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l ir.SDAY nOBKIHU, JAb 11.
Factory Dividend. —The Eagle and
Phenix Manufactory has declared two di
vidends—one of five per cent., payable in
February: the second in August—same
amount.
Gave Bond. —We understand the newly
elected Ordinary, Sheriff, and Treasurer
have given bonds and entered upon the
discharge of their duties. The bond of
the Sheriir is $20,000.
Gone to Arkansas. —We are told that
sixty-five negroes left liusseli county, a
few days ago, for Arkansas. Many of
these negroes will die, and that very
speedily, as a consequence of removal
Farming Operations Commenced. —
Ploughing has commenced in many por
tions of Alabama, and, we presume, in
Georgia. In the prairies a few fields have
already been gone over for the first time.
County Physician. —Dr. John E. Bacon
lias been appointed county physician at a
salary of SBOO. He attends to the county
poor and also to the inmates of the jail.
The appointment was made by the county
commissioners, who have charge of such
matters.
Janitor at the Court-House. —Mr. S.
I>. Lewis has been appointed to the posi
tion. He is to take care of the Court
house for the use of rooms on the lower
floor.
Aleck Johnson, the colored man who
formerly held the post is now learning to
write his name thut he may go “bailiff
ing.” He thinks he will be able to sign
his bond by Saturday. He is learning by
note.
The Names of the Dead.—A dispatch
from Kufanla states that the two negroes
who were scalded to death by the explo
sion of the boiler flue of the steamer St.
Clair, ure George Pines and Kante. This
dispatch, which is official, tates that nine
other negroes were scalded and so was
(’apt. Ben Berry, the engineer.
Engineer Berry is very unfortunate,
lie was present when the Chipola was
blown open.
From Tat.rotton to Columbus. —The
corporators of the Talbotton branch road
propose to call in their subscription list,
surieadtrd their charter, and abandon the
project of running a branch to the South
western road, for the purpose of trims for
me their subscriptions, and lending their
active influence to the construction of a
narrow gauge branch to some point on the
North and South road. We believe this
is their true policy and the one most cer
tain of success.
Explosion on the Steamer Julia St.
Clair—Three Negroes Killed— Engi
neer, Ben Berry, and Ten Negroes Bad
ly Scalded. —Casualties come thick when
they do happen. The steamer Julia St.
Clair, from Apalachicola with a pretty
good load of cotton, oysters and oranges,
and general freight when four miles from
Eufaula exploded a flue. It happened
about 12 o’clock on Saturday night. The
passengers describe the sound as that of
some heavy body falling on deck. Imme
diately Capt. Tom Whiteside hud an an
chor overboard. A boat was emptied of
fish, sent ashore with a line and the
steamer brought to the bank.
Soon fire ascended through the tubes
and caught the upper deck. This was put
out by the passengers and officers. Alter
the captain had left for Eufaula, lire again
bloke out in some cotton bales. They
some twenty in number—were tossed
overboard. The boat sustained verv little
damage. The clerk, Mr. Fry, reports a
hole knocked through the floor of his
office. He was asleep at the time.
On the lower deck the scene w asuppail
mg. The negro deck hands had been
sleeping around the boilers. One was
blown overboard and drowned. Two
others were killed outright. Ten others
were so badly scalded that they prayed
for death. Their cries were agonizing,
going over the waters and echoing in every
direction with piercing wails. The en
gineer, Capt. Ben Berry, was standing
near the boilers when the explosion oc
curred. He was badly’, but not fatally’,
scalded in the face, on the head, breast
and arms. All was done possible to re
lieve the sufferings of the wounded.
None of the passengers were injured,
and they did noble service. Most of them
walked to Eufaula where they took train
for their several destinations.
A doctor was sent down to the boat
from Eufaula.
The New Jackson left here Sunday af
ternoon for the relief of the steamer.
As we have stated, the boat is little in
jured. The boiler flue was blown out at
both ends.
The night was a cold one, lighted by a
brilliant moon.
The particulars of the disaster we glean
from Mr. O. Johnson aud other passen
gers who were on board at the time.
Only Three Hundred and Four Deaths
in Columbus in 1872— li:» Whites and
18,') Blacks.— ln 1872 there were buried
m Columbus 396 persons—l 93 whites and
20:1 blacks. Os the burials, 30-1 were resi
dents and 02 non-residents —190 adults
and 200 children. Os the total number,
120 were paupers —38 whites and 88
blacks.
Os the 301 residents, 110 were whites
and 185 blacks. Os the 02 non-residents,
71 wore whites and 18 blacks. Os the 100
adults 00 were whites and 01 blacks. Os
the 200 children. 01 were whites and 112
blacks.
la the first quarter, there were 82
burials—3(! whites and It! blacks—2s
white and 10 colored resident: 1 i white
and 0 colored non-residents; 23 white
and is colored adults, 13 white and 28
colored children ; 0 white and 21 black
paupeis.
Second quarter, 82 burials —38 whites
and IT blacks—2l white and 32 colored
residents 11 white and 12 colored non
res. l, i. .if which there were 22 white
«m. ' ,i , lulls; 16 white and 20
. divn • white and 16 colored
Duipois.
Third quarter. 111) burials—76 whites
and Cl blacks—l 6 white residents and 30
non-residents. Os the total number, there
were 20 white and 22 colored adults; 17
white and 42 colored children ; 13 white
and 22 colored paupers.
Fourth quarter. 92 burials —13 w’hites
and 19 blacks—2l white residents ami 19
non-residents. Os the total number, there
were 25 white and 27 colored adults : 18
white and 22 colored children ; 7 white
and 26 colored paupers.
Thus nearly half of the deaths have
been from the pauper class, and of this
class the blacks double the whites.
Our city population is 8,618. and the
deaths have been only 301 in a year.
Mercer University has now 150 students.
More mesa halls are required.
VOL. XIV.
AFFECTATION.
Webster says affectation is “false pre
tense,’’and Locke calls it “an awkward
and forced imitation of tvhat should be
genuine and easy, wanting the beauty
that accompanies what is natural.” It is
most commonly the result of youthful
vanity, by which we mean an empty con
ceit of one's personal beauty and decora
tions, and an overweening desire to gain
the attention of others. It is often com
bined with inexperience, and always, with
an emotional nature, without reflection or
good judgment. We see it exhibited in
attempts to copy the speech, looks, dress
and gestures of those supposed to be su
perior. and a little singular it is, the mod
els selected are generally of the worst
character. The high ruffs of the days
of Queen Elizabeth were invented to
conceal the scraggy neck of her Ma
jesty, and many a good fellow of the gas
or ii-athery temperament has made him
self ridiculous in wearing large falling
collars, a melancholy look, and writing
verses like a would-be Byron.
The author of Gil Bias tells a story of a
very celebrated actor that imitated the
squeal of a pig almost to perfection. A
countryman stood him a wager he could
beat him at his particular game. The two
appeared on the stage—the countryman
enveloped in a loose cloak. When the
man of authority squealed, the theater
resounded with applause—when the coun
tryman opened his lips in dumb-show, the
spectators hissed from every side of the
house. “Look here, good people and
most excellent critics,” said the country
man, quietly slipping.# pinched pig from
under his cloak, “Look and hear again—
for it is not me you hiss—but this poor
pig!”
