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Tim virgixius.
The present phase of tho controversy
regarding the Virginius and her passen
gers and crew appears to be a more seri
ous one to the United Stales than any of
its previous aspects. The Attorney Gen
eral of tho United States has rendered
the opinion that she was not entitled to
( arry the American flag, and of course not
entitled to American protection. This, as
v o understand it, is not such a decision
of the case as will govern tho courso of
the Administration—the vessel having
vet to undergo a trial as to her character
in a court of admiralty. But it would bo
it very strange act in the Attorney Gen
eral to promulgate such an opinion, in ad
vance of tho regular trial, if tho case was
not so clear a one ns to leavo no doubt of
its correctness. Indeed wo cannot fully
understand how even tho most over
whelming proof could justify such an an
ticipatory opinion against tire claim of
hi t own Government. But then wo aro
neither a lawyer nor a diplomatist.
J!e that as it may, tlio presumption is,
in view of this opinion of the Attorney
(tenoral, that the Virginias had no right
to carry the flag, even when engaged in
peaceful and legitimate commerce, much
less when engaged in a hostile expedition
against u nation with which the United
States was at peace; that ouv Government
bail no right to interfere with the pro
ceedings of the Spanish authorities in
their dealings with her; that the demand
for her restoration was wrongfully made
and wrohgfully enforced. This certainly
puts the United States in a dilemma, and
the fact that it was urged to make the de
mand for the YirginiuS by popular clamor
do • i not at all relievo the ease of its par
pit sides. If the United States has wrong
fully forced Spain to deliver up a vessel
which was her lawful prize, of course the
proper reparation will be her restoration,
and this, under the circumstances, will bo
an act of humiliation. Spain, according
to report, will insist on this course, and,
if the opinion of the Attorney General is
sustained by the court trying the case, a
submission of the Spanish demand to ar
bitration could not prevent the one result
which seems to bo unavoidable. The
man who had the elephant on his hands
was not a moro unlucky and distressed
individual than Uncle Sam will bo with
the Virginias in his keeping. However
the affair may result in reference to the
vessel, wo trust, for the sake of humanity,
that there will bo no surrender of the res
cued passengers and crew.
GOOD I'llOM UTIL.
Some of our Alabama friends are eon
. ding themselves for the large emigration
of negroes from their State with the hope
that it will conduce to the cultivation of
larger provision crops and less cotton.
We (who have constantly deplored the
emigration of so many Held hands to the
cotton States west of us) have endeavored
to solve this problem, and our reflection
induces us to regard the proposition as a
reasonable one. It is certainly because
of their contracts requiring the payment
of largo sums of money near the close of
the year, that many planters ‘•pich” for
the largest cotton crops they can manage.
Some do not make any effort to raise com
and other food crops sufficient for their
use another year, but direct all their en
ergies to tho making of enough ootton to
meet their contracts entered into before
the crops arc planted. It seems reason
able that any chango which will relieve
them of tho obligations incurred at tho
'commencement of the year will leave
tlieai more free to pitch for smaller cotton
and larger corn crops. Had the close of
the war left the planters of the South in
a condition to lnako otto crop without
running in debt, wo imagine that tho con
dition of our section would bo vastly bet
ter to-day than it now is. It was tho
credit system of farming and the obliga
tion to pay the laborers out of tho pro
ceeds of tho ootton crop as soon ns raised,
that greatly augmented this crop and re
duced that of other products. The de
crease of the number of hired laborers
will of course cause a corresponding de
crease of the aggregate agricultural pro
ducts; hitt as it will to the same extent
WBscu the obligations incurred by the
planters in advance for hire and provis
ions, we believe that the loss in product
ion will effect the cotton crop mostly,
and that in nearly tho ratio of his release
from debt will bo the planter’s release
from his accepted obligation to raise
much cotton and little grain.
