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rv:em dav noaiuivc, feb. 857
Death of an Excellent Lady.—Wo re
gret t<» announce the death, on Sunday
afternoon last, at f>i o'clock, of Mrs. Laura
A. wife of Mr. John L. Nelson, foreman
of the Enquirer office. Mrs. Nelson had
been in feeble health since April last, but
confined to her bed but a short time, her
disease being a bronchial affection. The
deceased was a native of Petersburg, Va.,
and had been a resident of this city tor
about seveu years. She was a consistent
member of St. Luke's Methodist Church,
and died in the triumphs of faith, her
only regrets being caused by the sorrow
of her lour little children, that they were
thus early to be left motherless. To them
and to her sorely-stricken husband, who
have indeed lost a most tender and de
voted mother and wife, we tender our
wannest sympathy, and commend tlieir
sorrowing hearts to the consolations of the
Gospel of the blessed Saviour, in which
alone true peace and comfort can be
found.
The funeral of the deceased took place
from the late residence on Oglethorpe
street, between Baldwin and Pew, Tues
day morning. The remains, accompanied
by the bereaved husband and motherless
children, wore taken to Petersburg, Va.,
for interment.
The following is a list of the jurors
drawn to serve at the Spring Term of the
Circuit Court, for Bussell County, to be
held on the first Monday in May next:
GRAND JURY.
F. A. Boykin, N. D. Guerry, Win.
Gatewood, John i). Quarles, B. P. Scar
borough, Jere Bennett, E. VV. Chapman,
B. 11. Alexander, Jerry Perry,.Benjamin
Edge, W. F. Dudley, Moses Stallings, C.
M. Puller, J. E. C. Beese, M. L. Patterson,
W. B. Logan, Ilenry Moodey, Dan Collins.
TRAVERSE JURY FIRST WEEK. j
L. Margolius, Robert Ware, Aaron Shir
ley, W. O Calloway, O. B. Ingram, J. D.
Carden, John Forehand, W. J. Page, L.
C. Corcoran, G W. Beese, Lewis P. Chit
wood, Henry Calhoun, Charlton Thomp
son, J. W. Suellings, W. D. Shelton, J. T.
Pitts, Win. W. O’Neal, T. H. Owens, Lein
Wynn, William Todlock, J. M. Portevent,
•I. E. Striugen, James K. Wimberly,
Sherod Wilkerson, A. S. Carden, J. W.
Braswell, J. L. Bagiev, A. Edm Hudson,
Peter V. Boqueuiore, J. T. Lane.
TRAVERSE JURY—SECOND WEEK.
S. B. Pitts, James M. Philips, Brittain
Harris, E. A. Brailey, James Avvant, Hen
ry Brinson, W. J. Turner, John Parish,
,1. G. Scarborough, A. It Lyon, Henry
Dudley, H. 'l'. Chadwick, W. O. Dawson,
Henry Baxley, B. K. Chadwick, S. S.
Dawson, B. M. Terry, Janies Brooks, W.
I’. Duncan,.!. P. Kennedy, E. VV. Blau,
W. W. Stewart, A. B. Crenshaw, C. W.
Dupree, W. J. Chadwick, Wm. B. Black
mon, .1. S. Ben free, W. A. Milieu, Wil
liam Cooksey, W. L. Bush.
Saw Minn Operations. —lt is worth the
trouble, wo think, to pay a visit to Mr. T.
J. Dudley’s saw' mill near the Southwes
tern depot, where several now and impor
tant improvements have receutly been
made by the enterprising proprietor, who
proposes to carry on an extensive lumber
business in the future. In addition to a
large platform upon which logs can be
unloaded from auy train, a narrow gauge
track has been laid across the street, to
the lumber yard and mill, over which the
logs are carried on trucks suited to that
purpose. We are glad to seesuch evidences
of enterprise and energy, and trust that
the proprietor will meet with abundant
success.
Atlanta Mud. —A little two-year-old
boy, who has been on a visit, to Atlanta,
where he could find nothing but mud to
play in, landed from the cars at our depot
on Sunday noon. The first thing that
attracted his attention, was the clean
white dirt ami sand about the building.
Scraping it with the toe of his shoe, the
little fellow cried out, “Oh! mama, ain'l
this nice?” We have also heard of a lady
who proposes to carry hack with her to
Atlanta, for household purposes, a barrel
of sand, a thing unknown in the “Gate
City," where mud prevails in all itsvaried
forms and aspects.
The Howe Sewing Machine. —It is
hardly necessary for us to speak al length
of this well-known machine, as it was the
late Elias Howe, Jr., who invented the
first sewing machine; and to him, more
than to any other man, are the women of
this country indebted for a machine of
any pattern. The Howe Company have
established a permanent agency here, in
Epping’s building, nearly opposite the
Sun office, where Mr. J. P. Beeves, the
manager, has tilted up an elegant and at
tractive salesroom, to which he cordially
invites everybody who is in want of a
good sewing machine. Bead his adver
tisement in another column, and give him
a call.
Home-made Hay.— lt is a most gratify
ing fact, and one that lights up the dark
present of the South, and gives promise
of a brighter future, that there are some
plant< is here who do not give all their at
tention to the cultivation of cotton. Yes
terday afternoon we noticed several four
mule teams loaded with a fine quality of
pressed hay, handsomely and securely
packed, which \ye were informed came
from the plantation of Mr. Wm. Wool folk,
at the Bend. When this section sh ill raise
its own hay, corn and bacon, there will
cease to be heard the now doleful cry of
“Hard times.”
Death of A. D. Brown, Jr. —Later
telegrams from Brunswick announce the
death of this gentleman, whose skull was
fractured a few days since in a mill at that
place. lie was about 35 years old. and
leaves a wife and several children to
mourn his sudden death. His father, Mr.
A. D. Brown, Sr., is an old and respected
citizen of Columbus, and has the sympa
thy of a wide circle of friends in this hour
of deep affliction.
Gone to Europe. —Mr. J. 11. Mayer, a
merchant of our city for some years, left
on Sunday morning train for New York,
from which port he wil s itf[ iu a few days
for Europe. Although Mr. M. has sold
his business here to his brother, it is
hope 1 thai he will find it to his interest
ti • on *., is * * uji tiis residence in Colnm
b .> 0,.i i.iiuo with him foreign capital
and talior to aid in the development of
our manufacturing enterprises.
Columbus Water Works.—Those of
our citizeus who favor the erection of
permanent aud ornamental water works
here, will read with interest the eloquent j
speech of Representative Price, published
on another page of this issue, in which |
he alludes to the present grandeur of the
water works of the ancients. They still
remain in a good state of preservation, al
though palaces, cities, temples and pyra
mids have passed away.
Out on Bail.—Alex. Pryor, who war
committed on the charge of kdling
the negro, George Ridenhour, has been
admitted to bail in the sum of §>2,000, to
appear at the next term of the Superior
Court, there to answer to the charge of
voluntary manslaughter.
VOL. XV.
AN ELOQUENT APPEAL.
Representative Price, of this State, re
cently made a speech iu the House of
ltepresentatives at Washington, in behalf
of the proposed Western and Atlantic
Canal, which he closed with the following
beautiful and eloquent review of the mon
uments of antiquity :
“In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, permit
me to say that there is involved in this
whole question another matter which has
furnished a great deal of pleasure to those
who, like myself, have reflected upon it.
The contemplation of a work like this af
fords the thought that through this medi
um, perhaps, w ill come to the South that
prosperity which she in particular so much
needs; that it will make her sons and
daughters happy and contented, rejoicing
in the prospect of comfort and peace!
Indeed, we can see in the completion of
this great work what the President of the
United States said on one occasion, when
a committee of gentlemen from Georgia
addressed him in relation to this enter
prise, ‘a practical reconstruction.’