This story is from life several hundred
years ago, when folks were ignorant of
railroads, false hair, false faces, social
and political thimble-rigging, and mean
whiskey. It was in the days of inno
cence, before small men and weak women
were puffed into notoriety, and humbugs
were the go. The people then never sus
pected a cheat, and consequently they
were easily deceived as to the squeal of a
real or counterfeit pig. Not so now, in
this free age and country of progress. If
“Solomon in all his glory” were to assume
wisdom, or Samson strength, or Judas a
virtue, then the boys and girls would de
toot the imposture and hiss the true pig.
Affectation, when develojied into matu
rity, becomes hypocrisy. From a ridicu
lous folly it degenerates into a serious,
crime. Under the garb of superior sanc
tity and outrageous virtue, it slips into
churches and families, and causes many
abuses of confidence, and bitter regrets
and disappointments.
On the whole, we conclude that it is
better and easier to be wise, virtuous,
beautiful, strong and brave than to seem
to be. With all your affectation, time will
reveal you as you are in spite of paint and
putty, feathers and fuss. The ass was
known in the lion’s skin, and the crow in
the plumage of the peacock. Stupidity
can be seen under the helmet of Minerva,
and they are not always brave who wear
the beards of Hercules or frowning Mars.
The garments of a giant mnst hang
loosely on a pigmy, and a cracked voice
can never realize the melodies of a blue
eyed rapt seraph that adores and burns.—
There is a fitness in things; and the child
can no more affect the wisdom and gravity
of age with gracefulness, than age the
folly and purity of childhood. The mas
ter found a poor lap-dog when scraped by
the hoofs of the donkey.
FEARS ARE*M THEIR WAY.
The dangers of the enforcement act
aie beginning to manifest themselves to
those who cried “Amen,” when it was
passed to bind the white men of the South
hand and foot and place them at the
mercy of Dr. Grant. Some of the sup
porters of the learned Doctor of Laws
in the late election, are getting their eyes
opened to (he mistake their party made in
passing this iniquitous law. The Na
tion, one of the ablest Republican jour
nals in New York, in referring to recent
events in the South, considers that the
iperation of the enforcement act for the
suppression of the Ku-Klux, is like am
putating the arm to remove a boil. Thc
act, it truly says, has converted the Gen
eral Government into a supreme arbiter
of State affairs at the South, and has
taught the factions in the Southere States
to disregard public opinion and the State
constitutions and laws, and to look to
Washington for the means of overcoming
their opponents. The worst, however, is,
that interference takes place under the
exercise of a vast semi-military discretion
which upholds the actions of the adven
turers by whom the people are plundered.
It is now seen that this sort of interfer
ence may be practiced upon Northern
States, upon the same flimsy pretexts and
with the same impunity that it is upon
Louisiana.
‘■But, la these cases,
We still have judgment here; that we but teach
Bloody Instructions, which being taught, return
To plague the inventor."
The dangers of this iniquitous act were
foreseen and exposed by the Democratic
press, not of the South alone, but of the
whole country, previous to the election,
but the warning was unfortunately un
heeded by those whose influence might
have changed the aspect of affairs. It was
remarked a few days ago by a Northern
journal of liberal Republican sentiments,
that the tyranny which has been practiced
in Louisiana could not have taken place
before the election. It might then have
startled the Northern people in their fan
cied security, but even that is questiona
ble, since the great body of them have so
little sympathy for their Southern breth
ren. That this overturning and subvert
ing a “sovereign” State should have taken
place so soon after the election exhibits
an indifference to public opinion that is
in the very worst taste imaginable.
The Arlington Hotel of Washington, D.
C., for the third time since its opening,
has undergone a complete embellishment.
It was originally fitted up in grand style,
with every convenience, elegance and lux
ury that experience, teste and judgment
could desire, and money i complish. Dur
ing the summer succeeding, it was beauti
fully frescoed and renovated throughout.
Within the past two mouths all the cham
bers have been covered with new style of
corruseated gold and silver paper. The
House has been re-painted, re-carpeted,
and a number of the rooms re-furnished.
From the constant efforts of the Messrs.
Roessle, to beautify and improve it, “The
Arlington” is now far mole luxurious and
magnificent than when first opened, and
is beyond question what they designed it
should be— The Hotel of tbe Capital.
delO a 8t
Cotton Receipts at Interior Towns.—
The following shows the receipts of the
named interior towns from August 31st
to Dee. 10th. Their united stocks on the
10th were 81.971, against 93,944 same date
last year :
1873 1872
Augusta 124,035 101,262
Macon 49,683 44,525
Eufaula 20,303 15,075
Columbus 41,995 30,552
Montgomery 52,406 44,700
Selma 34,633 46,251
Nashville 33,4,6 34,,44
Memphis 205,667 220,625
Total 562,198 537,734
THE WEEKLY SUN.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 15.
Bonds of County Officers. —We are
informed that of Tax Collector is SBO,OOO,
Treasurer, $50,000, and Tax Receiver,
$28,000.
Watermelon. —A. L. Harrison showed
us a good-sized one yesterday, which had
kept well. It looked quite fresh. He
means to keep it until February. He cut
one Christmas which was excellent.
Cost of the Mf.at Market-House. —lt
was stated in the Council, Monday night,
that the house cost originally SB,OOO in
city bonds, and that repairs on it since its
erection had swelled the sum to a round
SIO,OOO.
Dea'2H of Mb. Geo. Foran.- —This young
mechanic, aged twenty-two years, died
early yesterday morning from the effects
of a large dose of laudanum, taken a few
days ago. He was a brother of policeman
John Foran, and was highly esteemed by
many friends.
Appointed Chairman. —We notice that
in the standing committees of the House
of the General Assembly that John Pea
body, Esq., of Columbus, has been ap
pointed chairman of the Committee on
Education.
Creditable, Cep.tainly. —Capt. S. J.
Whitesides, the general agent of the Cen
tral Steamboat Line, who is now in New
York, on being informed of the disaster
to the Julia St. Clair, immediately tele
graphed to Capt. Johnson, the local agent,
to proceed at once with a boat to the re
lief of the sufferers, have them cared for,
see that they received every attention, and
the company would he responsible for all
damage.
The Steamboat Disaster —Four Ne
groes Dead —Two Expected to Die. —
The New Jackson, which went to the re
lief of the Julia St. Clair, returned yes
terday morning. As has been reported,
no white person was injured by the col
lapse of the boiler flue except the engin
eer, Capt. Ben Berry, who is not danger
ously injured. The steamer is hurt but
little. She is now lying at Eufaula, and
will be towed up by the Baudy Moore.
The wounded received every attention.
The officers procured two qf the best phy
sicians from Eufaula, who did the best
they could to relieve the sufferers. The
company pays all expenses.
