the determined woman of
St. L. mis has sued the registration officers
of that city for refusing her registration.
Women are citizens under the amended
Constitution; and to refuse a citizen a
veto without other cause than that of sex,
is a violation of law which subjects the
offender to pay damages. The women
will have their l ights, and out of this Rad
icalism and violation of fundamental law,
will first spring demagogueism, then agra
rianism, then anarchy, ami then (if a lower
deep can he found) an outraged people
will seek protection from their own pas
sions and crimes agaiust life and proper
ty, under the sharp sword and iron shield
of a Ciosar.
THE SUPREMACY OF LAW--AGAIN.
On yesterday, we gave the definition of
law liy Thomas Aquinas, viz: “The judg
ment pronounced by profound reason and
intellectual thinking and legislating for
the public good. ” Lord Coke calls it “the
perfection of reason," and he might have
well added whose end and object is truth
and justice. Chillingwortb, the celebra
ted English divine, speaks thus eloquent
ly : “And lliis we say of law—-her seat is
the bosom of God, her voice, the harmony
of the universe. All filings in heaven and
earth do her homage the very least as
feeling her protection and the greatest, as
not exempt from her power.”
Law, when founded in reason and ad
ministered to promote the ends of truth,
mercy and justice, is in fact according to
Ohilliugworth, the ‘-harmony of the uni
verse.” When perverted by corruption
aud abused by power, when its end is the
gratification of selfish passion, appetite
and ambition, then it loses the sacred
name of law and is wielded as a scourge in
the hands of tyrants. It is then the pro
lific mother of every crime and misery.
Its withering influence is seen and felt on
all the mental, moral and physical inter
ests and developments of the doomed
country. A national wrong once done
never dies. The people may perish, and
the nation have no hereafter, still the
memory of the wrong will exist forever
an 1 walk the earth like the immortal He
brew wanderer, bearing in his bosom the
eternal sin, remorse aud retribution.
The bite of the worm will cause the rot
and downfall of the mighty oak after it
has braved the storms of many centuries.
These remarks are illustrated and veri
fied by the condition of Ireland for nearly
three hundred years. The wrong then in
dicted on that beautiful gem of the sea
by the Tudors, slill remains unavenged
and imforgotten. Her wounds, according
to Mr. Fronde, are too deep aud malig
nant ever to be cured by legislative sur
gery. Unjust law falsely called, is prey
ing upon her vitals. Military rule is su
preme. The laud of Moore, Emmet,
O’Oouor aud Curran was made a wilder
ness and slaughter-house. The same
causes will produce the same effects the
world over, and what Henry VIII was to
Ireland, Gen. Grant and his Congress is
to the South; and what that was, let the
reader learn from the eloquent lips of
Father Burke. We make the following
extract from his late lecture ;
I brand Henry, therefore, with having
torn in pieces the Constitution of England
—Magna Chartu—and having trampled
upon the first great element of English
law and jurisprudence, namely, the liberty
°f the jury. [Applause.] Citizens of
America, Would any one of you like to be
tried by a jury if you know that the Presi
dent of the United States had informed
that jury that if they- failed to find you
guilty he would put them to death? Where
would there lie liberty, where would be
the law. if such a transaction were per
mitted? But this was done by Mr. Fronde’s
great admirer of order—his hero—Harry
’HI. [Applause.]
More than this, his Parliament —a slav
ish Parliament, every man afraid of his
life—passed a luw making it high treason
VOL. XIV.
not only to disagree with the King in any
thing that he believed, but making ithigh
treason for any man to dispute anything
that the King should ever believe iu a
future time. [Laughter.] He was not
only the enemy of conscience, he was the
annibilator of conscience. He would al
low no man to have a conscience. “I am
your conscience,” he said to the nation
“I am your infallible guide in all things
you are to believe and in all things yon
are to do: and if any man sets up his own
conscience against me, he is guilty of high
treason and I will stain my hands in his
heart h blood. This \h the lover of order
whom Mr. Fronde admires. [Laughter.]
HON.BENJ. H.HILLTO JUDGEBIGGERS.
The Columbus Enquirer of Sunday pub
lishes a letter dated September 9, 1872,
written by the lion. Ben. Hill to Judge
Biggers, of Harris county.
Mr. Hill commences his jeremiad in the
following mournful strain :
I have read and heard much of the ca
price of popular opinion, and of the fa
mily with which, for the smallest reasons,
and, indeed, without reason, public men
often become the subject of unjust vitu
peration. During the last two years I
have had an experience which has brought
home to me, in the most striking manner,
both the facts and the philosophy on
which these truths are founded.
After commending himself for his ef
forts in extirpating Radicalism, and his
faith that good and wise men would close
their ears to calumny aud wait for the end
to judge the motive, he modestly com
pares himself to the sun, hid for a time bv
clouds, similar to Virgil’s clown, when ht
supposed liis village was Rome, and adds :
But no sooner had I entered on the
work before me, than the slander mills
greased and began to grind. Enemies
chuckled; fools judged; wicked men ca
lumniated ; good men got sorry; and even
some friends became afraid ! And, to give
edge and face to all these, some Radicals,
with keen relish to help the defamation
even to a final crushing, began to praise
me! Not content with assaulting my
political opinions and motives, they have
most infamously libelled my personal
character ; have charged me with acts in
consistant with all the record of my life,
and abhorrent to every impulse of iny na
ture. They have attempted the impossi
ble thing of invading, by their foul false
hoods, the confidence of my family. Acts
of kindness have been construed into mo
tives of baseness, and even black-mailing
letters have sought to levy contribution.
This is awful, when tno bull of others
gores the ox of “Our Bon !” Did not Mr.
Hill invito the same sort of social war
fare in his speeches and “Notes on the
Situation ?” We, in this particular, de
precated the language and savage eon
duct of Mr. Hill, and if in turn, the
tomahawk and scalping-knife is brand
ished, and he is a victim, his example
estops him from complaint of wrong and
injustice. It comes with poor grace for
the libeller of personal character and the
invader of family confidence, to bawl out
quits! when he finds his own poisoned
shafts sticking and quivering in his own
bones and flesh. But Mr. Hill is not only
a pure man, a distinguished statesman,
but an eminent philosopher, and this
should teach him that the chuckle of ene
mies, the judgment of fools and the slan
ders of wicked men is the homage vice
pays to virtue, folly to wisdom, treason
to patriotism and humility to greatness
and nobility. Hard words were uttered
against Solon, Washington, Napoleon and
Horace Greeley. Aristides was banished,
Columbus neglected, Galilio imprisoned,
Monroe found a pauper’s grave and Socra
tes the cup of deadly hemlock. Why
should a learned logician and philosopher
like Mr. 11. expect to be exempt from the
calamities of the exalted, and the pro
verbial ingratitude of Republics?
Mr. Hill says:
If anything could make me really vain
(and perhaps I am vain), it would be the
very clear and distinct light in which I
have been enabled to see how they have
failed who have been abusing me.
I have never doubted that time would
ho my friend. I have never doubted that
events would be my advocate.