“When completed, as I earnestly hope
and believe it will, it will be a monument
of honor to those who have through many
difficulties, and no little obloquy, aud
even against the former policy of the
South in such matters, pressed it success
fully upon the attention of the country,
it will be a great commercial artery
through which the life-blood of the coun
try will flow, and which will join together
a people who have been separated in feel
ing, because they knew so little of each
other. If such cuds are accomplished by
menus like this, then can it truly be said
thai
“Peace hath tier victories no less renowned
than war.’’
“Seldom has it ever occurred in the
history of any people that work like this,
when once finished, has ever been allowed
to crumble atid decay. It will stand when
works dedicated to the merely beautiful
have passed from the face of man. It
has been said that the tomb of Moses is
unknown, but the traveler in the Holy
Baud may yet slack his thirst at the well
of Jacob. The gorgeous palaces of the
wisest and wealthiest of monarchs, with
cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even the
Great Temple of Jerusalem, hallowed by
l tie visible glory of the Diety himself, are
gone, but Solomon’s reservoirs are as per
fect as ever. Os the ancient architecture
of the Holy City not one stone is left up
on another, but the pool of Bethesda com
mands the pilgrim's reverence, even at,
the present day. The columns of Perse
poli.s are moldering into dust, but its cis
tern and aqueducts remain to challenge
our admiration. The golden house of Ne
ro is a mass of ruins, but the Aqua Clau
dia still pours its limpid streams into the
city of Borne. The Temple of the Sun
at Tadmor. in the wilderness, has fallen,
hut its fountains still sparkle in its rays
as when thousands of worshipers thronged
its lofty colonades. It may be that this
beautiful and magnificent Capitol may
share the fate of Babylon, (which Heaven
forfend,) and nothing be left to mark it
save mouldering mounds of crumbling
marble and brickwork,but the beautiful Po
tomac still flows quietlyon to the Atlantic,
bearing upon its bosom the fruits of toil
ing thousands. And if any work of art
should rise over the deep ocean Time, we
may well believe that it will be neither a
palace nor a temple, but some vast aque
duct, canal or reservoir ; and if any name
should flash through the mist of antiqui
ty, it would probably be that of the man
who in his day sought the happiness of
his fellow man rather than glory, and link
ed his memory to some great work of na
tional utility.”
Parsons and Williams Discharged.
On yesterday, Judge Busteed, sitting as
a magistrate, heard this ease, and having
decided that the conspiracy was not estab
lished by the evidence, discharged the
prisoners. After the .1 udge had, on Fri
day evening, refused to quash the affida
vit, we stated that whether the prisoners
would be bound over or not, would do
pend on the facta as they might or
might not sustain the allegations con
tained in the ailidavit. This arrest of
Parsons ami Williams seems to have been
the result of a quarrel between the two
fact ious of the Kudical or so-called Bepub
lioan party. Parsons outraged Major
Hunter, one of the ltepresentatives from
Lowndes county by ordering his arrest
and bringing him, of his own authority,
before the the bar of the House. Major
Hunter retaliated by seeking to expose the
combination or conspiracy by which lie
was prevented from moving, as he de
signed to do on that day when he took the
floor, a resolution to go into the election
of Senator of the United States, as re
quired by the act of Congress regulating
the time and manner of the election of a
Senator of the United States, and appoint
ing Tuesday, the 11th inst., for that elec
tion. While Judge Busteed maintained,
by refusing to quash the affidavit,his juris
diction in the case, he seems to think that,
allegations of guilty combination between
Parsons and Laddie Williams were not
sustained by the proof produced iu the
hearing!— Advertiser, 23 d.
The Censure of Sumner. —An effort
is being made in the Massachusetts Legis
lature, by John G. Whittier, James T.
Fields and other influential citizens, to
have the recent vote of censure passed on
Senator Sumner rescinded. The follow
ing petition was presented in the House
on I he 20tll :
Whereas, at a late extra session of the
Legislature of this Commonwealth, called
for the sole and exclusive purpose of alle
viating a great calamity, a resolution vir
tually censuring one of t he representatives
of the State in the Senate of the Union
was offered and adopted; therefore, wu,
the undersigned citizens of Massachu
setts, with a jealous regard to the honor
and good name of the State and with a
proud aud grateful appreciation of the
character ami public services of Mr.
Charles Sumner, respectfully but earnest
ly ask your honorable bodies to rescind
the resolution aforesaid passed by the
Legislature of Massachusetts on the 13th
day of December, 1372.
j'liis refers to the resolution which was
passed by the last Legislature on the oc
casion of a proposition being made by
Mr. Sumner to remove the names of the
battles of the Rebellion from the regi
mental flags of the United States Army.
A motion was made to refer the petition
to the Committee on Federal Relations,
with instructions to hear the petitioners,
which gave vise to a warm debate, and
the motion was finally amended so as to
have the roue nisi rants also heard, when
it was agreed to.
Col. A. K. Lamar, in his last letter from
Atlanta, has the following spicy para
graphs. which will no doubt interest our
readers:
Some of the Atlantese claim that the
Advertiser has been a little hard and un
just to Atlanta. As we desire to part on
friendly terms, we take occasion to say
that,notwithstanding its horrn^limate,its
scarcity of water and its maguiticent
mud, our stay has beau pleasant here, aud
our opinion of the place and people has
improved. It is a welt built place, and
continues to march on in a business way.
The Governor and the Senate parted on
bad terms, notwithstanding most of the
Executive appointments were confirmed.
Nothing like it has been witnessed in the
history of Georgia before. There was
never before seen such an array of disap
pointed men and men who took their dis
appointment so much to heart. The Ad
vertiser claims credit for political sagacity
or prophesy. With no peculiar facilities
for information, it named every ap
pointment, save one, in advance, aud in
that one we were deceived by our own
too confiding nature.
Extension of Southwestern Railway.
—The Albany News says :
We had the pleasure of a call from
Capt. Burebell, engineer in charge of the
work on the extension of the Southwest
ern Railroad. We learn from him that
the track is laid eighteen miles, and that
the grading is nearly' completed to Blake
ly. The track has been raised, adjusted,
and ballasted to Dozier’s place —the second
station—fourteen miles from the city, and
it is the intention of Mr. Powers, superin
tendent, to commence running liis trains
next week regularly three times a week to
that point. The work of laying the track
will now progress more rapidly than here
tofore, and the remaining AO miles to
Blakely, will be completed in ample time
for next season's crop.
THE WEEKLI 7 SUN.
BUIXESDAV JIOKXIXL, FEB. <26.
Advantages of Columbus. —We do not
like to blow our own horn too loudly, but
the recent heavy rains have made con
spicuous another advantage which this
city possesses, as a great manufacturing
centre. While other cities are inundated,
and factories flooded with water, we are
safe and unharmed. The Rome Courier
states that in u single night “that proud
City of the Hills has been metamorphosed
into the City of the Sea, and from impe
rial Rome it has been transported to
queenly Venice. Batteaux have taken the
place of drays, and jaunty little skiffs do
duty as hacks and omnibusses. Broad
street is entirely under water. Batteanx
have been running through Camp A
Clark # and Ayer & McDonald’s stores.
About two feet of water are in the post
office. The rolling mill and foundries are
submerged, and hundreds of hands are
idle. The damage to property will be
considerable, as well as the loss of goods,
i'he water is about ten inches lower than
in 1861, and lacks about that distance of
coming into the stores on Shorter Block.
Water is about two feet deep in Noble's
foundry and machine shops and entirely
surrounds the depot. Considerable of the
track on the Borne railroad is under water.
The bridges are all safe as yet.”
The County Court.— -We publish below
an act amending the act which organized
the M useogee County Court, to which the
special attention of all parties interested
is called, as it contains important changes,
some of which demand their immediate
attention. The return day of this court,
under the new arrangement, expires on
Saturday of this week. The next regular
session of the court will be held on the
third Monday in March:
An act to amend an act entitled an act to
organize a County Court for the county
of Muscogee, to define its jurisdiction,
and for other purposes. Approved
August, 1872.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, That the fourth
sect ion of an act to organize a County
Court for the county of Muscogee, to de
fine its jurisdiction, and for other pur
poses, be so amended, as to read as fol
lows: There shall be four regular terms
of the County Court, to wit, On the third
Mondays in March and June ana the sec
ond Mondays in September and Decem
ber. At said regular terms the County
Court shall have jurisdiction of all crimi
nal offences less than felony, and of all
civil cases, whether sounding iu contract
or damages, where the amount exclusive
ot interest does not exceed the sum of
SI,OOO, and of which exclusive jurisdic
tion is not by the Constitution vested in
some other court.
