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Examination op the First T WENTY
Milks of the N. A H. It. It. — lt took
place yesterday under the supervision of
Mr. Geo. W. Adams of Forsyth, for ten
veers Superintendent of the Central Rail
road, .Mr. John I). Gray of Atlanta, unex
perienced contractor, and Mr. It. N. Gun
l,y, Jr., a civil engineer, of Columbus
They were the commissioners appointed
by Gov. Smith to determine whether the
road was entitled to State aid. Each was
duly armed with a copy of the Aid Act.
On hoard the train were some fifty lead
ing citizens, bankers, manufacturers, ma
chinists, architects, mechanics, farmers,
contractors, merchants and prominent
railroad men. Among others was Mr. W.
A. M. Grier, a banker of Ilazelton, Penn
sylvania. On the return he expressed
himself, as did all others, highly pleased
with the road and added, that now as the
greatest difficulty, the completion of the
(list twenty miles, had been accomplished,
the road could be pushed forward with
ease. He is connected with the firm that
purchased the iron, and such a statement,
coming from him, conveyed great confi
dence in the enterprise. It was the first
narrow gauge road on which ho had ever
ridden.
The trip was a very pleasant one. Rid
ing was extremely smooth, and every one
was comfortable. Col. Mustian lit his ci
gar by sun-light, with the aid of his spec
tacles, and said it was the first train on
which he was ever able to do it—the mo
tion was so even.
An anecdote was totd of a pushing rail
road President who knew more about rais
ing money than running a locomotive. A
train had run olf and smashed itself.
Someone asked him if it was on schedule.
“Hell! no,” was the reply, “it was in
broad daylight.” An engineer told him
that he wanted some tires for the driving
w heels. “Then go to tho hardware store,
buy the iron and have some made,” was
tho answer.”
The commissioners were very careful in
making their examinations, far more so
so than any wo have yet accompanied
The smooth riding was enough for the
passengers. The track spoko volumes in
praise of Major Hamilton Wilkins, who
lmd the contract for laying it. Col. John
T. Grant, tho main contractor, was on
hoard. .
The twenty miles end a few hundred
vurds from the Mulberry creek, and three
miles from Hamilton. Stone and brick
piers for tho bridge over tho creek have
been already erected, and tho timbers are
being framed.
The track is now graded the entire dis
tance, with tho exception of three or four
miles between Columbus and Hamilton.
Thirty days’ work can complete it.
They tell on our worthy Mayor that the
creek rail wrong for him, and just about
that time it was discovered that one of oi c
principal bankers was a no great admirer
•of goats.
Imm-heon ample, good and varied-**
was served at the terminus. Appetites
iiml “drinketites” had been sharpened,
but were soon toned down under the in
fluence of turkey, ham, fish and crackers.
Tho hoys never tell tales out of school,
except on tho girls. Mr. L. G. Bowers
was by acclaim nominated the king of the
feast, and right nobly did ho till the office.
The complaint was he could not stuff a
hanker.
Several doctors were along to render aid
if necessary, and lawyers to commence
suit for damages.
Tho home run was pleasantly made.
The commissioners came back on a
crank car in order to more particularly
examine the track. They must have
nearly frozen. There is no doubt but
their report will prove favorable.
This road is an example of what nine
teenth century pluck, intelligence and
energy as illust rat od by President W. A.
McDougald and Secretary and Treasurer
md Voting Superintendent W. D. Chip
ley can accomplish. They have indeed
jm t formed wonders.
The road is now paying expenses. Its
passenger list is large. It has already
brought 527 hales of cotton to Columbus
warehouses. Another engine is being
built, and will be pushed forward. It is
the finest narrow-gauge road which has
been operated in Georgia. The Columbus
directors are: President McDougald, Mr.
John King, and Aldermen Blanchard and
Freer.
South Georgia Conference Meets To
morrow. —The Methodist ministers of the
city and neighborhood left yesterday for
Thomasville, to attend the Annual South
Georgia Conference, which meets in that
place on the 11 th, Wednesday. Bishop
Marvin, assisted by Bishop Fierce, will
preside.
The statistics of this Conference in 1871
showed a total membership of 21,82(1; lo
cal preachers -18 : Conference collections
Si!.P,(B; infants bapeized 71H; adults bap
tized 1,72-1; Sunday-schools 27<>; officers
and teachers 1,712; pupils 11,558; requ
sites 17.081; volumes in library 14,402;
church periodicals taken 4,422; number of
churches 888, valued at $408,550 with
1 1.105 sittings: paid pastors $(>0,(558 58;
paid presiding elders $8,1102 84: paidbisli
>ps ''1,5011 08; contributions to Sunday
schools in charge $8,848 till; to conference
' 10; contributions to other church pur
poses $11,148 59.
Tuesuyteri an Church Debt to be Paid —
We are indeed gratified to state that the
debt of some SIO,OOO, which has been so
Mug hanging over the Presbyterian church
iu this city, will shortly he paid.—
the pastor and ladies have labored
hard for the last few weeks to ac
complish this end, and success
has crowned their efforts. They deserve
highest praise for their exertions, which
re been crowned with triumph. City
■ uds will be purchased and exchanged
"ith the holders for the bonds of the
church, and then this great incubus, which
has proved such a heavy burden, will be
colled off forever and the church go on
prospering.
I’ersonae.—We were pleased to meet
yesterday Mr. W. A. N. Grier, a banker
of Hazel ton, Pennsylvania. He is a con
nection, we understand, of Hon. A. H.
Stephens. He has been of use to some of
u| ir most important enterprises, and we
alr> glad he accepted the invitation of the
N- & S. R. R. officers to visit the city. He
expressed himself as highly' pleased with
shat road.
Hr. Timothy Markham is announced
ns a candidate for Treasurer of Muscogee
•county.
N- L. Howard, Esq., is announced as a
candidate for Ordinary of Muscogee
county.
h - M. Brooks, Esq., is announced as a
Mididate for re-election to the office of
Ordinary.
VOL. XIV.
IS THIS AN INTELLECTUAL AGE?
Jeffrey (not Jeffreys, the bloody and
worst judge that ever disgraced Westmin
ster Hall, but the great English essayist,
critic and founder of the Edinburgh Re
view,) once asked sneeringly, “Who reads
an American book?” This was before
Irving, Cooper, Prescott, Bancroft and
others made their literary and historical
marks upon the country, and one could
then only r reply that our country, being
newq we from necessity were occupied in
clearing forests and opening roads and
rivers, and had not time to read, and much
less to write, books. The centenary of
our independence will soon be ushered in
with all the pomp and circumstance of a
Boston spread-eagle jubilee, at tho old
war ball, Philadelphia. The prediction
of John Adams will be verified and re
peated for the hundredth time. Martial
bands will play, and the sonorous music
will be caught by millions of ears; plumes
will wave; bombs and rockets will burst
and blaze ; the crack bell will jump from
its place and pour forth, “To arms! to
arms!! The portraits of Washington,
Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison will
spring from the wall, and the sage, phi
losopher and printer, Ben Franklin, will
turn in his neglected grave. He may ask
who of the living statesmen can, writh
all the aids and appliances of our
boasted progress and educational advan
tages write like Jay, Jefferson, Hamilton
and Madison; think so learnedly profound
as Marshall and Washington, and rock a
nation with the thunder of eloquence
equal to Patrick Henry ? Tho question
of Jeffrey may he asked again—“ Who
reads an American book?” and still re
main unanswered. The reply may come
forth that we have no time for nioral and
mental culture, not that our necessities
compel us to fell the forest and drive the
Indian from his home toward the setting
sun, but wo must put money in our purse
to gratify our animal appetites and pas
sions and make an idle, if not vulgar,
display of dress, horses and houses. When
these are wasted, we must invent some
grand bogus speculation and at last find
that lowest deep—a political demagogue
and office-hunter seeking poor dupes to
corrupt, flatter, betray and ruin.
