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TIESB4Y MOKHIXK, IPKif, 15.
City Council'Last Night.—Full Board
presJnt.
TV.x ordinance as pnblished,was adopt
ed. with the following amendments: Re
ducing tax on gross earnings of ware
housemen on storage and delivery of cot
ton and other merchandise from one to
one half per cent,
To construe an ordinance to mean that
a dealer who sells ft bottle of whisky f roni
a storo and allows the buyer to invite
others there to drink of it—such owners
of stores must take out liquor licences.
Increasing tax on manufactured goods
from to j', when sold otherwise than
wholesale, except to operatives.
Committee reported lots had been laid
out hi north and south part of cemetery,
nml recommended lots be sold at $25,
sls and foil, anil John E. Lamar, sur
veyor. be paid S3B. So much adopted.
Committee also recommended a SSOO
cottage in cemetery. This was received.
Committee reported chimney blown
down on Court-house and city wmild be
called on to pay half expense when it was
repaired.
Finance Committee failing to agree, re
ported back matter of $5,000 appropria
tion to Columbus Industrial Association.
Report received.
Wharf receipts for March $lO4 25.
During past quarter 20 whites and 31
blacks were buried in the city, and 14 non
resident whites and 10 blacks—total buri
als for quarter 87.
City reported healthy.
A proposition of the Central Line of
Boats that if the city would give $5,000,
tlio company would make the river navi
gable to the city all the year, was referred
to Finance Committee.
Alderman Salisbury moved that the
city appropriate SI,OOO to the Columbus
Industrial Association, payable at such
times and sums as the Finance Committee
elect.
Aid. McGehee moved to make the
amount $3,000, but withdrew his amend
ment, after Alderman Salisbury stated for
the Association, that the Directors would
not guarantee a Fair on less than $4,000.
Aid. Brannon announced his opposition
to tlio Fair because ho thought its ten
dency immoral.
Aid. Salisbury’s motion was put to a
vote and lost, by ayes 5, noes 7, as fol
lows : yeas, Freer, Blanchard, llodd,
Andrews, Salisbury; noes, Mehoffey,
McGehee, Brannon, Joseph, Schuessler,
Flournoy, Chalmers.
Aid. Blanchard subsequently moved
the Association be given $3,000, but
withdrew it on Aid. Salbury’s motion to
adjourn.
We greatly fear that this action of
Council, so unlike that of any body in
Georgia, has killed the annual Fairs whicli
created more interest than almost any
other enterprise.
The water works question was called
up. The Mayor stated that it was deemed
best to form a company and let the eity
endorso its bonds; that Columbus would
never have an opportunity to secure
works as cheaply; and all who had made
examination were delighted with the fea
sibility of the plan and the littering ope
rations.
The same committee was continued,
and instructed to report to a meeting of
Council and citizens to be called by the
Mayor.
The Mayor stated ho had received a
courteous letter from President Grant, re
turning thanks for an invitation to visit
Columbus; that business would prevent
him from coming South this season, tint
when he did he would with pleasure visit
Columbus and partake of the hospitality
extended.
A Salamander.— Mr. F. S. Chapmnn
has a salamander at his drug store, which
was killed in Russell county, Ala., the
other day by Dr. Whitaker. The thing
resembles a great big dark brown pouched
rat more than anything else we can im
agine, with rich soft fur. The concern
has a whitish head, elongated body, four
feet, and a long tail, and is said to have
all the characteristics of frogs. Tlio story
that the salamander is able to endure fire
is a mistake, though Shakespeare makes
a character say, “I have maintained that
salamander of your s with tire any time
this two and thirty years.”
Presbytery of Macon. —Wo notice that
Rev. J. H. Natl ami J. M. Frazer were
the Columbus delegates to this body,
which lias been in session at Perry, Hous
ton county, and over which Uov. J. S.
White, of Auierious, is Moderator. Ser
mons were preached by the Moderator,
and Revs. J. S. Cozley of Cutlibert, A.
W. dishy of Macon, and ,T. H. Nall of
Columbus. The Home Journal, from
which paper we make this paragraph, has
nothing in regard to the proceedings.
Death <fa Railroad Agent. —The
Mauon Enterprise is informed by conduc
tor Sandy Mathews, that Mr. Skillie, who
has been agent for (he Southwestern rail
road at Fort Valley ever since the road
was first built, dropped dead Saturday
while on the streets collecting in that
place, it is supposed from apoplexy. ITo
was a preacher, universally belike.l, and
about seventy years old.
Funeral Sermon. —The funeral sermon
of the late Ambrose Hnntey, father of
Mrs. J. H. Hamilton, of this city, and ail
out and honored citizen of Hamilton, was
preached at the Methodist church in that
place on Sunday morning last by his
former pastor, the llev. Win. llobinson,
of tlie Broad street Methodist church in
this city.
Harris County Court. —We learn that
there is a large attendance of lawyers at
the Circuit Court of Harris county, now
m session at Hamilton, ten of whom are
from this city. It is expected that the
civil cases will be disposed of by Wednes
day. as several important ones have been
settled by the parties themselves.
Ikon iok the North and South Road.
—Five car loads of iron, from Savannah,
arrived yesterday for the North and South
Railroad. brack laying will be recom
menced at once and Mulberry creek
bridge passed in a short time.
Appointed Deputy Sheriff. —On Satur
day Mr. James Barber was sworn in as
deputy sheriff, and assumed the duties
of his office. He is capable in every way,
and we feel confident he will perform its
duties well.
Church Accessions. —We are informed
that eighteen persons united with Trinity
Methodist church in McAlisterville on
Sunday night; also, that twenty-eight
joined St. John’s (colored Methodist).
Death. —Mr. Daniel Lockhart, one of
the oldest and most esteemed citizens of
1 all >ot county, died at his residence near
Howard Station Friday night.
VOL. XV.
.THE UNITED STATES AND SPAiN.
The late Now Orleans papers inform us
that there is now great activity at the na
val, stations below that city. It is said
eight monitors are in readiness for ser
vice. Cuba, it is believed, is now the
coveted possession since Grant has aban
doned all claims to Ban Domingo. He
certainly cannot mean to unmuzzle these
grim dogs of war upon the Modoc Chief
in his lava beds, or upon Brigham Young,
as he and his thirty wives and fifty, or a
hundred children, shake oil the dust of
Utah and depart once more into the wil
derness in far and fair Arizona. As is
suggested by the Picayune, the condition
of Cuba and of Spain is not unsuspicious
for such designs. But there is an ele
ment in the North which has always been
opposed ti» acquiring Southern territory.
Both Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Tyler met
with the most rancorous opposition from
this element, and, though the chief cause
—slavery—which stimulated then is now
removed, the hostility still lingers, and
the President would have to resort to
some means of allaying it before his de
signs, if he has such, could bo put into
execution.
We. think the President will, too, find a
Southern element whose voice is not for
war. On this point, we are entirely “re
constructed, unless it be to cut our own
chains with a sword.
Never to be behind in enterprise, the
New York Herald has taken the initiative
and declared war on Spain, without a
proclamation from the President or Con
gress, in case O’Kelly, the Cuban corres
pondent, is shot as a spy. Bully for the
Herald! We predict that O’Kelly will
not be hurt, and that Spain will not lose
Cuba in this day and generation.
A FReTpRESS.