To be candid, we think the world, the
ungrateful world, believes you vain, au.l
perhaps a little ambitious for your übih- !
ties. You might he a U. S. Senator if
unlike Greeley you would “fling away
ambition,” and never assume the pen.
Writing letters and “Notes,” &c., is not
your talent. You may he a lawyer, a states
man, and should be a philosopher, but the
prophetic role is not yours. You were
grievously at fault during, and especially
about the last days of the Confederacy,
and see how your letter has been verified.
You say :
I have faith and hope in Mr. Greeley’s
election. Then our deliverance is com
plete and forever. But even if he be de
feated, we shall, by his candidacy, secure
a power in Congress which will break the
arm of oppression and stay the rapid
strides to despotism.
Mr. G. is defeated and the Grant Re
publicans and Radicals have secured in
creased power iu Congress. So much for
prophesy, fact and Mr. Hill! 1!
Paper at Hamilton. —We hear that a
weekly paper, to lie called the Hamilton
Visitor, is shortly to be published at Ham
ilton, Harris county, by D. W. Boully.
Makes Connection. —The Southwestern
train, which leaves here in the afternoon,
makes close connection at Macon with the
train for Atlanta. The change was effect
ed Sunday. Our train gets to Macon at
9) p. m., and the Atlanta train leaves at
10 p. m. No connections made coming
from Atlanta.
Good Results. —lt is stated the Ope
lika Fair made sufficient money to pay
expenses and premiums, and declare a
dividend of ten per cent. The premiums
were not many or very large.
We notice that several Columbus gen
tlemen took a number of premiums on
horses. W. A. McDougald had the best
stallion and best trotting horse open to
the world; J. R. Mclntosh, best trotting
mare and Alabama raised best pair trotting
horses; J. A. Allen, bast jack; John L.
Thompkins, best mule; T. L. Frazier,
best mare and colt; Ike Hall, best filly
under two years; Herod Lyles, best four
year old horse and best pair match horses;
J. T. Harris, best match horses and best
single horse. Alabama raised; H. 0. Arm
strong. best trotting mare, Alabama
raised; J. D. Crawford, best saddle horse;
W. C. Ross, best saddle inare.
Mr. Samuel Jeter was pronounced best
old man rider.
Wheeler k Wilson had best display sew
ing machines; Arthur Mowers, best doll
house and furniture: John Akers, best
sugar cane; Mi's. W. H. Matthews had
largest number of entries iu household
and domestic department, and Mrs. S. M.
Jeter, the 2d.
Muscogee Superior Court— Judge
Johnson, Presiding—Thirteenth Day.—
The Court met at 9 a. in.
The following persons were sworn iu as
tales jurors: Jno. Schuell, W. W. Glenn.
11. F. Fortson, J. A. Alien. Jno. Bilbro,
E. F. deGraffenroid, Kaiford Autry, Aaron
Land, N. E. Miller. J. W. Marshal. Jus.
W. Vernoy, and J. Watkins.
The Board of Aldermen of New York
lntve passed an ordiauee forbidding the
construction of Mansard roofs in that city,
except of fireproof material.
It is said John Robinson refused to
give a circus performance in Marion, S.
C., because so many drunken men were
there.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
MONTGOMERY LETTER.
Madison House, )
Montgomery, Nov. 16, 1872. >
Editors Sun: Your correspondent
reached here this morning by the Mont
gomery and Eufaula train, which brought
quite a number of visitors to the Fair and
members of the Legislature.
The Radicals are here in force and may
be seen on the street comers in earnest
consultation. The register of this hotel
boars the names of ex-Gov. Lewis C. Par
sons, Hon. Joseph 11. Speed, ex-Gov. W.
B. Smith, Hon. W. B. Jones, Hon. Chas.
Hays, Judge Harper and non. Alex.
White. United States Senator Spencer
is expected to-morrow.
The Legislature will meet on Monday
and be called to order by the presiding
officers of the last session, Lieut. Gov.
Moren, of the Senate, and Hon. J. P.
Hubbard, of the House. There are five
negroes in the Senate and sixteen in the
House. On joint ballot the Democrats
and Conservatives have a majority, which
insures the probable defeat of Senator
Spencer—a consummation devoutly to be
wished.
We had the pleasure of meeting to-day
at the Capitol, the retiring Chief Magis
trate of Alabama, Hon. It. B. Lindsay, to
whom the Democrats of the State are in
debted for a brief respite- from Radical
misrule. We trust the politicians and ed
itors who have so wantonly assailed him
during his administration, now see the
folly of their suicidal and unjust course.
We also met Gen. John B. Hood, of New
Orleans, who is at this hotel.
The Columbus trotting horses, Emma
and Rob Roy, with two others, arrived here
safely to-night from Opelika, in charge of
John Mclntosh and John Osborne, and
are in fine order for the races next week.
Capt. C. W. Kennedy is at the Selma Fair
with Sam Reid, where he has been doing
good service, but will be on hand Monday,
with this well-known trotter. There will
be races every day, but Friday is the day
for the tournament, and is the holiday
set apart by the Mayor.
We visited Prof. Allen V. Robinson’s
Dancing Academy this afternoon, where
we found a large and attractive gathering
of the juveniles of this city, with whom
the old gentleman is a great favorite. He
leaves for Columbus to-night to take
charge of a class there.
Your correspondent will keep his eyes
open while here, and you may expect
daily communications from one who, hav
ing a tin cup for being the homliest man
at the Columbus Fair, consoles himself
with the assurance that M. M. Cooke,
Esq., of the Advertiser, has just been
awarded a suit of clothes for being the
homliest man at the Selma Fair. Happy
fellow. Sidney Herbert.
Romance Among the Colored Troops.
ELOPEMENT —BIGAMY— MURDER — CAPTURE
OF THE MURDERER.
About three weeks since one of Ala
bama's “champion American voters,” be
coming tired of his ebon hued spouse and
the little “spankers,” and being enamored
of the daughter of a colored neighbor,
forged a license and hied him to the
neighboring city of Opelika, Ala., taking
with him the aforesaid daughter of his
friend—this dark-colored belle of Wacoo
cliee Valley—to whom he was joined in
wedlock, thus becoming a bigamist. The
enraged father discovering his wherea
-I'uul.fi, invoked il,>. powers ot me law, anu
on last Sunday night arrived with a war
rant He, in company with a brother of
the bigamist and several other sable
friends, went to the house of another
brother of tlie bigamist, where, by the
aid of a lucifer match aud a window they
perceived the object of their search. The
game being in sight, these ebon enforcers
of the law thundered upon the door until
the bigamist was awakened and with
frantic haste rushed to the door (don’t
know if he was eh dishabille or not) with
knife in hand, aud perceiving the en
raged father of wife No. 2 at the door,
sheathed it in the old gentleman’s bosom,
whereupon the parent laid down, and the
coroner, we suppose, interviewed him
yesterday morning. The bigamist at this
juncture became a murderer, but uot be
ing at all troubled at this, he quietly
“passed one” to another colored constable
with his knife, and at last accounts his
friends were thinking seriously of visit
ing a coffin-maker, aid will do so unless
he improves rapidly. About this time the
brother of the murderer, who having gone
with the colored constabulary to arrest
this bigamist, insisted forcibly by a club
application to the cranium of the fugi
tive, in carrying his point. Yes
terday morning this youth with a col
ored skin, who believes in marrying over
much, w as brought to the Opelika jail, his
arms pinioned aud his person in the cus
tody of liis colored captors.