It must be evident to all intelligent per
sons that the moral and intellectual de
velopment of our country has limped and
not kept pace with the advance of the ma
terial. This is seen in the overvalue we
make of outward show and conversation
and the small appreciation we bestow
upon intrinsic, genuine excellence in arts,
science and letters. We live in a different
age from that of Milton and Shakspearc,
when writers cared less for money than
fame. Now, there must be an apprecia
tion of genius, or it will never come.—
Education, so-called, may be now more
diffused, but not half so thorough as in
tho past. We need more thinkers and
fewer readers, and books improved in
quality if not in quantity. Few now read
even an English, Roman or Greek classic,
but have time to waste on the yellow
backed t rash of a prolific press, and in the
revealment of the sublime mysteries of
tho latest Parisian fashions, and the scent
and taste of the best wines and whiskies.
The three R’s—“reading, riting and ritlt
metic ” —must employ more attention and
time; and the three P’s—the pedagogue,
the press and the parson—must dig longer
and deeper, and raise a higher standard.
The soil must not be left thorny or stony,
so that the seed and fruit will perish for
want of root, or be choked into premature
decay and death. There is something
wrong either in our soil or its cultivation,
or it would not bring forth such a bounti
ful harvest of follies and crimes. The
day may not be distant, with this advance
backward, when the question will not be
“Wtto reads an American book ?” but “do
Americans read anything which is calcu
lated to influence them to wiser and better
thought and action, and purify and ele
vate the standard of justice and truth, of
religion and civilization ?” We must learn
not only what to think, say and act; but
how to think, speak and do.
MR. STEPHENS AnTyOUNG LAWYERS.
The Atlanta Sun has a correspondent
who has lately interviewed the “ Sage of
Liberty Hall,” at Craw fordville, over the
signature of J., and the communication
has been extensively copied by papers in
and out of tho State. J. thinks Mr.
Stephens is the proper man for the United
States Senate, and at the mention of his
name and his willingness to serve all
other candidates should retire from the
field. If the health of Mr. Stephens would
permit, we, in common with thousands of
his admirers, would be pleased to see the
beauty and purity of his character, and
his splendid intellect, once more wielding
their influence in a nation’s eyes, and
commanding the applause of a listening
Senate.
Our object, however, at present, is
neither to blame or praise Mr. Stephens,
or commend or check any aspirations he
may cherish for public life. We wish
simply to make the following extract from
the communication of J., and let it go
forth with a few comments. J. says,
speaking of Mr. Stephens :
As an evidence of his high standard of
morality, he impresses his young men daily
with the importance of never taking a case
unless they are convinced that they are on
the right side, for he says, “ Not only will
you not succeed in your profession, by
failing to convince the jury, hut you will
dwarf your moral nature and warp your
conscience by contending for what you
know is wrong.” Only think of the ines
timable value of such teachings from such
a source upon the young men of our land.
We think J. is mistaken in what he says
Mr. Stephens teaches his law students,
and if not, we are not equally impressed
with the morality or wisdom of such
advice. It is very difficult sometimes for
even a learned Court, with the aid of
arguments of old counsel, to know itself
and declare with authority which is the
“right side.” How a young man, fresh
from Bhukstone, can be convinced of
this fact and conclusion before he hears
the other side, baffles our legal lore and
upsets our philosophy of rights and
wrongs. W 7 e had supposed that the very
end of a trial by jury was through the
assistance of the Court and lawyers to
cross-examine the witnesses, exclude all
corrupt and irrelevant argument and testi
mony, and to probe the very marrow of
every case and expose its truth or false
hood, its soundness or rottenness. “Audi
alteram partem."— Hear the otherside, is
the only safe rule to punish the guiliy and
protect the innocent. If what we only
suppose is the “right side” is to lead to
conviction, then passiou and prejudice
will soon conquer reason and law, and the
voice of authority will he ..lost in the
bootings of a mob.
If one lawyer has the exparte right
to be or not to be convinced, and refuse
hisservices, then every other lawyer has
the same right, and the result would be
that accused ignorance, weakness and
innocence would fall a prey to the tender
mercies of cunning, strength and wicked
ness. Can such an effect be produced by
sound law and morality ?
Carrying off Cotton. —Several trains
arrived Saturday night to carry to Savan
nah through and local cotton. Large
amounts of the staple are now being
shipped from La Grange and West Point
to our Georgia seaport, and all comes
through Columbus.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Annual Statistical Report of the Columbus
Methodist Churches.
The following shows the condition and
results of the Columbus Methodist
Churches, for the Conference year ending
Sunday last. First in order comes
st. luke’s church :
Members, 533; local preachers, 1; infants
baptized during the year, 19; adults, 8;
Sunday schools, 1; officers and teachers,
39; scholars, 365; Sunday school requi
sites, 850; volumes in library, 425 ; church
periodicals taken, 70.
Real estate consists of one church, val
ued at $25,000, with 1,200 sittings; one
parsonage, valued at $3,500; two organs,
valued at .$2,000.
The following monies have been raised
during the Conference year; Building, re
pairing, &c., $1,102 70; support of pas
tor, $2,000; support of Presiding Elder,
$350, support of Bishop, S6O; for Con
ference collection, 265; for missions from
Sunday school, $348 38 (this does not in
clude SSO paid on old debt); for Sunday
schools within the charge, $150; for the
poor, $640 ; in aid of other church enter
prises, SBO.
The Treasurer’s report shows the total
amount received to be $3,501 10 and that
paid ont $3,354 05. In the report furn
ished no deaths or tranfers are mentioned.
st. Paul’s church.
We tried but failed to get the statistics.
Wo could only learn that the accessions to
the church had been 48 during tho year.
WESLEY CHAPEL.
On January Ist there were 165 members;
accessions since 138; dismissions by trans
fer, certificate, death and expulsion 67,
(about 8 deaths), showing a net gain of 71
and a present membership of 236.
The finances are thus given ; For new
church enterprise, furnishing parsonage,
&c., $571; paid to pastor, $900; presiding
elder, S6O; bishop, $5; incidental ex
penses, S9B 20; Conference collection,
$8 40; missionary collection, $8 45; Sun
day School collection, SSO ; for the relief
of the poor, $45 70. This makes the total
collection $1,750 75.
Trinity church and the one in McAllis
terville, now under charge of Rev. J. E.
Tooke, were both organized by Rev. W.
M. D. Bond, pastor of Wesley chapel, and
some members of these churches were re
ceived by him.