COT TO -V-
Ueceipts for two weeks past have been
unusually heavy, bringing tho aggregate
-fully up to the receipts of last season to
corresponding dates. But we do not ac
cept this as conclusive proof that tho to
tal receipts of the season will be as groat,
as those of the previous season. We are
disposed to accept the comparative falling
»ff, up to a recent date, as a better crito
-•touoftho extent of the crop than the
extraordinary receipts of the last fort
night. Why ? Because the depression
caused by the-financial “panic" so mate
rially affected the price of cotton as to in
duce planters to hold it as long as they
could, in the hope of an improving condt
ti-»n of business and an advancing price
of their staple. This hope has been par
tially realized, and tho near approach of
the close of tho year would not allow to a
great many any further delay ; therefore
there has of late been a rush of cotton to
market. It is fairly presumable that
pressing obligations will in a great meas
ure have been discharged by the first of
January, and that after that time the fail
ing off in receipts will be as marked as the
increase has been for the last two weeks,
l'hat there is cotton enough iu the coun
try to carry the total receipts up to these
of 1872-3, wo do not believe.
A similar reaction in receipts, following
the falling off caused by the panic, is now
reported in flour, grain and hogs. Not
withstanding the reports of a diminished
wheat crop, the receipts of the last few
weeks have been unusually heavy, and tho
number of hogs slaughtered is now said to
be 45 per cent, greater than last season.
We believe that this increase in receipts
es breadstuffs and hogs is no criterion of
•he aggregate supply, but has of late been
* imulatail by cruses similar to those
which have so singularly run up the late
cot'on receipts.
HARRIED.
At the residence of Mr. Amos, iu La-
Grange, on Tuesday morning, by Rev. M.
•L Hardin, Rev. J. 11. DeVoiie, P. D.. of
Griffin, and Mrs. Georgia Amos, of L\-
Grange—ail of Georgia.
[We are sure that from many fr ends
in Columbus, Dr. DeVotio will receive
hearty congratulations on this 1a; py
event of his life, with earnest wi-hss for
his welfare.]
' lumnr is current in Davis that Mar
shal Bazine has lied from the country ;
H,so a report that Henri Roncbfort has
died at the Penal Settlement in New Cale
donia.
VOL. XV.
-1 111(111 OLD ALABAMA JUDGE.
He have heretofore had oecasiontoal
i lude to the strange antics of Hon. E. 11.
Kofis, Judge of tho City Court of Eufaula.
t Alabama. The accounts before us show
that on Thursday and Friday last he was
cutting up in oven a more extravagant
i manner than usual. Wo derive these
facts from tho accounts of the News of
: Saturday: After opening Court on Thurs
i Judge Keils inquired of the Sheriff
j 110 ila <l telegraphed to the Sheriff of
Montgomery to arrest Mr. M. McNair (the
judge’s son-in-law.) Tho Sheriff replied
becau» he had a writ for his arrest,
| baße 't upon an indictment, made by the
Grand Jury. The Judge then asked if
the Sheriff di.l not know that ho (Judge
K.) had taken tho recognizance of Mc-
Nair for hi i appearance. The Sheriff an
-1 f, * ered thr ‘t Ire did not. The Judge said
that it was the Sheriff's business to know;
I “ n ibe thereupon made an order suspend
| ing tho Sheriff, and another appointing a
negro Bailiff as Sheriff. Not content with
; Biis, tho Judge quashed the venire of |
jurors made up by tho Sheriff, and order
ed his appointed Sheriff tomako new ones. !
The first panned made out by tho new ;
Sheriff was also quashed because some of '
the jurors selected had signified their wil
lingness to receive and circulate Eagle and
j I’henix certificates. Finally the negro
t Sheriff made up pannels composed of 21
[ negroes and 2 whites, which his Honor
accepted. Tho News says that one of them
is charged with larceny, another buglary,
and a third with horse stealing. Tho next
step of the Judge was to direct the dis
missal of several cases carried np by cer
tiorari from the Mayor’s Court—ail
against negroes. The City Attorney ob
jected, but the Judge said he was deter
mine! to put the cases out of court,
and entered upon his docket in each
case, “Jury, and verdict of not guilty!”
The Montgomery Advertiser of Sunday
has a paragraph alluding to this conduct
of Judge Keils, which may either bo
founded ou reports distorting the facts as
abovo given, or it may furnish the sequel
to what ia reported above. We copy from
the Advertiser:
It was reported here yesterday that
there had been quite a little excitement
in Eufaula over anew attempt on the part
of Keils, Judge of the City Court, to play
the role of a Judicial tyrant. It. appears
that the grand jury found a true bill
against a son-in-law ol’ Keils for forgery.