The Jackson brought the injured to
Columbus. When she lauded there were
about a hundred negroes on the wharf,
many weeping bitterly at the sight of the
injured.
Through the kindness of a youug friend
we have been furnished with a list of the
dead and wounded, all of whom, except
the one mentioned above, are negroes and
deck hands.
Dead —Geo. Pynes, Chas. Ashley, Clias.
Washington, Mace Thomas.
Dangerously Scalded —Mac Jones, Geo.
Cowan, Lewis Gardner, Crawford Griffin.
Slightly Scalded—Geo. Carter, Harry
Hauter, Jake Drayton, Willis Jackson,
Joe Davis.
The Eufaula Times says:
“The cause of the accident on the Julia
St. Clair, has not been clearly ascertained,
but it was certainly not from any negli
gence on the part of the engineer, Capt.
Berry, who was at the engine at the time,
or Mr. D. Sauls, the second engineer,
who was off duty and asleep. The flue
was made of five-sixteenths of an inch
iron, and was built in Philadelphia in
1866, but had not been used steadily since
that time. An examination, we think,
will disclose a weak point about it that
could not have been known, possibly, by
the builder.”
TREASURER’S REPORT.
We return thqpksto N. L. Angier, Esq.,
for a pamphlet copy of his report as
Treasurer of the State, which we publish
ed on yesterday. It is a modal for clear
ness, force and shortness. W e copy as
follows from the Atlanta Constitution:
The following table is published for
the first time, and shows the condition
and number of Bullock bonds:
REPORT OF STATE TREASURER —TABLE D.
A statement of State and indorsed bonds
issued during the administration of
Governor Bullock, including also the
indorsed bonds of Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad Company, issued prior to
and during his administration.
stvlb of bonds. for what purpose. amount. remarks.
State gold 1 Act of September 15.1870 4 3,000,000 See explanation below.*
State goid Act ot October 17. 1870 2,760,000 See explanation below f
State currency Act of September 16,1868 600,000 Returned to the treasury and cancelled.
State currency 'Act of August 27, 1870 2,000 000 See explanation below, t
llndorseil Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. 194 000 Obligation admitted.
Indorsed ; South Georgia and Florida Railroad 434,000 Obligation admitted.
Indorsed 'Macon and Brunswick Railroad : 2,560,000 Obligation admitted.
Indorsed B’Unswick and Albany Railroad 3,300,000 Obligation disowned.
Indorsed Bainbrldge. Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad. 600,000 Obligation disowned.
Indorsed iCartersville and Van Wert Railroad 275,000 Obligation disowned.
Indorsed Cherokee Railroad ; 800,000 Obligation disowned.
Indorsed 'Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railroad 1 240,000 Returned and cancelled.
♦Of this issue, *300,000 have been returned to
the treasury and cancelled; $102,000, by act of
August 23.1572, (numbers specified in the act)
have been declared null and void: the balance
of 52.595.000 are recognized as legal, and are
included ,n the statement of the public debt, in
table C of this report.
+Of this issue, SBBO,OOO have been returned to
the treasury and cancelled, and the balance
have been declared null and void. (See act of
August 16, 1872).
jOf this issue. sso\ooo have been returned to
the treasury and cancelled, and the balance de
clared null and void.
X. L. Akgiek, Treasurer.
Holstead & Cos. advertise they have
fresh garden seed at Philadelphia prices.
They have a very large and extensive va
riety of seeds, ein'oracing all that are use
ful and oanamental. In addition they
have fruit trees, ornamental shrubbery,
rust proof oats and improved agricultural
implements.
11. A. Key advertises that he will soon
be in Columbus with a drove of fine horses
and mules.
Eagle and Phenix stockholders have
their annual meeting on February sth.
See notice.
Henry Cohen advertises that he has fine
mules for sale.
Ex-Governor H. Y. Johnson says he
won’t run for Congress.
COLUMBUS GEORGIA, TUESDAY", JANUARY" 21,1873.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Special to the Dally Sun.
A FORMER RESIDENT OF COLUM
BUS STRUCK WITH APOPLEXY.
Macoa, Ga., Jan. 14. —About 12 o’clock
to-day Mr. Charles Shivers, a druggist,
fell behiud the counter in a lit of apo
plexy. Medical aid was promptly at hand
but his physicians say death may ensue at
any moment. He is speechless, but rec
ognizes those around him.
FOREIGN.
London, Jan. 13.—A dispatch to the
agent of the Associated Press, from a
friend of the Imperial family at Chisel
hurst, gives the following description of
the scene there. The remains of the late
Emperor have been placed in a coffin. The
corpse is dressed in the uniform of a
French Marshal. The upper lip is bare
of moustache, having been cut off to
facilitate taking the plaster cast. The
beard, which remains, is brown and bushy.
The features are stern and careworn, and
have an expression of pain.
A grand cordon of the Legion of Honor
lies across his breast. His hands, which
were ungloved, were disposed in an easy
and natural manner, the right clasping
the left. On the fourth finger of the left
hand is a ring with several diamonds,
which was placed there by the Empress.
A small cross of exquisite workmanship
lies on his breast, and on the corpse are
three sprigs of holly, overhead a crown
of violets is suspended, at the foot of the
coffin is the brass camp bedstead on
which the Emperor died. Seated on eith
er side, at the lower end of the coffin, are
a priest and the religieuse. The furni
ture of the room, as well of of the whole
mansion, is simple and unostentatious.
The body will be in state Tuesday in
the entrance of the hall of the chapel.
The general public will not be admitted to
view the remains. No change has been
made in the time and place of the funeral
and burial. As last announced, the cere
monies will probably begin at noon on
Wednesday.
The Empress is overwhelmed with sor
row and her prostration is so great as to
alarm her attendants. The Prince Impe
rial does all in his power to comfort her.
The Empress has received letters of con
dolence from the Emperor of Russia and
the King of Italy. Although none but
relatives and intimate friends of the de
ceased are admitted, Chiselhurst is crowd
ed with visitors. Religious services were
held this a. m. in the chapel, which was
filled to repletion. Princes Mathilde,
Rauher and Pietere, and Drs. Cowneaw
and Corvisap were present. Father God
dard attempted to preach, but was over
come by his feelings and compelled to
leave the pulpit.
London, Jan. 13. —John Beneditti ar
rived at Chiselhurst to-day, and was re
ceived by the ex-Empress.--
M. Olliver, and Marshal McMahon are
expected to-morrow. Princess Murat and
suite arrived this evening. A great num
ber of people from France are expected to
come to the funeral.
The Southeastern and Northeastern
Railways of France have reduced their
rates of fair for the poorer classes attend
ing the funeral.
It is reported that the Prince Imperial
has already assumed the title of Napoleon
the IV. This report is doubtless incorreot,
but it is true that the Prince is now ad
dressed as Sire by all visitors at Chisel
hurst.
The impression is gaining ground that
the Emperor died from the effects of chlo
roform, administered to assauge pain.
