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It is cheering to know that the recent
savage Imtoherios in Cuba have awakoned
anew and more humane sentiment iu the
bosoms of many iladical officers and pol
iticians of the North. No doubt these
Spanish atrocities have utterly shocked
Gen. Sherman, who burnt and pillaged
his way from the mountains to the sea,
and from the sea back lo Jhe mountains
of Carolina; have awakened pity in the
breast of Wilson, who raided by the light
of burning factories and warehouses after
Gen. Lee had surrendered; have been
agonizing to Sheridan, who saved so
many Piegan women and children from
destruction; have drawn briny tears from
the eyes of Butler, whotreated Mumford
with such inhuman cruelty and made bru
tal war upon the women of New Orleans;
have thoroughly shocked the authorities
who, at the tinkling of Reward’s ‘Tittle
boll,” so long imprisoned and so barba
riously treated the gallant Braiue and
other Confederate prisoners; and have
perfectly overwhelmed with horror the pi
ous executioners of Mrs. Surratt. Well, if
tile world does not move steadily towards
the millenium, circumstances do alter ca-
nml we can indignantly condemn
wrong in others, if not in ourselves. Let
us hope that the universal horror of the
Spanish outrage will awaken some of the
contrition of the Publican, as well as the
.•If righteousness of the Pharisee.
it it: uni:p: pkoua 1:1.1:.
Om- faith in the settlement of the Vir
giuins affair wilhoqt war is weakening.
The nows from Spain, contained in our
afternoon dispatches of yesterday, disap- j
points our hope that she would readily
make the reparation demanded by the
United Slates, it is clear that unless |
liettei conn.sets quickly prevail iu Spain
it will lie difficult to settle the matter i
without war. for the people of the United 1
States are resolved to have both indemni- {
ty for what, has been done and guaranties j
for the future.
We are not at all enthusiastic about j
cither Cuban independence or the acqui- !
silion of Cuba by the United States. But j
we we to anxious for a peaceable settle- !
ment of thin difficulty,because we wanted j
the great rights of a common humanity j
recognised and vindicated, and because
wo feared bad effects upon our finances
and business interests from a war just
now. tint we do not think the Govern
ment of the United States can submit to
the haughty stubbornness which the Span
ish people, both in the old country and iu
« üba, are represented ns maintaining, and
to such relations with them as we would
have to accept if this outrage is acqui
esced in.
1 \ 11.11; lua sex 1 ton.
The Montgomery Advertiser publishes
Iha subjoined confession. O. W. Hatch
is the Senator elect from Ilala county -
elected by the negroes over the regular j
Radical nominee and a Democrat -and to j
w hose admission to his seat in the Senate
unavailing opposition was made on Mon
day. This confession is sustained by of
ficial letters fully confirming and repeat
ing it. It is line to Senator Harris, ot
Russell, to say that he, though a Repub
lican, raised the objection to Hatch and
called for an investigation before seating
him. Hcte is Hatch’s confession :
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 4, 1.H71.
I, Charles \V. Hatch, Postmaster at
Greensboro, Hale county, Alabama, do
confess that 1 have taken from the mails
the following amount of money order
funds while 111 transmission from the fol
lowing postortices to the depositing office
at Atlanta, Ga.: February 1!), 1870, from
Greensboro, Ala., $419; May 27, 1870,
from Greensboro, Ala, $223 ; June 22.
from Greensboro, Ala., $212; June, 2,">,
1870, from Greensboro, Ala., $105; June
GO, 1870, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., $">00;
July ti, 1870, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., $1100;
total, $1,759. I fee! that under the exis
ting circumstances it is uiy duty to myselt
and family to sign Ibis. The above has
been done by my owu free will.
(Signed) C. \Y. Hatch,
P. M., Greensboro, Ala.
It is now ascertained, by the canvass of
the ufii id returns, that the two candi
dates on the Radical State ticket in New
York, who were supported by tiie Liberal
Republicans, have been elected by small
majorities. This, however, does not de
prive the Tlemocratsof a majority of the Ca
nal Board, which in that State is regard
ed as the chief object of contention in the
State administration, because it has the
dispensation of patronage. But it shows
that the Liberals hold the balance of pow
er, as every State candidate supported by
them was elected, and every one opposed
by them defeated.
Gen. \V. A. Ryan, who has been put to
death by the Spaniards in Cuba, was a
Federal officer in our late civil war. He
has btfen confounded by some of the
press with his brother. Patrick 11. Ryan,
who was a Confederate soldier, and was
imprisoned for some time after the war,
because of his resemblance to John Sur
ratt. Both were Canadians by birth.
The Chicago Time* of the loth inst.
publishes a report of an interview with
Governor Hendricks, Judge Holman,
Hon. M. C. Kerr, D. \Y. Yoorhees and
other prominent Democratic politicians
of Indiana, from which it appears that
they generally agree that the platform of
the Democratic party should be liberal
ized. but that the name of the organiza
tion should not be abandoned.
Death or Maior E. C. Elmore.—This
gentleman died in Pensacola on Thurs
day evening, the 174th inst, of a fever
similar to that w hich has been prevailing
there for some time. Major Elmore, it
will be remembered, held the position of
Treasurer of the Confederate Slates until
the evacuation of Richmond, and was
looked upon as an officer of the greatest
integrity, and hearing an unblemished
record. The deceased was well known in
this city, and here, as well as throughout
the South, his death will be much regret
ted.—Mobile Register.
It is announced by special dispatches
from Washington that the premium on
gold having advanced, the Treasury De
partment has discontinued the payment
of silver in sums of five dollars.
gen. Gordon’s speech.
Some Notes and Exceptions.
The excellent and faithful sketch made
by our City Editor has informed the read
er of the points made and the course of
argument pursued by Gen. Gordon in his
eloquent and patriotic speech of Friday
night. It was a speech that must have
heightened the warm regard which our
people entertain for the distinguished
speaker, and strengthened their confi
dence in him, thongh they may not agree
with him in all his financial notions.
In liis general idea of banking and
finance, and of the system best adapted
to the needs of this country,'we agree
with him pretty nearly. Rut we adhere
to a difference iu regard to his second
best pdan for relieving the present embar
rassments. That plan contemplates the
‘bridgeacross, tide-it-over’ policy of which
we have heretofore spoken, leaving the
future to take care of itself. Our judg
ment inclines to an adaption of the busi
ness of the country to the shrinkage that
has been effected, and to an attempt to
maintain the appreciation of the curren
cy that has followed—believing that it
is now being daily more and more
brought out from its holes of retirement,
and will soon be as plentiful as ever if the
progressing ro-action is not interfered
with by another inflation.
Gen. (AoxAcav n preference of remedies—
his proposition to abolish the ten per
cent, tax upon other than National Bank
issues, and to return to free corporation
banking under State management —is
onr preference also. His judgment that
the National Banking system is an unre
liable and pernicious one, is, we think,
sustained by the experience of its work
ing- particularly by the present experi
ence. His proposition to abolish the gold
duties and to have one and the same cur
rency for the Government and the people,
is just what we want. We wish that he
had been a little more explicit in saying
that he wanted the bondholder also paid
in the same currency which the people
have to receive. But it stands to reason
that if the Government does not collect
gold it cannot pay gold -at least not
without such an open and shameful sale
of its own paper at a great depreciation
for coin as to reveal plainer than ever the
fallacy and impolicy of its financial sys
tem, or without a return to the policy
most objectionable to Gen. Gordon—spe
cie payments to everybody; and this end
cannot soon be reached by increasing the
volume of the currency.
Gen. Gordon will not vote for arbitra
rily fixing a day for specie payments.