Wheuever, during the vacation of said
court the number of persons confined iu
the common jail on criminal charges and
unable to give bond shall amount to four or
more, the judge shall hold a special term
for the trial of criminal cases only.
Bee. 2. Be it further enacted, That sec
tions 1206 and 42(17 of the Code shall ob
tain and apply to the County Court of
Muscogee in all cases in which the same
would be applicable iu the act organizing
the City Court of Savannah.
Our Representatives. —A correspon
dent of the Augusta Chronicle, who signs
himself “Silver Gray,” sends to that pa
per a series of sketches of the prominent
members of tho late Legislature at Atlan
ta, which he prefaces with this introduc
tory paragraph:
Prompted by a desire to see a publish
ed acknowledgement of the talent and
services of some of our legislators, I have
been induced to make a few pen sketches
of the most distinguished Senators and
Representatives, which 1 trust yon will
see proper to lay before your readers,
many of whom are the friends and con
stituents of the subjects of these sketches.
Hon. J no. Peabody, of Muscogee, lie
sides being the efficient Chairman of the
Committee on Education, was esteemed
one of (Lie leading members of the Judi
ciary Committee. Though he makes no
pretensions to eloquence, he is a forcible
aud convincing speaker, strictly of the
conversational and argumentative style.
Dispensing almost entirely with figures
of rhetoric, he depends solely on the
weight of figures, facts and arguments,
to carry his point. He is an accomplished
scholar and an able lawyer, as well as a
most polished gentleman. lie was a zeal
ous advocate of education, a supporter of
the Nutting finance bill, one of the most
formidable opponents to the scheme for
securing State aid to the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, aud a friend of the policy
of exempting manufactures from taxation
in their infancy.
Hon. T. J. Waft, the other representa
tive from Muscogee, ihough an active,
energetic and faithful representative, is a
quiet member of the House, never volun
teering to obtrude his opinions on the
House. He always made himself thor
oughly conversant with all important
questions, voted upon them intelligibly,
and felt that he had done more than many
others who uselessly consumed the time
of the House in idle speaking.
A Noble Action. —It will bo gratifying
to the friends of “Our Fallen Braves,”
buried iu tho cemetery in this city, to
know that the noble-hearted and patriotic
ladies of the Memorial Association, iu
view of the near approach of Decoration
Day, have removed the wooden head
boards from the soldiers’ graves for the
purpose of having them painted and re
lettered. This action on their part is
highly creditable to them, as many of
these head-boards had become sadly
weather-beaten, and in some eases the
lettering badly defaced. Columbus may
well be proud of her Ladies’ Memorial
Association and its nolfle mission.
Small-Pox. —We gather from our ex
changes that a few cases of small-pox are
to be found in nearly all the large cities —
North and South—and in many of the
smaller towns and cities. The case re
ported at Opelika yesterday has been prop
erly attended to, and the Macon papers
state that no new cases are reported in
that city.
Seeking Safety.—We learn that Mr.
David Coskrey, of Troy, the robbery of
whose house we recently published, has
tiilcen his silver and gold aud left in search
of a more secure place for his treasure.
His family is still at Troy, no doubt feel
ing relieved at the absence of that which
could only' constantly endauger their lives
by its presence in the house.
A Gratifying Fact. —"J. N,” the peri
patetic so-called philosopher, attributes
his failure to "lift the veil” at the Opera
House here, Monday night, to our neglect
in noticing his appointment in a suitable
manner. If this he so, we trust that our
exchanges will at once see the propriety
of withholding their future support from
what has already become a nuisance.
A Mistake.—The Atlanta Sun states
“there are some people in Columbus who
think they have too many churches there.'
This is a mistake. There are a great
many people here who think that too few
people go to church, not that we have too
many houses of worship.
Muscogee Superior Court.—The hist
Legislature changed the time for our
court to couveue from the third Mondays
in April aud October to the second Mou
davs of May and November. Stewart
county was also added to our judicial cir
cuit
Not a Deputy.—ln our report of the
habeas corpus case, which was furnished
us by a gentleman of the legal fraternity,
we alluded to Deputy Sheriff Wood. This
was an error of our informant, as Sheriff
Ivey notifies us that he lias made no ap-
I pointment of Deputy Sheriff.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4,1873.
TELEGRAPHIC
FOREIGN.
Madrid, Saturday, February 22.—The
excitement is increasing, particularly
among the workingmen. Barricades are
apprehended. The Bed Republicans are
urging extremes, and the Carlists opera
ting and intriguing actively. The army
is dissatisfied. The Reactionists denounce
the American Minister as officiously active
in Spanish politics.
The Carlists are burning railway sta
| tions and bridges.
| The fighting in the North is quite se
vere.
London, Feb. 21.—The Conservatives,
after a long debate, determined to make
j the main tight against the Ministry over
the education bill.
Rev. I’ll os. Guuthene, English author,
is dead.
The iiuies’ special says Prince Gort
schakoff is about to submit to the Govern
ment of Great Britain, a proposal for a
special anglo-Russian Commission to set
tle the houndaires of Afghanistan.
The Russian Government has advices
warranting the announcement that the
Khedive will shortly sue for peace.
A special dispatch from Berlin to the
Times this morning, says the Russian
Government is hurrying forward large re
inforcements to Tuikestan. It is also an
nounced all Khedive merchants are with
drawing from Orenburg, fearing a con
tinuance of the Khedivau war will bring
them into relations with the authorities.
Ihe Moscow Gazette hints that the es
tablishment of a neutral zone with Afi
ghanistan as tho iutermediatory between
Great Britain and Russia, will accelerate
instead of prevent the collision between
those powers, which is now apprehended.
An agreement has been entered into
between the adherents of Phillipe, Louis
D Orleans, Duke DeMontpensier aud
the political and dynasty adherents of
the ex-Queen Isabella 11, to place
Prince Alphonzo, the ex-Queen’s son, on
the throne of Spain; Duke DeMontpen
sier to lie commissioned and act as Re
gent of the Kingdom during the minori
ty of the Prince. Queen Isabella accepts
the programme, and two important par
ties, therefore, will act together in the
present Spanish crisis. The compact pro
vides also that Prince Alphonzo shall mar
ry the youngest daughter of Montpensier.
Madrid, February 25. — The Cort;-s
elected the following Cabinet : Figueras,
President of Council: Caatelar, Minister
of State; Salmm on, Minister of Justice;
Peymargarall, Minister of Interior; Acos
ta, Minister of War; Oreiro, Minister of
Finance; Chao, Minister of Public Works;
Ferna, Minister of Colonies.
After the new Ministry had taken their
seats, Figueras declared there would be
no change whatever in the programme of
Government.
| B is rumored that the Carlists under
Gen. Ceballo, with four battalions, are
marching on Madrid.
Foreign war vessels are cruising off the
Spanish coast to protect the respective
citizens of tlieir government.
Italy, Austria, and a majority of the
European governments, maintain semi
official relations with Spain. Pending
the formation of a regular government,
Russia is indisposed to recognize iu any
manner (lie present government.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 26.— The revolt
iu the province of Ukraine lias assumed
alarming proportions, and the atrocities
committed by the insubordinate peas
antry are of the most revolting cruelty.
The insurgents have massed together in
large numbers aud are extending their
depredations throughout the district,
laying waste some of the principal towns.
Iu several places the most barbarous ex
cesses had been committed. The insur
gents, without provocation, are attacking
the inhabitants—burning their dwellings
and murdering the inmates, both male
and female. The power of the Govern
ment is defeated and the revolters main
tain supreme control over the district.