Os the Alabama churches, we can learn
little accurate data.
Oil the year, the net membership of the
three churches named has increased over
200, and tho collections foot up some
SB,OOO.
LETTER FROM EUFAULA.
Case of the Solicitors—lmprovements
Hard Times and the Texas Fever.
Chewalla House, )
Eufaula, Dec. 9, 1872. >
Editors Sun —The railroad accident, re
ferred to in our last letter, prevented us
from reaching Clayton in time to take any
new observations of that stirring town.
On our way to church, on yesterday, how
ever, we noticed an air of improvement
surrounding the business part of the town.
Col. I. B. Feagin and J. M. White, Esq.,
havo concluded to withdraw from mer
chandise and law, for a time, and will
move to their plantations in a few weeks.
Several ol her important changes will also
take plat e during the present month. The
“epizoot” has been popular there, and two
cases, in the livery stable of M. It. Hill,
have proved fatal, owing, it is said, to
want of proper care and rest. Trains now
run daily, Sunday not excepted, from
Clayton to Macon, and, under the man
agement of the Southwestern officers, this
road is one of the best in the South. With
such accommodating and popular conduc
tors as Messrs. Bass and Matthews, it is
not strange that the traveling public al
ways have a good word to say about this
new line. They attend to their duties
with marked politeness and fidelity.
The City Court, Judge Keils presiding,
which has jurisdiction over the entire
county, opened this morning. Prayer was
offered by Rev. Mr. Kinnebrew, of the
Baptist Church ; after which the Grand
Jury was empanelled. It is composed of
ten negroes and eight white men, with
John C. Mcßae as foreman. Benjamin
Gardner, Esq., Attorney-General for the
State, then presented the commission of
E. D. Locke, Esq., the Radical candidate
for Solicitor, and claimed his recognition
by the court. F. M. Wood, Esq., pro.
sen ted the commission of A. V. Lee, Esq.,
who was recently recognized by Judge
Wiley, at Clayton, as the duly elected
Democratic candidate. In the absence of
Hon. J. L. Pugh, Mr. Locke’s attorney,
the matter was postponed until after the
charge to the Grand Jury, which was a
rambling, fault-finding affair, and took
special notice of everybody and every
thing that don't suit Judge Keils.
On the conclusion of the charge, Coi.
Pugh took exceptions to the action of
Attorney-General Gardner, and, by con
sent of all parties, it was withdrawn. He
then read an “Information by quo war
ranto," 1 or something of tho kind, notify
ing Solicitor Lee to appear to-morrow, at
10 o’clock, and show cause why he should
not be removed from a position which he
has usurped without legal authority. At
the suggestion of Colonel Pugh, however,
J edge Keils recognized Solicitor Lee, and
placed the Grand Jury in his charge, al
though His Honor would gladly have done
otherwise. This action, which was the
only one that could be taken in strict ac
cordance with law, will give Lee a pro
longed hold upon the office, as an appeal
will be taken from the action of the court
to-morrow, and the case will go to the
Supreme Court for a final settlement. Ex-
Judge John Cochran obtained leave of
absence until Thursday, as he is obliged
to be in attendance upon the Chancery
Court at Seale station.
Improvements are still being made here
in stores and buildings, although the cry
of “hard times” is heard, and real estate
finds slow sale and low prices. Several
new business enterprises are on foot, and
quite a number of merchants have moved
into new stores, or to better locations for
business. We visited the Times, and the
News offices and found them working away
as usual, hut making no complaint as to
job work. The “epizootic” has prevailed
here quite extensively, and all the drays
are now drawn by oxen. “Eufaula Boy,”
the fine trotting horse which Mr. Punch
Donghtie drove at your late Fair, is slow
ly recoving from an attack. No cases, in
this section, have proved fatal, except
where there has been a want of proper
care and suitable rest.
Wherever we have traveled, of late, we
hear the cry of “hard times” and “no
money, and yet we everywhere see signs
of improvement; new stores and build
ings going up, old ones being enlarged or
repaired, and other evidences of prosper
ity ; none of which indicate a scarcity of
money. It is true that great numbers of
people are leaving for Texas, and that nu
merous changes in business will soon be
made, but, aside from talk, we see nothing
to indicate “hard times,” except we look
into our own pocket and count up our un
collected printers’ bills.
Our thanks are due Postmaster Wheeler
and J. M. McKleroy, Esq., for special
kindnesses, which are duly appreciated.
To our successful competitor for the tin
cup at the Columbus Fair, friend Smitha,
and his excellent assistant, Mr. R. Morris,
we acknowledge our thanks for the kind
hospitalities—a good bed and plenty to
eat—of their hotel, the well-known Che-
W-alla House. Sidney Herbert*
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1872.
WEDNESDAY ROIIMM., DEG 11.
Col. W. P. Ramsey Killed.—Passen
gers on the North and South Railroad this
morning report that Col. W. P. Ramsey,
a young lawyer and planter in Harris
county, was shot and killed Monday night,
i in Hamilton, by a Mr. Swinston, orSwan
; son, or Swinsford, a carpenter, who has
! lately returned from Texas. We have not
been able to gather particulars. We hear,
however, that the two, with Mr. Seats,
were in a private room. Some words
j ensued when Col. Ramsey fired. Seats
| then ran from the room. Three shots
were fired by Swanson at Ramsey. One
ball entered in his mouth, one his left
breast and another his bowels. Ramsey
died at once. He was hardly 28 years of
i age, and will be remembeted as one of
| the delegates to the Straight-out Conven
tion at Louisville. He was gifted with a
i high order of intellect. His father was
the late Col. James N. Ramsey, of Co
lumbus, one of the most brilliant lawyers
and former political leaders in the State.
The sad affair is deeply lamented by the
many friends and companions of the
; deceased, who was born and reared in
! Columbus.
Something About the Homicide
The Funeral of Col. Ramsey.*— The re
mains are expected this morning from
Hamilton, on the North and South train,
and will be laid beside those of his father
in our cemetery.
We have been able to learn little addi
tional to what has been published on the
first page, regarding his death. The
shooting occurred in the rear room of Mr.
Robert Murphy’s store, in Hamilton, Mon
day night, about 8 o’clock. At first young
Mr. Seats was with Col. Ramsey and Mr.
Swinsford, who killed the latter. He
disappeared as soon as the difficulty com
menced and no one besides the principal
parties were left in the room. It is stated
Col. R. fired first, before Mr. Seats ran.
Another report is that only three reports
were heard. Certain it is that Col. Ram
sey was shot three times—-in the mouth,
in the left breast and the* bowels—and
that he died instantly.. Swinsford
delivered himself immediately to the au
thorities. He is a carpenter lately from
Texas, but hailing last from Clayton, Ala.
He and the deceased seemed to be friends
a little while before the difficulty, and
when they went into the room.