Keils pocketed the indictment, and Judge
Wood, prosecuting attorney, demanded
it. Keils refused to surrender it. An
altercation ensued; which resulted in
•Judge Keils ordering Judge Wood to jail
for five days and to pay u fine of $l5O
for each day. The upshot of the whole
matter was that Judge Keils left the city,
and Judge Woods did not go to jail.
Keils is Judge of that Court which the
people of Barbour county asked the last
Legislature to abolish, and which would
have been abolitihed had the House had
time to act. upon tho Senate bill.
O Vll STATES EX A TE.
We are told that Gen. Toombs, in his
Wilkes county speech, advocating a Con
stitutional Convention, named as one of
tho changes which ho wished to see effect
ed, the giving of a Senator to each county
in the State. This is one of the changes
to which we are most decidedly opposed.
It would add one hundred members to
the Senate, and make that body almost as
unwieldy as the House; greatly in
crease the cost of each session of tho Leg
islature; and, we bolieve, tend to lower
the character of tho Senate in point of
ability and independence of local cliques.
It is apparent that a wire-working dema
gogue can more easily control a nomina
tion or secure an election in one county
than in three. Local feelings or influen
ces, over-riding considerations of the
public good, can more easily oarry astray
five hundred or a thousand voters than
threo or four thousand. Tho present
Senate of 11 members is a much more
efficient and working body than the House
with its 175; and the latter body, com
posed of representatives of small constit
uences, and being peculiarly the popular
representative body, is competent to se
cure attention to all local wants. The
great State of New York, w ith its popula
tion of over four millions, lias a Senate
consisting of only 33 members; Alabama,
very nearly as populous as Georgia, has
only 33; and surely Georgia ought to be
content with 11, especially as the mem
bers of its lower House represent smaller
constituencies than those of either New'
York or Alabama.
But we object to Gen. Toombs’ propo
sition for another and more weighty rea
son.. It would increase, instead of dimin
ishing, the inequalities of popular repre
sentation iu tho Senate. To give Coffee
county, with its Hi.lo people, as large a
representation in the Senate as Chatham
with its 41,000 —to give Charlton, Echols,
Glasscock, Johnson and Fierce, with pop
ulations ranging from 1,800 to 3,000, as
many Senators as Fulton, Richmond, Bibb
and Houston, with populations counting
from 20,000 to 33,000 each—does not
seem to us to be a reform in the right di
rection. There is nothing democratic in
it, unless democracy means a representa
tion of corporations instead of popular
numbers.
We believe that the character of the j
Senate of Georgia has been elevated by
the reduction of the number of its mem- j
bers to 4 1; we believe that it is now more
of a popular representative body than it
would be under the proposed change, be
cause the grouping of counties gives a
better opportunity (though still an imper
fectone) to adjust representation to popu
lation, than would an arbitrary Senatorial
representation of the separate counties
without the least regard to population;
anil we aro sure that the State will be
saved an expense of $25,000 or $30,000
for each session by having a Senate of 44
instead of 130 members. Therefore we
are decidedly opposed to Gen. Toombs’
proposition relating to tho Senate.
DR. L. F. IT. ANDREWS.
This well-known old editor anil citizen
of Columbus has commenced the publica
tion of a monthly magazine devoted to
the religion which he teaches. It is
printed in very handsome style by V. P
Sisson & Cos , of Atlanta, and is edited
with Dr. Andrews’ usual vigor and point.
Those who believe in the Universalis!
faith or feel interested in its doctrines,
wili find this magazine entertaining and
instinctive. It is entitled "Messenger of
Covenant," a monthly religions maga
zine, devoted to the defence and illustra
tion of the doe!line of the "fluid salvation
of men.”
Terms of the magazine—$2 per annum
a single copy. Six copies, $lO. len
copies, $lO. Cash otders may, for tho
present, be forwarded to the editor at
A mer.cus.
Lost. —The New York Times says ail
hope of the safety of the steam
ship ißtna’ia, of the Anchor Steamship
lin\ which sailed from New York over
seven weeks ago, has been given up. Her
crew of forty-five men were all English
men.
‘•Gath,"a Washington correspondent of
tho Chicago Times , says it has been “no
secret in official circles that the Presi
dent's choice for the succession to his
effive is Hamilton Fish.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
GEORGIA XEWS.