We have often said, and now repeat,
that there is hope for a country so long
as the Press remains enlightened, inde
pendent and honest. Late developments
in Congress and in many of the States,
have demonstrated that the so-called rep
resentatives of the people are often their
worst plunderers. Bribery and perjury
have been systematized, and lobbyists
with their numerous schemes of robbery
crowd our different Capitols as thick,
offensive and destructive as the locusts
over all the land of Egypt. A bold and
intelligent Press which cannot be muzzled
by fear or money is to these vermin what
cats are to rats, and birds to worms. Bad
men sometimes dread a public exposure
more than prisons and penitentiaries.
What South Carolina is, Georgia would
have been if the Press had yielded to the
soft caresses of Bullock. I. S. P., the
occasional correspondent of the New
York Tribune, after a graphic description
of the ruin caused by Radical rule ill
South Carolina, concludes his last com
munication us follows :
Nearly all the newspapers in the State
are now subsidized. The State Govern
ment employs and pays them ad libitum.
One installment of $75,000 lately went to
about 25 papers in sums ranging from
SI,OOO to $7,000 apiece, a list of which
was published by order of a vote of the
Legislature a short time ago. Down here
these small weekly sheets can be pretty
nearly kept going on the subsidies. Os
course, none of the deviltry of the State
Government is going to lie exposed
through them. The whole amount of the
printing hills of the State last, year, it is
computed, for everything here has to he
in part guess work, aggregated the im
mense sum of $(100,000.
sublhviaiTd piety.
Many of the pious Congressional thieves
are exerting their wits to ease their wound
ed consciences. Robert B. Roosevelt,
late member of Congress from New York
city, now comes boldly to the front and
surrenders his back steal to the Board of
Education, to lie used as a fund for the
purchase of prizes to stimulate industry
among the pupils of the public schools.
It is wonderful how liberal some folks
are of another’s property! Mr. Roosevelt
has no right to give, nor the Board of Ed
ucation to receive, and use, stolen money.
Such generous gifts bless neither giver or
receiver. 4'he money in all such cases
belongs to the United Stales, and should
lie returned to their treasury.
Is the Devil Dead?
The Columbus Sun asks: “Is the devil
dead Strange that a man living in Co
lumbus should ask such a question!
Franklin JVews.
It was not the Columbus Sun, but the
Savannah Republican that put the above
interesting and, to many, important ques
tion. Wo did not profess to know much
oil the subject, hut believing it possessed
interest in the minds of some of our edi
torial brethren we were ready to commu
nicate knowledge to others under difficul
ties.
We do not think the devil is dead. The
last news we received from his Satanic
Majesty he had established his headquar
ters at Washington City, and learning
that the prospect was good and the harvest
ripe about FrankHu, he would soon send
a special committee to that town to look
into matters. We hope the News will re
port progress at the earliest opportunity.
We will tell our News brother he need
not expect to meet his old friend when he
comes to Columbus. He has pulled up
stakes here—the parsons, printers and
women having whipped him out badly.
Public Schools—Report of tiie State
School Commissioner. —The State School
Commissioner, Gustavus J. Orr, Esq., has
issued a voluminous pamphlet of instruc
tions and opinions on the subject of the
law relating to the public schools of the
State, giving information to county
boards, county commissioners, teachers,
treasurers, etc.
Mr. Orr says of the whole amount of
the tax of one-tenth of one per cent, lev
ied last year to pay the debt due teachers
and officers for their services in 1871.
amounting to £226,663 2(1. £135,026 52
had been collected up to March Ist, and
$ 100,000 apportioned out and disbursed.
The remainder, which he thinks after de
ducting the insolvent list, cannot exceed
£BO,OOO or £IOO,OOO. will not be ready for
distribution before July next. The law
being silent as to the compensation al
lowed school treasurers, which office is
merged into that of county treasurer, the
State Commissioner decides that it shall
be 2) per cent, upon all sums paid in and
disbursed. That is, the commission must
be assessed upon the revenue and not
upon the disbursements also.
The regular school fund raised by taxa
tion will amount to £270,000 the present
year. It is estimated, however, that not
more than one-third of the children be
tween six and eighteeu will attend school,
which would allow £2 20 to he paid for
each. With this fund Mr. Orr says “there
can be" nodifficulty iu establishing schools
in almost every county in the State for
three months in the year.
Under the law, the County Boards are
elected bv the grand jury, vacancies be
ing filled bv temporary appointments of
the Judge of the Superior Court. An in
efficient board, or any member of it, may
also be removed from office by the Judge
upon application of two-thirds of the
grand jury. The internal machinery of
the schools of the county, the laying off
of school districts, employment of super
intendent and teachers, etc., etc., all de
volve upon the board.
The sixteenth section of the act, giving
power to the County Boards to impose
local taxation for the support of the
schools, was lost when the bill was put on
j its passage.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
WEnVESBAY MOUXISC, APJK. 16.
Corn at Auction. —Ellis & Harrison
sold, yesterday, 103 sacks at 29 to G 5 cents.
It was a good deal damaged.
Ihe State School Fund. —The regular
school fund to be raised by taxation this
year, is $270,000; not $27,000, as our pa
per had it yesterday.
Aialachioola Alive.— Steamers report
that a railroad connecting Apalachicola
with the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
bile road is in serious contemplation by
the enterprising men who are concentrat
ing capital there.
“Quite Sick.— We hear that Mr. Kivlin,
who has passed his eightieth birth day, is
quite unw 41 at his residence in the city.
We believe he is the oldest man in Colum
bus, as well as the longest resident. When
the town lots were sold in 1827 or 1828,
he was among the purchasers.
Medical Committees of this District.
Tile following Committees for this Dis
trict were appointed by the late Georgia
Medical Convention at Atlanta : On Prac
tice—A. B. Calhoun, J. A. Urquhart, F.
L. Wisdom; on Surgery—Carlisle Terry,
G. J. Grimes, T. F. Brewster; on Gynae
cology—T. J. Word, J. S. Todd, R. B.
Ridley.
Ovaria Tumor. The paper on this
subject, which was read at the recent ses
sion of the Medical Convention in At
lanta, and attributed by the papers of that
city to Dr. North, should have been cred
ited to Dr. T. J. Word, of this city. Dr.
W. contended in the paper read that
ovaria tumor could be cured without ope
ration.
ATT>"I? TTviiATwnrriT i rrmri A4 „. 1.1
More Unfortunates. —Men who would
hardly be suspected of dealing in futures
have been badly bitten this season by
this species of cotton gambling. We
were told yesterday of a very quiet
gentleman w'ho had sunk $2,000 in one
venture. How happy the South would
have been if she had won in the strife
w'ith the Northerner. As is ever the case,
the side with the most money conquered.
Commissioners Court in Russell.—
This Court met at Seale Monday. ’ The on
ly business of importance transacted, was
the passing of an order to receive proposals
until the second Monday in May, for do
ing all the bridge work in the county, for
a specified time, at so much per running
foot. The contractor to give bond and
security for the faithful performance of
the work, and the keeping of the bridges
in repair for a specified time. Such a
contract was made by the Court before
the war, for five years, at one dollar and
seventy-five cents per foot.
A Faithful Official. —lt is gratifying
to meet with instances of long and faith
ful service on the part of public
officials, especially where a popular
election by the people makes such a fact
clearly evident. N. H. Barden, Esq., the
honored father of Col. Wm. A. Barden
of this city, has held the position of Clerk
of the Harris County Circuit Court for a
period of thirty-seven years, and con
tinues in the office to-day by the repeated
action of tlio people at the ballot-box
in his behalf. This is a record of which
he may well be proud, and which his
fidelity to duty has made him worthy to
receive.