A force of Russian troops from the city
of Kien who were dispatched to suppress
the insurrection, were met by tho insur
gents, and the engagement terminated in
disastrous defeat of the Government
troops. The inability of the Government
to maintain order has created a general
alarm among the inhabitants, who, in
great numbers, are fleeing from the coun
try.
Vienna, Feb. 2(l. —The Socialists insur
rection in the provinces of Valdinia and
I’odolia continues with frightful excesses.
The troops sent to suppress the insurrec
tion were defeated.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Feb. 21.—1 t has been of
ficially decided by the Postofliee Depart
ment, that C. M. Wilder, postmaster at
Columbia, S, C., cannot, during his in
cumbaucy of that office, hold his seat as a
member of the Board of Aldermen of that
city under the Executive order, forbidding
the joint holding of State and Federal
offices, which takes effect on the 4tli of
March next.
Washington, Feb. 24.—W. L. Scruggs,
of Georgia, has been appointed Minister
Resident of the United States .fColumbia,
at Bogata.
The President was at the Capitol to-day
aud had an interview with the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. It is said he
urged action to relieve him of the respon
sibility of Louisiana. He made no sug
gestions, but simply urged legislation.
The Commissioners, in hearing argu
ments, adhere to the ruling of Oct. Bth,
that mixing wines or purifying them is
rectification.
The President sent a message to Con
gress urging action on fisheries.
Senate.—DeJarnette’s disabilities were
removed.
Hill presented Gen. Gordon’s creden
tials.
During the discussion over the Caldwell
corruption case and a proposition to post
pone, Carpenter said: But the House of
Louisiana did demand a Legislature, and
if not acted upon this session there was
civil war aud bloodshed in that State. In
view, therefore, of the very brief time
left of the session, he thought it was best
to let his (Caldwell) matter go over until
after March 4th. Caldwell postponed.
The agricultural college bill was dis-
I cussed.
House.—The Judiciary Committee re
; port that they have no jurisdiction in Col
fax, Ames and Brooks’ connection with
| Credit Mobilier, because Colfax was not
Vice President, nor Ames or Brooks mem
bers of the present Congress, when qnes- !
tionalde transactions occurred.
Harry Latt, colored, of Louisville, gets
• $1,500 for contesting Boardman’s seat.
The river and harbor bill passed sub
stantially as reported last Saturday night,
! except the Yazoo gets $40,000.
An amendment by Hays for increasing
the appropriation for Mobile Harbor to
SIOO,OOO, failed by one vote.
The Mississippi from the mouth of the
; Missouri to the Ohio has been increased
i to SIOO,OOO.
Washington. Feb. 25. —The Louisiana
question was taken up. Trumbull is mak
ing a terribly denunciatory speech. The
question comes up in a peculiar manner,
not involving the points at issue but un
der the agricultural college bill; the ques
tion being that no money should he given
to Louisiana to be held by a usurping
government.
The discussion will be long, and at
present involves the Kellogg govern
ment.—w hich Carpenter asserts and Mor
ton admits in colloquy could not stand
five hours without Federal support—but
the diseussson will lead to no precise
legislation. It is simply a declaration,
aud the issue is whether Louisiana shall
he stricken from the States to which col
lege money is given.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Trumbull, Mor
tou. Carpenter and Hill spoke on Louisi
ana affairs. Speeches were echoes of the
several reports.
The Agricultural College bill, which
gave opportunity for debate, went to
Committee of Conference.
The President's message, after narrat
ion events, concludes: “I have no specific
recommendation to make upon the sub
ject, but if there is any practicable way
of removing these difficulties by legisla
tion, then I earnestly request that such
action may be taken at the present session
of Congress. It seems advisable that I
should take now what eonrse I shall feel
bound to pursue in reference to the mat
ter. In the event of no action by Con
gress at this time subject to any satisfac
tory arrangement that may be made by
the parties to tha controversy, which of
all things is the most desirable, it will be
; »y duty, so far as it may be necessary for
me to act, to adhere to that government
heretofore recognized by me. To judge
of the election and qualification of its
members is the exclusive province of the
Senate, as it is also the exclusive province
of the House to judge of the election and
qualifications of its members; but as to
State offices filled and held uuder State
laws, the decisions of the judicial tribu
nal, it seems to me, onght to be respected.
I am extremely anxious to avoid any ap
pearance of undue interference in State
affairs, and if Congress differs from me as
to what onght to be done, I respectfully
urge its immediate decision to that effect,
otherwise I shall feel obliged, as far as I
can in the exercise of legitimate authority,
to put an end to tho unhappy controversy
which disturbs the peace and which pros
trates the business of Louisiana,' by the
recognition and support of that govern
ment which is recognized and upheld by
the courts of the State.
“U. S. Grant.”
House.—Credit Mobilier occupied the
day, with no action. Speeches were bit
ter. The galleries were packed.
It is an understanding iu the Senate
that Louisiana matters will not come up
before the appropriation hill.
The President’s message to the House
referred to the Judiciary Committee, with
the privilege to report at any time.
A bill for Louisiana may, by being at
tached to a report for or against the iui
perchmeut of Durrell, become a privileged
question, which will give the control of
the matter to a majority of the House.
There is no other machinery which wil!
prevent one-third of the House from a
saving of legislation regarding Louisiana.
Washington, Feb. 26.—The only infor
mation regarding tho New Orleans post
office obtainable at the Department is that
the New Orleans postoffice is out of gear.
It appears that the amount of the defi
ciency is about $15,000, and that Post
master Lowell, though responsible for
the money, was no partner to the fraud.
Senate. —After tabling the amendment
for opening all regiments of the army to
the enlistment of colored men, passed the
army appropriation bill.
On account of some irregularities in
New Orleans Postoffice reports, detective
Woods was sent thither last Saturday.
The Postoffice Department has receive j
no official inform-Don from him.
The Modocs and ihe peace commission
h;.ve had an interview. The Indians had
needle guns and carried two hundred
cartridges each. They say they are not
mad yet; your house is standing, so is
Dorris’, Fairchild’s and Small’s, because
we are not mad yet.
Washington, Feb. 20. —Iu the House,
to-day, the galleries contained a goodly
number of spectators by ten o’clock, but
the rush at an early hour was not near so
great as on yesterday. By 11 o’clock,
however, when the proceedings opened,
the galleries were all well filled—the la
dies, as usual, predominating. After the
journal had been read, Mr. Poland said
that, before proceeding with the pending
question, he desired to have an under
standing as to the debate. The commit
tee does not desire to let the debate run
beyond to-day, and at 4 o’clock this even
ing he would move the previous question
and let the House determine whether
the debate shall close.
Mr. Bingham suggested that the pre
vious question be now considered second
ed ; that the debate run all day, and that
the vote be taken after the reading of the
journal to-morrow.
There were so many other suggestions
as to the matter that the speaker sug
gested that Mr. Poland could control (he
matter, and he would recognize him at
any time to move the previous question.
No arrangement was made in conse
quence of objection.
Mr. Ritchie asked leave to offer an
amendment as a substitute for the com
mittee’s resolution, declaring that the par
ticipation of Ames, Banks, Dawes, Gar
field, Kelly, Scofield, and all others, in
Credit Mobilier stock, was corrupting in
its tendency, and grossly improper, and
that the members thus implicated are
guilty of the severest censure of the House
of Representatives.
Mr. Bingham objected, and the amend
ment was not entertained.
Mr. Beck then addressed the House,
and said this whole Credit Mobilier busi
ness was conceived in sin and brought
forth in iniquity, and all who participated
iu it had failed iu their duty to the gov
ernment as representatives of the people.
He made no distinction between any of the
men who had participated in this business.