As no white man had anything to do
with this, we do not suppose it can be
called a ltu-klux outrage. We learn that
a brother of the “deceased parent” says
he will spend his blacksmith’s tools, one
hundred in cash, and his surplus clothes,
feeing lawyers to prosecute the murderer.
We suppress names, for w-hat’s in a name
to a darkey about election times?
"Woman, in our hours ot ease,
Uncertain, coy and hard to please,”
was at the bottom of this fuss, as she
commonly is iu such affairs.
j The Alabama Legislature. —The
| Montgomery papers pf yesterday have
i nothing additional, except the giving of
j names, to the telegram published in our
j afternoon edition. The Radical revolu
j tionlsts met iu the United States Court
j room and called Mr. Clark, of Perry, to
: preside over the House, and Mr. Penning-
I ton, of Lee, over the Senate. The Ad
j verliser mentions that a rumor is afloat
| that they intend to seize the chambers of
the General Assembly at the Capitol,
i Telegrams to-night ought to give iutelli
i geuce.
The cause of the Radical action is easy
jto explain. It is the re-election of Sena
| tor Spencer. He had a long interview
. with President Grant hist week, and is
now in Montgomery. He perhaps is act
j ing by Presidential advice.
Lewis, Radie.il Governor elect, arrived
| in Montgomery Monday.
Girard Soap Factory. —We are always
glad to chronicle home enterprises.
Messrs. Phelps <fc Slaughter, iu Girard,
I have commenced with a fair show of suc
cess the manufacture of Carroll’s laundry
soap. We hope they' may yet have an im
mense establishment.
1 Mrs. Fair’s cup of joy is full. She has
recovered the pistol with which she shot
! Crittenden, and is now ready for more in-
I sanity.
Miss Kellogg will write her autobiogra
phy, giving without varnish, the inside
history of stage life.
Rev. 0. B. Frothingham preached in
1 New York Sunday upon “Visions of Judg
ment. ’’ He said that our people have lost
all fear of hell. The threat of a public
whipping von Id check the numbers of
drunkards and prostitutes much more
effectually than the popular preaching
about eternal punishment ever has.
J. C. Stantou declines running as can
didate for the Mayoralty of Chattauooga.
Too busy.
COLTJMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1572.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
THREE YOUNG LADIES DROWNED TWO MEN
narrowly escape—batteau overturn
ed.
Mr. Wm. Kildree, who lives in the neigh
borhood of Mechanicsville, reports one of
the saddest accidents that we have had oc
casion yet to record. It happened Sunday
afternoon on the Chattahoochee river,
twenty miles above Columbus, near Me
chanicsville, Lee county, Ala.
A party of two men and three young
ladies were crossing the river in a liatteau.
One of the survivors states that one of the
ladies arose in the boat to scare some
ducks, when the vessel capsized and the
entire party were precipitated into the
water. The day was very cold, must have
been intensely so on the river. The
three young ladies were drowned. Their
names are Misses Susan and Elizabeth
Teel, and Josie Pike. The latter was for
merly a resident of this city. Her body
was recovered late Sunday night. The
other two bodies had not been discovered
when our informant left the locality, Mon
day' morning.
It was with the utmost difficulty the
two men were saved. One would have
been drowned also had it not been for the
assistance rendered by a person on shore
who happened to be near the scene of the
terrible accident. The names of the men
are Charlton Caver and Cicero Godwin.
The sad affair has cast a gloom ever the
entire community. The grief and con
sternation of near relatives were heart
rending. Vigilant efforts were still being
made to secure the bodies of the ladies
that were still in the stream, and some
hopes were entertained of success.
Eli Perkins on Round Dances.
In a letter, Eli Perkins gives his opinion
of round dances as follows:
Yesterday I asked a young lady if she
danced the round dances.
“Yes,” she replied, “with my intimate
friends. I don't dance them with stran
gers.”
Happy and good young lady! She don’t
let only her intimate friends put their
arms around her. None but an intimate
friend can hold her hand and draw her
swelling bosom to his. Oh, no! Strange
young fellows from Hoboken can’t come
up on a first introduction, and encircle her
in their arms—unless they’re very good
looking and practiced in the subtle arts of
the Brown’s Boys.
This good young lady is the only girl in
Saratoga who will not gladly permit an
entire stranger to be presented, and then
—fall square into his arms 1 0 tempora,
0 mores ! I guess old Cicero would have
exclaimed worse than that if he had seen
Miss Cicero resting in the arms of Cicero
Africanus three minutes after a coliseum
introduction.
Now, my dear mother in Israel, do you
think all this is just right? It is the ritual
of society, I know; but can’t society have
its false dogma as well as religion ? If it
is wrong for a fellow to even touch a
young lady’s hand in the parlor, is it alto
gether right for a stranger to encircle her
in his arms in the ball room ? Don’t, my
dear mother, think for a moment that we
fellows dislike it ! Don’t think that we
are not willing to clasp your daughters to
our aching hearts, for we are. We can
hold them iu our arms for hours, aud
never tire of the delightful amusement.
Don’t think that we are sick of it; hut
with us it is a question of morality. We
want to he good.
The old lady who refused to ride in a
mail car because she didn’t think it right
to ride altogether with gentlemen, is here,
and she holds her daughter’s opera cloak
every night while she dances with the
“hugging” Brown boys. Degustibus, etc.
Hugging is a terrible word; but we art)
dealing witn temnie tacts.
Eight, million pounds of wool was de
stroyed by the the Boston fire. Consider
ing the products of wool in the United
States, it is not probable that, the loss will
materially affect the market of woolen
fabrics. In 1870 the clipping in the Unit
ed States amounted to one hundred mil
lions one hundred aud two thousand and
three hundred and eighty-seven pounds.
In selecting Hon. Samuel M. Phillips,
of North Carolina, for the place of Solici
tor-General, Presipeut Grant has given
the country one more proof that civil ser
vice reform with him is something more
than a pretense. Mr. Phillips is a gentle
man of the highest character, a lawyer of
great ability and acquirements, and in the
position to which he has been called, will
render the country valuable service, but
will do the politicians very little good.
His appointment is, therefore, a subject
for public congratulation.—A. ) . Times,
15 til.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is said to
have spoken of the Claflin slander af
ter this fashion : “If you are walking
down the street, and a chambermaid
empties a slop-pail on your head,what can
you do but move on.”
The Restoration of Shakspeare’s Res
idence. —“New Place,” at Stratford-on-
Avon, the residence of Staakspeare for
seven years occupied as a theatre build
ing, has been restored with its gardens to
its original appearance. The theatre has
been pulled down and the gardens put in
perfect order.