That, w t c apprehend, is not a motion that
will receive any considerable support at
the coming session of Congress, for in
the present unsettled condition of all
financial affairs and the impenetrable un
certainty of the future, no one could indi
cate a time when such a consummation
could reasonably be expected. But to
■return to specie payments, and to main
tain the approximation which w'o have
made to specie values by the collapse and
the shrinkage which have lately occurred,
are twai different propositions. The prac
tical, imminent question before the coun
try is, shall we get up another inflation
and fall back from the approach to specie
values which has been made, or shall we
permit the progressing accommodation of
commerce to I lie shrinkage that has been
effected to go on until we reach “hard
pan’’? By the “inflation” which wo op
pose is not meant the furnishing of an
amount of money sufficient to maintain
the wholesome values of property, or ac
commodate the needs of commerce, or
move tho products of the country ; tint
such an over-issue as shall give a ficti
tious and unreal value to property, stimu
late speculation into gambling, and com
plicate it by making the currency itself
the subject of speculation and “corner
ing"—deceiving the producer into the
idea that he is receiving more money for
his produce, when in reality he is receiv
ing less, even though it be sixty dollars
in “wild eat” instead of one dollar real.
The idea of issuing paper promises to
pay without a limit or a standard cannot
seem reasonable to any economist. The
Bank of England is restricted, and is re
quired to have a pound in coin for every
pound of paper issued beyond a prescrib
ed amount, which amount is protected by
Government and other securities. The
banks of Scotland are also restricted.
The principal bank of Prussia is limited
to the issue of three thalers in paper to
one of coin in its vaults, and similar
restrictions are imposed upon othor banks
of that country. The amount of paper
money must be graduated to the means of
the promising payer, or to the extent of
his credit. Otherwise a government is
suing paper money would find itself in
the condition of a man who should give
his notes of hand lavishly and with
out the least regard to the amount of his
property or his prospective means of
payment. These are the limit ot
the individual’s solvency. The limit
of a Government’s solvency is the amount
of its revenues and the amount of taxa
tion which its people are able and willing
to stand. That our Government has issued
paper promises to pay to the extent of its
means in hand to sustain them, is shown
by the fact that it cannot koep them up or
continuously nearly up to the gold stand
ard or to the value of the specie-paying
currency of other countries. That it has
gone to its limit of taxation, is shown by
the general unwillingness of the people of
the country to bear additional burdens of
this character and the apprehension with
which politicians contemplate the necessi
ty of imposing them.
If an issue of $300,000,000 of the Gov
ernment’s direct promises to pay depreci
ates them to 12 per cent, below specie
par. to what point would the issue of an
additional $3110,000,000 sink them ? We
might thus return to the good old Confed
erate financial times, when a dollar in
gold would buy sixty dollars in paper :
but would anybody be the richer for hav
ing in his pocket or receiving for his pro
duce the sixty dollars in paper rather than
the one dollar in gold ? Would the sixty
dollars so-called purchase auy more than
the one dollar de facto, while this com
parative valuation lasted ? Would it even
purchase as much in foreign markets or
of foreign commodities? And when the
, day of collapse conies —as come it did
I with the good old Continental and the
good old Confed., and come it must with
all paper money not limited in amount of
issue to the payer's means or resources—
| what then will be the respective condi
tions of the holder of the dollar real and
the happy possessor of the sixty dollars
unreal? Does anybody recollect how it
was eight or nine years ago? We dare
say they do, a good deal better than they
recollect the fine calf-skin boots and the
silken hats which the negroes could so
easily obtain when Confed. was about
sixty to one! The ease may be fairly
though uncouthly illustrated by the knock
down argument of a darkey of the ‘‘old
Lsh” to his fellow-slave : ‘‘When de mule
wagon break down in de road, you're dar;
when de smoke wagon run off de railroad
track, you're dar; but when one of dese
whistle boats blows up on de water, where
is you den, nigger? You ain't no wharf"
Five hundred millions more of green
backs added to the seven or eight hun
dred millions now 12 per cent, below' par !
Wouldn't it be glorious times for the
moneyless of the present day. of whom
we are a few ? Why, it would be $325
apiece for every man, woman and child
in the country, and we would be the
richest people in the world—that is.
if ten cents w’ould still buy a
yard of calico, or twelve oents a pound
of bacon, or ten dollars a barrelof flour,
or one hnudred dollars a horse. But
that is probably three times as much Con
federate money as we ever had in circu
lation, and ten times as much Continental:
and with that good old money (of blessed
memory) it took about two dollars to buy
a yard of calico, a dollar to get a pound
of bacon, and a thousand dollars or more
to buy ahorse. And the worst reflection
for us of the South, is that while these
inflated prices would rule for coimnodo
ties of home sale and consumption, onr
cotton would not bring iu the foreign
markets of its sale and consumption a far
thing more per pound in real money than
it would if corn was fifty cents a bushel
and flour five dollars per barrel here.
Would the addition of five hundred mill
ions, or even a thousand millions, to ou
present greenback circulation cause New
York to pay a quarter of a cent per pound
for cotton more than the Liverpool quo
tations would justify ? and would Liver
pool quotations be graduated according to
tho redundancy of our paper money ?
Preposterous. We, who have a staple that
always commands a ready sale for good
money in foreign markets, and whose
price is determined by its need and value
in those markets, and not by home poli
cies, have everything to lose and nothing
to gain by inflations not based on real
values, and by systems which are the
sport of money changers and the promo
ters of commercial gambling.
points o p dec is ions.
The Supreme Court of Georgia, in its
decisions rendered on Tuesday last, sus
tained a decision of the Court below, that
“w'here a homestead w’as set apart under
the act of 1838 and was afterwards levied
on to satisfy a fi fa, founded on a debt
contracted before 18<>8, the husband, or
on his failure, the wife, may apply for an
exemption, under the law as it stood be
fore the debt was contracted, and the ex
emption, if obtained before the sale under
the levy, is a valid exemption against the
judgment so levying.”
It reversed a decision giving damages to
a person who sued the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad for a personal injury, when
it appeared that the person injured rang
the bell for the train to stop, on his own
responsibility, and got off the cars before
the train had stopped moving, thereby be
ing caught under a wheel and getting his
arm crushed.
“On the trial of a keeper of a billiard
table, charged with permitting a minor to
play billiards at his table, without the con
sent of the parent or guardian of the
minor, the burden of proving that the pa
rent or guardian did not consent, is upon
the State.
In the ease of Cochran vs. Donaldson,
from Bartow, the jury in the Superior
Court made up their verdict at night, and
the foreman, by consent of counsel, re
tained it and reported iu open court the
next, morning. The foreman said there
was an error in the verdict, and the court
permitted the case resubmitted to tho
jury. The Supreme Court decides that
the submission was wrong. Tho Superior
Court Judge should have corrected any
technical informalities in the verdict, or
if the verdict was so defective as to bo
void, lie should have declared a mistrial.
aiait Aif a i. eh is 1. ano y.
The opening indications portend that
the present session of the Legislature of
Alabama, like tho last, will in great part
be spent in party wrangling, to the detri
ment or neglect of the material interests
of the State. In the House of Represent
atives, on tho second day, there was a
party’ squabble over the so-called Civil
Rights bill, and some members manifest
ed a disposition to hurry its passage be
fore attending to the necessities of the
financial and educational systems of the
State. This move is made, too, with the
unworthy purpose of keeping up the ani
mosities between the races and preventing
the negroes from deserting the sinking
ship of Radicalism. There seems to be
no hope for better times in our near sister
State until the Conservatives obtain con
trol in every branch of her government,
which they can and ought to do at the
next election.
THE G Ell MAN RESOPCTIOXS OX
CERA.
New Yore, Nov. 22. —The following
are the resolutions adopted at the Ger
man-Ouba meeting last night, which, it is
intended to lay before Congress at the
opening session:
Whereas, The people of Cuba are not
only in the same, but much worse condi
tion than the people of the
United States were at the Declaration of
Independence, the Spanish Government,
allowing under the barbarous rule of the
so-called Spanish volunteers, perpetration
of most outrageous acts of violence toward
the inhabitants of tne tie of Cuba; iu de
fiance of humanity aud civilization, and
whereas, their barbarities, which it ap
pears are independent of the Spanish Gov
ernment, trample alike upon the laws and
usuages of humanity ana civilization, in
sult our flag on the open sea, incarcerate
and murder our citizens, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we trust the Govern
ment of the United States, and Congress,
in the name of humanity aud civilization,
and to the end that a stop may be put to
the barbarities in Cuba, and to prevent
hereafter such result, and to accord to
Cubans now fighting for their independ
ence the rights of belligerents, and assoon
as possible to acknowledge Cuba as a free
Republic.