Cotton Receipts at Interior Towns.-
The following shows the receipts of the
named interior towns from August 31st
to April lllh. Their united stocks on the
11th were 40,1G8, against 52,817 samedate
last year :
1873 1872
Augusta.. m lfil, 528 137,732
Macon GO,GIG 53,272
Eufaula 25,707 21,193
Columbus 54,452 38,205
Montgomery G 0,040 57,198
Selma 44,228 57,443
Nashville 57,227 53,443
Memphis 35G,012 351,559
Total 825,410 700,03 G
The Alabama Railroad Law. —The
one which has just passed the Legislature
recalls all the State endorsements, and
proposes to the various companies to sur
render their eudorsed bonds for $1(5,000
a mile on the stipulation that the State
shall issue in lieu of them her own abso
lute bonds for $4,000 per mile. It also
provides for the levy of an annual sinking
fund tax on the earnings of the roads so
as to meet these bonds at maturity. This,
briefly stated, is the bill. A provision
confines the bonds to bo issued to eight
million dollars.
Wiiat a Columbus Manufacturer
Thinks. —Mr. J. C. Feck, the President
of the Atlanta Manufacturer’s Association,
stated, according to the Herald’s report
of a recent meeting, that in an interview
with him, Mr. J. R. Browne, the Georgia
Cotton Manufactory man, says he will not
beg the peoplo of Atlanta to lot him build
a factory here, but that if the people here
will organize a company he will subscribe
as much stock as any other one man, and
will superintend the erection of the facto
ry and ask nothing for his services until
the factory pays a ten per cent, dividend;
also, that if placed under his control he
will guarantee five per cent, dividend per
annum. A committee was appointed to
secure an address from him at an early
day, of which the people shall have time
ly notice.
Ice. —There is a prospect that ice here
this summer will be reduced to one cent
per pound, though the present rate, one
and a half cents per pound, delivered, is
low enough. At this time seven thousand
pounds are being made daily. A now
box is almost ready to be put in position.
When this is done, freezing will be con
ducted more slowly, and clearer and purer
ice will l>e the result. It will increase,
also, when necessary, the production to
ten thousand pounds per day. Our works
complete, cost £14,000.
The Columbus Iron Works are now
putting up five of the Muhl machines.
One of 10,000 pounds capacity has just
been finished for Montgomery and was
expected to be shipped yesterday. The
works completed in that city will cost
£lB 000. A Carre machine would have
cost £25,000.
Episcopal Church— Vestrymen Elect
ed —Easter Offerings. —On Easter Mon
day, Messrs. R. Carter, Chas. Wise, J.
Rhodes, Browne, Wm. Woolfolk, N. N.
Curtis, D. S. Porter, L. P. Warner, G.
W. Dillingham, and H. F. Abel were
elected vestrymen of the Episcopal Far
ish. Wardens and delegates to annual
conveutiou are to be chosen next Mon
day.
On Easter Sunday, the church and con
gregation contributed £257 towards pay
ment of the debt on the rectory and £75
for the support of the Bishop—total £332.
The Sunday School, numbering about
150 pupils, reported an offering for the
rectory £323andforthe support of ayoung
man educated for the priesthood £lO0 —
| total £423.
j Total Easter offerings $755.
Rooney & Warner advertise they have
plenty of baby carriages at low figures.
j The seventh annual State Fair of Lou
; isian,a will commence in New Orleans on
| the 2Sd instant.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 22,-1873.
GEORGIA NEWS.
A correspondent informs the Savannah
Republican that a man in his neighbor
hood had two sons born to him on Sun
day, the Gth instant—twins; on Sunday
before, 31st of March, a daughter was
born to him, and still another birth is
looked for, making four children in about
three weeks
There are thirty prisoners in the Macon
jail.
A stabbing affray occurred in Hawkins
ville last Thursday between Jas. E. Laid
ler and James Hill. Hill was seriously
stabbed.
Twelve small pox cases are reported at
Monticello.
Hon. A. 11. Stephens will address the
citizens of Wilkes county during the ses
sion of the Superior Court in May.
Gen. D. M. Dußose has formed a co
partnership with a prominent lawyer of
Washington city, D. C., to prosecute all
claims against the U. S. Government.
The City Council of Covington have
decided to levy a tax of three hundred
dollars a year on any billiard table used
or played on in said city.
The cost of construction and equipment
for a street railway from Covington to
Oxford will be $14,000.
A negro girl and boy, aged 20 and 13,
died from eating polk salad, on the plant
ation of Mr. James Ogletree, in Monroe
county.
There is a patch of white wheat in
Griffin of a deep, rich color, about waist
high, and from present appearances it
promises to yield at the rate of 40 bushels
per acre.
John H. Cox has been elected Mayor of
Madison.
The Blakely extension of the South
western Railroad has been completed to
Leaiy’s Station, twenty-three miles from
Albany, and passenger trains run regular
to that point.
Seay & Walker, of Rome, make daily,
an average of sixteen stoves, besides, say,
3,000 lbs. of grates, hollowware, and 7,-
000 lbs. heavy castings. So says the Cou
rier.
On Sunday the Gth inst., the residence
of Henry Walker, in Perry, was en
tirely consumed by fire. All his furni
ture and clothing were lost. The freight
house of the Southwestern Railroad Com
pany took tire from the burning building,
but was quickly extinguished. So says
the Journal.
The Elberton Gazette learns by advices
from Bonham, Texas, that Mark A. Knight,
a former citizen and lawyer of Elbert
county, committed suicide at the latter
place on the 25th of March, by shooting
himself through the head in the presence
of his wife. Whisky.
The deaths of John L. Orr, of Wash
ington, Robert Etheridge, of Wilkinson,
and Mrs. J. R. Glenn, of Terrell counties,
are announced.
Judge Woods, of the United States
Circuit Court at Atlanta, has decided that
a claim bond, so far as it relates to a levy
upon real estate, being in the nature of a
proceeding in equity, could not be allow
ed in the United States Courts under the
recent statute adopting State forms and
practice in common law eases; but that
the State practice could be followed in
levies upon personal property.
Atlanta real estate sales last week
amounted to SIO,BOO.
The Atlanta Herald states that the Con
stitution presented a bill for payment
as State printer for $27,015 124, which
includes 25 per cent, allowed by law as
profits on the costs of the work- done by
him. The Governor caused an examina
tion of the bill to be made by Mr. Miller,
a practical printer, and he after making
liberal estimates,reported that Mr. Hemp
hill, of the Constitution, had overcharg
ed the State $7,299. The Constitution
had already received $20,000, and ac
cording to Miller’s statement he should
only have charged $19,715 70. The Gov
ernor has refused to pay more. The Her
ald adds that on Saturday Mr. Hemphill
was endeavoring to procure the appoint
ment of a a third party, for the purpose
of placing the question of the alleged
overcharge in arbitration. The Governor
has directed that further investigations
be made. The Herald also charges that
Mr. Hemphill hired printers at s2l per
week, and charged the State sixty cents
per thousand type set.
In reply to this, we, yesterday, received
the following from Mr. Hemphill, which
explains itself:
Atlanta, Ga., April 13, 1873.
Eds. Sun : —A publication has been
made in the Herald relative to overcharges
by the Public Printer, which publication
is wholly unjust to me, as well as in vio
lation of all propriety in view of the fact
that the matter was under investigation,
which was partial and unfinished, and of
the further fact that I have had no official
notice of any discrepancy, and no oppor
tunity whatever to vindicate my account,
which Mr. Burke and myself are fully pre
pared to do. Very Respectfully,
W. H. Hemdhill.
Capt. T. J. Pool, of Carroll county, was
thrown from a buggy and killed. His age
w r as about seventy years.