He said there was no difference between
Banks and Bingham, both were culpable,
nor was Mr. Samuel Hooper guiltless, al
though the committee had said nothing
about his case. Nor was General
Butler clear, because it was shown
before Wilson’s committee by his
own testimony, that he had accepted a
fee as the paid counsel in a case. He was
willing to expel all members who were
guilty of illegalities while such members,
but he believed in the right of representa
tion and he denied the right of the House
to expel, for acts committed before his
election. He referred to a number of
cases to show that the House had not
gone back for acts committed before
elected to Congress.
Washington, Feb. 26.—The Committee
of Conference agreed to extend the time
of the Southern Claims Commission four
years. They have 20,000 unheard claims
before them.
The Select Committee to investigate Sen
ator Clayton, of Arkansas, exonerates
him.
On special application of Mr. Handley,
the President signed to-day pardons for
Chas. Howard and Jas Blanks, of Ran
dolph county, Alabama, who were con
victed of Kuklux and confined in the Al
bany penitentiary.
Senate.—The House bill paying South
ern claimants was reported without rec
omendation and w’eut upon the calendar.
House bill enforcing the fishing clause
of the Washington Treaty passed.
NEW YORK.
New York, Feb. 24. —Thermometer four
and a half degrees below zero at midnight.
It is very cold North and West.
A streetcar collided with the rear of the
united American Mechanics procession
Saturday. There was a brisk fight, in
which two passengers, who hooted at the
processionists, were roughly handled.
Persons arrested by the police were res
cued. The marshal of the procession is
blamed for the disturbance.
Ex-Senator Graham, President of the
Walking Bank, is held in $50,000 bail for
embezzlement.
Buffalo, Feb. 24.—Yesterday after
noon as Mrs. McGowan, a wet nurse at
Mrs. Wm. G. Forgo, Jr., was kindling a
fire a fragment of lighted paper fell un
perceived upon the skirt of her dress, and
immediately set fire to her clothes. She
rushed to the bath room, where Mrs. For
go’s mother turned two streams of water
upon her, and also tried to smother the
flames with a wet blanket, but all to no
avail. The flames soon enveloped her
and were remorselessly eating their way
into her limbs, shoulders and body. In
her struggles she freed herself from the
bath tub and fell lifeless on the floor.
New York. Feb. 25. —It is understood
that Very Rev. William Quinn has been
appointed to the office of Vicar General of
the arch Diocese of New York, to supply
the vacancy caused by the death of Very
Rev. l)r. Starrs. Very Rev. Father Pres
ton remains Chancellor of the Diocese,
with title and powers of Vicar General in
all matters pertaining to chancery.
A rumor was in circulation yesterday
that a prominent director of tlie Paeifiic
Mail Steamer Company told his brother
that sixteen hundred thousand dollars had
been taken from the treasury of that Com
pany for its legal purposes—such as lobby
ing at Wasliiugb* and Albany. It was
stated that at the former place much
money had been spent for securing sub
sidy, which had been granted to the Com
pany, and it was alleged that at the latter
certain privileges and intimation to pur
chase aud the retaining of a portion of
the capital stock had been obtained only
by the use of money. A large part of
the money', however, is said to have gone
into the pockets of officials, who falsely
represented that it had all gone for lobby
ing purposes.
The appointment of an investigating
committee caused frequent fluctuations
in the price of stock.
A mass meeting of citizens favoring
reform in the city government, and op
posed to the provisions of the eharter now
pending before the Legislature, will be
held at Cooper Institute this evening.
In addition to several councils of political
reform, a number of German organiza-
tions promise active co-operation. The
property-owners from the Teuth, Elev
enth and Seventeenth wards will attend.
A meeting was held at Emanuel Baptist
church last evening to advocate the retain
ing of the Bible in the public schools.
Rev. George Taylor, chairman, reviewed
the circumstances which led the foreign
element in our midst toobjeot to the read
ing of the Bible in the schools. Other
addresses were made, and eighteen dele
gates appointed to atteud the meeting of
the National Convention, at which an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States will he proposed, to the fol
lowing effect: That God be acknowledged
as the Ruler of the universe and of all
men. This convention will meet at Cooper
Institute to-morrow.
It is expected Tweed will give bond to
day on the indictments found against him
by the grand jury.
A rumor that an indictment has been
found against Ex-Mayor Hall, is pronoun
ced untrue by officials in the District At
torney's office
A rumor is current that Richard B.
Connelly, one of the principal members
of the Ring, who left the city shortly after
disclosures connecting him with frauds
upon the city government, has decided to
return to the city and surrender himself to
the authorities, believing that his trial,
like that of Tweed’s, will result in the dis
agreement of the jury. Connelly’s friends
admit having heard from him, and say he
will put iu his appearance in a week or
two.
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, February 23.—Messen
gers to Capt. Jack’s camp have not returned
aud their are fears of their safety. The
Peace Commissioners are divided. Case
wants unconditional surrendet. Meacham
and Applegate think the Modoes are
badly located. The people have little
hope of peace.
San Francisco, Feb. 21.—Several of
the newspapers in this city advocate an
investigation into Senator Casserly’s elec
tion, and claim that there is abundant
accessible proof of corruption. One pa
per gives the names of several *'”,tnesses
who should be called ”.“ on to testify at
the Among them Senator
C'Saerly’s former law partner, who is now
in Washington.
NEW JERSEY.
Camden, February 24.—The Pennsylva
nia oil shops and adjoining buildings are
burning. The wind is high. Engines
from Philadelphia are arriving.
Later —The tire is under control.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville, Feb. 23.—McGenlay’s
new' grand National Hotel, at Jackson
ville, Fla., which opens to-day, is said to
be the finest house south of Washington.
CANADA.
Quebec, Feb. 25. —In an election riot of
an hour and a half duration, 20 persons
were killed and several fatally wounded.
The polling occurs Monday, when a re
newal of the fight it expected.
VIRGINIA.
Alexandria, February 25. —The Mar
shall House, where Ellsworth was killed,
being the first blood shed in the late civil
war, was burned by an incendiary.
VERMONT.
Burlington, Feb. 26. Col. N. A.
Tucker, long on duty at Washington, is
dead.
MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Feb. 25. —The bonds stolen
from Colfax were captured here.
An Agreeable Change. —The people of
Stewart, as far as we have had an oppor
tunity of hearing them, express much sat
isfaction at the passage of the bill chang
ing Stewart from the Catania to the Chat
tahoochee Circuit.. We would say to our
friends of Cuthbert who have been the
recipients of Gov. Smith’s favors, that the
principal reason why we desired the
change, was not to get out of their
jurisdiction, as wo understand they be
lieve; but simply to get back where we
belong, in the same circuit, with Columbus,
our natural Market. Being so closely
associated, the people of this county and
the merchants of Columbus should not be
indifferent judicial C rcuits. They should
as far possible, be linked together in alt
subdivisions of the Slate. Their interests
are identical. If we prosper, they also
flourish; if we fail, they are crippled.
Not so with our neighbors south of us;
w'hilo we sometimes niing’e together
pleasautly and highly appreciate them,
yet we have few busin ties to bind ns.
We would have our . iert friends to
understand however, i.. .; while we think
Gov. Smith might, wit.. eat 'propriety,
have scattered his favors for this section,
still wo entertain for the n. vly appointed
Judge and Solicitor General, feelings of
the highest regard, both for tlieir abili
ties and cleverness, and trust they may
enjoy the popularity they deserve.—Lump
kin Independent.
S. M. Arnold, of Alabama, and W. H.
Kinnabrew, of Georgia, have recently
graduated at (lie Medical College of the
New Volk University. Only two other
Southerners are among the graduates of
the present session.
Rev. Dr. George S. Vallandigkatn, of
New Lisbon, Ohio, brother of the late
Clement L. Vallandighaui, died in Cin
cinnati on the i:lth inst., of consumption.
The deceased was in that city arranging
for the sale of his brother’s biography.
Special dispatches inform us that the
President has deferred his tour through
the Southern States on account of the un
settled condition of political affairs in the
State of Louisiana. It was not, as lias
been reported, because of the pressure of
public business likely to result from the
extra session of the Senate.