Col. Ramsey was a son of the distin
guished lawyer, Col. Jas. N. Ramsey, who
died a few years ago. He was reared in
this section, most of the time in Colum
bus. For a year or two he was a student
at Oxford. When the war commenced,
though lacking several years of his ma
jority, he went with his father’s regiment
to Virginia, and afterwards became a pri
vate in the Third Georgia Cavalry. While
with the army of Tennessee he was com
pelled, to save his own life, to shoot a
comrade. Though perfectly justifiable,
this cast a gloom over his life. He sub
sequently was Aid to Gov. J. E. Brown,
from whom he received his title. After
the revolution ended, he studied law and
was admitted to the bar. He was also a
planter in Harris county. In politics, he
was a straight-out, and was one of the
delegates to the O’Conor Convention at
Louisville.
At the time of his death, Col. Ramsey
was only twenty-seven years of age. He
possessed a mind of a very high order and
his memory was one of the most retentive.
He had read much and was a good thinker
and writer. He was a man too of fine
feelings and impulses and every fault was
the result of a noble, generous nature, af
fected by circumstances. The grave cov
ers every error and buries every defect,
and of the dead naught but good should
be spoken. His family is among the first
in Georgia.
There is a rumor that Mr. Swinsford is
a brother or relative of the man whom
Col. Ramsey shot in the army; but upon
inquiry we learn there is no truth in the
report. The names are totally different.
Muscogee Superior Court—Judge Jas.
•Johnson Presiding—Twenty-Ninth Day,
Tuesday.— Court met at 9 a. m.
Following business disposed of :
The case of George Layfield, charged
with murder, was resumed. 0. H. Wil
liams made a masterly speech, one on
which he was highly complimented, for
the prosecution. Judge M. J. Crawford
delivered one of his most eloquent, efforts
in behalf of the defense. The Judge im
partially charged the jury, which body, af
ter remaining out but a short time, re
turned a verdict of “not guilty.” There
was some applause, which was quickly
suppressed. C. H. Williams for State and
prosecution; Gen. Benning, Thornton &
Grimes and Ingram & Crawford, for de
fense.
The case of George Grimes, colored,
charged with tiro murder of a negro, was
next called. The following jury was em
paneled : Jas. Vernoy, J. H. Moshell, Win.
Mehaffey, W. G. Andrews, E. F. deGraf
fenreid, John Bilbro, Wm. Martin, John
Schnell, Jas. Afflick, H. M. Jeter, M. Mc-
Neil, S. A. Martin. Counsel in the case;
Solicitor General, for State; Gen. Ben
ning, Blaudford & Crawford and Thorn
ton & Grimes, for defense. Case will be
resumed to-day.
Applause in the Court House-—Con
tempt of Court.—When the verdict of
acquittal against George Layfleld, charged
with murder, was rendered yesterday,
there was loud manifestations of applause
iu the Court room, which was crowded
with spectators. Judge Johnson immedi
ately ordered the doors closed, and di
rected the Sheriff to arrest the offenders.
That officer, who was facing the bench at
the time, could not designate any guilty
individuals. The Judge took occasion to
properly reprehend such exhibitions as
being contempt of law and propriety.
Judge Benning, of counsel for the pris
oner, in a few well-timed remarks, quieted
the excitement. He reprehended such
demonstrations, but was satisfied they
sprung alone from impulse, with no in
tention of being in contempt of authority.
The Savannah and Memphis Railroad.
—This roed has given the contract to
build the bridge over the Tallapoosa river
to the Baltimore Bridge Company. It is
to be completed by April Ist, at first cost,
with ten per cent, added.
The trains now run within a mile and a
half of the river. The road made $4,000
last month. The track has been graded
to the river, and eleven and a half miles
on the other side are under contract, and
the work is progressing. It will not be
many months before connection is made
with the Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail
road, at Childersburg.
Efizoote Among the People.—Many
of the inhabitants of this section have
as well developed cases of the epizoote
as horses. It manifests itself in bad
colds and sore noses. One gets over it
very quickly. Every one is complaining
of a bad cold. It is nothing but old
epidem. All will have to be fed on bran
mash for awhile, and have legs flanueled
ala horse.
The Cooper Plow Manufactory Sold.
These works, located fifteen miles from
Columbus, on the Southwestern railroad,
were sold, Thursday, to Mr. Asa Lynch,
for $3,500 —about one-third of their value.
We hope yet to see this establishment
under full headway and in a prosperous
condition.
TELEGRAPHIC.
FOREIGN.
London, December 10. — The gale con
tinued yesterday. Advices of destruction
continue to come to hand. Houses have
been blown down and many persons are
known to have been injured by them.
The gasometer attached to the Royal
Building at Woolwich was damaged and
the hospital injured. Communicetion is
generally very much impeded.
London, Dec. 9.—A gale caused much
damage to property yesterday. Telegraph
wires were prostrated and many buildings
demolished, others damaged, in this city.
A large number of pedestrians were dash
ed to the ground by the violence of the
hurricane; street lamps and advertising
boards were blown down, and many per
sons injured by the flying debris.
Dispatches from seaport towns report
numerous marine disasters; eight ships
were blown ashore in the Harbor of Plym
outh; the flagship Navassett, of 2,665
tons, parted from moorings in the harbor
and was driven out of port, but the crew
succeed in again anchoring her before
any serious damage -was done.
The German ship Cambridge and three
small merchantmen, lying in the same
harbor, also parted from their anchors
and were blown ashore. The crew were
in greaf danger, but were rescued from
their perilous position.
Paris, Dec. 9. —The appointment of
Goulard, as Minister of the Interior; Le
onsay, Minister of Finance; Fourtier;
Minister of Public Works; and Calmont,
Prefect of the Department of the Seine,
were published this morning in the official
journal. Although the Ministry is now
formed, it is regarded as transitional. The
above mentioned appointments indicate
tho termination of the crisis and secure
to the Government the support of the
Right centre and Left centre.
London, Dec. 9.—The telegraph wires
in North England, which were destroyed
by the storm yesterday, are not yet in
working order. Dispatches from all other
sections of the country bring intelligence
of great destruction of property. The gale
was severe in Wales and Ireland, as in
England, and was accompanied by light
ning and rain. Many towns were
flooded and several vessels are ashore
in Cork harbor, The damage to prop
erty in that city is very great. Many
buildings unroofed and trees blown down.
Three pinnacles of the tower of St.
Thomas Church in Exeter, Devonshire,
were blown down while the congregation
was at worship and falling on the roof
crushed through into the body of the
church. The congregation was seizfd
with panic at first from intimation of
danger and rushed from the building.
None were killed and their escape is re
garded as miraculous.
Paris, Dec. 11.—Petitions are circulat
ing here and in the Provinces, for the dis
solution of tho Assembly. Greatly in
creasing number of the moderate Left, fa
vor a dissolution.
Duke Deßrogbea, a monarchist, is elect
ed to the Committee of Thirty, vice Four
tieu, who has been appointed Minister of
Public Works.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December 9. — House.—
A number of bills were introduced and
referred under the call of States.
Senate.-—The Ohio bridge bill passed.
A resolution for a special committee of
five to oonsider the question of cheap
transportation from the West to the sea
board was introduced, but was objected to
and laid over.
Washington, Dec. 9. —A motion was
made in the Supreme Court to-day to re
strain Judge Darrell, of the Louisiana
Circuit Court. Tho Supreme Court re
served its decision.