Mrs. Maria J. Westmoreland will here
after contribute to the Sunday edition of
the Constitution.
Mrs. Harriet 0. Yarborough, of Atlan
ta, is dead.
Rev. Mr. Austin declared from the pul
pit of the Methodist church, on last Fri
day evening, that although he had been
visiting Quitman for upwards of four
years, he had never seen upon her streets
a drunken man, nor had he heard utter
ance given to an oath.
A negro woman appeared in Augusta
who claims to the mother of forty-nine
children, being now sixty-two years of
ago. Twins were born to her four times
and triplets once. Her husband, who was
with her, substantiates the statement of
his wife.
A little negro, aged eight years, who
had been appointed nurse to a negro
child three years of age, taking an ax,
cut off the arm of the infant, and after
wards knocked out its brains with the
same implement. Happened on the plan
tation of Mr. Geo. L. Peavy, Esq., in
Meriwether county.
M. J. J. Douglass, who resided near the
White Springs in Meriwether county, died
last week.
Mr. Henry Miller died quite suddenly
at his home, near Dawson, last week.
Mr. John L. Orr, of Washington county,
died at his residence on Saturday last.
Upson county has a citizen, Mr. Den
nis Shepherd, who has corn and meat
enough to last him two years. He bought,
says the Thomaston Herald, neither pro
visions or fertilizers since the war, and
as a natural consequence of such good
management, this gentleman has been so
favorably situated, financially, that he, has
not sold a pound of cotton for less than
twenty cents since the war, except oue
crop, which he sold for eighteen cents.
O. 0. Gardner, son-in-law of Judge
G. J. Lewis, of Upson county, died in
Texas lately.
Mr. A. J. Chunn, of Talbot county, was
badly injured by his wagon running over
him.
Two children of Mr. T. G. Rose, of
Macon, have died of meningitis.
A negro woman in Forsyth, aided by
her negro lovers, murdered her husband
and partially burned his body. A fort
night after the remains were found about
a mile from his cabin, half burned, and
the remaining flesh nearly eaten away by
dogs and buzzards. The murderers left
just after committing the crime.
The Rome Courier welcomes back Mr.
James Noble, Sr., and daughter, just re
turned from Europe. Rome is going
heavily into the saddle and harness manu
facture.
The White Sulphur Springs, of Meri
wether county, will be open to visitors
this summer.
The Georgia Railroad will show, as its
gross earnings for the year ending May,
j X 873, the handsome sum of £1,600,000 —
the largest amount ever realized by that
road.
The Atlanta Herald, speaking of Judge
Hopkins’ court, says the “criminal docket
would have been called, but the fact that
Solicitor Glen is going to Ilucre, prevent
ed.” Any double meaning?
Mrs. Mary Rose Lewis, the wife of
Josiah Lewis, pastor of the Methodist
church at Athens, died Monday morning
i after a severe illness.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
Two brothers, named Moody, formerly
frorn Alabama, were keeping store on
i Wallace's prairie, about twenty miles
1 from Hempstead, Texas. One of them
spit tobacco juice in the eye of a dog be
; longing to a negro. A week after, twen
i ty-five or thirty negroes went to the store,
! and a terrible fight occurred, in which
one of the Moody’s was killed, and the
other one mortally wounded ; two or three
negroes killed, and the same number
wounded. Who says that “purp” has not
got a history ?
A pistol dropped from a gentleman’s
pocket, in Opelika, while he was taking
refreshments. The ball broke a jug on
the counter.
Gen. E. P. Alexander, President, and
John McAunerney, of New York, former
President and now a Director of the Sa
vannah and Memphis Railroad, are now
in Montgomery, in the interests of that
corporation.
Jim Greene, colored, of Hale, in a de
bate in the Legislature Saturday, was
telling how old he was: By way of pero
ration he turned to the Radical Speaker
(Mr. Parsons) and in quite an emphatic
manner, said: ‘‘So you will see, Mr.
Speaker, that I have been a negro longer
than you have!”
The vote for Mayor of Selma as finally
counted out was BG7 for Hardy and 710
for Dedman. The Radicals also elected
a majority of the City Council.
During the enthusiasm at the Court
House in Opelika Wednesday night, the
Locomotive says, Mr. Jesse Lockhart was
accidentally shot through the fieshy part
of the right hand, and Mr. Louis Cole
received a pistol shot in the right leg.
just under the knee, which ranged down
ward and lodged between the bones and
was cut out on the front of the leg.
Sallie Davidson, white, aged 17 or 18
years, living in Eufaula, died very sud
denly last evening, it is thought, from
poison administered by herself.
Col. John Hardy, the Mayor elect of
Selma, is lying dangerously ill at his resi
dence in East Selma.
J. Shep Diggs, the Radical Solicitor of
Dallas county, was sentenced to the peni
tentiary by Judge Craig, of the Criminal
Court, for the term of two years.
A Selma negro has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, for raping his
daughter.
In the Wall street Journal, of the Gth,
Wm. A. Guest, 17 Nassau street, thus
quotes Alabama bonds : Montgomery and
Eufaula B’s, gold, endorsed by Alabama,
80 offered, 82 asked ; Selma, Marion and
Memphis B's, endorsed by Alabama, 82
offered, 85 asked; North and South Ala
bama B’s, gold, endorsed, 80 offered, 85
asked ; Mobile and Montgomery B’s, gold,
endorsed, 85 offered, 87 asked; Mobile
and Ohio sterling B’s, with certificate, 8G
offered, 88 asked; Mobile and Ohio 2nd
mortgage, 78 offered.
Clayton elected the following officers
Monday week : S. F. Lightner, Mayor;
Councilmen, W. Clark, M. R. Hill, B. F.
Petty, W. S. Panilin and L. Hinson;
Marshal, F. M. Knowles.
Clayton District has elected as school
trustees S. F. Lightner, B. F. Betty, and
E. Van Houten.
Mr. Johnson, manager of the Clayton
Livery Stable, was stricken with paralysis
last Monday, and conveyed to his home
in a precarious condition.
The residence and kitchen of Mr. An
drew- McKenzie, in Eufaula, were burned
Sunday. A yard dog was burned at the
stake. Residence insured for_sl,soo and
kitchen for S3OO.
•A Eufaula negro wont to Midway the
other day, after 3 o’clock, stole, two dress
patterns from a store, led the marshal in
a foot race for about half a mile, was
tried before a Justice, and started for
the chain gang before 7 o’clock. “Fast
time.”
Mr. G. B. Whaley, living eight miles
north of Ozark, Dale county, had his
mill destroyed by fire a few days since;
loss about $1,500. The fire, it is sup
posed, caught, from the torches of negro
fishermen who were fishing near the mill
in the early part of the night.
Dr. Spangler, the Methodist pastor in
charge of a church at Uniontown, Perry
county, while preaching to his congrega
tion a few days since, was stricken with
paralysis and is in a critical condition.
Mrs. Campbell, the wife of Judge Da
vid Campbell, of Montgomery, died Sat
urday night.
Senator Hamilton, of Mobile, has con
gestion of the brain.
The Eufaula Times has been shown a
sample of sugar made by Thomas F.
Doughtie on his farm in Barbour county.
The Times says the sugar is of the very
best quality as to whiteness and sweet
ness.
Mrs. Andrew McKenzie lost a gold
watch, valued at £l6O, on Sunday morn
ing, when her home was burnt. Her
house and furniture were insured for
£IBOO in the Georgia Home.