Robert Emmet, the oldest son of
Thomas Addis Emmet, the Irish patriot,
who died iu New York in 1827, and neph
ew .of the celebrated Robert Emmet, died
at his home in New Rochelle, New York,
on Saturday week, in the eighty-first
year of his age, Mr. Emmet was long an
eminent member of the New York bar.
There is an unusually largo number of
Northern people visiting Florida this sea
son. A few days since about three hun
dred were registered at the Savannah ho
tels, and the Republican of Friday says:
The steamer City Point left her wharf
yesterday morning with one hundred and
five passengers on board, and, for want of
further accommodations, was compelled
to refuse to take any more. Among them,
the most distinguished of all, was William
Cullen Bryant, the poet, who, with two
lady companions, has gone for a brief
sojourn in the ‘‘Land of Flowers.”
'The Chattanooga Times, under the head
of “An Act of Justice,” says: “The
Legislature of Alabama has under consid
eration a hill for the payment of the em
ployees of the Alabama and Chattanooga
Railroad, who were employed by the Re
ceivers. There are a number of men in
this city who were employed by the Re
ceiver of the State ot Georgia, who have
never received any pay for their services.
Will some of our Atlanta cotemporaries
inform us whether any provision has been
made by that State for their payment.
We know' some of these men, and know
that they earned their money, and ought
to have bad it long ago, and they rely
upon the honor of Georgiato see that they
are not. deprived of their just dues.”
The following by Grand Master Chas.
C. Clarke, of North Carolina, we com
mend to the fraternity:
“Profanity and drunkeness should sure
ly come within the prohibition of masonic
authority, since they offend against every
rule of gentlemanly propriety and deco
rum—and to be a Mason certainly cannot
mean not to be a gentleman. Habits
which deaden the moral sensibility, blunt
the moral perception, and debauch all the
moral faculties, should tie forced to yield
unconditionally to tie: mandate of an in
stitution which teaches the Holy Bible to
be the rule and guide of faith, and that
all actions should be squared by the
‘square of morality.’ ”
The Baliimore Sun, in an article on
“Domestic Service,” Hays: “There is
nothing degrading in any honest occupa
tion : the only possible degradation con
nected with any, being possible to all,
which is, when those who follow it neg
lect their duties or are faithless to their
trust. It is a great mistake to suppose
that ill manners aud disobedience and
faithlessness are essential to liberty.
Whether as regards the relations of chil
dren to parents, or of servants to those
who employ them, or employees of any
kind, subordination is an essential virtue,
; and to overthrow it would make society
intolerable to itself.”
From the Montgomery Advertiser, 25th.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
MONDAY.
HOUSE —CIVIL RIGHTS bill.
Mr. W bite of Dallas, Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary, reported
adversely to the bill for the protection
of all citizens of Alabama, and to furnish
the means for their vindication, but re
ported a substitute therefor. The substi
tute is entitled “A bill to secure equal
rights and accommodations on railroads
aud steamboats to all persons without
distinction on account of race or color.’’
This substitute provides (1.) That each
railroad company shall provide at least
three cars for each passenger train, two
of which shall lie for the accommodation
of persons holding first-class tickets, aud
equal in style, finish aud the means of
comfort each with the other. These cars
shall be lettered and marked “Ist class
car,” aud one shall be for white and the
other for colored passengers. Those en
titled to travel iu one of these cars are
forbidden to intrude themselves in the
other, but they may pass through it in
getting on or off the train or other nec
essary purpose. The third car shall be
lettered 2d class car, and shall be devoted
to the use of persons holding second
class tickets. It may also be used indis
criminately as a smoking car by both
white and colored. But when railroads
can afford but one first-class car they are
required to divide that car by partition
and apportion one part to the white and
the other to the exclusive use of the col
ored holders of first-class tickets.
Sec. 2 provides that any railroad com
pany failing or refusing to provide cars,
or to sell any person a first class ticket or
a second class ticket on account of race
or color when the price thereof is tendered
to the ticket agent or to the conductor of
the train, or which fails or refuses tv, tar
ry any such person on account of -' ce or
color such company, aw~* or conductor
sha'lbe guilty a nigh misdemeanor, for
such company, agent or conductor
may he indicted in any circuit court of
any county through which such road may
pass, and on conviction thereof the com
pany may he fined not less than $">00 nor
more than $5,000, at the discretion of the
jury trying the same, for each and every
offence, and the agent or conductor on
conviction may be fined not less than SSOO
nor more than SI,OOO for each offence,
and shall be imprisoned until the fine and
costs thus imposed have heeu paid or se
cured to be paid by a confession of judg
ment with satisfactory securities in open
court. Oue-lmlf of such fine, whether
imposed upon the company or any of its
agents, is to be paid to the county and
$25 to the Solicitor prosecuting the case.
And the neglect or refusal of any railroad
company for the space of four weeks after
this act takes effect to provide the cars re
quired by this act shall constitute anew
offence in like manner for every succeed
ing four weeks, for which such company
may be indicted separately, and on con
viction fined as herein provided—said fine
to go to the county, the Solicitor as be
fore being allowed $25.
Sec. 3 provides I hat a copy of the in
dictment against the company so offend
ing, together with a summons signed by
the Clerk of the Circuit Court iu which
the same is pending, requiring said com
pany to appear and defend, may bo served
on I lie President, Vice-President, Super
intendent, or Secretary of said company
by the Sheriff of any county iu whose
hands the same limy bo placed for service,
and as many copies of said indictment
and summons may be issued at the same
time as the Solicitor may deem necessary
to secure prompt service. And when the
cause is called for trial and the court
shall, of its own motion, require proof on
oath to be made of facts that the person
named in the Sheriff’s return on whom
said copy of indictment and summons ap
pears to have been served, as the Presi
dent, Vice-President, Superintendent or
Secretary of said railroad company, and
the court shall cause the same to be enter
ed on tlie minutes together with the name
of the person or persons by whom the
proof is made, and on such proof of ser
vice said company shall be taken and held
to be in court whether any person appears
or not to defend said company as its at
torney.
Sec. 4 provides that any steamboat nav
igating the waters of this State and en
gaged iu the business of carrying passen
gers for hire whose captain, clerk or agent
shall refuse to sell any person a first-class
passage on said boat when the price there
of is tendered, on account pf race or col
or, or having received said passage money
shall refuse or ueglect to furnish such
person first-class accommodations oir ac
count of race or color, such captain, clerk
or agent so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a high misdemeanor, and he or
they may be indicted in the Circuit Court
of any county bordering on the waters
thus navigated by said steamboats and on
conviction, such c iptaiu, clerk or agent
may be fined not less than SSOO nor more
than SIOOO at the discretion of the jury
and shall be imprisoned until such fine
and costs are paid or secured as before
provided by confession of judgment, &c.,
and the. solicitor shall be entitled to $25
for prosecuting the case.
Sec. 5 provides that any person engaged
in keeping an eating house on the line of
any railroad in this State for the enter
tainmenl of travelers who Hhall refuse to
furnish any passenger on said road on ac
count of race or color first class entertain
ment of such eating house, the money
therefor being tendered to the proprietor
or pel son in charge, such person so en
gaged in keeping said eating house and
the person in charge so refusing shall be
deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor and
each of them may be indicted iu the Cir
cuit Couit of the county, and on convic
tion shall each he fined not less than SSOO
nor more than SI,OOO, and imprisoned
until the fine and costs are paid, or se
cured as hereinbefore provided—one-half
of such line iu each case to go to the coun
ty and $25 to the Solicitor.
Sec. 0 provides that the act shall take
effect on and after the Ist day of June,
1873.
L. J. Williams, from a minority of the
said committee reported favorably to the
original bill.
Mr. McCaskey raised the point of order
that a minority of a committee had no
right to report a substitute for an original
bill. The chair overruled the poiut.
Mr. Clarkff moved to lay the report of
the Committee on the table, and asked
what would be the effect of his motion.
The Speaker said that its effect would
be to kill the original bill.
Mr. Clarke then withdrew his motion.