We take from the Baltimore Sun the
following paragraph, which reminds us of
better days: The only consolation for
the defeated is that which a Georgia ne
gro suggested to his master, whose planta
tion had been swept over by a tornado.
The negro was sent out to ascertain the
extent of damages on the estate, aud, af
ter including the surrounding farms in
observation, he summoned np his con
clusions by saying: “Master, there’s
only one consolation its a general
thing.”
The Philadelphia Press states that
eight hundred men, employed in the navy
yard in that city, w'ere informed on Tues
day that their services were no longer re
quired. It is also stated iu the Norfolk
papers that numbers have been discharged
from the navy yard at Portsmouth, Va.
Mrs. Soule, wife of Mr. Julian Soule,
the manager of the Western Union Tele
graph, died in Lake City, Florida, on Fri
day, from eating phosphorus matches.
The startling announcement w r as made to
Mr. Soule while in attendance upon James
Robinson’s circus, where be had gone
with his children. Mrs. Soule has been
much depressed of late by the recent death
of her mother.
Thomas Sully, the famous American
painter, died iu Philadelphia last Tuesday.
91 years of age. He was born iu England,
but came to this conntry as a child. His
parents were strolling stage players. He
painted numerous portraits of leading per
sons, such as Thomas Jefferson, Queen
Victoria, LaFayatte, etc. His chief and
most noted work was the picture known
as "Washington Crossing the Delaware.”
Dead. —On Sunday morning last, Rev.
John P. Murray, died at his residence,
one mile and a half from Thomastou. In
his untimely death the community feels
deeply the loss of a good and estimable
citizen. He had his faults and his ec
centricities, but he was not totally respon
sible for them. How rapidly changes fol
io v each other in quick succession. But
a few days since, good health, buoyancy
of spirits, and happiness was his lot.
Soon, bitterness and sorrow struggled
with events that brought the coffin and
hearse aud the solemn procession to the
grave. He leaves a devoted wife and six
children to work out their destiny on the
earth and meet him at the abode of the
blest. His remains were interred at the
cemetery in Thomaston, with Masonic
honers, attended by the Good Templars
iu procession. —Herald, 16,
TELEGRAPH IC.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Gen. Bristow
takes an important position ou the Texas
Pacific Railroad. Resigns for that pur
pose:
Executive Mansion, >
Washington, D. 0., Nov. 15, ’72.)
Dear Sir : In accepting your resigna
tion of the office of Solicitor General, this
day tendered, permit me to express the
regret I feel at severing official relations
with one who has filled his trust with so
much zeal and ability, being the first So
licitor General under the Government of
the United States. It has been your
privilege, although accompanied by ardu
ous labor, to organize that department.
All who have come in official contact with
you bear witness to the efficiency with
which the service of organizing and man
aging the affairs of the office has been
conducted. In the new field of labor laid
out for yourself you take with you assur
ances of my best wishes for your future
success, and confidence that yon cannot
fail. I thank you heartily for the kind
wishes contained in your letter of resig
nation towards me personally, and my ad
ministration of the office entrusted to me
by a people to whom I shall ever feel
grateful. With high regard,
Your ob’t serv’t,
U. S. Grant.
To Hon. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General
United States.
Washington, Nov. 19.—Jay Cook, 11.
Fahnestock and Gov. H. D. Cook had a
long consultation with Boutwell to-day.
Phillips, the new Solicitor General will
arrive to-morrow.
The report of Major McFarland, en
gineer in charge of the survey for a canal
route to connect the Tennessee river with
the Atlantic ocean at or near Savannah,
Ga., will be transmitted to Congress along
with the report of the Secretary of War.
The report is exhaustive, and fully estab
lishes the feasibility of the project.
The Collector of the First Georgia Dis
trict has been ordered to make anew in
vestigation of the case against the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Company, of
Augusta.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Our Ministerto
Mexico had a long interview with Presi
dent Grant this afternoon relative to the
condition of affairs in that country. He
speaks in terms of praise of the new Pres
ident of that Republic, and particularly
of his intelligence aud desire to preserve
and strengthen the friendship now exist
ing between his own country and the
United States. There seems to be no ob
stacle in the way of concluding anew
convention extending the time for dispos
ing of the remaining claims before the
United States and Mexico. It is stated
the Mexican President is anxious for such
extension and will appoint an agent in
good faith to carry out the design of the
Commission, in place of Mr. Gustran, by
whose action the proceedings were some
weeks ago interrupted.
Washington, Nov. 20.—Thomas Fur
man is appointed post master at Philadel
phia.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, Nov. 18. —The horse mal
ady has spread to an alarming extent.
No fatal results reported. Cartage and
dray ago has advanced two to four hundred
per cent. Four principle livery stables
have closed.
ALABAMA.
Mobile, Nov. 19. —The Conservative
delegation from Marengo county, who
were arrested by the United States Mar
shal while on their way to Montgomery,
on a plea of violation of the Enforcement
Act, arrived here this morning, and were
carried before U. S. Commissioner Gil
lette, who released them upon giving
bond in the sum of SB,OOO each for their
appearance at the next term of the U. S.
Court. They leave for Montgomery to
day.
Montgomery, Nov. 19. Four other
Conservatives and one Republican, mak
ing fifty, which is one less than a quorum,
have arrived.
In the Senate nineteen Senators were
present, two less than a quorum. Both
Houses adjourned to morning.
The threo Conservatives of Marengo,
who were arrested by the U. S. Deputy
Marshal and taken to Mobile, gave bond
in that city, and will arrive here to-night
and be in their seats to-morrow. This
will give the Conservative branch, which
meets in the Capitol, a quorum of each
House.
The Republicans met at the U. S. Court
Room and elected officers, aud have en
rolled members from various counties
without certificates.
No new developments to-day, but to
morrow will probably forecast the result.
Montgomery, Nov. 20. —The Conserva
tives who hold sessions at the Capitol,
have a quorum and have fully organized
both Houses. The Governor replied to
the committee informing him they were
ready for business, taht he would send in
his message to-morrow'. Replying to the
committee from the other body, the Gov
ernor, after an elaborate argument, con
cludes : “Abstaining from further multi
plicity of reasons for my conclusions, per
mit me to say that my official oath, and
fidelity to the constitution and laws for
bid my recognition of any body as the
General Assembly of Alabama, other than
that whose organization is under the
constitution and laws, and in the capitol
of the State. The body which constituted
your committee I do not recognize as the
General Assembly, and therefore have no
official communication to transmit to it.”
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Nov. 18.—Five hundred
thousand dollars for the Meade fund is
nearly raised.
Baton Rouge, Nov. 18.—South brick
building of the U. S. Barracks burned.
Greeley’s net majority in the State as
far as heard from is 6,707.
Greeley’s majority in the parish of New'
Orleans is 9,309.
NEW HAVEN.
Concord, Nov. 18.- —A severe shock of
earthquake occurred here about 2 o’clock.
It began with a sort of explosion, follow'od
by a trembling and shaking which lasted
about ten seconds.
NEW YORK.
New Yore . Nov. 18.—A Herald special
from Raleigh, on the 16th, says the charge
against Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Maun, wife
and daughter of Rev. Dr. J. Printon
Smith, of poisoning him to death, bus
been dismissed by Judge Watts, there not
being the slightest evidence against them.