The Mobile Register says the extensive
cotton and woollen factory at Wesson, in
Copiah county, has been burned. Loss,
£125,000, with small insurance. Supposed
to have been the work of an incendiary.
The concern had lately been purchased by
a gentleman of New Orleans named Har
den.
Col. J. 11. Gindrat and the estate of
the late John P. Figh, have been allowed
by the Court of Claims at Washington
£6,990, for work on the Mobile public
building in 1855.
The State Journal says it took £14,000
to put one job through the Legislature.
A bale of cotton, kindly presented by
the brokers of Mobile to the Ladies’ Trust
Society, for the benefit of the Confederate
Orphans’ Home at Tuskegee, is now on
raffle at the Cotton Exchange.
floridaTtems.
A colored Baptist preacher in Alabama,
in making a collection for missionary
purposes said, “The Gospel has been car
ried by this means to all the islands of the
ocean, and now that West Florida is to he
annexed it will be carried there by mis
sionaries.”
The lumbermen of West Florida and
Alabama met at Pensacola on the 27th of
March, and organized under the name of
the “Pensacola Lumber and Timber Ex
change.” They adopted the second,
third and fourth articles of the associa
tion of the “Southern Lumber Manufac
turers and Shippers,” of Savannah.
Something over a year since a Mr. Col
yer located at Marco, some seventy miles
north of Key West, and commenced rais
ing vegetables for market. He has, with
the assistance of two sons, raised 24,000
head of cabbage, which has averaged him
eighteen cents per head. Also sugar-cane
to the value of over £750, together with
all the necessary vegetables for his family
use.
The Marianna Courier says:
There is a lady in Cainpbellton who has
completed a piece of tatting, oue yard in
length, consisting of 560 loops, 19,040
stitches and 1,096 knots to connect the
loops. She is now at work on a piece
that, when one yard is completed, will re
quire 1,413 loops, 66,618 stitches and
2,100 knots to connect the loops. Every
stitch has to be counted while being
made.
A Greenwood party visited a lake near
Capt. Godwin’s on Saturday, arriving late
in the afternoon and leaving at 10 a. m.
next day. During that time three deer
were killed, 600 pounds of trout, bream
and other fine fish were caught with a net.
One of the trout weighed sixteen pounds.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Smith, wife of Capt.
R. L. Smith, Senator from the Fifth Sen
atorial District, died on Sunday morning.
A malady similar to staggers prevails
among the horses and mules of Jackson
county, Frorida and along the river. The
Marianna Courier says it is proving fatal
to a large number of horses and mules; in
deed, the damage by losses of this charac
ter are apprehended to threaten the suc
cess of the operations of many farmers,
wfio could not supply themselves with
teams in case of loss.
The house of Bishop Pearce, colored,
in Tallahassee, was destroyed by fire last
week.
Mr. Payne, of Gainesville, make £5 50
per bushel net profit in green peas shipped
to Boston.
A colored lawyer, named Joseph E.
, Lee, has been admitted to practice in the
I Supreme Court.
TELEGRAPH IC.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 14.—The President
leaves Wednesday for St. Louis.
Gen. Jeff. C. Davis succeeds Gen.
Canby.
Headquarters Army United States, *
“Washington, D. C., April 12, 1873. j
To Gen. Gillem.Modoc Camp,via Yreka :
Colonel—Y’our dispatch announcing tho
terrible loss to the country of Gen. Canby,
by the perfidy of the Modoc band of Indi
ans, has been shown to the President, who
authorizes me to instruct you to make the
attack so strong and persistent that their
fate may be commensurate with their
crime. You will be justified in their utter
extermination.
W. T. Sherman, General.
Washington, April 10. —The Cabinet
meeting to-day did not discuss Modoc af
fairs. It is generally understood that the
military have them in hand.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has announced the following opinion :
Tapjere vs. the United States; appeal
from the Court of Claims.
The Court of Claims in this case gave
judgment against the appellant of a claim
for cotton delivered to the agents of the
Government, under the act giving per
mission to persons sympathizing with the
rebellion to sell it, provided they would
give one-fifth of the proceeds to the Gov
ernment. The cotton was turned over to
the Government on the 25th of July. On
the 24th, the President had issued a proc
lamation removing restrictions on trade
in the district where the cotton was de
livered—the Red River District —and it
was on that day filed in the State Depart
ment, but it was not promulgated through
the public press until the 26th. The
Court of Claims’ plea is that it was not
valid until published, and it was not pub
lished until promulgated. As stated, this
Court reverses the judgment, with direc
tions to the Court of Claims to enter
judgment for the appellant, showing the
only way to guard against the mischief
arising from the uncertainty of parole
proof as to the time of publication, is to
apply the same legal presumption to the
proclamations that is applied to statutes
—that is, that they had existence at the
beginning of the day of their date, and in
the absence of fraud to permit no enquiry
on the subject.
Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the opin
ion, and Mr. Justice Bradley dissented.
Maj. Tom Chilton has been appointed
Marshal of the Eastern District of Texas.
The Supreme Court of the United States
decides that President Johnson’s procla
mation of amnesty applies to aliens resid
ing in the South who gave aid and com
fort to the rebellion.
Washington, April 16. —The Attorney
General has no advices of the revolt in
Grant parish, Louisiana, and thinks the
affair exaggerated.
The President and family have gone
to St. Louis for three weeks.
The Supreme Court confirmed the
decision of the Supreme Court of Illi
nois, that woman is illegible to that bar.
Judge Chase dissenting.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, April 15.—The steamer
Southwestern brings the following intelli
gence from Grant parish:
The negroes, numbering 400, had bar
ricaded themselves in Colfax Court-house,
and were thoroughly armed. One hun
dred and fifty men, gathered from the sur
rounding parishes, made an attack on
Sunday at noon. The court-house was
stormed at three o’clock. The negroes re
entered the court-house. After further
fighting, the negroes displayed a flag of
truce. Several detaahmeuts moved on the
court-house, when the negroes opened fire
again. Oapt. Harderot was shot in the
bowels, it is feared, fatally 7. They re
treated outside. The court-house was
then fired, and the negroes shot as they
came from the burning building. It is
reported that from eighty to one hundred
negroes were killed, and none are now to
be found for miles around that vicinity.
The ringleaders and their white allies
escaped.
The captain of the Southwestern con
firms the above. He saw eighteen or
twenty dead negroes, and brought two
wounded whites to Alexandria. All was
quiet when the boat left Colfax Court
house, late Sunday evening.
NEW YORK.
New York, April 16.—The Herald pub
lishes a long letter from O’Kelly, dated
•at his residence, Cuba Libere, March
14th.
Gen. Garcia, command nq lire Eastern
District, says that reco dion with
Spairr, except on a basis ol , . impendence,
is impossible. Cubans no faith in
the permanent establishment of the Span
ish Republic. Os Garcia’s i> ae 700 are
whites and two-thirds of the remainder
are mixed.
Cespedes says that the Spaniards must
go away and leave ns in peace or con
tinue the war until we are all dead.
New York, April 16.—A meeting of the
Southern Aid Society was heid yesterday
and appropriations were made for the re
lief of nearly thirty churches in she
Southern States. This disbursement va
ried from SSO to SSOO, and amounted in
all to $3,000. Among the churches re
lieved is the Episcopal church at White
House, Va.,'in which George Washington
was married. This building is said to be
over two hundred years old.
New York, April 16. — Bartow &, Allen,
nephew and grandson of Commodore
Vanderbilt, failed. Much excitement on
Wall street.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Greensboro, April 14.—1n the U. S.