Paris, Jan. 13. —It is said the Govern
ment will permit the final interment of
Napoleon's remains in France, if the fu
neral is made strictly private, and the de
ceased is buried as ex-Emperor, and not
as Emperor. The ceremonies must be
pimply of a religious character.
It is understood that the President has
conferred with Minister of the Interior and
Prefect of Police, with the object of pre
venting the funeral from taking place in
France, for fear of its being made an op
portunity for political manifestations.
Rome, January 13. —The Municipal
Council have adopted a resolution of con
dolence with the ex-Empress Eugenie.
The first subscription list for a monu
ment to Napoleon, which was opened by
Perseveranza of Milan, already exceeds
$5,000. The papers report that a sub
scription list for the same obje t has been
opened at Venice.
It is reported that the consecration of
the Protestant church within Rome was
premature. The ceremony was over the
corner stone.
Dispatches from Bombay say a report
has reached that city that a terrible earth
quake has occurred at Zongshur, a town
of India, 114 miles north of Bombay.
Fifteen hundred persons are said to have
been killed in the town alone. Nothing
has been heard from the surrounding
country, but it is feared that there has
been much additional loss of life.
London, Jan. 13.—A dispatch from
Chiselhurst announces that visitors con
tinue to arrive there. The ex-Empress
Eugenie is seriously indisposed, and her
condition causes much alarm among her
friends.
The arrangements for the funeral of the
ex-Emperor have been completed. It
will take place Wednesday morning at 10
o’clock. The body will be conveyed to
the chapel in a hearse drawn by eight
horses. The Prince Imperial will follow
as chief mourner; next will come Princes
of the Imperial family, the Prince of
Wales, present members of the diplomatic
corps, the officers who were attached to
the household of the Emperor and friends
of the family, in the above-named order.
Ladies will proceed to the chapel in ad
vance of the funeral cortege. The pro
cession will be of a very simple character.
Paris, January 14. —Marshal Bazaine
is deeply affected by the death of Na
poleon. The. news rendered him quite
ill. His wife has gone to Chiselhurst.
London, January 13. Arrangements
have been made for the admission of two
hundred persons hourly to view the re
mains of Napoleon, which are lying in
state
London, January 15. —A dispatch from
Chiselhurst this morning, says immense
crowds of people are collecting there to
witness the funeral procession of Napole
on. One thousand Metropolitan police
men are in line of the roadway leading
from the house of the ex-Emperor to the
Chapel where the funeral services are to
take place. Flags are displayed at half
mast and bells are tolling.
London, Jan. 15, 3:30 a. m. —The re
mains of Napoleon will be in state until
the hour for commencement of the funer
al ceremonies. At noon yesterday they
were admitted to the chapel, and at mid
night 10,000 persons had visited the
solemn scene, including the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Edinburg.
London, Jan. 15.—The funeral of the
late ex-Emperor of France took place, at
Chiselhurst, this morning. Although 10
o’clock was the hour designated for the
procession to move from the late resi
dence of the late ex-Emperor, it was thir
ty minutes after that time when the hearse
which was to convey the remains to the
chapel drew up in front of the grand en
trance of the mansion.
A deputation of Paris workmen, who
’ were to walk at the head of the proces-
| sion, arrived at the same time. They
, wore immortalles on their coats, and car
ried a wreath of yellow flowers in their
hands. On both sides of the hearse were
the Imperial arms, surmounted by the let
ter “N.” A great crowd, which steadily
increased, surrounded the hearse.
The funeral procession started for the
chapel at 11 o’clock, and moved in the fol
lowing order: A man bearing the tri-col
ors, borne on a stick cut at tbe last mo
ment before the cortege moved; the dep
utation of workmen from Paris, with un
covered heads, bearing their wreathes;
the Chaplain of the family, bearing aloft
the golden crucifix; the hearse, drawn by
eight horses and driven by a postillion;
the mourners, who numbered eight hun
dred in all, and included the Prince
Imperial, who went uncovered, Prince
Jerome Napoleon, Prince Joachim,
Prince Achille, M. Rouher and many dis
tinguished Imperialists, English noble
men, Paris priests and others.
The Prince Imperial and Prince Napo
leon returned from the chapel in one car
riage. They were cheered by crowds
through which they passed. At least
30,000 people gathered to witness the
funeral procession.
The Prince Imperial was very pale, and
exhibited traces of anguish he has under
gone. Empress Eugenie was too ill to
attend the funeral. The coffin was cov
ered with immortelles and violets.
There was no funeral sermon at the
chapel. The Bishop sang the requiem
mass over the remains and was assisted
by Father Goddard, spiritual adviser of
the late ex-Emperor, and all priests who
were chaplains at the Tuilleries during
the reign of Napoleon.
Mr. Lutz, the organist of St. George’s
Cathedral, London, was present at the
Chapel with his choir, and conducted the
musical portion of the services.
The remains were deposited in the
Sacristy, which has been formed into a
mortuary chapel until the removal of the
body to France for final interment.
The procession was very long, and the
hearse was at the Chapel before the end
of the cortege had left the family man
sion. All the carriages and pedestrians
were drawn up three abreast across Broad
way, and in that order proceeded to the
Chapel.
President Thiers has granted leave of
absence to Admiral Rigauld, De Gevoial
ly, Marshal Bazaine, the Duke of Palaiko
and Gen. Froessard, to attend the funeral
at Chiselhurst. An application of two
Majors in active service for similar leave,
was refused.
The Italian Government has sent four
officers to represent it to-morrow.
Seven persons were burned to death in
the Litchfield fire.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Jan. 13. —The President
sent to the House of Representatives to
day, in answer to a resolution of that
body of the 16tli of December last, a
mass of papers upon the subject of Lou
isiana political affairs, furnished by Attor
ney-General Williams. The papers em
brace copies of reports of judicial pro
ceedings ; correspondence by mail and
telegraph ; memorials, and other matter,
nearly all of which have heretofore been
before the public.
The following telegram from General
Emory, dated New Orleans, January 11th,
to the Adjutant General’s Office, closes
the correspondence :
“As Mr. Kellogg has been declared by
Govenu3r,Pinchback, and the Legislature
which he recognizes, as the Governor
elect of Louisiana, I presume it is intend
ed by my instructions that I shall also re
cognize him, and shall accordingly do so
unless otherwise instructed. I addressed
letters to the General commanding the
army on the Bth and 9th, but they may
not reach him in time for action. The
situation is becoming more complicated,
and, in my opinion, the use of the troops
simply to keep the peace cannot lead to a
satisfactory or permanent solution of the
difficulties here. ”
The report of the Attorney-General, al
luded to by the President in his message,
does not accompany the papers.
Judge Humphries, District Judge here,
and Judge Busteed have exchanged places.
Both resigned, and were nominated to
each other’s places.
The speech of General Dubose, Satur
day, favoring Government aid in behalf
of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal,
attracts general attention. The burden
of his argument was against the unconsti
tutionality of the aid which is asked. He
furnished facts and figures, showing that
the work was a national necessity. The
friends of the James River and Kanawa
Canal have a hearing before the Com
mittee of the House to-morrow.