New York, Nov. 19.—Geo. Wood, the
alleged prize concert swindler has been
arrested.
New York, Nov. 20.—The Erie depot,
Jersey City, is burning. Fire spreading
rapidly. The fire in Jersey City is not in
the Erie depot, but in a tobacco ware
house and lumber yard, and is now under
control.
The steamship Columbia, of the Hava
na Line, has been confiscated by the U.
S. Court on charge of smuggling cigars.
Stoke’s trial commences 2d day of De
cember. term of the Oyer and Terminer
Court.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, Nov. 20. —The total vote is
95,000. Grant’s majority 49,000.
FOREIGN.
PARIB, Nov. 18.—In all the cathedrals of
France to-day special prayers were offered
for the National Assembly and the bless
ing of God invoked on its proceedings.
The Government officials attended the
services, escorted by details of troops as
guards of honor. The congregations at
all the churches in this city were very
large.
The several parties into which the As
sembly is divided had meetings last night
to sum up the events of the week and to
decide upon their future policies. The
Monarchists confess they have been de
feated and will secure an honorable re
treat by giving their support to the Con
servative-Republicans. All the Conserva
tive elements have been united iu favor of
motion, which will be introduced this
week by Deputy Changarneer, condemn
ing Gambetta’s speech at Tours.
Paris, Nov. 19. —In the Assembly a
motion was made censuring Gaiubetta for
inflammatory speeches aud complaining
of the laxity of the Government in deal
ing with the increasingly audacious Radi
cals. Thiers defended the Governmeut
aud intimated he might appeal to the
country. Headmitted Gambetta’s speech
es were offensive, but claimed the Gov
ernment was not responsible. Thiers de
manded a vote of confidence rule. Yeas,
267; nays 117.
Paris, Nov. 19. —Asa probable conse
quence of the large majorities and the ab
sence from voting yesterday, Thiers will
demand a second vote with confidence.
Madrid, November 19.- —Amadeus con
tinues to improve.
London, Nov. 19. —The dismissal of 80
members of the police for insubordina
tion yesterday, caused dissatisfaction
among their fellows, who made strong
manifestations. Two hundred more were
suspended this afternoon. The insubor
dination has now spread throughout the
entire force, and further suspensions are
looked for. There is great excitement in
the city over the prospect of the streets
being left unlighted. At 11 o’clock this
morning not a policeman was to be seen
on the streets.
NEBRASKA.
Kansas City, Nov. 18. Forty-four
citizens of Cass county, indicted for com
plicity and lynching persons alleged
in connection of fraudulant issue of Cass
county bonds, when Judge of Cass county,
and a man named Dutro was' taken from
the cars aud shot. Thirty-six released on
bail, three sick, remainder out of the
State.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Nov. 18.—In the vestibule
of the Southern Hotel, Capt. Ed. Dix shot
Robert Estlin, of New Orleans, in the
jaw. Dix fired second shot. Estlin’s
wounds slight. It appears the affair
grew out of a game of dominoes.
St. Louis, Nov. 19.—J. J. Roo & Cos.,
a pork packing establishment, burned.
Loss SBO,OOO. It is stated SIOO,OOO upou
product.
LOUISIANA.
Nfav Orleans, Nov. 18. —Beauregard is
elected Administrator of Improvements.
New Orleans, Nov. 19. lnjun
ction issued restraining Longstreet, Lynch,
Honan and Jacobs, from acting as mem
bers of the Election Return Board, and
upon affidavit Gov Warinoth had same
parlies arrested for violation of State elec
tion laws. Bailed SIO,OOO.
MASSACHUSETTS.
lIodTON, Kov. 1!). Fire in Ktate street.
Loss SIOO,OOO or $200,000. It is thought
it was caused by wares brought from the
burned district.
Boston, Nov. 19. —The extra session of
the Legislature has commenced. The
Governor’s message expresses the hope
that the Legislature will be confined to
matters growing out of the recent calami
ty, and suggests as topics for considera
tion the proposed loan of is credit of the
city to parties wishing l ■ rebuild; the
chartering of insurance c > apanies; the
amendment of the betterm mt act and
building laws.
MAINE.
The Jacksonville Female College, be
longing to the Methodist Church, burned.
Loss $500,000. Insurance $35,000. Six
ty girls escaped with wardrobes. This is
the third time the College has been burn
ed within nine years.
New York, Nov. 20.—Messrs. Lamb aud
Eastman yesterday obtained a verdiot
against the Camden & Amboy R. R. for
$114,235, with interest, for the loss of 137
hales of cotton burned on the dock of said
company in 1864.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, Nov. 20.—Grant’s ma
jority is over 11,000.
One hundred aud thirty-two cargoes of
wheat have been sent to England since
July.
New York, Nov. 20. —Schmidt & Co.’s
Williamsburg malt-house was burned with
50,000 bushels malt.
New York, Nov. 20.—A convention of
carriage builders is being held here; near
ly every State is represented. They have
appointed an Executive Committee to con
sider the best means of adjusting the in
terests common to employees and em
ployer.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
Two Legislatures—Members from Bar
bour and Marengo arrested—Alabama
Fair.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 18.—The Ala
bama Legislature convened by law to
day at 12 m. Lieut. Gov. Moren who
holds over by the constitution until his
successor is qualified, called the Senate to
order in the Senate Chamber. Eighteen
Senators were sworn in. The Senate ad
journed till to-morrow.
In the Hall of the House, Hubbard,
speaker of the last House, and who
holds over by the constitution until his
successor is elected, and qualified, called it
to order. The roll of counties was called
and forty-five Representatives presented
themselves and were sworn in by the
speaker. There not being a quorum, the
House adjourned to 12, m. to-morrow.
Every member in each House at the
Capital appearing, to-day, was a Conser
vative. The Republicans met at the Uni
ted States Court-room and organized, with
a member of each branch in the chair.
This makes two Legislatures in Alabama.
Five Conservatives are absent, but will
arrive to-night. The three representatives
of Marengo county, arrested yesterday, by
the U. S. Deputy Marshal while on their
way here, held certificates of election, but
they have been carried to Mobile. This
would make fifty-three Conservative mem
bers in the Conservative branch. Fifty
one is a quorum. The Republicans are
said to have sworn in fifty-two in their
branch, claiming and seating three from
Marengo and three from Barbour, but who
do not hold certificates of election from
the Secretary of State. The conservatives
from Barbour, who hold certificates, were
arrested this afternoon, but promptly gave
bond of SIOOO each, to U. S. Commis
sioner Dresser, to appear at the next term
of the United States Court in this city.
They keep their seats. There is consid
erable excitement, but no disturbance.
To-morrow will probably make new de
velopements.
The Alabama State Fair commenced to
day. The entries and attendance were
very fair for the first day.
Miss Tennie Claflin is said by report
ers to talk 315 words a minute. , That, of
course, is a rough estimate, but it’s some
where in that neighborhood.