Resolved, That we further ask the Gov
ernment and Congress of the United
States to demand of the Spanish Govern
ment in Aladrid, as well as of the acting
authorities of Cuba, full satisfaction for
the insult to our flag and the cruelty com
mitted by Cuban volunteers, aud to en
force these demands with all the means
iu their power
WARLIKE PRE PAR A TIONS.
Washington, Nov. 22.—1 t seems not to
be generally known that there have been
preparations quietly going on under the
dir. otion of the Secretary of War, placing
our arsenals in a condition to supply the
wants of an artny in the field, iu case of
war, aud looking to the condition of the
armament of our fortifications for the
successful defense of our harbors against
a hostile attack by iron-olads.
The ordnance department of the army
is at this moment in most active prepara
tion for a state of war, and is ready to
supply an army with an entire equipment
of war material, including the most ap
proved breech-loading arms aud field aud
siege batteries of artillery, with every
kind of ammunition. The telegraph has
been vigorously used, urging forward
every preparation to the extent of
ordnance appropriations, ami the
Ordnance officers are fully alive to the
gravity of the occasion, and to the neces
sity of ample preparation to meet all de
mands should war be the result of our
present complications. While from the
nature of the case the Navy Yard had to
take active initiatives, the War Depart
ment is fully up to the crisis and in quiet
preparation for the future.
THE SPRAGUES.
Providence, R. 1., Nov. 15.—’J he cred
itors of Hoyt, Sprague A 00.. residing
here have declined to send a committee
to the general meetiug of the creditors of
the firm iu New’ York on the 10th inst.,
inasmuch as the banks here will lie rep
resented iu behalf of Hoyt, Sprague A Cos.
The following statement of their condi
tion was made to tho creditors here :
Notes payable on acceptance, of which
$5,813,300 are drafts of A. A Vi. Sprague
Manufacturing Company, $0,000,030;
due banks and others borrowed on collat
erals, $550,310 ; due consignees and for
mation in trust, $242,300 ; sundry small
accounts, $20,000; total $0,837,342. As
sets due from A. A W. Sprague Alanufac
turing Company, $3,518,277; due from
open accounts on books, $1,130,011 ; due
ou unmatured drafts drawn by Atlantic
Delaine Company, Riverside Mills, $2,-
400,100 ; due from consignees and others,
secured by goods in hand, real estate,
mills and machinery, $3,887,073; cash
and bills receivable, $857,453; bonds,
stocks, real estate and good suspended
accounts, $29,518. Total $12,158,504.
Assets over liabilities, $2,321,252.
CHA RL ES TON’S REARS.
Charleston, Nov. 21. —The news from
Washington and New York causes anxiety
regarding Forts Snmter and Moultrie, now
dismantled. It is hoped the Government
will immediately put them on a war foot
ing.
ALAPAATA legislature,
Wednesday. 10th. Thirty members
of the Senate were present this morning.
The following new bills were referred to
committees:
Mr. Snodgrass—To amend section 4 of
an act to regulate property exempt from
sale for the payment of debts, approved
April 23, 1873,.'
Also, a joint resolution for the exten
sion of time for enforcing penalties for
non-payment of taxes. ( Extends the time
for sale of property for delinquent taxes.]
Mr. Cnrtis—A bill to restrict the sale,
removal or willful destruction of personal
property in certain cases.
Air. Coleman—A bill to compel atten
dance of witnesses in criminal cases.
Mr. Parks introduced a bill to amend
an act to regulate property exempted
from sale for the payment of debts.
Passed.
Mr. Cooper, a joint resolution provid
ing for a call of a convention to reduce
the expenditure of the State government,
[lnstructs judiciary committee to report
a bill to carry out the ob ject of the reso
lutions—that is to reduce the salaries of
State and county officers, and officers and
members of the General Assembly, and
abolishes the Board of Education and
Commissioner of Internal Resources.]
Referred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Little, a joint resolution instruct
ing our Senators and requesting onr
Representatives in Congress to vote for
the repeal of the bankrupt law. Referred
lo Judiciary Committee.
The Senate passed the following House
bills :
A bill to repeal the act requiring justices
of tho peace to act as apportioned of
public, roads, so far as it applies to Cham
bers county. Passed.
A bill to prohibit sale of liquors within
two and a half miles of Daviston Acade
my, in Tallapoosa county. Amended by
making it one and a half miles instead of
two and half miles.
In the House, the following bills were
ordered to a second reading:
Mr. Taylor of Lauderdale, a bill to
amend an act to regulate property ex
empt from sale for payment of debts.
Mr. Cockerell, a bill to amend an act
to regulate elections in the State of Ala
bama, approved April 22d, 1873.
Also, a resolution to instruct the com
mittee on Education to report a bill pro
viding for re-opening the public schools.
Mr. Walker, a bill to protect the citi
zens of this State in the enjoyment of
their rights.
The following were adopted:
Mr. Greene of Hale, a joint resolution
that the finance committees of each House
report by bill or otherwise, some plan by
which the Patton money may be put in
circulation.
Mr. Cockerell, a resolution that the
committee on ways aud means be in
structed to mature, at an early day, a
revenue bill.
The following/waa referred:
Mr. McAfee, a bill to provide for the
redemption of State certificates, and the
funding of the State warrants.
The two Houses resolved to raise a joint
committee of thirteen to which] to refer
the financial condition of the State.
Thursday, 20th. —In the Senate a num
ber of new bills of a local character were
introduced and referred. Among those
of a public nature were the following:
To repeal section 8, of the act to keep
in each county a proportionate share of
the school money and to provido reasona
ble compensation for the County Treas
urer and Solicitor.
Mr. Cooper, A joint memorial request
ing the Congress of the United States to
enact a law providing for redemption of
the U. S. (> per cent, bonds in legal ten
ders, at the option of the holder.
To issue convertible bonds bearing
interest to redeem at the option of holders
and reissue as often as required, and to
replace fractional currency with silver
coin of tho denomination ot a half dollar
and its aliquoit parts.
The above were referred.
Mr. Carmichael, to amend sec. 8(1 of
the Revenue Laws approved November,
1858. [The bill provides that lands for
taxes may be redeemed by the payment
of the purchase money and fifteen per
cent, thereon, instead of double purchase
money and ten per cent, thereon. ) Read
three times and passed.
Mr. Hamilton, from Judiciary Commit
tee, reported as a substitute for bill to
authorize Chancery Courts to sell for dis
tribution lands of joint owners, a bill to
amend sec. 3110 of the Code. Passed.
Also, favorably, with an amendment, to
amend see. 2502 of the Code. Passed.
Mr. Goodloe, from Committee on Fed
eral Relations, reported that while, con
sidering the capture of the Virginias and
t he execution of those on board as a great
outrage, yet that it. is a matter in which
the Government of Alabama is not called
to act, that the United States Govern
ment is acting with proper care anti dis
patch in the premises, and that the com
mittee recommend the House Joint me
morial lay on the table. Adopted. (Sen
sible.)
In the House, the civil rights bill was
then taken up and referred to the judici
ary committee with instructions to report
next Wednesday.
The following were among the new bills
introduced:
Air. Cloud, to repeal the $4,000 per mile
bill. Ways aud Aieans.
Also, to suspend the operation of sec
tion 2of an act approved February 21st,
180), (the SIO,OOO a miie bill.) Judici
ary.
Mr. Alurpkree, to limit and define the
ex-officio tees of the Judge of Probate
and Circuit Clerk of the counties of Pike
and Crenshaw’. Judiciary.
Treadwell, to repeal an act establishing
a Criminal Court for the county of Rus
sell, approved February 20th, 1872. Ju
diciary.
Also, to define by name the voting pre
cincts of Russell coußty. Local Legisla
tion.
Air. Price, joint resolution asking our
Representatives in Congress to use their
influence to secure to Alabama the pay
ment of the snui due on account of the
claim of 5 per cent, of the lands within
said State taken np on laud warrants is
sued t>y the United States. Adopted.