House.—Under the regular call resolu
tions to amend the Constitution, to au
thorize Congress to fix a uniform time for
State elections; to complete the James
River and Kanawha Canal; repealing the
tax on spirits made entirely from fruit;
for a ship canal near St. Philips, La.; to
repeal iron-clads.
The Civil Rights bill was discussed and
finally buried by reference to the Com
mittee on Revision of Laws. To bridge
the Arkansas at Van Buren; to extend the
Southern Claims Commission four years.
By Gen. Young: To remove all political
disabilities; also for the relief of the
Catholic Church members at Dalton, Ga.
Bill removing the political disabilities of
L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, passed.
Acker moved to suspend the rules and
pass bills removing all political disabili
ties. Failed of a two-third vote; yeas 102,
nays 84.
Senate.—The Conference report on the
bill to regulate the construction of a
bridge over the Ohio river was concurred
in, which passes the bill.
Washington, December 10.—Senate.—
Cole offered a joint resolution to amend
the Constitution so as to elect the Presi
dent, Vice-President and Senators of the
United States by a direct vote of the peo
ple.
A bill was passed for the relief of Tins
ley, Van Horne & Cos., Glenn, Arnell &
Clark, and J. N. Henderson & Cos., of
Louisiana and Missouri.
Washington, December 11.—Attorney-
General Williams telegraphs to Pinchbeck
as follows:
“ The requisition of the Legislature,
transmitted by you, is received. When
ever it becomes necessary in the judg
ment of the President, the State will he
protected from domestic violence.”
Washington, Dec. 11. —The House spent
the morning hour in discussing the soldiers’
bounty land bill. No action.
Senate.—Osborne introduced a bill for
life saving stations on the Florida coast.
Recess. Resolution laid over.
Washington, December 11. —House.—
The consideration of the report of the
Southern Claims Committee has been
postponed until after the holidays.
The Judiciary Committee was ordered
to report the power of Congress to regu
late trade between ports, so as to prevent
opposition or discrimination on the part
of carriers.
The French spoliation hill was post
poned until January 22d.
The Inchan appropriation bill was
passed.
Adjourned.
Senate—The disabilities of Lamar, of
Mississippi, were removed.
Many private bills were passed.
Bills were introduced as follows: By-
Lewis, to provide for the repudiation of
the accounts between the United States
and the several States, growing out of
monies expended by said States, during
the war of 1812 ; by Osborne, authorizing
establishment of life-saving stations on
the coast of Florida; by Ramsey, to re
peal the act of March 11, 1872, for the re
lief of G. W. Morse, which authorized the
extension of foreign patents.
Confirmations: Richard Bradley, Con
sul General at Alexandria, vice Butler;
Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, postmaster at Rus
selville, Ky.; W. F. Clark, postmaster at
Galveston, Texas; Mrs. Graham, at Che
raw and Whitmore at Sumter Court House,
S. C.; Ward Hunt to Supreme Court, and
Perry, Simons, Powell, Foulk, Munn.
Hedrick and McDonald, Supervisors of
Internal Revenue.
The Secretary of the Treasury has tele
graphed to the Collector of Customs at
Port Townsend to assume jurisdiction
over San Juan and enforce the revenue
laws.
The headquarters of the Military Divi
sion of the Atlantic has been transferred
j to New York.
NEW YORK.
New York, December 9. The
Boyle Council of Internationalists resolved
upon a mass meeting at Cooper Institute
on the fourth of January for the relief of
widows and orphans of the executed
Communists. A letter from Wendell
Phillips was read, saying the French Com
munists were entitled to the respect of the
civilized world.
John Hagan, of East Broadway, is
missing.
The Herald’s special reports from New
Orleans represent all quiet. Warmothites
intend to exhaust every lawful power of
resistance to arbitrary power, but in no
event will they countenance violence.
The reported connection of Schuyler
Colfax with the Tribune, and Oakley Hall
with the Herald, is authoritatively contra
dicted.
The editorial and composing room of
the Express was damaged $10,000; in
sured. Missßrooks loses a valuable libra
ry.
New York, Dec. 9. —Stokes’s trial was
not taken up.
The Union Bank, of Brussels, has failed.
The Post says this institution has accepted
largely on account of shipments of petro
leum and other American products here.
The losses, however, could not have been
on account of petroleum acceptances. In
well-informed circles here it is thought
the suspension was caused by losses in the
Russia trade.
A private dispatch states that tho Union
Bank of Brussels has been granted an ex
tension of four weeks.
New York, Dec. 10.—A contest is pro
gressing, before the Surrogate, over Mr.
Greeley’s will. His last will was witnessed
a few hours before his death, when, the
witness testifies, Mr. Greeley was con
scious and rational. His former will gives
bequests to his relatives, and one share of
Tribune stock to the Childrens’ Aid Soci
ety.
New York, December 10. —McDowell
has gone to Louisville to assume command
of the Department of the South.
New York, December 11.—Albany lines
are suspended on account of ice.
Robert Craig, comedian, is dead.
Fifth Avenue Hotel caught in laundry;
loss $25,000. Women burned fatally,
two seriously. Great excitement among
guests.
Later—The fire is in the cock loft, oc
cupied by laundry women and domestics.
Sixteen bodies found burned beyond rec
ognition. The bodies were found near
the only window of the room, which was
barred. The only means of escape was
the stairway which was in flames. The
victims been to wait for death. It is
thought died while asleep. Twenty-two
bodies had recovered up to 2 o’clock.
The fire originated in the elevater leading
to the laundry. None of the five hun
dred guests reported injured. Loss by
fire and water is probably over $200,000.
Later. —The smoke was suffocating.
Water drenched the floors. The halls
were filled with baggage. The clothes of
seventy or eighty servants who escaped,
were ruined. Fully one-fourth of the
furniture, valued at SIOO,OOO, was ruined.
New York, Dec. 11. —Thomas Buttus, a
shoemaker in Brooklyn, beat his wife
dead.
Eleven bodios are at the Morgue from
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Only two have
been recognized. All give signs of great
suffering. It is now thought only eleven
girls perished. Mr. Griswold, one of the
proprietors, emphatically denies that there
was any delay in sounding the alarm upon
the discovery of the fire. Measures were
taken to alarm the guests.
The Government did . ; buy any bonds
to-day.
The supply of water ii I ersey City has
ceased, supply pipes being choked with
ice, and the factories and machine shops
are idle.
Binohampton, Dec. 11 —Three persons
were killed by a caving bank.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, Dec. 10. — The Capitol
Legislature elected F. W. Sykes of North
Alabama Senator. Sykes was a Greeley
elector.
Resolution looking to the impeachment
of Gov. Lewis was offered and referred.
The Court-house Legislature elected
State printer.
Montgomery, Dec. 11.— About 1 o’clock
to-day, while the Capitol Legislature was
in session, Sheriff Strobach appeared in
the Senate chamber and said he had a war
rant from Gov. Lewis to take possession
of the Capitol, whereupon the Senate or
dered the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest the
Sheriff for contempt, and hold him in cus
tody forty-eight hours. The Sheriff did
not resist arrest, but explained that he was
merely acting under orders; and, on apol
ogizing to the Senate, was released.