Mr. Boyd moved that the House concur
in the report of the committee.
Merriweather hoped the House would
not concur in the report. He wanted a
fair vote and a free discussion of theques
tiou.
Jim Greene said that he claimed equal
lights with the Speaker in his chair. He
was in the Convention that adopted the
present Constitution. That Constitution
forbids class legislation. But class legis
lation does exist, because one man may go
where another cannot. If this bill is to
pass or fail, let it p issor fail on its merits.
He wanted to see how those who have
claimed to be friends of a down-trodden
race would vote upon it ; he believed his
own party opposed him more strongly in
this matter than the Democrats did. He
was a negro, he said, and proud of his
race. He was not responsible for his
color ; but he was responsible for all he
thought proper to say on the fioor of the
House, and he said that the hour had
about struck when parties were to be no
more. He was no slave to party, and
would always follow principle rather than
party, even though principle should land
him into the arms of the Democracy. In
that event, he would fight Bepublicans
with all the ardor that he had once fought
Democrats.
Now, this Constitution provides all the
rights that are claimed in the original bill.
The bill is designed chiefly to furnish the
means for their vindication ; and the man
who, having taken an oath to support the
Constitution, yet votes against this bill,
will have sworn to an untruth. The oath
to support the Constitution, which every
representative has taken, commits gentle
men to the following propositions : First,
that all men are created equal; second,
that all persons resident in the State, &c.,
possess equal civil and political rights and
public privileges; and they cannot go
back upon them without a violation of
their oaths of office. It only seeks to se
cure to the colored race what the Consti
tution has already given them the right to
enjoy, and be wanted no more. He
NO. 4
wanted no miscegenation. His own color
was fair enough for him. The prettiest
thing he ever saw was a negro woman.
Neither had he any desire to thrust the
colored race in the way of the white. He
wanted nothing but justice.
But white Bepublicans say that they
can’t afford to take this step because
North Alabama will do thus and so. Well,
North Alabama will be as apt to do right
as any other section. The time is near at
hand when principles, not parties, will
sway men: and he was not prepared to
say, when that time came, to which party
he would belong.
\ Greene continued his remarks at some
j length, and was followed by Mr. Clarke,
i who opposed concurrence in this report.
Mr. Barsous favored the substitute re
j ported by the minority,
j Mr. Boyd spoke in opposition to both
the original bill and the substitute.
Pending Mr. Boyd's speech, on motion,
100 copies of the substitute were ordered
to be printed, and the House adjourned
until 10 a. m. to-morrow, the civil rights
bill being made the special order for 1
o’clock, when Mr. B. will be entitled to
the floor.
HOUSE—TUESDAY.
The hour of one p. in. having arrived,
the special order for that hour, viz : The
Civil Bights bill was taken up and consid
ered.
Mr. Cockrell said that the colored peo
plo had the right to go to the Battle House
or the Madison House and demand a meal.
They had a right, to go to our theatres and
demand a seat in the dress circle. These
rights were already in possession of the
colored people, and now this bill proposes
to give them the power to exerci™ tceir
rights. He was opposed to j, wt be
cause public opinU u was not ripe for that
step. Tl- rtepublican party was ready
It. but tho Democrats are not. The
Bepublicans are ready to lift tho negro to
the scale and plane in civilization occupi
ed by themselves, but the Democrats arc
opposed to that thing, and he thought it
would be unwise to make laws not in ac
cord with public sentiment. Our purpose
in excluding colored men from tho late
State ticket was to defeat the Democratic
party. •
Mr. Boyd. Did not Gov. Lewis refuse
to accept (he nomination of your party
for Governor unless you would agree to
put no carpet-bagger or negro on the
State ticket ?
Mr. Cockrell. I don’t remember hav
ing seen anything of that sort iu the
prints. I know nothing of any such
agreement. I think the Madison House,
Exchange, and other hotels, should admit
colored men. I think schools, churches
and theatres should do the same. They
could have different apartments set off to
the colored race, but the time for mixing
the two had not yet arrived. The Repub
licau party had not taught the public
mind up to that standard yet. Men who
once owned forty and an hundred slaves,
are yet in the ab-abs of progress. He
took the same position that Mr. Boyd had
taken, but he reached his conclusions
from a different standpoint. He thought
public opinion would finally regulate this
question, and that laws in conflict with
that opinion could never be enforced.
Hailes Ellsworth said he was opposed to
both bills, and was sorry they had been
introduced. He thought that colored peo
ple should not desire to thrust themselves
where they are not welcome. They ongbt
to exercise more pride. It took time to
mature all things. It required yeurs to
perfect the intellect of man, as first de
veloped in the child. The maturity of
sentiment on the subject of this bill, had
not reached that development necessary to
secure its success, even as a law. If he
could not get a whole loaf, he would taka
the half of one. He could not get tho
rights proposed to be granted by the
original bill. He knew that it would be
as hard to pass the original bill as to turn
over the State House. Tho substitute
might pass, but it would be a hard matter
to squeeze even that bill through. He
was, therefore, prepared to sustain the
substitute as the best thing that could he
done under the circumstances. He had
no desire to offefid the prejudices of the
white race. His old master had raised
him, and had never in his life struck him
a blow, aud he expected to love him as
long as he lived.j?
Fan troy said that the colored people did
not care to go into hotels, theatres, or
churches and sit by the side of white men,
but they wanted the right to go there if
they chose or elsewhere as their tastes
might dictate. There was nothing iu the
bill to affc. i. ~r impair the rights of a
vhUe man. He would oppose it if it did.
I'he law as it stands is better than that
proposed by the substitute. It was in
vain for gentlemen to keep this bill back
and say the time is not yet. The time
has come. The time is always at hand to
do justice, aud this bill claims no more.
Fantroy continued his remarks until
3:17 p. m., at which time he yielded the
iloor to a motion to adjourn until 10 a.
m. to-morrow, which prevailed.
The President’s Southern Tour.
The New York Tribune, of Tuesday
last, contains the following editorial upon
the subject of the President’s contempla
ted Southern tour, which we commend to
the attention of city authorities:
Wo earnestly hope that the people of
the South will meet this cordial and
friendly advance in the spirit in which it
is meant. Nothing can be gained by any
exhibition of coolness or hostility to the
Administration. Os course, if there were
any question of principle, or even proper
sentiment involved, we should be the last
to counsel any deviation from the line of
strict protest and abstentation. But there
is nothing of the kind. Gen. Grant is
l’residont not of a party, but of the whole
country, for at least four years to come.
His best interests are identical with those
of the whole body of citizens. His fame
and repute now and always depend upon
the measure of success which he is to at
tain in the complete pacification of the
country, and the restoration of the former
unity of interest and feeling among the
States. He has done many things in re
ference to the internal and political affairs
of Southern States which we have disap
proved and frankly criticised. But Die
only way to prevent a recurrence of these
causes of complaint is to bring about a
more intelligent mutual understanding
between the parties. Much ought to be
accomplished in this direction during this
journey. But nothing will he accomplish
ed if the better class of Southerners avoid
the President with cold hostility, aud
leave his reception to the care of the venal
aud interested. His position deserves
their respect. The common good re
quires something more—a sincere and
cordial courtesy, and a frank and honest
interchange of views in regard to public
matters. We think that General Grant
has made some grave mistakes in his treat
ment of the South, but none so grave as
the South will make by regarding him as
an enemy. He was a brave and loyal
adversary. After the war he made a tour
of observation in the South, the results of
which he embodied in a report so cordial
ly friendly as to subject him to severe
animadversion from Republican sources.
We believe that the instances since then
where his public actß have given the
Southern people reason to complain have
been the result not of any unfriendly
feeling, but of a misapprehension of law
or fact. A better acquaintance will result
iu a more reasonable and liberal attitude
of the Government and the governed.
We confidently trust that this great op
portunity will be properly improved by
the President and by the people of the
South.