Air. AlcCaskey, resolution in regard to
the depressed condition of the cotton belt
of Alabama. [Authorizes a committee of
five to inquire into aud report what relief
can be granted.] Adopted, and Alessrs.
AlcCaskey, Anderson, Cloud, Threat and
Barnett, were appointed on said commit
tee.
The Speaker announced the Committee
on Finance, appointed under Air. Thomas’
resolution, to consist of Alessrs. Parsons,
Bruce, Brewer, Williams, of Barbour,
Ciopton, Crawford, Hannon, Brown of
Tuskaloosa, Thomas, Ashe, Lawrence,
Taylor, of Lauderdale; Smith, of Aforgan;
Barnett and Anderson.
In both branches a number of bills to
amend sections of the Code and of the
Revenue Laws, were introduced and re
ferred.
h'ridag, 'Asi. — Bills were introduced
in the Senate—to change the time of
the meetiug of the Legislature to the first
Aloudav in January; to abolish the office
of County Selieitor, and establish Circuit
District Attorney; to reduce the salaries
of State House, officers aud the employees
of the General Assembly; to fix the per
dieiu aud mileage of members of the
General Assembly ($4 per day aud $4 for
every twenty miles;) lo repeal an act de
claring Joseph H. Harris a citizen of Lee
county; to repeal an act changing the
line of Lee and Chambers; to lepeal an
act establishing the City Court for Lee;
to change tlie line between Russell and
Barbour counties; to incorporate the
town of Brundidge in Pike county. All
the above were referred to appropriate
committees. To a bill prohibiting own
ers of horses, Ac., from knowingly suffer
ing them to run at large in any town or
village in Cherokee county, Air. Harris
offered an amendment extending the pro
visions of the bill to Russell county, which
was adopted, and the bill then passed.
The House voted thanks to the city au
thorities of Opelika, Talladega and Birm
ingham for the tender of buildings in
which to bold this session of the Legisla
ture. Senate bill to prohibit the sale of
liquor within three miles of either of the
churches of Salem, Lee county, was pass
ed by the House. Air. Steele introduced
a bill for the State, similar to the “Aluiue
Law,” which makes bar-keepers liable for
any loss or damage resulting from the
drunkenness of persons to whom they
sell liquor, Ac. It was ordered to be
printed.
Bill for the protection of agriculturists
in the counties of Conecuh, Alonroe,
Henry, Clarke, Butler, Pike aud Choctaw,
was amended by the addition of other
counties, and then made a special order
for to-morrow.
Either a compositor of the Atlanta
Constitution office, or one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, spells milldam with
the addition of a final n. Slips of the
tongue must sometimes lead to slips of
the pen.
GEORGIA NEWS.
The Atlanta Herald has information
that the War Department, by telegraph,
has ordered all the infantry troops in that
city to concentrate immediately at Key
West, and the artillery company to Fort
Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, the nearest point
to Cuba.
lion. A. 11. Stephens left Augusta on
Saturday, for Washington. He is rep
resented to be in rather feeble health.
The Senate’s Transportation Commit
tee did not meet in Atlanta on Wednes
day, having postponed its visit to Geor
gia until after the holidays. A meeting
during the holidays would do as well, as
it is only doing “holiday work ’iu assemb
ling in cities like Atlanta and listening to
accounts of interested parties, instead of
going over the routes of the proposed im
provements.
The Monroo Advertiser publishes a
letter from Hon. Judah P. Benjamin ad
dressed to Prof. Bechter, in which Mr.
Benjamin says that the whole story about
his having discovered an immense estate
in France to which two Georgia ladies
were heirs, is a fable. He says that Airs.
Campbell and Airs. Chambers have been,
duped by a swindler, who has imposed
upon their credulity.
It is stated in the Chronicle and Senti
nel of Tuesday that the agent of the Ger
man bondholders of the Brunswick and
Albany railroad, on last Saturday paid
Col. T. G. Simmons $5,000, A. O. Bacon
$5,000, and O. A. Lochrane SIO,OOO for
legal services.
George Hines and Samuel Mayer had
a difficulty on Sunday, at Station No. 11
Alacon & Brunswick railroad. Hines
drew a pistol which Mayer took from him
and threw’ away. Hines then attacked
Alayer with a billet of wood, and Mayer
shot him, indicting a dangerous wound.
Another gin house with seven bales of
cotton, and a shed with two hales, were
burned in Alonroe county last week. A
negro was arrested for burning the shed.
The gin-h onse fire was an accident.
A Grange has been formed at Wortlien’s
School House, Talbot county, with W. J.
Rains as Master.
The Standard estimates the loss of
Talbotton by the storm at SIO,OOO. The
Court-house was damaged to the extent of
$2,000, and tho African M. K. Church
SI,OOO.
A dispatch from Bainbridge, 18th, to
the Savannah News reports two more
deaths by yellow fever—the town Alar
shall Probe Collier, and H. H. Farrell the
oldest printer in the State. No new
cases reported by this dispatch.
The Atlanta Herald of Thursday says
that the employees of Lent’s Circus have
attached all the wagons, stock aud ani
mals of the Circus, and demand their
wages before they will release them. Air.
B. H. Hill is representing Air. Lent, and a
pretty legal fight may be expected.
The Atlanta Constitution learns that
Gov. Smith refused, on Thursday, to par
don Gns Peterson, colored, W’ho was to
have been hung at Albany yesterday ; and
it adds: “The position of the Governor
seems to be that when a jury declares a
man guilty, he will not declare him inno
cent, and will not interfere with the en
forcement of the law.”
Andrew J. Whidby, who left Atlanta
for his home near Lithonia, about ten
days ago, has not yet arrived at home,
and fears are entertained that he has been
foully dealt with.
Mr. Samuel C. Candler died in DeKalb
county on Thursday. lie had repeatedly
represented the county in the Legislature,
and was a man of high character. Hon.
Milton A. Candler is his son.
A party of Federal soldiers rescued from
the police of Atlanta, on Thursday, a
comrade of theirs who had been arrested
for drunkenness and for beating a child.
“Ml PT. MA PONE.”
An Hour with tiic Doomed Man.
HIS APPEARANCE SINCE THE WASHINGTON
DECISION —THE SISTERS OF MERCY—THE
PETITIONS FOR HIS PARDON—THE PRESS
ON IIIS SENTENCE.
On yesterday we called at Fulton county
jail to see Alilt. Malone. On arriving we
found that he was waiting to see his mother
and would not grant ns the desired inter
view.
There was no possible change in his
looks, or the manner in which he demeans
himself since the telegrams announcing
the refusal of the Supremo Court of the
United States to grant him anew trial
had been received. Since liis imprison
ment his form has wasted to a mere
shadow. He is scarcely anything bnt
skin and bones. We think that his ill
health and loss 01 weight is more attribu
table to his long confinement rather than
any mental anxiety. The cold and damp
air of his cell has completely ruined his
health. He suffers constantly from rheu
matism and neuralgia; his eyes have sunk
deep into his forehead, and have an un
earthly look with dark circles surrounding
them. He seems to be still confident
that his life will bo saved. He says ho is
so thoroughly satisfied in his own mind
that in shooting young Phillips he did not
commit murder, that it seems impossible
for him to realize that his life is hanging
on a thread. Tho only remark we ever
heard him make that seemed to indicate
that there was a possibility of his not es
caping the death ne was sentenced to was
m speaking of his witnesses, he said, with
inncff bitterness, they have sworn my life
away. He immediately corrected the im
pression that his words naturally conveyed,
uy stating that his oniy hope now was
from the Governor. Tliat mere was no
possible light in which his case could
again come before the courts. He said
inal he relied more upon the testimony
and affidavits that had been presented to
Gov. 811111111 than upon the petitions
which lie heard were being sent in from
divers quarters. While talking about
some books we had lent him, he showed
us some books of Catholic persuasion
which had been kindly loaned him by
some of the (Sisters of Charity of the city.