The House adopted a resolution for an
inquiry into the condect of Judge Durrell,
of Louisiana, with a view to his impeach
ment.
An animated discussion oecurred in the
House on a resolution offered by Sheldon,
of Louisiana, for the appointment of a
Joint, Select Committee of Louisiana
Troubles. It was opposed by many of
the leading members on both sides of the
House, and advocated by others. Final
ly a resolution offered by Garfield, of
Ohio, was adopted in its stead, referring
the whole matter, with a message from
the President thereon, to the Judiciary
Committee.
Washington, Jan. 14. The House
Committee on Patents had before them
this morning the bills passed by the House
in May last.
A London dispatch says Bismarck is
about to retire from the Prussian Council.
Seuate The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee was directed to enquire, in con
nection with engineers, regarding the
power of Congress over railroads between
States; whether States haves not full
power over roads within their boundary.
The bill passed which allows National
banks to loan to any individual or corpo
ration ten per cent, upon the profits of
their original capital.
Tbe Agricultural bill passed and goes
to the House.
Washington, Jan. 15—Noon.—House—
A bill authorizing the Secretary of War to
construct a draft snag boat to ply the
Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi rivers,
oost not to exceed $25,000 in addition to
the present appropriation for that pur
pose, passed.
Nothing transpired in the Senate or
Committees of importance this morning.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Nominations :
Snowball, Surveyor of Customs, Houston,
Texas; Mrs. Johnson, Postmistress at
Griffin, Ga.; White, Postmaster at Wa
ter Valley, Miss.; Smith, Postmaster at
Canton, Miss.
House.—A resolution was adopted in
structing the Credit Mobelier Committee
to enquire whether any member of Con
gress had been paid as attorney for the
Pacific Railroad, and whether the rail
road’s money had been used for the elec
tion of any member of Congress.
The legislative appropriation bill pass
ed.
Senate. —The Monetary Finance Com
mittee submitted a report that Boutwell
had the right to issue legal tenders here
tofore withdrawn. Ordered printed.
Alcorn introduced a bill to authorize
the Secretary of War to compromise and
settle all party claims of the Government
against Southern railroad companies. Re
ferred to Committee Judiciary.
LOUISIANA.
| New Orleans, Jan. 13.—The inaugura
’ tion ceremonies passed off quietly.
Weather clear and pleasant.
McEnery was inaugurated in LaFayette
Square. Several thousand persons were
present, including many ladies. The cer
emonies opened with prayer by Bishop
Pierce, followed by the inaugural address
by McEnery. The oath of office was then
administered, and the ceremonies con
cluded with the benediction by Rev. J. K.
Greetham.
Kellogg was inaugurated at Mechanics’
Institute. The doors of the Hall are still
guarded by U. S. soldiers.
The Senators repaired to the Hall of the
House. Acting Governor Pinchback de
livered a short valedictory, followed by
Kellogg’s inaugural address, Ac. About
1,500 persons were present, three-fourths
of whom were colored.
WISCONSIN.
Milwaukie, Jan. 12.—A dispatch from
Minneapolis says the storm on the St.
Paul and Pacific Railroad was the sever
est ever known. At a station called Kirk
there were several farmers in town when
the storm first burst upon them. They
left for home with their teams and very
few have been heard from since. One
wagon was found containing a Mrs. Pol
lard and a boy, both of whom were frozen
to death. Many teams and horses are
frozen in the drifts, and the fate of their
owners is unknown.
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Jan. 14. —ludge Caldwell
rendered a decision to-day in the case of
Judge Harrison against Governor Hand
ley and others. He sustains the defend
ant’s demurrer to the jurisdiction of the
Court. He says the Court has no juris
diction under the Enforcement Act of
any election, except where parties have
been deprived of a vote by reason of
race, color, or previous condition of servi
tude. He gave leave to counsel to re
argue the case before a full Bench,in April,
when, it is thought, the Judge of the Su
preme Court and Circuit Court, Judge
Dillon, will be present.
MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENCE.
Madison House, Jan. 12, 1873.
Editors Sun: The Montgomery and
Eufaula train, on which we reached the
city this morning, was crowded with pas
sengers, many of whom were members or
lobbyists of the Legislature, which reas
sembled at noon to-day. There were also
several young lawyers and their associ
ates, who were on their way to Texas,
California, or some other section of coun
try where negro rule is unknown. After
what we have seen and heard here during
the day, in and out of the Capitol, we
scarcely blame any white man for leaving
Alabama. One look at the gang of plun
derers and adventurers now in possession
of the affairs of the State, and the law of
self-preservation and self-respect suggests
emigration to some more favorable locali
ty. There may be a few honest men
mixed up with this crowd of hirelings,
but the majority of them are ignorant
negroes and unprincipled scalawags and
carpet-baggers—men for the most part
without character, influence or ability.
Yet in their hands are the destinies of this
once proud and prosperous State. Well
might we use the oft repeated Massachu
setts petition— “ God save the Common
wealth"—in a review of the present de
plorable condition of things here. »
In the House to-day Speaker Parsons,
still occupying t£e chair, had a long'and
rambling discussion with Boyd, of Mar
shall, one of the leading Democratic mem
bers, on the present status of that body;
and in the Senate a similar scene was en
acted, the President, Lieut. Gov. McKins
trey, reading a personal reply to the ad
dress of the Democratic Committee to the
people of Alabama. Ith performances
were undignified, and sh w that desperate
means will yet be resoii . .> by the Rad
icals to obtain full conti--I >f the entire
legislation of the session. The House
adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow,
and the Senate, after a recess of an hour,
adjourned to Thursday, at which time
there will probably be a further adjourn
ment, as the contested cases from Maren
go and Conecuh will not then be decided
upon. Each party charges the delay to
the other, and it is impossible to foresee
the final result of this terrible state of
agairs. In the meantime all legislation,
local as well as general, is suspended, and
the money of the tax-payers is being
squandered to no purpose. Both Houses
meet and transact their business and ad
journ in an informal manner, neither
claiming to be permanently organized as
yet.
The Supreme Court of Alabama is now
in session here, but Judge Busteed failed
to appear at the United States District
Court room this morning and open his
Court, which failure was subsequently
explained by a telegram announcing his
resignation, and the appointment of Hon.
D. C. Humphreys, formerly of Hunts
ville, Ala., but of late Justice of the Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia,
to which position Busteed has been as
signed. This change of location was
doubtless rendered necessary to secure
greaser harmony in the Radical ranks in
this State. Some are glad of the exchange,
while others appear dissatisfied, claiming
that Humphreys has no more brains than
he needs, and that these are not in the
right place. Then, it has been rumored
that Dick Busteed had a rod in pickle for
certain parties here, who will now escape
its scathing effects. At all events it is
simply an exchange of a Northern carpet
bagger for a Southern scalawag, and the
conservative people of the State can ex
pect bat little exact Justice from either
class. Their presence upon the bench,
in most instances, ushers in the rule of
despotic and selfish conceptions of law,
justice aind mercy. The past few years of
Radical rule in this land has had a most
damaging and demoralizing effect upon
the judiciary of the country, and the
noble figure of J ustiee might now well be
represented with but one eye bandaged,
and her once evenly balanced scales strik
ing the beam under the weight of bribery
and political influence.