The excitement was intense. Federal
troops are stationed near the Capitol, un
der arms, but no necessity appearing, dis
persed to their quarters.
The Senate authorized the Sergeant-at-
Arms to summons a posse to guard the
Capitol against all but the Federal forces,
and then adjourned.
The Sheriff appeared before the door of
the House, but the Sergeant-at-Arms re
fused to admit any one except the Federal
force, and the Sheriff left.
The Court-house Legislature admitted
another person to a seat, who was defeat
ed, according to the official returns, by a
large majority.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Dec. B. —At a meeting
of large capitalists a?id property holders
it was resolved to send a delegation to
Washington to represent Warmoth and
State officers, Clerks of the House and
Senate. Chief of Police and others pre
venting any interference whatever with
the assembly of the Legislature and for
bidding all persons from participating as
members of said Legislature who have
not returned as members thereof by the
Custom House Returning Board, and
whose names are not transmitted by
General Bovee, Secretary of State, to
the Secretary of Senate and Clerk of
House.
New' Orleans, Dec. 9. —The Custom
house Returning Board give full returns
of the November elections, giving Grant
14,(521 and Kellogg 188(5 majority, and
the election of the entire State Republi
can ticket. The Legislature has a large
majority on joint ballot.
The impeachment of Warmoth and the
dispersion of his Legislature by Federal
troops, and Warmoth's case for contempt,
pends to-day. It is believed the Governor
w'ill be incarcerated.
New Oeleans, Dec. 9. —The Fusion
Legislature assembled in Lyceum Hall.
Each member on entering was served with
restraining orders.
The military still hold Mechanics’ Insti
tute.
A member, credentialed by the Custom
house Board, reporters and custom-house
partisans, were admitted. Both claim a
quorum. The Clerk of old House, whose
duty it was to call the roll, was incarcerated
by the U. S. Marshal.
New Orleans, Dec. 9. Mechanics’
Institute Legislattire organized. Low
ell elected Speaker. Senators holding
over protested in writiug against the man
ner of the Senate organization. Pinch
back stated in the Senate to-day that War
moth and Weed, of the Times, went to
Pinchbaek's house at 12 o’clock last night
and offered him $50,000 and the appoint
ment of large numbers of officers, if he
j (Pinchback) would pursue the course
which they would point out. A resolut ion
impeaching Warmouth was passed the
Houses; 58 nays.
New Orleans, Dec. 10. — The Custom
house Legislature passed a resolution im
peaching Warmoth, by a vote of 58 to 6.
j A committee was appointed to inform the
Senate. Pinchback qualified and took
possession of the Governor’s office. War
moth was suspended pending the impench
j ment proceedings.
| Pinchback exculpates C. A. Weed from
j participation in attempting to bribe him.
j Pichback says: “I owe it to myself and
to Mr. Weed to state that he was not pres
ent at the meeting, as in my heat I at
first stated. He was in an entirely differ
ent room and the doors closed between
us. He came to the house with Mr.
Warmoth, but was not present.”
Pinchback proclaims his assumption to
the Governship, and asks the support of
all good citizens.
New Orleans, December 10. — Warmoth
has petitioned the Eighth District Court
against allowing Pinchback to assume the
Governorship.
The weather here is cold and sleety.
A meeting of citizens was held to-day
to protest against the alleged invasion of
their rights. The attendance was very
large, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather. Governor Warmoth and
McEnry spoke. A resolution was adopted
against the usurpation of the State Gov
ernment by adventurers supported by
Federal bayonets. A committee of oue
hundred citizens was appointed to prepare
a memorial to the President and Congress,
who should visit Washington and ask that
Federal soldiers be removed from this
city.
New Orleans, Dec. 11.— The Fusion
Legislature is in session, with a quorum
in both Houses. Hugh J. Campbell, Pres
ident of the Senate; J. C. Monroe, Speaker
of the House.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Dec. 9.— The mystery at
Dover, Delaware, has been explained.
Professor West was not killed. It turns
out that the killed was a colored man
whom he hired temporarily. After doing
so his hands and feet were cut off and
buried. The object, he said, was to make
the authorities believe the body was his
so that his wife would obtain an insurance
of $25,000 on his life. He acknowledged
to John O’Grandy, an especial officer of
this cit3’, that he had killed the negro.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, Dec. B.— The horse disease
is on the increase. Nearly all the horses
of street cars are withdrawn. Meetings
will be held to-morrow for the purpose of
an organization of a volunteer fire depart
ment.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. — -The Comstock Com
pany’s furniture warehouse burned; loss
.$10,000; insurance $(5,300.
St. Louis, Doc. 10.—The local commit
tee have about completed arrangements
for the Commercial Convention which
meets here Wednesday. Amongthe prin
cipal subjects to be discussed are rail
roads, interior lines of water communica
tion, public lands, immigration, domestic
and foreign commerce and finance, taxa
tion, American shipbuilding and naviga
tion interests, and mineral and mining in
terests.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis, December 11.—The ground
is covered with snow.
The Republicans claim 3,22(5 majority
for Baxter, and a large majority on joint
ballot.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston, December 11. —Gaston has been
elected Mayor by a vote of 9,294 to 8,942.
Gaston w'as supported by the Democrats
and Citizens’ party, and Pierce by the
People’s and Labor Reform parties.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia, Dec. 10.—Jno. C. Patterson
W'as elected U. S. Senator to-day. Since
his election he has been arrested and is in
jail. Charged with bribery.
GEORGIA.
Augusta, December 11.—Four inches
of snow fell here, the heaviest for years.
ALSACE AND LORRAINE—AGAIN.
Sometime ago we called attention to
these two interesting late provinces of
1* ranee, but principally of German race
and language—the distress of the inhabi
tants and the consequent leaving of mil
lions for our shores. The character of
the people—their history, customs and
manners to us, at this time, should be of
particular interest. From the days of
the remotest antiquity as described by
Tacitus, their ancestors were distinguish
ed for their bravery and domestic habits.
The wives frequently accompanied the
husbands to the battlefields and were
their camp companions. They are honest,
patient, conservative, thoughtful, indus
trious and exceedingly social in disposi
tion. We know' but little in Georgia of
the Germans as farmers, but elsewhere
they have been eminently successful til
lers of the earth and skillful in manufac
turing. Hon. Carl Schurz lately described
theiricharacter, truthfully, at Louisville,
Ky. He said the American had hardly a
fair opportunity of judging of the char
acter and capacity of the German. He
sees him here under all the disadvantages
of having to cope with a foreign lan
guage and foreign habits. His great
peculiarity at home is his love of the
ture and hatred of all shams. The family,
the source of all that is valuable to society,
is recognized in all its w'orth and dignity;
the women are neither strong-minded
nor frivolous; the virtues of the house
wife and mother are prized above all
others. Duty is the great impelling mo
tive. In modern times the Prussian
has become the ruler of Germa
ny. He is by no means amiable;
rather conceited, self-confident, even ar
rogant. But with him the force of duty,
of order, of earnestness, in all pursuits of
life is the strongest. After paying a
tribute to Bismarck’s talents, he passed to
the side of France. The French had for
centuries been the pets of the world.
They had in many respects deserved it.