He expressed himself as being very much
interested in these works, and when we
heard him speak so kindly and seriously
of his deep reverence for the holy Sisters
and their purity, and express himself as
being so grateful to them for the. many
kind words and deeds they had offered lo
alleviate his sufferings aud soothe his trou
bled soul,we could not hardly believe him
to be the wholly bad man the world had
insisted he was. Contrary to all the ad
vices we have hitherto had from there,
we find that he is a great favorite among
his fellow prisoners. While with him lie
treated us in a very friendly aud courte
ous manner, and after w 6 left the jail
we were overtaken by a runner from
nun asking us to send him the Her
ald uutil he was either pardoned or had
no farther use for it. We learn that there
was a petition asking for a commutation
of the sentence forwarded from Columbus
•signed ty over seven hundred of the best
citizens of that place. We also hear that
a similar petition is being signed by a
large number of Macon people. We saw
yesterday a petition signed by over one
hundred citizens of Atlanta, and many of
them are gentlemen of prominence. We
heard one gentleman who refused to sign
the petition, and it is said that Dr. Lovtc
Pierce refused to sign it in Columbus.
The Albany News is the first and only
paper that has come to our notice advoca
ting a commutation ot' the death sentence.
Most of our excharges have latterly ex
pressed no opinion on the subject.*
It seems to be the pretty generally re
ceived belief in the city that tne Governor
will decline to interfere. He very correct
ly declines to give any intimation as to
what he will do, uutil Ue has carefully ex
amined the pipers in the ease. -Atlanta
Herald, 10 th.
* This paper has favored the commuta
tion. —Ed. Sirs’.
THE HENNA EXHIBITION
Austrian Court Honor to an American
Contributor.
Telegram- lu the New York Herald. 1
Vienna, Nov. I, 1373.
't he Emperor of Austria has conferred
the “Imperial Order of Francis Joseph"
upon Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler, President
of the celebrated Wheeler & Wilson Sew
ing Alachine Company of New York.
More Distinguished Honors.
Baltimore, Aid., Oct. 31.
The Maryland Institute has awarded
Wheeler & Wilson the gold medal for the
new No. b Sewing Alachine. Other sew
ing machines received nothing.
EROM MEMPHIS.
Burnt Cotton Insured Assassination.
Memphis, Nov. 21.—The cotton burned
on the Belle Alton .was insured here for
$25,000.
Peter Burgett. a wealthy planter, re
siding on Cat Island, while riding with
Alaj Gadshaw, was instantly killed, and
Gadshaw wounded.
Wages on the Alemphis and Charleston
Railroad have been reduced 20 per cent.
A strike is probable.
EROM SANDY MERLIN.
Sew Orleans ISiisv but Panicky—A AVit- ■
ness for Xu lilmrm—Tin- Grant Parish
Outrage—A Beautiful Procession—poli
ties, Are.
City Hotel, >
New Orleans, Nov. 10th. 1873. >
Ed. Sun: For several days past con
siderable excitement bus been seen in the
circles of adherents to Cuba Libre, in
consequence of the news concerning the
biutal butchery of the Yirginius' crew by
the Spaniards. Meetings have been held,
and denunciations hurled upon the lovers
of human blood, who desecrate both the
form and nature of men. Public opin
ion, so far as we can learn, is all one way,
and having but one expression ; aud that,
a demand for bold aud quick action on
the part of the United States Govern
ment, in behalf of outraged humanity
and nationality.
We noticed in the Timet*, a few days
ago, an editorial having reference to taxa
tion, in which the increase of State in
debtedness from 1801 to 1870, was esti
mated at $5,05151,942. This paper, in a
dignified article, recommends, not exactly
repudiation, but a close and vigorous in
vestigation—a cutting down and chopping
oil' of everything that does nut legiti
mately belong to the State’s indebtedness.
Among the many things that have lately'
transpired, we notice the departure of
N. W. Casey*, Auditor in the Custom
House, for Europe, to which country, lie
goes, pursuant to instructions from the
American Government, to testify in a
perjury case, growing out of the celebra
ted Tichborno Claim. The evidence he
is expected to give, is in reference to the
Osprey—the English Government having
denied that a vessel of that name ever
existed. We believe that the books in
the Custom House show clearly that a
vessel of that name did clear front this
port.
We intended to say something concern
ing the Grant Parish outrage ; lmt instead
of dwelling on this painful subject, we
will only stute that there is a profound
feeling of indignation and hate given birth
to, that years cannot efface. This seems
to have been a blow that lias gone to the
hearts of the people; indeed, while in
conversation on the subject with a promi
nent citizen, and one of the bravest men
that ever lived, we saw his lips turn
white and his eyes assumed that vengeful
greenish hue, that they* bore amid the
smoke, din aud charge of many a battle
field, when gallantly leading his men on
to victory'. He is not alone; there are
others who can scarcely' speak of it, so
very' bitter have they become.
Business here looks as if it had never
felt the pressure of hard times. On every
hand wo perceive solid evidence of thrift
and activity, but we have been informed
that the old saying, ‘ appearance is de
ceitful” holds good in this city, and that
there is a tightening in money matters not
to be seen by one who looks superficially.
This depression is closed over by the mer
curial nature of the people that go to
make the sum of its population, and
which will not suffer itself to be cowed
to a humility by force of eircumstancos.
We are constrained to think that after all
this is the best plan, “Keep a stiff upper
j lip,” and the hugest wants that threat
en us with over hanging crests will grad
: ually' diminish in proportions, until they
may be characterized as ripples upon the
surface of life’s great sea.
The receipts of cotton have fallen off
considerably, there being a difference of
over 60,000 bales between last and this
year. Crops in this State are generally
■ good.
i We met last Friday a gentleman who
j was on his way from Texas to his old
! home in Pike county, Alabama, perfectly
i disgusted with the Lone Star State. lie
; had with him his entire family and sever
! al others, who were seemingly rejoiced at
the idea of getting away from a scene of
unfortunate venture. His account of
distress, privation and misery was inter
| eating and instructive to all who content
| plate going to the section from which lie
j was returning. According to his account
“one acre in good old Pike” would bring
! a man a more pleasant return than the
I whole of Grimes county', Texas.
Last night, while talking to a gentle
man, our attention was attracted by the
exclamation “beautiful,” from someone.
Turning our bead, our eyes fell upon one
of the most beautiful, fairy-like scenes,
that ever before met them. Below us,
and on the opposite side of the street,
there was a procession of children from
some Catholic institution moving almost
noislessly and swiftly along in double tile.
Dressed in pure white, with heads and
faces enveloped in snow-white tissue veil
ing, they lo'oked like a bevy of angels
suddenly transported to earth. By the
side of every fifth or sixth couple, there
was to be seen one of those ministoring
angels,—a Sister of Charity', who seemed
to be the protecting spirit of the little
ones. Not a word was spoke by the little
innocents composing the procession as
they glided along without jar or bustle
of any kind for fuilv twenty minutes, un
til the brilliant gas light ceased to flash
upon them. ’Twas a lovely sight, and
one not soon to be forgotten.
We intended to make an effort in this
letter, to give you an idea as to the how
and wherefore of the political occurrences
of the day; but to tell the truth, Mr. Ed
itor, the job is too much for us —we can’t
fully eompteheud tie. variegated complex
ion of affairs. One minute we hear and
j see oue thing, and the next something
else. Kellogg, Pinchbeck, Casey and
their clique constitute a principal object
jof attention. They ring all the changes
I of an arithemetieai permutation, day in,
mid day out, stopping not at the sum of
the permutative problem, but in a count
less series of metamorphoses carry the
score into illimitable numbers—the head
of one monster becoming tile tail of the
other, in such rapid succession that
the “watchers on the walls” endeav
or in to make a breach in the never end
ing chain of transformation. At every
turn of the machine that does the grind
ing, some new' deviltry is put on foot, and
sent forth into the world to carve i.s for
tune through heaps of iniquity.
But the subject makes us feel badly
we’ll quit it. Yours,
Bandy Merlin.
line POSTAL SAVINGS ft 1N K
SCHEME.
Washington, Nov. 16.—The Postmaster
General has finished his annual report.