Business is very dull here, and the mer
chants complain of a scarcity of money,
yet Happy Cal Wagner’s Minstrels played
last night to the largest crowd ever within
the walls of the Montgomery Theatre.
Every part of the three stories was packed
with human beings, and many ladies were
compelled to stand during the perform
ance. Thus was their return to this c-ity
hailed by a most substantial testimonial,
about fifteen hundred dollars being taken
in for tickets. Good for Happy Cal and
his inimitable troupe. The great sensa
tion here, however, is the negro skating
rink, where the fashionable ladies and
gentlemen of the colored circles glide
about with a grace peculiar to themselves,
and which leads us to exclaim, “Where
will this thing end ?” There is a great
deal of fatal sickness in this section, where
pneumonia and similiar diseases have
been made quite severe bv the terribly
damp weather of the past few weeks.
These are the only matters we need put in
this letter, as we shall be with you to-mor
row and give you other items in person.
Although this well-known hotel has passed
into the control of Mr. J. S. Hinds, we
find it a most desirable stopping place.
Sidney Herbert.
Correspondence of the Columbus Dally Sun.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 8, 1873.
The proceedings in either House of
Congress, yesterday, were rather tame, as
compared with the excitement attendant
npon the debate of the day before on the
Credit Mobilier investigation. On Mon
day, in the House, the galleries were filled
with anxious, interested faces, and curious
eyes looked down on the scene beneath,
where Judge Poland, chairman of the
Credit Mobilier Investigation Committee,
was the champion of those who desired to
work in the dark, and S. S. Cox, who
formed the committee, felt it incumbent
on himself to do battle for daylight and
“open doors.” Poland had with him a
majority of members to sit with closed
doors, and he made a very clever speech.
Cox spoke direct to the point—was witty,
keen and convincing—and at once nulli
fied the effect of the previous speech. At
one time it looked as if the “daylighters"
would be beaten ; but when, by a little
tact, the House was brought squarely to
face the question, there were only seven
who voted against the resolution, includ
ing one of the suspected members, and so
we are permitted to know who is who and
what is what—at least, we think we are.
It is not at all probable that an investiga
tion of this kind will be allowed to dam
age the reputations of those charged with
complicity in this bribery business. I
have no such thought, except so far as
they are injured in public estimation. In
order to shield one and all, the Radical
Press are pitching into McComb and try
ing to break down the force of his testi
mony. The Chronicle to-day, in defend
ing Mr. Ames, places that M. C. in rather
an unenviable position by saying that
“ his conflict with McComb led him to
artful and specious explanations to that
gentleman. ” Here we have Brother Harlan,
of the Chronicle, who, in order to explain
away some of the mass of conflicting tes
timony given by Mr. Ames, is forced to
acknowledge him artful and specious. If
all the Radical defenders of the Pacific
Railroad Mogul make such admissions in
his defence, he may well exclaim, “ Save
me from my friends. ”
LOST HIS TEMPER.
Yesterday after the examination of
John B. Alley, one of the prime movers
in this double enterprise, Mr. McComb
called him a dirty scoundrel and said if he
(Alley) was about 25 years younger he
would comb him down in more ways than
one.
LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS.
The resolution of Senator Sherman for
an investigation into liouisiana and Ar
kansas, which passed yesterday, will open
wide the door for examination into the
power of States over their votes in the
Electoral College. When this question
comes up it will cause many a speech and
argument on the constitutional questions
involved; the Radicals, of course, being
ranged on the side that weakens the
power of the States. It is thought that
the investigation will take place here,
though sub-committees may be sent to
the above-named States to take testimony.
Those who hope from the introduction of
this resolution anything but an ultimate
curtailment of the rights of the States
certainly must be oblivious to the signs of
the times. Ido not think that there is
any violation of the rights of the States or
the people that Genera] Grant could be
guilty of, done of course in the further
ance of
zation, that Congress would not sanction,
the Senate being the most subservient.
The President will be sustained in his ac
tion in Louisiana and Arkansas matters,
although there will he speeches made by
the opposition in order to affect public
opinion, there being those who yet have
faith in the people and hope to rouse
them from their apathy. Os course the
arguments will be thrown away on the
Radical Senators, who will reply for mere
form sake or to make a splurge. The
good-natured public will read and admire
the great truths, the elegant diction, the
close reasoning and the unanswerable ar
guments of those who believe in the Con
stitution and sacredness of law and will,
after a sigh and a shake of the head as
the warning falls convincingly on their
hearts, turn to the great object of life—
money-getting—each one actingout Louis
XlY’s motto, “after me the deluge,"never
giving a second thought to the wrongs of
the people in sister States or the day when
their turn will surely come to feel the
heavy hand of unrestrained power.
THE TETON SIOUX.
The great question of the hour is “Who
are the Teton Sioux?” where do they
live and what is the name of the braves
who annually receives ducats from uncle
Sam for their subsistence? 111-natured
folks say they are “myths” practical peo
ple—Gradgrinds—say they can’t be as
there is an appropriation of $200,000
asked forjthem, and “myths” don’t require
boots, coats, corn and whiskey. In the
Senate yesterday Mr. Edmunds created
somewhat of a breeze among certain Sen
ators by an intimation that the lobby
were much more interested in the Indian
appropriation than the Indians, which
was taken as a back-handed slap at some
Western Senators who were very officious
in the matter. Edmunds was more than
half right about the lobby or ring as they
get the lion’s share of the appropriation.
The Indian appropriations in 1860 were
less than $2,000,000, now they are $7,-
000,000, and the general impression is
that the number of Indians has decreased.
The taking of an Indian census has been
suggested as it appears that nobody
kuows anything about the matter. This
Indian ring is one of the most powerful
in the country, and if Senator 'Ed
munds can help break it, he will do the
country a service.
MORE CENTRALIZATION.
The Radical press have taken up the
cry and the pack are in full blast in
writing up the great advantages the peo
ple will derive from the Government
having control of the railroads of the
country, as proposed by Mr. Hawley’s bill,
introduced on Monday. The people are
aware that the railroads aro not what
they ought to be, but Heaven forfendthat
we shall call in (lie wolf to our protec
tion against the inroads of a rat—ahungry
one though he be. Every day brings some
new device which is summed up in the
word centralization.
law firm.
Hon. .lames M. Cavanaugh, of Mon
tana, S. K. Hunnagan, of Indiana, and
George Gray, of Wisconsin, have entered
into a copartnership for the practice of
law and the prosecution of claims in the
Departments in itiis city. The many
friends of these gentlemen will be pleased
to learn this. The senior member of the
firm, Mr. Cavanaugh, is too well-known
to need any words of praise from me.