In politics, in literature, in the exact
sciences, they had done their full share.
But they had always exhibited their full
merits. They were like a man who ex
hibits his whole wealth in jewels upon his
shirt bosom. Some of those jewels may
be pure diamonds ; others may be paste.
It was Paris and the great cities in which
the virtues and excellences of France
were exhibited to the world ; it was Paris
also in which the vices of France were
developed most intensely.
In conclusion, he hoped that the liberty
which many centuries ago spread from the
forests of Germany over the known world
may never go down in America, where
it had borne its noblest fruits.
A Rich Specimen.— On Tuesday the ne
gro Legislature of South Carolina elected
a man named John J. Patterson, United
States Senator, and immediately after he
was clapped into jail on a charge of brib
ery. And this in the land of Calhoun,
McDuffie aud Hayne!
NO. 45.
Female Troubles and Servant Girls.
One among the greatest social troubles
i we have as a people suffered since the
| war, is the difficulty of getting, and the
j still greater difficulty of keeping industri-
I ous, honest and firm servants. Much
has been written and spoken on this sub
ject, and its effect upon the industrial in
terests of the male population, while the
still severer annoyances and afflictions of
the females have been unappreciated, if
not altogether neglected and ignored.
The African is essentially emotional and
consequently fickle. He is the creature
of impulse and easily seduced into error
through his passions and affections. He is
proverbially credulous and suspicious and
his ignorance as a race, makes him the
victim, socially and politically' of the
mean, the crafty- and selfish. He literally
obeys the Bible injunction—“ Take no
thought of the morrow of what you shall
eat, or what you shall drink and where
withal you shall be clothed.” Like all
human beings with little development of
the reasoning and much of tho imaginal
faculties, he is led to embrace often to
his ruin, whatever appeals to his immedi
ate pleasures and gratifications of gaudy
dress and exhibitions. His instincts lead
him into the indulgence of the pomp and
circumstance of life, while his necessities
force him to the other extreme, and hence
ho is seen either raggedly- fine or splendid
ly ragged. He is sometimes flattered to
stick to his w-orst enemy with truth and
loyalty to the last gasp, and then again
forsake a friend in adversity for a drink
of whisky, an old uniform coat, or the
promise of a blind, epizooi mule and for
ty acres of land under another’s fish pond.
These uncertain, fickle traits of char
acter among colored servants try- the tem
per of refined women, and are the source
of much domestic unhappiness. It is
strange to us that so few of our poor,
good white girls do not educate themselves
for “ helps ”or assistants in families. A
false pride may bo the cause, and a noble
pride should influence them to better
their condition, and no condition can be
worse than the one which destroys the
will to be useful and makes us dependent
from choice. Young gentlemen are not
too good to be useful in subordinate pur
suits. What reason is there, then, why
the samo custom should not bo adopted
by young ladies ?
From sympathy for their trials, and
with the hope that our lady readers may
be comforted and extract wisdom from it,
we give publicity to the letter below:
servant girls.
To the Editor of the New York Times :
I have read the letter of your correspon
dent “Bridget” with attention, and I
agree with you in thinking that there is a
great deal of truth in it, and that it is
worth the consideration of your readers.
“Bridget’s” idea seems to be that
greater kindness on the part of employ-era
w-ould produce better servants—that if we
paid more attention to the education and
religious instruction of our “ helps ” we
should have less reason to complain of
them. This is doubtless true in reference
to many families, but it is by no means
the whole truth.
In too many cases, kindness to servants
is altogether misunderstood and thrown
away. Tho better you use them, the worse
they treat you. I have raised my servants’
wages after they have been for a short
time with me, and given them clothing
and other presents at Christmas, and paid
the doctor’s bill for them when they were
sick. Yet, whenever circumstances have
obliged me to call upon them for a little
extra work or attention, they almost in
variably desert me. If my wife is sick,
and the house is in confusion, they take
that opportunity to “give notice,” or to
walk off without any notice at all. Few
of them take any real interest in the fami
lies they serve. Os courso there are ex
ceptions—l am lucky enough to have one,
perhaps two, servants in my family now,
who have shown themselves capable of
making sacrifices for us, and whose fideli
ty I highly prize. But I have had dozens
who behave very differently-, and I can
safely say that my treatment of them all
has been precisely the same. Your wife
or children are sick, and “trouble” is oc
casioned. The servant hears of a better
place, and leaves you to got out of the
scrape as best y-ou may.
If ladies were to be more particular in
asking why servants who apply to them
for situations left their last places, and re
fused to take any who had badly treated
their former employers, the evil would
soon bo cured. Few house-keepers dis
charge their servants without giving them
a month’s notice or a month’s wages. But
the moment a servant wants to leave you,
off she goes, even at a moment’s notice,
and she cares nothing for the inconve
niences to which she puts you. As for the
worst class of all, which comes into your
family for the sake of drinking your wines
or spirits” and smashing your crockery,
“ Bridget” probably disbelieves in its ex
istence. Not long ago, I had one who be
gan by breaking the most valuable orna
ments in the house, and teaching the chil
dren to utter oaths. At tho end of her first
week, I calculated that it would bo cheap
er in tho end to pay her a full month’s
wages and let her go. She went down to
the other servants and said: “What fools
y-ou girls are to work hard in one place. I
have had three places in one month, and
received a month’s wages from each—three
months’ wages for three weeks’ easy work
—and that is better than slaving all the
year round.” Having then called the cook
the son of a familiar animal, and uttered
divers reflections on the moral character
of tho nurse, she packed up her traps
(some of my wife’s being among them ),
and sallied forth in quest of further ad
ventures. Pray what remedy would
“Bridgot” suggest for such a case as this ?
Yours, obediently,
A Householder.
New York, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1872.
Cotton Receipts at Interior Towns. —
The following shows the receipts of the
named interior towns from August .‘list
to Dec. 6th. Their united stocks on the
6th were 83,233, against 63,323 same date
last year:
1871 1872
Augusta 69,815 90,694
Macon 31,233 37,147
Eufaula 11,451 15,015
Columbus 20,435 29,961
Montgomery 32,180 43,097
Selma 32,432 26,862
Nashville 21,272 22,965
Memphis 149,914 144,516
Total 368,732 410,257
Bill of Lading to be Held on Accept
ance of Bill of Exchange.- —ln the Uni
ted States Circuit Court at Boston, in the
course of the suit of the Merchants’ Na
tional Bank of Memphis vs. the National
Bank of Commerce, Judge Shepley de
cided that, in the absence of any specific
instruction, if the bill of lading was sent
for collection with a bill of exchange, the
bank, under that agency of collection,
would not have the right to surrender that
bill of lading on acceptance of the bill of
exchange.
The Electokal Vote. — Louisiana cast
her electoral vote blank; Kentucky voted
eight for Thomas A. Hendricks, aud four
for Gratz Brown; Missouri voted for
Gratz Brown, eight; Hendricks, six; Da
vid Davis, one. So it seems that the
Georgia electors were not the only ones
who were unable to cast their votes as a
unit. The Tribune remarks: “The re
sult is a curious one, and will call atten
tion to the present impel feci ions of the
whole system of electoral colleges.