He renews the recommendation of a gov- I
on)merit postal telegraph, and enforces at
length his views m favor of postoffice
savings banks, some time ago given to the
public. The report very fully enters into j
the details of the postal savings hank !
scheme aud there is little doubt that the ;
President will recommend it. It is be- ;
Sieved that ad the cabinet are unanimous i
in favor of the system. The following j
are some of the details ; It. is proposed at •
first to introduce the system only m what I
are called the Presidential offices—that is. j
postoffic.es the salaries of which are SI,OOO J
and over. The entire system w ill be con
nected with the postal money offices. One !
clerk will be detailed to receive and ac- [
count for deposits. As each deposit is !
made a certification of deposit will be en- |
tered in a pass-book. The general office j
at Washington will be notified of this de- !
posit, and of the name of the depositor, !
after which a certificate of deposit vvi 1 be
forwarded from Washington to the de
positor as a further guarantee. Deposits
may be withdrawn both from the office
where they were deposited and from any
other within the general district, but no
deposit can be withdrawn until a permit
has been obtained from the general office
al. Washington. This authorization of
withdrawal has been found necessary by
Great Britain aud Canada to prevent j
fraud. One feature of the scheme is the i
establishment of several grand divisions,
to which the local offices shall report di
rectly. All moneys received on deposit j
must be deposited within a stated time at
the nearest, national depository'. The
Postmaster General is informed that the
plan is very generally approved in the
West, and he has recently received a com
munication from a prominent Eastern
banker, advocating the plan as a very effi j
cient means to strengthen the credit of
the Government, and preventing a na
tional panic in time of crisis. The flow of
currency into the treasury at such times, ;
from savings, would enable the Govern
ment to purchase its own bonds, and thus
relieve a stringency by keeping currency
in circulation.
The suspension of the house of Burr A
Flanders in Macou continues the theme
of conversation in that city. Their lia
bilities were over $190,000. The flour
ing mill had been in operation but two
years. It is feared their assets will not
pay out in full. It is reported that a
great deal is owing in Macon, and the
balance in the West as a rule. A meeting
of the creditors took place in Macon on
Thursday but their notion had not trans
pired. — Atlanta Herald.
Madrid, Nov. 20.—1 tis officially an
nounced that the effective Spanish force
in Cuba numbers 54,000 men.
DEATH OF Dlt. KENNEDY.
Special to the BrN.
Seale, Ala., Nov. 24.
Dr. 11. A. Kennedy, of this place, who
contracted the small pox in Macou whilo
on liis bridal J rip to the State Fair, died
yesterday.
A negro on the place has the small pox.
FROM SAVANNAH.
Races on the Fair Gramul.
Special to Sun.]
Savannah, Nov. 20.— The day has been
bitterly cold and windy, yet a good crowd
assembled on the Fair grounds.
The display of harness and saddle
horses was very fine.
The running race, mile heats, best two
in three, was won by Granger, formerly
Frank Hampton, in 1:56 aud 1:55; Jim
Ilinton, second, and closely contesting
the winner.
The half mile dash was won by Flower
Girl in fitfy-six seconds.
The military drill between the John
ston Light Infantry aud the Phoenix (Zou
ave) Rifles takes place to-morrow.
Sidney Herbert.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Washington, Nov. 23. — Admiral Pool
has communicated the following from liis
Government to the State Department :
The Spanish Government contradicts the
report of any hostile demonstration against
the American Minister, and says that Gen.
Sickles is treated with consideration and
respect; that the language of the Mon
archial press was promptly silenced by
threats of immediate punishment, and
that the Minister of Colonies reports from
Havana that the restoration of embargoed
property to American citizens is being
diligently proceeded with.
A Vicksburg dispatch staes that, the
barge Belle of Alton, with 1,200 bales of
cotton, and 4,000 packages sundries, lias
been burned.
Gamier takes the first prize ; Übassy
second; G. Dion third ; Dally fourth; J.
Dion fifth ; in the recent billiard contest
in Chicago.
In a dispute over the price of sawing
some wood, in Washington yesterday, a
negro fatally wounded an Irish woman
with a pistol.
The steam tug Jos. Cook sunk off High
lands, near New York, yesterday. Capt.
Dickens, and a fireman and sailor, were
carried to sea, and have been unheard of.
The others were saved.
The Powhattan sailed from New York
for Key West yesterday, with the Man
hattan in convoy.
evil A.
Report from Our Consul.
Washington, Nov. 20.—The following
has been received from the Consul Gene
ral :
Havana, Nov. 17.
To the Secretary of State, Washington :
The Consul at Santiago reports, under
date of the 13th inst., that the total num
ber of executions of persons from the Vir
ginius was 53, and that there had been no
executions since the Blh inst. The state
ment published here on the 14th inst.,
respecting 57 additional executions,proves
untrue.
MEXICAN NIC It s.
Matamobas, Nov. 17.—The mail from
Monterey, to-day, brings intelligence that
the, Federal troops under Gen. Treno are
occupying Monterey and Saltillo to main
tain order.
Gen. Zepeda, who was deposed as Gov
ernor of the State of Coahuila, is again at
Saltillo, and has organized several hun
dred Stato troops with which to oppose
the forces of the Congress of the State,
which deposed him and recognized Dr.
Sains as Governor.
Another conflict between Gen. Zepeda
and the friends of Salus is anticipated.
A large oonducta of silver is on the
road between Zacatecas and Saltillo.
Five hundred Federal troops were dis
patched to escort it to Monterey,to prevent
its falling into the hands of either of the
parties who are opposing each other.
mi: voice of the whan pa -
PEGS.
Havana, Nov. 22. The Tliaro says
we do not.consider it within the bounds
of justice or reason that war should re
j suit from the capture of the Virginias,
aud its legal consequences; but if a con
flict conies, let us imitate the examples of
our ancestry, and make the Spanish race
in Cuba the admiration of the American
hemisphere.
The I ox de Cuba, believes in adiplama
tic settlement, but praises the activity in
repairing forts.
NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
Raleigh, Nov. 20. Major Durham,
Democratic member, introduced a strong
resolution in favor of belligerent rights
for Cuba.
The Governor’s message is silent on
Cuba; it opposes repudiation, and advises
a compromise according to the State’s
ability.
A resolution was passed requesting the
Governor to exhaust every means to de
feat the injunction suit against the public
treasury by Alfred Self and other bond
holders.
EG ENCII A I FA l US.
Baris, Nov. 20.—Immediately after ad
journment of the Assembly last night,
members of the Cabinet waited upon Pres
ident McMahon and tendered their resig
nation?!. He refused to accept them, and
begged the Ministers to retain their offices
until anew Cabinet was formed.
FRANCE.
Prolongation Adopted.
Paris, Nov. 20.- — After a tumultous ses
sion, a motion for prolongation for seven
years, independent of the adoption ot
constitutional bills, was adopted by 66
majority. A motion to appoint a com mit
tee lo report constitutional bills was
adopted by 08 tuaj >rity. Paris is excited
over the result.
I DEMAND C PON SPAIN.
Washington, Nov. 20.- — It, is under- [
stood that Secretary Fish has made an j
imperative demand upon Spain for the j
immediate restoration of property seized !
from American citizens in Cuba, as he |
desires to report to Congress that the I
stipulated restoration has been made.
DOCTORS vs. CHLOROFORM.
- !
Boston, Nov. 21. The jury of doctois '•
in the case of Mrs. Mary F. Crice, who i
died from the effects of chloroform ad
ministered by Dr. Gartman, in this city, j
returned a verdict this evening. They
do not censure him. fbe jury cautions |
the public against the inhalation of so '
dangerous an agent as chloroform for the !
production of insensibility to pain, and i
are of opinion that the inhalation of snl- !
phuric ether is safe, while the the inhala- i
tion of chloroform alone, or mixed, is al
ways attended with dinger.
A. 11. STEEIIEXS OX THE SITVA
TIOX.
Augusta. Nuv. 21 \ li. Stephens
leaves for Washington to-morrow. He
says: “I am for Cul>a immediately, if not
sooner. 1 think the movement to take
Cuba would produce a good feeling be
tween the North and South.”
evil. 4 TO HE EH EE.
Washington, Nov. 20.— -The following
significant paragraph is furnished from a
reliable source : “Evidences accumulate
that Cuban matters' will require much
correspondence and delay. No complica
tion need be feared, as the Administration
sec.-. Its way clear, and while war will be
avoided, Cuba will be free.”