Mr. Greeley received only the follow
lowing States: Maryland 8, Georgia 11,
Tennessee 12, Kentucky 12. Missouri 15,
Louisiana 8, Texas 8. Total 74.
MONTGOMERY LETTER.
Madison House, )
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 19, ’72.)
Eels. Sun: The Senate and House met
this morning, aud after the transaction of
a few items of unimportant business, ad
journed to 11 o'clock to-morrow. Every
thing was quiet, as uo Radicals put iu an
appearance. They are still holding off,
and have organized an independent Sen
ate, with Hon. J. L. Pennington as Presi
dent, and a House, with ex-Gov. Lewis E.
Parsons as Speaker. It is hoped, how
ever, that better counsels will yet prevail,
aud a consolidation be effeoted in both
branches.
W e met the Hon. D. P. Lewis, Governor
elect, tbis morning, and found him a fine
looking, quiet gentleman, of whom men
of both parties speak very highly, and
from whom a conciliatory influence is ex
pected in the settlement of the question
of a permanent organization of the State
government. We are informed that Capt.
Ben. Gardner, of Eufaula, Attorney-Gen
eral elect, is allso opposed to extreme
measures on the part of the Radicals.
Unless some conciliatory plan is adopted,
it is evident that a serious conflict must
take place between the two parties here.
In our letter of yesterday we spoke of
the House as lacking in ability, by which
some persons might infer that we consid
er it inferior to the Legislature of last
year. This is a mistake. It is far supe
rior to its successor, although we miss
several of the ablest men of that body.
In the Senate there is a marked change
for the better. We think the Senators
are men of considerable ability, aud they
certainly present a fine appearance in
their seats. We hope that both branches
will prove equal to the great demands of
the hour.
The attendance at the Fair Grounds is
much better to-day, yet the great politi
cal excitement is keeping the crowd in
the city, where each party is watching
closely the movements of the other. The
exhibition is still quite empty, although
space has been engaged by several mer
chants. It is evident that nothing will
be in full preparation before Thursday.
The races continue to attract a small
crowd of sporting men and lovers of fine
horses. The race which was commenced
last night was revived this morning, but
the winning horse of the first heat, Sir
Arthur, was ruled out, and Ellen given
the heat. She won the third and last
heats, distancing the field in 2:42J. Eu
fanla Boy, second, and Fleta, third. We
are indebted to Capt. O. W. Kennedy for
our report of this race.
We witnessed a splendid race this eve
ning for a purse of $250, between Emma,
Tacco and Sir Arthur, best three in five.
Emma won first three heats, distancing
Sir Arthur on the first heat. The last
heat was very exciting, as Emma broke on
the start and lost ground badly, which
she only made up on the last quarter. So
confident were Tacco’s friends of his suc
cess that Henshaw offered to bet S2OO
that he would win the last heat. Tacco
was then on the home stretch, but Emma
came up splendidly and crowded him into
a gallop, by which Hho won the last in
2:43. Second heat in 2:42], We hardly
need tell your readers that Emma is a
great favorite here, and that her splendid
trotting in this race won her many friends
and the warmest praise.
Sidney Herbert.
Statue to Sir Walter Soott. —Tlio
ceremony of unveiling the statue of the
poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott, was
performed in New York Central Park, on
Saturday last, with most interesting cere
monies. The occasion aud the brilliant
autumn weather brought together an im
mense concourse of persons, and the mall
and drives were thronged as they have
seldom been before on auy occasion.
Wm. Cullen Bryant, the editor and poet,
delivered the address.
The statue is of colossal size, represent
ing the novelist in a meditative attitude,
seated carelessly on a rock, his plaid
gathered about bis shoulders and hanging
down his left side. His faithful dog
crouches at his feet, ou the right side.
There has been an endeavor to portray
him as he was known when among men,
even to the loose stockings and his low,
easy shoes, tied with leather cords. In
the face the same idea is paramount, aud
the leading attempt has been to make it a
ohatacteristic portrait. The figure is a
representation in bronze of the gray mar
ble statue made by the same artist, John
Stull, for the Scott monument in Princess
street, Edinburgh. The pedestal is of a
pink Aberdeen granite. On the front is
the inscription “Walter Scott.” Ou the
rear face are these words, iu gilt letters:
“Presented to the city of New York by
resident Scotsmen and their sons, on the
15th of August, 1871, the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Sir Walter
Scott, Baronet.”
A lively sermon on the “Vice of the
Age” was preached in St. Louis, on Sun
day last, by Rev. Dr. Holland, of that
city, and iu the course of hia remarks he
said: “The middle classes spend their in
oome in keeping up false appearances.
They, too, must wear dove-colored pan
taloons and shiny boots. They must
wear diamond studs aud seal rings, and
carry young ladies to tlie opera in hired
carriages at the rate of three hours’ use
for three days’ wages. They must take a
turn now and then at billiards, stand
treat to the cocktails, bet upon their
veracity when called injqnestion, and,
last of all, lest they should he deemed
timid, must demonstrate their nerve by
‘fighting the tiger,’ until it claws the
last dime out of their pockets, and claw's
| lasting scratches upon their souls.” What
i a fearful picture this is. Let our young
j readers remember that the only safeguard
! against this horrible vice is work; nor
! work as the slave, who works to eat aud
eats to work, hut work to reach a higher
plane of effort, not only of the body but
jof the mind. Work, whatever it be,
) whether for a day. a week, a month, or a
lifetime, honestly and cheerfully, as one
who expects to contemplate its results
j forever. Think not of danger or hardship;
i press onward and onward, determining to
j triumph.
Fire in Abbeville. — Charleston, Nov.
17. —The business portion of the town of
j Abbeville was destroyed by fire to-day.
S Loss $50,000 —partly insured.
From Bain bridge to Pollard.—liail
-1 road men tell us that President Screven
1 is now vory sanguine about the extension
of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad from
j Bainbridge to Pollard, Ala., and thinks it
! can he done before a great while. This
road will wonderfully advance Savannah,
and will help Columbus.
i Libel. —We have beeu asked thedefina
! tion of the term “libel,” and give it in the
language of the Code of Georgia,
j Section 4448. “A libel is a malicious
defamation, expressed either by printing,
j or writing, or signs, pictures or the like,
tending to blacken the memory of one
who is dead, or the honesty, virtue, integ
! rity, or reputation of one who is alive,
and thereby expose him or her to pub
i lie hatred, contempt, or ridicule.”
Punishment. — A fine not exceeding one
; thousand dollars, and imprisonment not
j to exceed six months, in the discretion of
the Court.
Virgiuia was lost to Greeley through
Democratic apathy. Grant’s vote was a
heavy falling off in the Radical strength.
The straight vote did not run one thou
sand.
Rev. Mr. Robertson whose case has
been up before the Presbytery in Louis
ville, Ky.. has been found guilty of drunk
enness, licentiousness and falsehood, and
suspended from the ministry.
For Tax Collector.— Mr. J. A. Frazer,
the present incumbent, is a candidate for
. election.
NO. 42
The Boston Fire —Brick vs. Granite.