Circuit Court to-day, in the case of Henry
Clews against the Western North Caroli
na Railroad Company, Judge Dick ap
pointed Major Wm. A. Smith Receiver.
Major Smith is President of the North
Carolina Railroad Company, and member
of Congress elect from the Fourth Con
gressional District. The above suit has
gone on appeal to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Springfield, April 15. —Mills No. 1 and
2 of Dwight’s Manufacturing Company,
burned, including 4,500 bales cotton.
Loss $750,000. Eight hundred workmen
ousted.
Springfield, April 15.—1n addition to
the two Chicopee Mills, the picker house,
two filled stores, and a portion of the rail
road depot, with 1500 bales of cotton,
were burned.
Boston, April 15. —The insurance Chic
opee Mills was $613,000. The Mutual In
surance Company, of Boston, loses SIOO,-
000.
FOREIGN.
Madrid, April 16.—The reported revolt
of the Spanish troops in Porto Rico is un
true; they demanded au increase of pay,
which movement was granted.
It is reported that Prince Henry, the
Bourbon, is killed.
Paris, April 15. —Mr. Kennett, of St.
Louis, Missouri, late a member of Con
gress, died here yesterday.
TENNESSEE.
Memphis. April 16.—The Arkansas Bul
letin publishes au account of the lynch
ing of four negroes, for the most cruel
rape.
The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
was badly washed by the flood.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia. April 15.—John Sidney
Jones, arrested for tiring his store, is de
clared insane, and was on his way to the
asylum when he escaped from the third
story, by the water pipe. His estate is
valued at $33,000.
CUBA.
Havana, April 14. — Bidwell was captur
ed 20 miles above the city, tie bad maps
of the city and country. Ho refused to
say who aided him to escape.
MICHIGAN.
Detroit, April 14.—The Tribune build
ing burned; loss heavy; four cylinder
presses in the fire-proof room escaped.
The Tribune is published at present in
the Free Press office.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, April 14. — Missouri Planing
Mill burned; loss SBO,OOO.
Crop Estimate. —The New York Fi
nancial Chronicle estimates the total U.
S. crop this year at 3,721,351 bales, with
a prospect of that amount being exceeded.
The season is drawing rapidly to a close
and the result will soon be known posi
tively.
THE APPROACHING CONVENTION.
LIST OF DELEGATES APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR
JAMES M. SMITH.
List of delegates from the Congression
al Districts, appointed by the Governor to
represent the interests of the State in the
Convention to assemble at Atlanta, May
20, 1873 :
First District—Hon. John Screven, Sa
vannah ; Hon. Thos. M. Forman, Bruns
wick.
Second District—Hon. Nelson Tift, Al
bany ; Hon. C. I. Munnerlyn, Thomas
ville.
Third District—Hon. C. C. Ivibbee,
Hawkinsville; Col. C. S. Cutts, Americus.
Fourth District—Hon. Joseph Pou, Co
lumbus : Dr. A. B. Calhoun, Newnan.
Fifth District—Col. B. W. Frobel, At
lanta; Hon. Erastus W. Beck, Griffin.
Sixth District—Hon. L. N. W 7 hittle, Ma
con ; Hon. John I. Floyd, Covington.
Seventh District —Hon. Daniel Printup,
Rome ; Hon. Lewis Turnlin, Cartersville.
Eighth District—Hon. D. M. Dußose,
Washington ; Col. James Gardner, Augus
ta.
Ninth District—Hon. Wm. P. Price,
Dahlonega; Hon. B. H. Hill, Athens.—
Atlanta Herald.
The Destruction of San Salvador
BY EARTHQUAKE AND CONFLAGRATION
EIGHT HUNDRED SOULS PERISH — $12,000,-
000 OF PROPERTY DESTROYED—DIES IRS !
Aspinwall, April 5, via Havana, April
10. —Tho city of San Salvador, Central
America, has been destroyed by an earth
quake. Eight hundred persons perished
and $12,000,000 of property destroyed.
The earthquake was followed by a confla
gration, and many buildings were des
troyed.
For a few days slight shocks of earth
quake had occurred, but no serious appre
hension were entertained. It was on the
afternoon of the 4th of March, about
half-past four, almost w ithout warning,
that a great part of the city was reduced
to little more than ruins. The ground
heaved as a ship in a gale. Terrific thun
derings burst from under foot. Walls
tottered and were rent in many
places with wide crevices. Roofs
sunk and tiles, etc., were precipi
tated to the ground. Lamps, pitchers,
basins, glass, etc., were overturned and
broken. Three violent shocks followed
in succession, and the servants commenced
to scream piteously and could not be paci
fied. Wild birds Hew to the houses.
Horses grew frantic in stables, and dogs
howling slunk for protection. Every few
minutes shaking of less violence occurred.
The scene beggars description—the ruin
ed houses, the panic-stricken people,
men, women and children, fleeing to the
fields with valuables hastily collected,
then the ringing of the alarm bells and
the beating of drums, calling all the sol
diers under arms, for in San Salvador
murder and pillage accompany the confu
sion of great earthquakes, and as the
frightened citizens leave the town, the
dusky Indians from the forests prowl for
prey into it, only checked by the bayonets
of the Government troops. These were
posted in squads, at short distances, all
over San Salvador.
Serious Trouble Arising Between Cotton
Factors and Planters in Regard to the
Tare Tax.
[Special Telegraphic Correspondence of the
Courler-J ournal J
Washington, D. C., April 10.—A seri
ous question has arisen between the cot
ton planters and factors in some parts of
the South, and statements are made by
the former alleging gross injustice done
them by the latter. The tax of 3 cents
per pound on cotton was collected after
the cotton was baled, and receipts for the
taxes were usually by the factor. Com
plaint was made that the weight of cotton
thus taxed included the tare, that is to
say, bagging, rope, &c., amounting to
about fifteen to twenty-five pounds per
bale, and that this sum ought to be re
funded. The justice of this demand was
recognized by Congress, and a law passed
to refund this part of the tax. The so
called tare claims were accordingly pre
pared by the factors, and claims amount
ing to some $600,000 paid, save a small
fraction only. Liberal allowances have
bqpn made to the Washington claim agents
for their services, but not one cent, it is
said, paid back to the planters. These
last insist that the cotton tax was really
paid by them, the factor deducting the
amount of Government tax from what he
gave the planter for his cotton before
paying the tax to the Government. It is
asserted that the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue is willing to inform each
planter stating the naiuo and locality of
his commission merchant.
Cotton Future Contracts Illegal.—
rhe Case of Lehman Bros., petitioning to
put A. Strassbnrger into bankruptcy,
which has been a matter of considerable
interest for some time, was up in the U.
S. District Court, Judge Busteed presid
ing) yesterday. A jury was empaneled.
After a short examination of the case and
arguments pro and con. Judge Busteed
stated to the jury before retiring, that if
they believed from the evidence that there
was to he no actual delivery of the cotton
involved, then it would not be proper to
adjudge the defendant a bankrupt. This
was the only point submitted to the jury.
Iu a short while the jury returned, asking
for further instructions in reference to a
letter in evident e iu relation to a delivery
of 200 bales of cotton. The Judge then
charged that unless the jury found it in
evidence that a loss has been sustained
by receiving this 200 bales and that said
loss was a part of the identical SIO,OOO
note upon which the petition had been
filed, then they must give a verdict that
defendant is not a bankrupt. The jury
again retired and soon returned with a
verdict that the defendant was not a bank
rupt. Mr. Clopton, of counsel for plain
tiffs, asked permission to file exceptions,
which was granted.