The Montgomery Advertiser of yester
day has this to say about the new loan
bill:
We are glad to observe that the Senate,
yesterday, by an amendment to the mill
ion and a half loan bill, positively prohib
ed the Governor from issuing the two
million Court House bonds or any part of
them, and that the House unanimously
concurred in the action of the Senate.
But this is not quite enough. There
ought to be some judicial or legislative
proceeding in the matter more formal and
decisive. If this were done, we think the
people of Alabama wonld be more inclin
ed to back the million and a half loan
with their moral support.
The Griffin News reports that represen
tative Mills, while out hunting, on Satur
day last, killed a wild cat. It also an
nouees the marriage of Mr. John L.
Strickland and Miss Mattie M. Woodward,
of that county.
A New Railroad Project.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph
that the following interesting proceedings
took place at tho close of the last meeting
of the Board of Trade :
Mr. George H. Hazelhurst was here in
troduced for the purpose of making some
statements with reference to the Macon,
i Monticello and Atlanta Bailroad. He
briefly stated the importance of the road
to the business men of Macon, and then
proceeded to show that the enterprise was
practicable.
! A meeting was held in Atlanta some
weeks since, at which Major Campbell
Wallace was put in charge as President,
and Colonel Bobinsou appointed Chief
Engineer. The distance to Atlanta is the
! same as by the Mac-on aud Western road,
I 103 miles. By using ten or twelve miles
| of the Macon and Augusta road at this
end and the track of the Georgia road
j from Covington to Atlanta, only fiftv-two
miles remain to be built. Arrangements
can be made with the two roads named
for a joint use of their tracks similar to
that which exists between the Macon and
Western and Atlanta and West Point
roads.
He preferred an independent line all the
way through, but as it would cost two and
a half millions of dollars, he thought the
country was too poor to undertake the en
terprise now.
The proposed road is a necessity—not
as a rival to the Macon aud Western lioad,'
but simply to meet the demands of the
enormous trade which is pouring in from
the West. The country is broad enough to
support the two lines, and the exigencies
of business demand this new one
The grading of this fifty-two miles will
cost $300,000. Messrs. Graut, Alexander
& Cos. are willing to do the whole of this
work for $150,000 iu cash, and the re
maining $150,000 iu stock. Ho had a
pretty sure promise of obtaining the iron
when the road is once graded. He was
certain the iron could bo obtained favora
bly—if not from one source, it can from
another.
The road thus built wovj.j connect - L
Covington with the Georgia Bead, and at
Atlanta with the other roads concen
trating jnere. If it. be found desirable to
make a shorter connection with the Air-
Line, it could very soon be run across to
Suwon ee, or a little nearer to Gainesville,
thus, in the end, forming part of a grand
trunk line to Knoxville aud Cincinnati.
Ho advocates this road because it was
competent to be built. A road through to
Knoxville now was not. It is folly now
to go to New York with any sort of Geor
gia bonds to raise money. It could not
be done. State aid will do no good to
ward building a road, lie was satisfied
that there would never be another road
built in Georgia by means of tho State’s
indorsement upon its bonds, so long as
there was an honest Executive in the
chair. Therefore, if the people want any
more roads, they must build them with
their own money.
The projectors of this road would ask
the people of Macon for $75,000, either iu
form of a subscription on the part of the
city, or as individual subscriptions from
the citizens.
These areoulyafew of Mr. Hazlehurst’s
points briefly staed. He was listened to
with the profoundest attention. Every
man present felt the force of his argu
ments, and saw how reasonable a scheme
he proposed and how vast would he its
benefits.
When he concluded President Huff said
he hoped the Board would take the matter
iuto earnest consideration.
Mr. W. B. liogers moved that a com
mittee of five be appointed to consider the
matter and report thereupon at a meeting
of the Board, to be held next Monday
night. Tho motion was adopted, and the
following gentlemen were appointed:
Messrs. W. B. Bogers, J. W. Trmuan, A
B. Tinsley, H. T. Johnson and B. L. Wil
lingham.
Impobtant Act. —We give below, from
the Montgomery Advertiser, the act re
cently passed by Congress, entitled “An
act to confirm certain entries of lands
therein named,” aud for which the people
are largely indebted to the Hon. Wm. A.
Handley, the representative from the
Third District. The purpose of the act
is to confirm and legalize the entries of
public lands under the graduation act of
August 4th, 1854. All persons who hold
land certificates of entries made under the
law can now obtain their patents on pre
senting their certificates to the Commis
sioner of tho General Land Office at
Washington. They will not be required,
as heretofore, to make proof of actual aud
continual cultivation and settlement from
the date of the entry:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of tho United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
all entries of public lands under the act to
graduate aud reduce the price of the pub
lic lauds subject to entry to nctual settlers
and cultivators, approved 4th day of Au
gust, eighteen hundred and fifty-fom-, made
prior to the passage of this act, in which
the purchaser has made the affidavit and
paid or tenderod the purchase-money, as
required by said act, and the instructions
issued and iu force, and in the hands of
tho register at the time of making said
entry, are hereby legalized, and patents
shall issue to the parties, respectively,
provided that in case of tender tho money
shall be paid, excepting those entries un
der said act which the Commissioner of
the General Land-office may ascertain to
have been fraudulently or evasively made:
Provided, That this act shall not be so
construed as to confirm any of said en
tries which have heretofore been annulled
and vacated by said Commissioner on ac
count of fraud, evasion of law, or other
special cause; And provided further ,
That nothing herein contained shall bo so
construed as to deprive any actual settler
and cultivator of his right to any land on
which he resided at the time of an entry
by another person under the act to which
this is an amendment.
Approved by the President, February
7, 1873.
The Lumpkin Independent, of the 22d,
has those items of local news :
Mr. Green B. Hurley, sr., was thrown
from a wagon last Monday morning and
very badly hurt. He fell upon the wheel,
cutting an ugly gash on the left side of
his head just above the ear, severing an
artery. He came near bleeding to death
and for twelve hours was iu a very pre
carious condition. He is now considered
to be doing very well and will be up again
in a few days.
The Chattahoochee at Florence reached
a point last Tuesday which is several feet
higher than it has been since 18(12. The
bridge at Tumor’s mill, one mile below
Florence, was afloat Tuesday and Wednes
day, and passing over it stopped. The
water was over the banisters of the
bridge. All the lowlands along the river
banks are under water, and steamboatmen
now complain of too much river.
Mr. James Lawson, an old aud highly
respected citizen of Stewart county, died
at his residence in the Seiencoville Dis
trict on Sunday last. The deceased was
nearly seventy-nine years of nge and
leaves many friends and relatives to
mourn his loss.
Mr. A. M. Ilyer recently elected depu
ty Sheriff has resigned. Sheriff Herndon
will have no deputy for the present, and
will attend to the duties of the office him
self. M. J. Jenkins has been appointed
jailor and will hereafter have charge of
the county jail. He has only one priso
ner in custody at this time, and stops are
being taken to release him on bail.
The gale yesterday morning blew down
the gin house, kitchen and stables on the
premises of Airs. T. B. Harris, and two
or three out houses of Dr. I. P. Bichard
sou’s place, north of town; and also sev.
eral out houses of Mr. Wm. A. Clement’s
plantation, east of town. It will take
several days to repair damages.
“ Saw dust” or bogus money purchasers
at the South are informed, on the author
ity of the New York World, that Assistant
United States District Attorney Denikp
recently commenced a prosesution against
Henry Jennings, of No. 74 Bleecker
street, for using the United States mails
to circulate correspondence to facilitate
the business known as “ saw dust swind
ling. Tuesday evening a threatening let
ter was sent to the residence of Mr. De
nike to the effect that if he continued his
prosecution of “saw dust ” swindlers his
blood would be shed.
Savannah had another lively fire early
on Monday morning, which destroyed
24 tenements, in. the rear of Groover,
Stubbs & Co.’s warehouse. The old Fal
ligant family mansion, situated in another
part of the city, was also burned at a later
hour of the same day, and was valued at
about SB,OOO. The other buildings were
cheap affairs aud the total loss is less
than SIO,OOO,