A New York Sun’s Boston correspon
dent writes as follows concerning the man
ner in which Quincy granite stood the
test of the intense heat during the great
fire in that city :
THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON GRANITE.
What is apparantly the most marvel
lous work of the heat is its effects on
stone. Quincy granite, supposed to be
the most durable of stone, was fairly melt
ed. The destruction of more than one
granite building was timed from its first
ignition, and in many instances twenty
minutes sufficed for the total demolition
of the building and levelling it to the
ground. In some quarters blocks of stone
weighing tons each are scattered as though
some great giant tossed them about.
Huge granite pillars which once were
square have been licked by the flames un
til they were round, and many a square
block has been burned into the form of a
boulder, while some have been burned to
a oinder. In walking over the ruins—
laborious and dangerous work—one fre
quently steps on a granite boulder, which
crumbles and shells off like rotten sand
stone. Wood in any form is rarely seen.
Here and there a little stick charred and
blackened, but almost every atom was to
tally destroyed. More complete destruc
tion would be impossible unless the debris
was resolved into an atmosphere.
Nearly all iron work, such as columns,
cornices, copings, and so on, are now to
tally devoid of ornamentation, the flames
having licked them off as easily as a child
might lick particles of sugar from a spoon.
Scarcely a whole column remains, and
girders, trusses, floor beams of buildings
are broken, bent, twisted, or melted out
of shape. But few walls are standing.
Here and there along Washington street
and in a few other localities one may see
an entire front, but they are veiy rare.
Brick seems to have best stood the test.
Ragged fragments of brick walls are still
standing, and in a few instances the foun
dations of the second story vaults,
looking like old dilapidated chim
neys. Asa general thing safes built
into walls have been destroyed. Wher
ever one of these safe ohimneys stands
there is almost certain to be seen an open
iron door, warped and twisted. The vault
is empty, showing the fire has suoked out
the contents, and hundreds of thousands
of dollars of losses sustained in this way
will never be known to the public.
A Touching Incident. —Yesterday, in
the Ladies’ Bazaar, at the Pair Grounds,
there was presented a scene calculated to
awaken the most tender emotions of the
heart. There had been given to the Bazaar,
by Mrs. Dr. Howe, that magnificent cake,
prepared and placed on exhibition by Miss
Walthour, of Georgia, and of which we
spoke a few days ago. With a view to
making the gift profitable to the noble
cause to which it was dedicated, and at
the same time to afford an opportunity of
paying a delicate tribute to some gallant
General of our army, it was decided by
the fair managers of the Bazaar to sell the
cake in shares for fifty cents per share.
Twenty-five dollars was realized in this
way for the Monument Association, and
the shareholders then voted, each share
being entitled to a vote, for whatever
General of the State they most preferred
to honor by presenting him with the cake.
Votes were cast for Generals Hagood,
Hampton, Butler, and Gary. General
Hagood received the largest number of
votes, and the cake was accordingly
awarded to him.
The question then arose as to how the
donation should be tendered to the vete
ran soldiers. There was found in the
building a sweet little flaxen haired or
phan girl of eight or ten innocent Sum
mers. Her father was Lieutenant-Colo
nel Alphonse Dargan, a gallant officer of
Hagood’s brigade, who had fallen upon
the field of battle. His little girl had been
named at his request for the General he
loved and admired. She is called Mary
Hagood . Dargan. Upon her the ladies
fixed as the medium through which to ap
prise General Hagood ot the honor done
him. There were not many who knew of
what was going on; but in a quiet way,
under the guidance of Miss I. l). Martin,
the Secretary of the Association, the Con
federate orphan approached her father’s
General, and with modest grace delivered
the gift to him. The General was much
affected, and so were several standing
around, as their quivering lips and mois
tened eyes attested. A short while after
ward little May was seen back in the hall
exhibiting witu ciiildish glee a handsome
silver yjoiet awarded a few minutes pre
vious as a premium upon his horse to
General Hagood and handed by him to
her. — Columbia ( S. C.) Carolinian. 9th.
Sudden Marriage and Early Repent
ance.—Miss Marion Huntington, a young
Miss of seventeen summers and a native
of Georgia, arrived in this city some time
ago, in company with a female relative,
and is at present stopping at a Broadway
hotel.
A short time since Miss Maria beoame
engaged to a Mr. Conklin, of this oity,
and for a short time all went well. She
was then residing in Jersey City, and has
a friend, an Englishman, named Henry
Walker, who was also smitten with her,
but she seemed to care nothing for him
till a few days ago, when she quarrelled
with Conklin, and in a moment of anger
and spite she went with Walker to an
Episcopal minister end was married. Af
ter the ceremony was over her husband
accompanied her home, but by the time
she reached the door a realizing sense of
her foolishness took possession of her,
and giving him one kiss, she bade him
depart and never see her more.
Walker, who, it seems, loves her dear
ly, has done all in his power to get her to
change her mind, but she remains firm,
and is now trying to get a divorce. He
corresponds with her and addresses her
by her maiden name, and she answers his
letters, but they carry no hope to his sad
soul. The singular part of this singular
transaction is the fact that the girl has
made up her quarrel with Conklin, and he
visits her nightly, and they are to be mar
ried as soon as she is legally free from her
present husband. Both parties are well
connected, and Mr. Conklin is doing
business as a clothier in Fourth avenue,
near Cooper Institute. — New York Daily
News.
A dispatch says the Council of the Roy
al Geographical Society have passed a
resolution thanking Mr. Bennett for the
generous and philanthropic spirit in which
he conceived the idea of relieving Dr.
Livingston, and supplied funds for the
purpose. The Council has voted Stanley
a Victoria gold medal of the date of 1873
—anticipating the year.
There is a Buddhist fable with a moral
to it, which tells an amusing tale of a hog
who fancies he has inspired a lion with
fear, and challenges him to mortal combat.
The lion fixes that day week for the duel,
and the hog, scampering back to his herd,
proudly declares that he is going to fight
the lion. The announcement is received
with terror, and the crestfallen hog takes
the advice of his friends to roll in a dung
hill before encountering his dreadful foe.
Accordingly on the fateful day our hero
presents himself before the lion armed in
a panoply of tilth, and the noble beast
scorning to touch so contemptible a foe,
says, “If yon want to fight, I leave you
the victory.” The story adds, with a dry
humor,that the hog told his friends he had
“conquered the lion !”
The North and South Road. —We an
nounce with much satisfaction, says the
Franklin, Heard Cos., News, the forma
tion of a Construction Company in this
county to take the grading of the North
and South Railroad,from this place to the
river, some ten miles below. The Com
pany is composed of Dr. G. W. Peddy,
Isham Daniel, Jep. H. Daniel, J. B.
Wynn, J. B. Merrill, R. P. Wood, and
others —ten in all. This is a strong team,
and when they get to work, dirt will move
“with a looseness.”
Cotton Premiums. —The Committee of
the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition made
awards in cotton as follows : Sweepstakes,
C. C. Swoope, Lawrence county, Ala. To
States the first premiums are as follows:
Tennessee, Wo. Van Treese, Madison
county; Alabama, C. C. Swoope, Law
rence county; Arkansas, Robt. Stewart,
Jefferson county ; Mississippi, W. F. Mc-
Shaw, Lee county; Georgia, James W.