This is a case of great importance, in
volving, as we understand, liability on
transactions in what is known as “fu
tures. ’ Messrs. Stone <fe Clopton, and
Rice, Jones & Wiley and J udge Grand n
represented the plaintiffs, aud Messrs.
Watts & Troy, Elmore & Gunter, Herbert
& Murphey, and J. Q. Smith, appeared
for the defendant. The case goes to a
higher court, and will hardly stop short
of the United States Supreme Court.—
Mont. Ado., 1 2th.
A Raid on Mexicjo--James Longstreet
in Command. —On yesterday afternoon we
received a visit from a gentleman of our
city who gave us the following items:
On Friday morning last he had an inter
view with a gentleman—late an officer of
one of the United States volunteer corps
—who had just arrived from New Orleans.
Before leaving that city he stated that he
hud been approached and offered a com
mand in an expedition then being organ
ized to move on Mexico.
He was told that the advance guard was
to be composed of five thousand men,
composed of Texans and others, and was
to be commanded by James Longstreet.
late of the Confederate army, now of the
Kellogg militia. He was further inform
ed that the United States government
knew of and sympathized with the move
ment, and would aid it in every way pos
sible. He was also told that enlistments
for the purpose were being made in Mo
bile and other points in the Southwest,
and expressed some surprise that nothing
had been done in Savannah.
Our informant is a gentleman of intel
ligence and reliability, aud his statement
is doubtless correct in everv particular.—
Sav. A d'o.
It is interesting to learn what rates of
interest are sometimes paid for longloans.
Tanner & Cos , of New York, applied for
an injunction restraining P. 11. Jack
son from selling two collaterals for
loans amounting to $150,000. These
were made about a year since, and
the plaintiffs aver that they have
since paid the defendants a sum in
all amounting to $102,740 in the nature
of interest. This is at the rate of over 40
per cent per annum. The injunction was
applied for and temporarily granted, on
the ground that the rate was usurious.
This is the first conspicuous case in a long
time of the use of the plea of usury to
avoid the payment of Wall street debts.
Mr. O. C. Carroll and Miss Agnes Sulli
van were married in Atlanta.
NO. 11.
HAMILTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Hamilton Hotel, April 14, 1873.
Editors Sun: —We left your city on
yesterday afternoon, in company with
Judge Johnson and some eight or ten
prominent members of the Columbus Bar,
and reached this place in time to sit down
to a good supper which we found in readi
ness for us immediately on our arrival.
Several of the party started from Kings
boro, the present terminus of the North
and South Railroad —four miles distant
on foot, as there were not carriages enough
at the depot to accommodate the whole
crowd. One or two soon wearied of the
march, and were compelled to buy out
the seats of the negro drivers, but Messrs.
Peabody, Burts, Little and your corres
pondent, kept bravely on aud reached this
town nearly as soon as the conveyances.
At least, we got as good a supper and as
desirable rooms as did those of the party
who preceded us by about ten minutes.
You may, therefore, expect to see us walk
ing against Weston at the next Fair.
The attendance of lawyers is quite large
at this term, but aside from the juries
and parties having business iu Court, the
number of planters iu town is quite small,
as the most of them are just now very
busy with their crop operations. Much
land is still being prepared for cotton,
considerable corn has been planted, and
some cotton is already up and in a prom
ising condition. The planters seem to
feel the importance, just now. of increas
ed personal attention to their farm mat
ters, and the adoption of a system of
rigid economy. The sudden stringency
in the money market has opened their
eyes to the probable condition of things
next fall, unless they adopt such a course.
The merchants complain of hard times,
and money is terribly scarce here, as it is
iu nearly every other community. Still,
as elsewhere, new buildings are going up
and important improvements being car
ried on. Prof. J. H. Lovelace, of the
Hamilton Female College, is erecting a
large and elegant college edifice, of which
we shall speak in a seperate article; and
Mr. R. G. Hood, brother of Messrs. M.
D. and E. C. Hood, of your city, is just
finishing a very handsome dwelling in
town, and in the suburbs is also erecting
a first-class flouring mill, which will bit
run by water power. Other new build
ings are to be seen, many finished and
occupied, to indicate that Hamilton is not
on the decline at this time, but that the
prospect of a speedy connection with Co
lumbus by rail—a prospect that every day
brightens and grows more evident —is
giving anew impulse to the development
of all her varied interests.
In company with Major C. 11. Williams,
of your city, we to-day visited a little log
box which is designated as a jail, but
which would be a fit companion for the
“Black Hole,” of Calcutta, or the old
“Prison Ships” of New Jersey. Why this
pen is allowed to remain in use is more
than we can tell, as every citizen with
whom we have conversed, without an ex
ception, has condemned its occupancy in
the severest terms. Passing down into
the darkness of the lower story through a
trap door, we found ourselves in a smoky,
foul-smelling den, perhaps ten l>y fifteen
feet, in which were confined six or seven
prisoners charged with various crimes.
Whether innocent, or guilty, they are de
prived of Heaven’s sunlight and God’s
pure air. We cannot say who is to blame
for this state of affairs, but we call the
attention of the Grand Jury to the facts
as they exist, and tell them that the place
they are recognizing as a jail, for the per
manent confinement of prisoners, is not
fit for a town guardhouse, for the tempo
rary confinement of the disturbers of the
public peace. Harris county has a proud
record, and her citizens are among the
best iu the land, yet they a :- e ignorant of
the real condition of the unfortunate men
now confined iu the so-called jail at Ham
ilton. This is an age of humanity, and
we trust that immediate steps will be
taken to rid Iln • is county of this reproach.
We s;»y ti„., in behalf oi many of her best
citizens, whose appeals to us on this point
we cannot turn a deaf ear to, although
what we have said may not be endorsed
by a few interested parties.
Os the future prospects of Hamilton, in
connection with the North and South
Railroad, we shall speak hereafter, and
will close this hastily written letter by
returning onr most sincere thanks to Mr.
S. R. Murphy, of the firm of S. R. & R.
A. Murphy, whose extreme kindness to
us we cannot forget, and to Mr. Fontaine
K. Grimes, the popular and efficient con
ductor of the narrow gauge, who is him
self, in kindness and courtesy, a broad
gauge conductor. Sidney Herbert.
communicated.
The Branch Railroad to Talbotton.
Valley Plains, Ga., April 6th, 1873.
Ed a. Sun: If your readers will not
consider me as an enemy, but a friend of
the projected branch railroad from Tal
botton, although we may differ, I will
give my opinion in regard to the location,
with the reason assigned: It should run
from Talbotton in the direction of Belle
vue, Valley Grove, Quito, Valley Plains,
and thence to Hamilton. This route would
penetrate a country entirely cut off from
railroad facilities, it would run in a few
miles of the Chalybeate and Warm
Springs, the best watering places in Geor
gia. It would be about on a dividing
line between two railroads, the Atlanta
and West Point and Muscogee. It would
be profitable both to the planter, compa
ny, and especially to Talbotton, Colum
bus and the North and South Railroad,
and, to the length, the most profitable in
the State, and could be easily built. The
people of this Valley feel a great interest
in a railroad, and would doubtless sub
scribe liberally. Suscriber.
This route would be too much out of the
way. We had better however get enough
money for the survey before routes are
discussed.
One of the Probable Causes.— One
reason suggested for money being so
scarce at the present time is that parties
who have surplus means, large or small,
are deposting a great portion of them in
the savings banks. They do this often in
preference to paying debts, or keeping
their funds in circulation, so as to have
something for times of greater difficulty.