A contemporary suggests that if there
be anything in the constitution which
entitles a man to carry pistols in his pock
ets, and to fire them off when revenge, or
passion, or his own idea of safety demands,
the proper way is to license such men to
carry arms, with a public advertisement
thereof, in two or three journals, where
such a battery resides, and that it is ready
to snap off at any time.
THURSDAY aOBHIiro, DEC. 19.
Muscogee Superior Court Judge
James Johnson Presiding Thirtieth
Day—Wednesday. —Court met at 9 a. m.
The case against Geo. Grimes, colored,
in which the jury w-ere stricken on Tues
day evening, was concluded early yester
day morning. The jury returned a ver
dict of “not guilty.” Solicitor General
for State: Benuing <fc Beuniug and Bland
ford & Crawford for defense. Reese
Crawford and Col. Blandford made the
speeches for the defense, and able and
eloquent ones they were.
State vs. Elbert Thompson—burglary
in the night time—continued by State.
State vs. Win. Cash, involuntary man
slaughter, in commission of a lawful act.
The court ordered it not prossed, remark
ing that the Grand Jury had no authority
to bring in such an indictment. Thorn
ton & Grimes and Chas. 11. Williams,
Esq., counsel for Cash, insisted upon a
trial under the indictment, and asked that
their demand for a trial, be placed upon
tho minutes. Tho court overruled tho
motions, and allowed the Solicitor to uol
pros, and hence Cash was discharged.
State vs. John Brown, colored, stab
bing, jury found him guilty. Judge
Johnson sentenced him to chain gang for
six months.
The Malone Case Postponed. —Tho
Atlanta Constitution of yesterday says tho
Malone case was called in Fulton Superior
Court on Tuesday, but was passed on ac
count of the indisposition of Mr. Malone.
It appears that the jailor warms tho meals
of the prisoners in chafing dishes, using
spirit lamps to heat them. He has tho
alcohol medicated, sometimes with ani
line, aloes and other ingredients to prevent
the convicts drinking the alcohol. Malone
had been suffering with diarrhoea, and
drank some of the alcohol medicated with
ipecac, which rendered him too much in
disposed to be brought out, It will be
called as soon as tho case now on trial is
terminated.
Strange Sight. —lt was indeed a strange
sight in Columbus, yesterday morning, to
find that during tho night the houses,
bridges, patches of grass and evergreen
trees had been covered with a thin layer
of snow. Wagons moved along tho streets
with their canvas and cotton bales
shrouded in white. This is unprecedented,
for it is extremely rare that wo have snow,
and we cannot recall one so early in De
cember. Beautiful snow has become such
a hackneyed poem that wo will not bore
our readers with a single line. We hope
the melting may raise our river, which
just now has almost played out as regards
navigation.
The Influence of the Methodist
Churches.— The Methodist churches are
of powerful influence in this city. Thus,
St. Luke’s church has 533 members, St.
Paul's 240, and Wesley Chapel 23(5; total
membership, 1,009. They raised during
the Conference year closing Sunday $lO,-
240 79. All furnish pastors with parson
ages, and St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s pay
their preachers a salary of $2,000 each,
and \Y esley Chapel S9OO. Their chureh
property is worth over $50,000.
Their Sunday Schools are also very
strong. St. Luke’s has 39 teachers and
305 scholars; St. Paul’s, 29 teachers and
1(58 scholars ; Wesley chapel, 15 teachers
and 75 scholars; total, 73 teachers and
508 scholars.
Os the $10,240 79 raised, St. Luke’s
contributed $4,705 08; St. Paul’s. $3,-
72(5 0(5, and Wesley Chapel $1,749 05.
Unite members, money and largo Sun
day schools, and an immense influence for
good is wielded in any community.
Highly Pleased.—We understand tho
commissioners, after a thorough exami
nation, telegraphed to Gov. Smith that
the North and South road w'as fully up to
the requirements, and desired to know if
they could do anything more. The com
missioners are greatly pleased with the
road and its construction. We are inform
ed Mr. Adams is represented as saying it
was the best new road he had ever exam
ined. He ought to boa judge as he was
Superintendent of the Western railroad
for ten years. There is now no possible
doubt about the road’s securing the State
aid, for in every particular the company
has complied with the law.
New Iron for the Mobile and Girard
Railroad.— Great improvements are being
made in the track of the Mobile and
Girard railroad, and tho officers are fully
determined to put the entire line in the
safest and best condition possible. Ten
car loads of new iron and a large quantity
of new ties have gone down the road, and
will be laid in the vicinity of Suspension.
Major Bates is also putting up new
bridges, and every section-master is re
pairing the track under his care.
Another Gin House Burned.— The gin
house of Mr. Woolfolk Walker was burned
yesterday morning about daylight. With
it was consumed twelve bales of cotton,
which had been ginned and packed tho
day before. The establishment was on
the Bend place. It was clearly the work
of an incendiary. The tracks of strange
horses were detected around the place.
The cotton alone was worth over a thou
sand dollars. No insurance.
This is tho forty-sixth gin house which
has boon reported since August 31st.
Multiplicity of Officials —The State
of Alabama has two Legislatures, Barbour
county two Solicitors, and Opelika two
Mayors, which show an extravagance in
public officials not warranted by the great
scarcity of greenbacks. We trust that
this state of affairs will soon terminate,
and that peace and prosperity may again
prevail throughout all the borders of our
sorely afflicted sister State.
Prices of Farm Products.— At the sale
on Mr. A. C. Flewellen’s plantation in
Stewart county, on Tuesday, by Ellis &
Harrison, auctioneers, com brought $1
per bushel; fodder $1 15 to $1 30 por
hundred weight; cotton seed 19c per
bushel; cattle full prices; 11 mules, from
8 to 20 years old, averaged $149 50 por
head. Other plantation goods, wagons
and utentsils, brought full prices.
Not the Man.— The Jordan arrested
here a few days since proves not to have
been the murderer of Mrs. Collier, at
Orion. The officers who came up to
identify and take him into custody, were,
we learn, met by a large crowd at Troy
on their return, which shows that the
people of that section are thoroughly
aroused in regard to this atrocious
crime, and propose to do full jus
tice to the inhuman criminal.
The Preliminary Examination. —That
of Robert Swinsford, for the killing of Col.
4V. P. Ramsey, commenced, in Hamilton,
this morning. It seems to be the fact,
from the best testimony, that Col. R. fired
the first shot. The remains did not arrive
on the morning North and South train as
was expected.
Cotton Still Plenty. —We learn that
the freight trains on the Mobile and Girard
and Montgomery and Eufaula railroad*,
yesterday, were unable to take up all the
cotton at the stations for Columbus and
Montgomery, showing that large quanti
ties still remain in the hands of the plan
ters.
Sheriff J. J. Bradford is announced as
a candidate for Clerk of the Superior
Court. He was a true Confederate soldier,
and is deservedly a popular and efficient
officer.
Acquittals. —Thus far, in the Superior
Court, there have been few convictions.
Two parties charged with murder have
boon acquitted.
Chukch Insubance.— St. Luke’s church
in Columbus keeps its edifice insured at
SIO,OOO and the parsonage at $2,000,