Knott, Bibb county; Texas, Steers A
Lindsay, Harrison county.
Judge Knott, it will be remembered,
took the second premium for Georgia at
the St. Louis Cotton Fair.
THbBSPAYIHIOnNIXG, NfOV. ‘2l.
Hymen s Doings. —Yesterday morning
in the Presbyterian church, Rev. J. H.
Nall officiating, Mr. George Y. Banks and
Miss Dollie Jeter, the lovoly niece
John L. Mustian, were married. The
groom is a successful'planter „of
the most popular men in this country.
He narrowly missed being nominated a
candidate for the Legislature by the Dem
ocrats a few months ago. The bride is
one of the brightest and most attractive of
Georgia’s daughters. The bridal party
left on the noon train for a trip to New
Orleans. We trust they may never be in
need of banks, small and large, to help
them on life’s journey and administer to
their happiness.
South Georgia Conference. This
body will hold its annual session at Thoui
asville, Dec. 11th. Bishop Marvin will
preside.
Education in Industrial Pursuits. —
At Rouen, France, a school has been es
tablished for education in industry. It
gives not only that general knowledge
necessary for the management of any
work, but also the special instruction re
quired in all the chief departments of na
tional industry—such as spinning, weav
ing, dyeing, the chemical arts, machine
making, &c. Such an institution is badly
needed in this country, and we have no
doubt it would be liberally supported.
Men who have been thus educated would
command the largest salaries. Cannot
something like this in a small way bo in
augurated in Columbus?
From New Orleans to Savannah. —At
intervals for two or three weeks, Mobile,
New Orleans and Texas cars, loaded with
cotton for New York to go via Savannah,
have passed through Columbus. This is
the first season in which through cars
have been forwarded from New Orleans
to Savanuaß. The tide of through freights
appears to be changing. Molasses and
sugar have been sent from New Orleans to
Baltimore and New York by the same
route. Savannah is the gainer. She gets
something directly or indirectly from all
through goods. Our Georgia seaport in
creases in importance every season.
A Negro Rails Another to Death.—
Last Saturday, Leo Jones, colored, killed
Isaiah Owens with a fence rail. Both
colored, and employees on the plantation
of Mr. L. G. Fitts, near Oswiohee, Ala.
Quarreled about two collars belonging to
Mr. Pitts. Isaiah wanted to put them on
some mules. Leo attempted to take off
one collar. Isaiah struck him, and Leo
fence-railed him fatally.
Alabama’s Next Senator. —We pub
lished a communication from Dadeville,
Ala., in our issue of the 10th inst., sug
gesting Col. Joseph B. McDonald, of Rus
sell county, as a suitable persou for Ala
bama’s next Senator. The Eufaula, (Ala.)
Times, in a leading editorial of its issue
of the litth inst.,republishes the card, with
the following complimentary remarks
about Col. McDonald:
We take the following from the Colum
bns Sun of the Kith inst., and think the
gentleman suggested for United States
Senator, would be the right man in the
right place. Os course there are others
who have claims, and who will be strongly
urged by their friends, but we would be
as well pleased to see Col. McDonald in
the position as any one we know of, if
the choice should fall oil him.
Flour and Grist Mill Burned. —The
flouring and grist mill, in Opelika, owned
by Mr. Win. Green, was burned Tuesday
night. We hear no other particulars, and
do not know whether there is any insu
rance. Mr. Green is a nephew of Col. R.
L. Mott, and for some time was miller in
the Puluce Mills, in this city, in which po
sition, by industry and economy, he
amassed several thousand dollars. It is
feared his loss is heavy. The building
burned was a two-atory wooden structure,
formerly used as a machine shop.
First Daily Mail to Hamilton. —lt
left yesterday by the North and South
train. We understand the company re
ceives al>out|sß(X) per year for the service.
The trains are now running over nineteen
miles.
A Hillsboro (N. C.,) correspondent of
the Norfolk Journal says: “We see in
‘Parton’s Life of Greeley’ that the phi
losopher, when quite a shambling, tow
headed youth, was wandering around New
York hunting for work—a strapped prin
ter. He stumbled in the book publish
ing house of John West (now an old citi
zen of Raleigh) and asked for work. The
foreman happened to have a press of work
that day and he gave him a job. When
Mr. West came in, a few hours afterward,
he noticed young Greeley—a gawkish
looking fellow—and he asked the foreman
‘how came him to employ that fool,’
and told him to discharge him at the end
of the day. But when the proof was read,
young Groeley had the cleanest proof in
ths house, and the foreman told Mr. West
he couldn’t do without him. And right
there young Horace saved every cent he
made and sent it to his mother to bay
that little farm. Mr. West now resides
in Raleigh, and is regarded as one of the
oldest and most esteemed citizens.”
Another Spiritual Story.
Mr. John W. Blackwell, for whose relia
bility Col. Thompson of the Savannah
News vouches, writes of spiritual mani
festations to that paper. He does not give
his place of residence, as he desires not to
be interviewed by the curious. He was
Hitting in his room and had just finished
reading about the Surrency mystery,
when his lamp was removed from his ta
ble to the mantel and by unseen influences
returned. Presently it was intimated to
him that Rome agency was in the room,
who made the signs in mute langnage.
Finally he made out that the spirit was
that of a yonug lady to whom he was en
gaged years ago and who had died. She
intimated she was his guardian angel and
was protecting him against the machina
tions of the spirit of a school-fellow with
whom he had a fight. Mr. Blackwell,
standing before the fire, endeavored to re
move his coat. As fast as he would pull
off a sleeve it would fly back. As he had
given np the matter in despair, he sudden
ly found all his clothes off him. Funny
for a female spirit, wasn’t it? He then
went to his bed. As he was getting into
it his clothes were as suddenly put on.
He returned to the fire. Instantly his
clothing was removed and he was lifted
over the table to his bed and covered np.
He slept well. In the morning he sought
warm water to be shaved. Kitchen was
warm. Hot fire in stove. Water in ket
tle was cold as ice. Directly after, his
cook came in and represented she
could not get breakfast. All the
water on a red hot stove had been
transformed into ice. She had to go to
her house to get breakfast. When the
meal was served unseen hands threw nails
and tacks into the dishes, and sand into
the coffee. By his plate was dropped a
gold ring which he had given the young
lady when he became engaged to her.
Within it were his own and her initials.
He left the house and went to a neigh
bor’s where he dined. He related his
storv ■ neighbor didn’t believe it, and
went with him to see. That night pande
monium appeared turned loose. Dishea
dropped, tables thundered, things fell and
broke promiscuously. As Mr. B. and
neighbor started to leave, they found the
house, a four room one, whirling around
on its centre. They tumbled out and have
not since returned. Other marvels ara
related. The writer appears to be known
in Savannah. Col. Thompson speaks of
writer as a friend of his, and a man qf
impeachable veracity.
Montgomery Blair has at last been
heard from since the election. He says
it was “the monied power” that did it.