These savings institutions are rapidly
ingratiating themselves into the favor of
the entire country, and blacks, as well as
whites, of the farming and poorer classes,
are depositing with them. The late in
crease in the interest rate has much to do
with this. This may be among the rea
sons of the lack of circulation funds;
but greater ones are the fact that the
North has drained the South on futures,
and so much money is locked up by ad
vances on cotton.
Once a Resident of Columbus. —Dr. J.
W. Craig, who was accidentally poisoned
and died, Thursday (an account of which
is published in this paper), in Atlanta,
was, we are told, a practising physician in
Columbus from 1844 to 1853, the firm be
ing Drs. Wiidman and Craig. Dr. Wild
man died of yellow fever, in Savannah, in
1854.
Books in the Library. —There are now
-2471 volumes in the Columbus Public Li
brary. Pretty good for one year’s opera
tion. This number should, however, be
largely increased, and can be by proper
exertions.
tTEIHVfcsDAIr MORTrrrc, Ax r?. i«.
North and South Railroad.—Our trav
eling correspondent has just returned from
an inspection trip over this road, which
he reports as being in excellent condition,
and in the receipt of a liberal patronage
from the traveling The train
which left on Sunday evening, took on
board a largo number of legal gentlemen
for the Harris Coußty Court, all of whom
expressed themselves as highly pleased
with the entire equipment and manage
ment of the road. No more comfortable
passenger car than the beautiful little
Tiny can be found on any of onr wide
gauge roads, aud it is very certain that
the gentlemanly and efficient conductor,
Mr. Fontaine S. Grimes, although quite a
young man, and inexperienced in the busi
ness, has made himself justly popular.with
the patrons of the road, who find in him a
prompt, courteous and obliging public of
ficial. \Y ith a multiplicity of duties to at
tend to, he manages to discharge all iu a
most satisfactory manner. His past expe
rience, however, will enable him to do
still better in the future.
Kingsboro, tho present terminus of the
road, is within a few hundred feet of the
Mulberry, and distant from Hamilton
about four miles. This embryo town con
sists of two depot buildings, a well-kept
but not commodious hotel, the Grimes
House, several small dwellings, and the
store of Mr. A. Kaufman, which is one of
the numerous branches of the well-known
wholesale grocery house of J. A J. Kauf
man, of this city. The train reaches this
point at about six o’clock p. m.,and leaves
at seven and a half in tho morning, thus
enabliug Hamilton passengers to go and
come with but little inconvenience.
A large force is now at work at Kings
boro, under the direction of Engineers
Harris aud Billups, preparing the way for
the speedy erection of nearly one thous
and feet of trestle and bridging over and
about the Mulberry. Mr. W. G. Cherry
is the contractor for the trestle work, aud
Major Hamilton Wilkins constructs the
bridge. The timbers for this work are
now being delivered on (he spot, and in a
few days they will be put in place and
readj’ for tho sleepers. The iron is also
at Kingsboro, for the extension, and it is
proposed to push the work ahead with as
little delay as possible. The structure
over and around the Mulberry is to be of
the best workmanship, and will prove a
costly affair to the company, yet they do
not hesitate to assume the expense in
order to secure perfect safety to their
trains.
Beyond the Mulberry the road bed is
graded to Hamilton, as well as beyond
that point, and it will be but a small job,
with the quantity of iron now on hand, to
complete tho road to that town in a very
short time. Within half a mile of Ham
ilton the track strikes the carriage road
and follows it into and through the place,
thus giving the citizens all the benefits of
a central depot, which is to be located
near the hotel, aud within a stone's throw
of the business houses. Already Hamil
ton shows signs of new- life, and bids fair
to become quite a business centre when
the little locomotive, the “H. S. Estes,”
shall blow its whistle in her streets, a
sound that we predict will soon he heard
within the town limits. It will then be
quite au easy thing for a Hamilton mer
chant or citizen to step aboard the train
in tho morning and come to Columbus to
trade. And as onr traveling correspond
ent reports the existance there of the
kindliest feelings toward our city and her
business men, we shall expect to see our
trade from that sectian largely increased
by the proposed speedy completion of the
North and South Railroad to that stirring
and growing town. We would impress
upon our people the importance of giving
tliis enterprise the hearty support that is
justly due it, as it will most certainly
bring into closer relations to us a largo
section of country, the trade of which
will bo found profitable to our business
men.
The Shotgun in the Cotton Field —A
Negro Kills Another— Woman the
Cause. —On the former John Odom place,
thirteen miles from the city on the South
western Railroad—which plantation is
now owned and run by the Messrs. Cody,
of Columbus—on Monday afternoon Jack
Pace killed Jake Hollis, both colored.
The row commenced about a woman.
Each was jealous, and each was expressive
in their language of disgust for the other.
The parties were ploughing in a cotton
field. Hollis finally got a persimmon polo
some ten feet long, with which he gave
Pace a terrible thrashing. It was the
heaviest of awful wallopings. While the
whipping was progressing Pace’s mule
ran off. Hollis, after cleaning up his
rival, caught tho animal, brought him
back, saying to Pace “now go to work
and mind your business.”
Pace worked awhile and then sneaked
off and was gone two or three hours. He
endeavored from several to borrow a gun,
with which to shoot rabbits, he said, and
at last procured one. Discharging the
gun, he washed the barrels, reloaded it
carefully, then approached the field thro’
a pine thicket and without a word let
Hollis have it. Hollis diod that night.
Pace, in his ignorance, thought ho had
done right. He voluntarily remained on
the place and insisted on being brought
to town for an immediate hearing. He
thought he would be released at once.
He had a hearing before Judge Wil
liams of the County Court, last afternoon,
who required him to give a bond of $2,-
000, or go to jail to answer to the charge
of voluntary manslaughter. Solicitor
Spencer appeared for the State; B. 11.
Crawford, Esq., for defenso. The negro
is now in jail.
Improvement of the River. —The fol
lowing is (he substance of the proposition
made by the Central Line of Boats to the
City Council:
Eight miles below the city is Woolfolk’s
-.and bar. In low stages there is geueral
y from ten to twelve inches less water on
it than on Morgan's rock shoal, below Eu
faula, and Uchee, above. The agents be
lieve by closing up the channel on the
Georgia side, by darning or otherwise, it
would concentrate the water on the Ala
bama side and deepen or wash off the
sand bar, and thus secure as much water
on it as on tho rock shoals.
There is also a bar known as Abercrom
bie’s, just above, which, by removing
some timber and partly closing up the op
posite channel, would make it passable.
They believe, if this work was done,
there would hardly boa time during the
year but a boat could reach the wharf ;
the importance of which all are fully
aware.
They, therefore, ask that Council appro
priate SO,OOO, believing that by using this
amount economically it would accomplish
this purpose.
If Council will appropriate this amount,
the agents .will guarantee that there will
be no charge for boats, lines, and other
tackle, &c. Nothing but the actual cost
of material, labor and provisions, will bo
paid out of the money appropriated,
as they feel as deep an interest in
its success as the city in having all the
work done as speedily as possible with the
amount asked.
As we have stated, the question was re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
A Fouk Legged Chicken. —Mr. J. It .
Reeves, agent of the Howe Sewing Ma
chine, showed us a chicken, several days
old, with four legs. Chick was as spright
ly as could be desired, and got along well,
llis four legs are of equal length and
seemingly of equal size. He only uses a
pair of them, however. Mr. Reeves has
remarkable luck with his chickens. He
has been here only a short time. His hens
have hatched one hundred chickens, and
only one has been lost. A hawk made a
breakfast on. that one.