-V Elf OH LEANS OX Cl'lt A.
New Orleans, Nov. 22. — Enthusiastic
mass meeting of the friends of Cuba
adopted resolutions expressing admira
tion of the devotion and sacrifice of the
Cubans during the five yeais - contest.
The Virginias tragedy was denounced as
utterly outrageous. The Monroe doctrine
was reiterated, with pledges of support.
Condolence was offered to the families of
those, lost in the recent butchery.
XE ll' YOKE ITEMS.
Nf.w York, Nov. 22. —Four thousand
Germans at the Germania Hall last night
expressed sympathy with Cuba, and ad
vised a vigorous policy towards Spain.
A Georgian, named Thomas Henderson,
was robbed of iguiOO and valuable docu
ments in a street car.
Chicago voted in favor of lager on Sun
day, by 11,000 majority. But they want
to go in 1 y back doors to get it.
FROM CUD A.
More Vessels Seareheil and Passengers
Arrested.
New York, Nov. 20. —Officers of the
Moro Castle report that on their arrival at
Havana the vessel was boarded. While
aboard the passengers were unmolested,
but seized upon landing. Six out of
seventeen steerage passengers were ar
rested, but discharged after being search
ed. Spanish officers explained that
they were suspected of bearing dispatch
es. The persons for whom they were
searching came on the City of New York;
she was hoarded upon arrival, passengers
seized anil searched, and six declared
guilty. Three were women. Extensive
correspondence was found secreted on the
person of one who was a niece of Almada.
who attracted attention during the passage
by her great beauty aud brilliant conver
sational powers. The prisoners were con
fined in the cabin—ineir fate was un
known when the Moro Castle left.
ONE CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Bainbolier, express agent, attempted to
throw some papers out of a window, but
they fell short. He was at once condemn
ed h> death.
more butchery.
By extensive correspondence which had
been seized, many persons on the Island
heretofore unsuspected were implicated,
and as the Moro Castle left Havana they
were being shot without mercy. It was
estimated that about 40 patriots on vari
ous portions of the Island had met their
fate.
PREPARING TO GLORIFY THE TORNADO.
Meantime, most extensive preparations
for the reception of the Tornado were
going forward in Havana. The Captain
and engineers were lauded to the skies,
aud admiration of their heroism aud valor
w r as unbounded. Subscriptions iu their
behalf met the heartiest response every
where, aud papers were circulated to the
most distant parts of the Island. In the
meantime, the General of Marines, or
Admiral, addressed the people, saying
that the officers had only none their duty
and desired no public demonstration.
They were paid for it by the Navy in
whose service the glorious deeds had been
accomplished. But the people and press
took different grounds. Heroes had ac
complished achievements in behalf of the
people, they belonged to the people, and
the people were determined they should
not go unrewarded.
the captain general overruled by bur-
RILL.
The following is an extract from a pri
vate letter received from Cuba Monday:
On tlie 6th inst., at 5 p. in., Captain
General Jovellar telegraphed to Burrill
that the Spanish Minister at Washington
advised him not to shoot any more men.
He said the telegram was received by
Burrill at Santiago de Cuba early on the
Bth. On the 10th he shot the 57 men.
Gen. Jovellar says that he comprehended
the necessity of saving the lives of these
men, but was overruled.
SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.
Sickles an«l tlie Spanish Ministry—Sic kles
Thinks a War Unavoidable.
New York, Nov. 21. —A Herald spe
cial Horn Madrid, 20th, says the situation
is grave aud serious. There is a misun
derstanding between Sickles and the
Spanish Cabinet. On the arrival of the
news of the capture of the Virginias,
President Gastelar called at the 11. S. Le- j
gation, expressed regret, and ordered a i
suspension of sentence. When Secretary
Fisti telegraphed the news of the execu
tions, Gen. Sickles sent a note at 2 o’clock
in the morning demanding a stay. The
Foreign Secretary answered, questioning
the accuracy of the information, and inti
mated that Gen. Sickles’ action was not
authorized. Thereupon, Sickles, in the
name of the United States, addressed a
formal protest against the inhuman butch
eries and insult to the United States, and
again demanded that Spain should enforce
obedience to orders in Cuba, and insisted
on the rights of Americans to trial under
the treaty of 1796. He complained that
tlie'American Consul at Santiago was pre
vented using telegraph to Washington.
The Spanish Secretary answered that ihe
matter was wholly a municipal affair be- j
tween Spain and the Yirginius pirates j
Spain could not tolerate American inter- j
ference. The interview ended by Gen. j
Sickles demanding that Spain should en- ;
force the order of the Cabinet to Cuba for 1
the suspension of executions. The Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs haughtily
declined to permit Gen. Sickles to discuss
municipal uxfairs. The interview termi
nated angrily, Sickles saying he would
hold no more personal, only official rela
tions with the Minister. Public feeling
runs bigh. The Spaniards blame the
United States for the Cuban insurrections
and say they will welcome war.
Minister Sickles does not see how war
can be avoided, as Spain will concede
nothing, aud public opinion will prevent
President Castellar from making any con
cessions. There is no use in the United
States trifling any more on the subject.
Spanish stubbornness making concessions
impossible.
Extreme Republicans favor the views
of the United States in the matter.
A SPANISH 31011 THREATENING
S ICICLES.
Washington, Nov. 21.- —Dispatches re
ceived by the Secretary of State are
confirmatory, in part, ot the special tele
grams from Madrid in regard to demon
strations against Minister Sickles, though
the Secretary is of the opinion that lire
specials are somewhat exaggerated. The
mob which collected in front of the Amer
ican Legation was promptly dispersed by
the Government, and there is no doubt
here in official circles, but that the au
thorities at Madrid are fully capable of
preventing any outbreak. The position
of Minister Sickles is very uncomfortable,
but it is not believed that any violence
will be suffered. Mr. Sickles telegraphs ,
that tlie Spanish officials are equal to the
emergency. Minister Sickles is hourly in
communication with the State Depart- j
meut, and his dispatches indicate a verj '
strong feeling against the United States.:
Mr. Fish submitted a number of telegrams
from Sickles to the Cabinet meeting to-j
day, and the session which has just coin- |
meueed will, iu all probability, be one of !
the most interesting and serious meetings
since the commencement of the present !
complications. The members of ihe i
Cabinet this morning seem to be very se j
rious in their demeanor, and there appears
to be a more extended discussion in ali j
places as to the probability of war than j
has yet bean noticed. At tlie same time, j
So far as has been made known, the offi.
oial advices from Spain have not varied
in the assertions of the honesty of the
Castellar Government to preserve friendly
relations and to command calmness and |
dignity dining the progress of uegotia-j
tions.
The excitement of populace in Madrid
does not h -ciii to be shared by the Gov- 1
eminent there, is evidenced by the ex
pressed opinion of Ihe Secretary of State
here, that there is an exaggeration in the
unofficial reports and the assertion ot
Mr. Sickles that the Spanish Government
i.s able and has suppressed hostile indica
tions against the American Legation at
Madrid.
The Secretary of the Navy returned to
this city this morning, and was at the
depot at a very early hour.
A large number of Navy officers have
been ordered to duty to-day to the ships
of heavy ordinance now being titled out
for immediate active service.
A naval recruiting office has been order
ed to be opened at New Orleaus.
Maori i*. Nov. 22.- Under the arrange
ment of the British Minister, Gen. Sickles
stopped preparations he was making to
leave Madrid.
the ntorosEii war.
The Cabinet—Long sc salon —Naval Ac
tivity.
Washington, Nov. 21. —The city is ex
cited over the probability of war. Hu
mors of all kinds are circulated, adding to
the interest of the situation, 't hese, how
ever, found no official confirmation be
yond the news telegraphed at noon. The
State Department is investigating the real
status of the Virginias. The Treasury
Department Navigation Division finds no
reason to believe that any irregularity ex
ists in the Virginias’ registry papers.
This fact was communicated to the Secre
tary of State by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, and received the attention of the
Cabinet to-day, and copies of all papers
were submitted. *t
The session of Cabinet opened earlier
than usual and continued to 4 o’clock.