To Be Investigated. —The managers of
the Central Line of Boats have written to
the U. S. Supervisor in New Orleans to
appoint a commission to examine and de
termine the cause of the late disaster to
the steamer Julia St. Clair. It is thought
the examination will soon take place—
probably on Monday.
It is thought that two more of the negro
deck hands, who are now in the city, will
die in less than nine days. We are told
Engineer Berry is worse injured than was
1 supposed.
NO. 50
The Governor's Message and Inaugural.
We spoke of Gov. Smith’s Message a
few days ago when published, as a well,
i written, sensible document. It was non
j committal in Federal politics, or rather it
| ignores their entire discussion. No word
I of sympathy was found for the people of
Louisiana, nor a sentiment of condemna
tion of the polioy and acts of an adminis
tration which has imprisoned our citizens
on the testimony of perjured witnesses,
and at one sweep of the sword bankrupt
ed States and converted them into chAotic
Provinces. In the language of the New
York Tribune, in commenting on Gov.
Dii’s Message, we say of the Georgia Gov
ernor’s Message: “While not aiming very
high, it will we think, be generally re
garded as a practioal and business-like
document. While we are satisfied, or at
all events, not dissatisfied, we shall leave
the business of over-praising to those
whose business it is, and who are now
finishing up a week of thanksgiving for a
bevy of office-holders who will not be
surpassed in integrity, genius, urbanity,
patriotism, 4c., nntil new Governors, new
Speakers, new doorkeepers, and new as
sistant sergeant-at-arms of the same poli
tics succeed them."
We agree with the Atlanta Herald when
it thus speaks of two of the old office
holders now thrown overboard: “Dr.
Angier confronted the storm of abuse and
misrepresentation and continued his ex
positions. He devoted all of his leisure
time and much of his private funds to the
work of protecting the State from the
gang of scoundrels, and we do not under
estimate his services when we assert that
he did more to overthrow Radicalism in
Georgia and pave the way to the present
favorable condition of affairs than any
man in the State.
With Major Bell the same unflinching
honesty was observable. True enough,
he never had any personal quarrel with
Bullock, but he did not any the less resist
the blandishments of the fugitive ex-Gov
ernor and his Ring of thieves.
We cannot see the force of the Govern
or’s logic, that because Democrats once
failed to elect a Democratic President,
ergo, Democrats must have failed or suc
ceeded with a Republican candidate. We
think his conclusion a perfect, non sequi
tur. We profess to be as “candid,” if
not altogether as “intelligent," as Gov.
Smith, and we think that the chances for
success were better for Democrats with a
Democratic candidate than for Democrats
with a Republican—or in the language
of his Excellency: “We this time
adopted as our candidates men who had
been conspicuous in the past for their ad
vocacy of those principles upon which the
present dominant party had gone into
power.”
Yes, we fought the Devil with lire and
came out of the battle sadly scorched-
We have no confidence in the Goneral
who would fight the enemy with his own
troops and leave his friends to bleed and
die.
COMMUNICATED.
Atlanta, January 10, 1873.
Eds. Columbus Sun:
The excitement that belongs to tiie or
ganization of the Legislature is over; the
smoke of that battle has cleared away and
people and members are “rekonsilin" and
“harmonizin. ”
But, impending is the grandest contest
,in our history. The deep calm but beto
kens the force of the elements that wilt'
soon be brought Wind B^.
the election of United States Senator.
The opening big gun has been fired by
your distinguished fellow-townsman, Gen.
Banning. I listened to him last night
with a great deal of pleasure. I have of
ten read his luminous constitutional de
cisions as Supreme Court Judge, and ad
mired their vigor of reasoning.
It was gratifying to hdfcr this distin
guished man’s sentiments in unison with
Mr. Stephens as to the prospect of the fu
ture.
He agreed further with Mr. Stephens
in the idea that our policy should be, not
to make indiscriminate opposition to the
administration, but to “promptly and
manfully approve what was correct in
their action, attacking only the indefens
ible acts.” He said this would lead to har
mony and banishment of sectional feeling
sooner than anything else.
As to the result of the election no one
can do more than speculate. Gen. Gor
don, it is generally conceded, has held
the inside track; but it is now believed
that he is declining in strength. The
great heart of the people goes out to
Stephens as one of the purest and grand
est statesmen of the age, and as one who
was the only Southern man who vindi
cated or attempted to vindicate our fair
fame from the taint of being rebels,
through his undying work—the “War
between the States.”
Nearly one-half of the members are
uncommitted.
It is said that Mr. Hill will speak Wed
nesday night. Gen. Gordon will also
soon speak. It is not known whether Mr.
Stephens will again speak before the elec
tion. It is understood clearly, however,
that his friends will keep his name up to
the final ballot, and they feel assured that
Georgia will be infinitely more injured in
honor and the public weal by failing to
elect him, than this true and pure son of
hers, whom they elected to this very place
in 18GG, and for whom every Democrat
in the Legislature again voted for in 1868,
and whose great fame fills the Anglo-Saxon
world. They feel that Georgia owes it
to her own honor, because of the unused
commission of I860; and that they more
especially owe it to the great cause of
Southern weal and human freedom.
My letter has been chiefly devoted to
the Senatorship because that is the all
absorbing issue.
Candidates for other offices are stirring.
More anon. One or the People.
An Important Law.—ln the Code of
Georgia, section 4428 reads as follows :
If any person, by himself or agent,
shall be guilty of employing the servant
of another during the term which he, she
or they may be employed, knowing that
such servant was so employed, and that
his term of service was not expired ; or if
any person or persons shall entice, or per
suade, or decoy any servant to leave his
employer, either by offering higher wages
or in any way whatever, during the term
of service, knowing’that said servant was
so employed, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall
pay a fine not to exceed s>2oo, or be im
prisoned in the common jail of the county
not exceeding three months, or both, at
the discretion of the court.
No one, in its violation, is permitted to
plead ignorance of its provisions.
Only Thbef. Bales Lost. —We have
stated that after the c-ollapse of the flue
of the steamer Julia St. Claia, the boat
caught fire. Capt. George Whitesides
tells us that the flames burst out in five
places. It was due to the coolness and
diligence of the officers that they were
extinguished and the steamer was so little
damaged. Mr. Thomas Whitesides was
Captain. The officers deserve great credit
for their presence of mind and active
exertions. Had the boat burned all the
wounded would have been lost. The
passengers, some thirty in number, were
badly frightened, with the exception of
Mr. Biggers and Capt. Brockway, who
ably seconded the officers.
Only three bales of cotton, which had
caught fire, were thrown overboard, and
it is thought they will be recovered.
j Killing of Mr. John Olive by Mr. PoMf
Rucker—Coroners Inquest—Testimony.
j We have already published an account
of the killing, Sunday morning. Dr. E.
F. deGraffenreid, coroner of the county,
summoned a jury and held an inqueei
over the body, when the following testi
mony was elicited;
TESTIMONY OP DAVID N. GIBSON.
\ esterday evening Mr. Olive oame in
my store and sat down ; in about three or
four minutes G. Rucker came in ; he and
Mr. Olive got to talking, and I got up and
went into the front room ; I heard them
disputing in the back room, and went in
to see what was the matter; they both
soemed to be mad; I tried to get them te
hush and say no more about the matter;
they agreed to hush and say no more;
about that time Poney Rucker came in,
and the dispute arose again ; I went and
took hold of both of them, and Mr. Olive
pushed George Rucker down ; Mr. Poney
Rucker was standing behind me at the
time; he ran at Mr. Olive and struck him;
I do not know what with; they com
menced to fight, and I parted them;
Mr. Olive said he had been imposed
upon and was cut, and opened his coat
and showed me where he was cat:
Mr. Olive seemed not to be satisfied, and
walked up to the counter and picked np
two weights, and said, “That waa
the man that cut me;” he pointed
to Poney Rucker; I took the weighta
out of his baud, and laid them
on the counter; Pony Rucker cam*
up and took one of the weights,
and I took it from him; I told Rucker ha
must stop the difficulty, as I thought ha
had killed Olive; George Rucker walked
round the counter and put his arms
around Olive’s neck; Olive fell, whilst
George Rucker had his arms around Ol
ive’s neck; I told Pony Rucker that I
thought he had killed him; George Ruck
er walked from around the counter and
asked Pony Rucker what he did to him;
Pony said that he had stuck his knife in
to him, but did not think he had hurt
him; Pony Rucker asked me if I thought
he was dangerously hurt; I said I did;
he said he would go down and get Dr.
Stanford to come and see him; he want
after Dr. Stanford, and returned in a few
minutes: my store is on Broad street, Co
lumbus, Gn., No. 19; the killing took
placo between sundown and dark, on the
Uth January, 1873, in Columbus, Ga.; he
fell midway of the front room, between
the counter; Dr. Fogarty had him remov
ed to the back room of my store, where
he died; he was removed by the request
of bis wife, to the Factory Boarding
House; witness did not see the knife;
I thought that George Rucker was
under the influence of liquor;
when the difficulty took place five per
sons were in the back room: Thomas
Blakely, George Rucker, Pony Ruoker,
John Olive and mysolf, David N. Gibson;
John Olive lives in Marshall, Ala.; his pa
rents live in Augusta, Ga.
MR. FRANK M. DENNIS
testified: I assisted in moving the body
of Olive from Gibson’s store to the Facta
ry Boarding nouse.
DR. FOGARTY
testified: That he was called to see the
deceased four or five minutes after the
stabbing; my impression was that the
wound was inflicted with a small knife ; I
think that tho width of the blade could
not have been more than one-qnarter of
an inch in width; it is my opinion that
his death was caused by the wound; tha
wound is to the left of the mesial line, be
tween the fourth and fifth rib, in the car
diac region; I could not form an opinion
as to the length of the knife.
VERDICT OF THE CORONER’S JURY.
Wo, the jury, are of the opinion that
the decease, John Olive, came to his death
by a wound supposed to have been inflict
ed by one known to us as Pony Rucker,
with a pocket knife, on tho 11th of Jana
ary, 1873, in Columbus, Qa., Muscogee
county.
H. Walker, Geo. P. Swift, Jr.,
S. S. Hughes, A. Ingmire,
E. M. Murphy, John Disbrow,
8. G. Murphy, J. W. Gilbert,
M. W. Wagner, F. M. Thomas,
J. G. Thweatt, C. H. Herring,
The above is the verdict of the Jury
of Inquest in the case of John Olive,
deceased. E. F. de Graffenried,
Coroner.
Mr. Ruckor, wo understand, has left
the city. It is said he has gone to Ala
bama. •»
> The Savannah and Memphis Railroad.
—The Talladega Reporter understands,
iinfegitie-fwhom, that this
road forfeited its right to the State ea
dosremen* of $16,000 a mile, and its
friends will urgo the Legislature, at its
present session, to give them such assist
ance as will be necessary to aid them in
moving forward. The paper adds: “Tha
work is an important one to the State, and
particularly to this section of country.
Let all these matters be investigated and
settled for the best interests of the road
and tho country. Our people have offered,
and ftre still willing, to extend the moat
liberal aid to this road, and are anxiona to
secure its speedy completion. ”
If the road has forfeited any right we
have yet to hear. It has complied with
every condition tho State demanded, and
has regularly received its bonds from the
State. It has not failed in the least par
ticular. The road is going forward stead
ily, and its prospects of a speedy comple
tion to tho Tennessee river were never so
bright. The Reporter should correct such
an error. If the road forfeited any right
neither the officers nor Directors know
anything of it; nor has the State yet re
fused bonds since tho New York capitalist*
embarked in the enterprise.
Neabey Half in Columbus. —From a
synopsis of the Comptroller’s report whloh
we have published on our first page, we
learn that there are $3,049,050 of cotton
factories in Georgia, $1,519,600 of whioh
are located in Columbus—nearly as much
as all the rest of the State put together.
On April 17th, 18G5, there was not one in
this city, all previously existing having
been burned by tho Federal forces under
Gen. Wilson. Augusta is the second
place, with $685,300 of valuation. N»
property was burned in Augusta after tha
war.
In iron foundries Columbus is credited
with $90,000, and in this respect is the
third largest city in the State. These
works have been rebuilt since their burn
ing by the Federals in 1865.
Minors in Columbus. —According te
the recent census, there are 2,794 persoos
in Columbus between the ages of six and
twenty-one years—l,s2B whites and 1,260
colored —670 white males and 858 females;
540 colored males and 726 females.
Under six years of age, there are 1,324
persons—6B2 whites and 642 blaoks—36®
white males and 322 females; 327 colored
males and 315 females.
Thus, the total number of minors is
4,118 —2,210 whites and 1,908 blacks—
I, white males and 1,180 females; 86r
colored males and 1,041 females.
The whites exceed the blacks by 303 ;
the white females the males by 150 ; the
colored females the males by 174; fe
males of all colors the males by 824.
Good Farming. —A gentleman of prom
inence in railroad circles told ns the other
day that he bought a farm near Maoon
since tho war, paying therefor $15,000.
The crop this year is fully worth that
amount. n« has made twelve bales of oot
ton to each mule and enough corn to
supply the place for two years. Why ga
to Texas when there are such lands and
farming in Georgia?
Factory Consumption. —The Columbus
manufactories have taken since August
31st, 2,166 bales of cotton, against 1,267
same time last season, showing an in
crease of 899 bales thu3 far taken from
the warehouses alone.
Bishop Geo. F. Pierce. —The numerous
friends of this eminent divine will be glad
to know that he lias returned in safety,
and in good health, from his recent visit
to the Southwest. He passed through
this city, yesterday evening, on his way to
Macon.
Chattahoochee Circuit. —On the
docket of the Snpreme Court 63 cases are
entered from this circuit; Chattahoochee,
1; Muscogee (39 continued)6o; Taylor, 2.
There are nine circuits to be taken up
before this is reached.