All the Secretaries were present, and the
longest session during Grant’s adminis
tration. Subsequently Fish and Robeson
had a conference. The whole time of the
session was occupied with the Virginias
matters and attending circumstances.
The members are dumb regarding details
of proposed action. The feeling which
urged attack upon the American Legation
was characterized as brutal and unreason
able. It really seemed no reasonable
Ministry could exist at Madrid.
There is increased naval activity.
THE VIRGIN! VS MASSACRE.
Correspondence Between a British (
inotloi-e an,l Hun-ill.
New York. Nov. 22 From a corres
pondence in the El Cnmista it appears
that after the British Yice Consul found
his efforts to secure the postponement of
the shooting of persons claiming to b,*
British citizens to be iu vain, the British
Commodore at Jamaica took the matter in
hand, and telegraphed the following t,,
the Governor of Santiago de Cuba : f n
the interests of friendly relations between
our respective Governments. I beg you to
delay the execution of the alleged Itntish
subjects until the Captain of the Niobeeun
communicate with you.”
Bnrriel replied: "Ido not possess au
thority to accede to the petition yon sent
mo. The law must lie fulfilled : conse
quently men claiming British citizenship
will be executed.”
THE IRON AND STEEL TRADE.
Philadelphia, Nov. 20. — At the anim
al meeting of the Iron and Steel Associa
tion the Secretary made a statistical re
port. It states that the present tinauciai
crisis had deranged the whole business;
prices of iron have declined, reaching in
•some lines far below cost of production.
At the beginning of November fully one
third of the furnaces and mills were idlu
and by the end of (be month half of the
furnaces will be blown out. The rail
mills arc bare of orders and stocks of pi
iron accumulating, with no sale at am
price. Thousands of iron workers are ou t
of work aud those employed have accept
ed a reduction of fifteen per cent, on
wages. The report urges an increase ~t
tariff to nine dollars on pig iron.
SCHEME FOIEINPLA TION.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial. ]
Washington, Nov. 17—Senator She!
man, Chairman of the Finance Commit
tee, expresses the opinion that all schems
of inflation coming up from the House w ill
be stopped in the Senate. The promi
nent champions of inflation are Butler,
Kelley aud Parson Brownlow. Most ot
the old and prominent members of the
House of Representatives discountenance
inflation.
END OF THE TH EEII TRIAt .
Sentenced to Twelve Years’ tin prison
inent and $12,000 Fine.
New York, November 22.— Tweed was
brought into the Court of Oyer aud Ter
miner this morning for sentence. An
immense crowd filled the corridors and
room. Tweed's counsel argued a motion
for stay of judgment. Tweed was sen
tenced to twelve years in the county prison
and a fine of $12,000.
NEW YORK RANG STATEMENT.
New York, Nov. 22. — Bank Statement
states loans decreased $665,5)00’; specie
| increased $938,300; legal tenders in
| creased $4,804,200; deposits increased
I $6,122,400 ; circulation decreased *'.7 -
! 900.
The above is the first Bank Statement
issued Hinee the panic.
JAY COO hi. A CO.
An liivoiinltary Bankrupt Case.
New Yorr, Nov. 22. —Judge Blotch ford
postponed the order citing Jay Cooke A
Cos. to show cause why they should not be
declared involuntary bankrupts. It was
postponed for two weeks.
S ICE I. ES AND CA S TEI. .1 R.
London, Nov. 22.- — Specials agree that
the recent interviews of Castelar and
Sickles were stormy. Sickles barely es
caped mobbing.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC VICTOR 1 .
Chattanooga, Nov. 21.—The Demo
crats carried the municipal election fur
the first time since the war.
V II 1’ YARDS AT WORK.
Boston, Nov. 20. — Orders received to
work day and night until the Brooklyn
and Franklin are ready for sea.
MARKETS DY TELEGRAPH.
Money Market.
New York, Nov. 22 — Evening. Money
active at 7 to 7 1-32 commission.
Sterling heavy at 7. Gold strong at 116 j
@llOl. Governments dull but si von j;;
Stato bonds quiet and nominal.
Cotton Markets.
New Yore, Nov. 22—Evening.--Cotton
lower; sales 1,33!) at Jsj<£il6; net receipts
1,295.
Futures closed quiet; sales 21,lot) as
follows: November 15,!.; December 15*
@ls 9-32; January 15 9-16@15 19-32;
February 15j@15 17-16; March I6j- April
16J@16 17-32.
Savannah, Nov. 22. —Cotton firmer;
middlings 14Ac; net receipts 4,039 sale:.
651; stock 96,089.
New Orleans, Nov. 22. —Cotton, slight
demand; middlings 15, 1 ; low middlings
15; strict good ordinary 14; net receipts
2,5)57: exports to Great Bratain 344; sales
2,500; last evening 2,000; stock 116,788.
Mobile, November 22.—Cotton quiet
and firm; middlings 15j@15)c; low' mid
dlings 1 1 (c; strict good ordinary 14@1 4|c;
net receipts 1,914; sales 600( last eve
ning 300; stock 28,330.
Provision Markets.
Sr. Louis, Nov. 22.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Corn dull and unchanged;
No. 2 mixed 42@434e track, l’ork nomi -
nal, higher sll 50, Bacon, nothing
doing. Lard stronger; steam 7. Whisky
nominal.
HORRIBLE ACCIDEN T.
About 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon as
Mr. Owen Lynch, general book-keeper of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, was
returning to his office, he was run over
by an engine and so horribly mangled
that he died within forty-five minutes
afterwards.
Mr. Lynch was between 57 ami 58 years
of age; had been book-keeper of the
State Road for fourteen or fifteen years.
He was universally esteemed. A man
of great purity and probity, of gentle
ness and kindness, ho won the hearts of
those associated with him. His loss will
be felt by the State Road, aud by the
whole community.— Atlanta Const,
Gold Fields Discovered. Son Enta
cisco, .Sup. 12.—Dispatches from Victoria
say the Steamer California arrived to
night from Sitka, and confirms the news
of the recent discoveiy of rich gold fields
in Cassian county. She brought down
twelve miners and $15,606 in dust. Tha
excitement is intense. One party took
out $197 in eight hours rocking. The
parties who came on the California in
tend returning early in the spring. The
miners wintering on Sticking have bought
up all the provisions so that a large sup
ply will be inquired in the spring.
Mr. S eward Gideon Wells, in
the (Jata.ry for December, continues h :
papers ou Sewapd aud Lincoln. He <1
moiistrates that L ncoln was a manes
character, firmness, good judgment and
excellent mental ability. He pictures
Seward as a trickster, a charlatan and
humbug, though full of the talent f.u
mischief-making and hair-splitting.
A young gentleman in Augusta, Me
latt ly made an evening call upon a ymin •
lady, and got rather shabbily treaied. 11
was getting along toward nine o’clock
when the young lady inquired the time ->t
the evening. “Five minutes to nine
was the reply. “How long will it take
you to go home?” “Five minutes, I
should judge.” “Then.” said the young
lady, “if you start now you’ll get home
just at nine o’clock."
The Memphis f.edger tells of a well
known citizen who humorously says that
he came very near starving to death dui
ing the prevalence of the epidemic, and
adds: “In the morning 1 was too sick i"
eat, at noon I was too busy, and at night
I was too drunk.”
The VhrUtiiin ut l! 'oil. answers a qn
ry as to the true posture for a prayer in
this wise : "The only posture to be avoid
ed is imposture. Let the heart be in the
service as well as the lips, and a prayer
on the back, or the head, or the-feet, m
the side, is ail the same.
Among Hie other disasters of the late
storm, is mentioned the blowing out ol
considerable cotton that was unpicked m
some of the counties of middle Georgia
COE VM It US IIAII.Y MARKET.
OIFICE DAILY SUN AND TIMES. *
Columbus, Ga., November 22, 1873. i
Cotton. —Our market quiet at tin
following quotations:
Ordinary 11 @ —
Good ordinary. 13|@13‘.
Low middlings 134@ —
Middlings 14 @ —
Good Middlings <“ <t
Sales 244 bales.