T n tL ® I S. District Court, at Savau
'’OaMkursday, Judge Erskine instruct
ed the Clerk to enter the names of no
persons as attorneys of record who are
noi attorneys in that court. This pre
vents the recognition of petitions in
I bankruptcy, &c., filed by attorneys who
' “ nvo n°t been admitted to praclico in
tho Federal Courts.
A public meeting in Wilkes county, last
'reek, instructed the Representatives of
the county in the Legislature to vote for
ree call of a Constitutional Convention.
yen. Toombs addressed tho meeting in
i favor of tho Convention.
Tho Georgian says that two baios of
cotton were sold in Athens Thursday, that
were grown and packed in the year 1837.
Judge n. n. Tooke, ono of the most
prominent citizens of Thomas county,
| on Thursday last, aged 50 years. He
had filled the offico cf Ordinary of the
county ever since tho creation of the
office.
The gin house of Mr. J. M. Alston—
the finest in Sumter county—was burned
on.tho night of the 12th inst., with three
bales of cotton andtlioseod from 00 bales.
; ft i* supposed to have been fired by an
incendiary.
M. H. McAfee was eleoted a Represen
tative of Lee county, on the 17th inst., at
1 a special election held to fill the vacancy
caused by tho death of Dr. n. B. Lipsey.
Mr. McAfee is a Democrat.
About 39 bales of cotton, belonging to
Mr. S. Fatman, were burned on a platform I
near the Tyler Cotton Fress in Savannah, !
on Sunday morning. It is supposed that I
the cotton was fired by some ono smok- 1
ing.
Col. T. J. Smith, Master of the Georgia j
State Grange, had his hand seriously in- j
jureil by falling against the saw in his j
steam saw mill iu Washington county.
T At Houston Superior Court last week, I
Nelson MeGehee, negro, was sent to the j
penitentiary for twenty years for killing !
Mr. Ferney Pool, near Henderson, a short |
time since; and Nelson Wilson, negro, for 1
lifo, for killing Abram Razor, another !
negro.
The gin-house of Mr. George Dend
wyler, of Jackson county, together with
thirty-six bales of cotton* was destroyed
by fire on the 18th inst.
The Perry Journal says that the Grand
Jury of Houston county found a true bill
“against Mr. Haight, manager of the
Great Eastern Circui, for violating the
Sabbath by unloading and putting up
his canvas, etc., last Sunday. Also against
several followers of the show for keeping
gambling tables. A bill wa3 aHo found
against Colonel Virgil Powers, Superin
tendent of the Southwestern Railroad,
for running a freight train on the Sabbath
in bringing the circus to Perry. We re
gret this very much, as Mr. Bowers is a
Christian gentleman, and wo are quite
sure he is not to blame for that infringe
ment of the slalute.
The cotton factory which Col. Howell
was putting up near Atlanta, and in which
the people of that place took great inter
est. was burned Monday night. The Con
stitution says that it was insured for $27,-
000, and this insurance will perhaps cover
tho loss. Tho burning of tho factory is
justly considered a public calamity. The
origin of the firo is unknown.
Tho jury in tho Bedell caso was dis
charged at four o’clock Tuesday, after
over one week’s investigation of the caso.
The jury stood seven for acquittal, threo
for manslaughter, anil two undecided.
This makes tho second mistrial in the
caso.
A. L. Harris (“Fatty Harris," who acted
so conspicuous a part in the forced re-or
ganization of the Georgia Legislature un
der Gen. Meade,) was tried for felony in
the Superior Court of Fulton, and a ver
dict of not guilty rendered on Tuesday.
Wo behove that the charge hail reference
to his conduct while a Stato Road official.
W. L. Clifton, a convict sentenced to a
term in Fulton county jail, but who was
allowed “prison bounds,” was stabbed
and killed by James Ratteree, near At
lanta, on Tuesday. They had some dis
pute about turning out iu tho road.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED lIY THE
UNION SPRINGS GRANGE.
In viow of the advisory resolutions,
adopted by the Convention Granges, as
sembled here on tho 4th of this month, bo
it resolved:
Ist. That wo will so pitch our crops as
to raise an abundant supply of provisions
for homo consumption.
2d. That we will raise and prepare for
market, or home use, as large an amount
of .stock, such as horses, hogs, cows, &c.,
ns it is practicable for us to do.
3d. That wo will endeavor so to ar
range our contracts with laborers as to
embrace the whole time up to Christmas,
so that what of the time is not occupied
in planting, cultivating and gathering the
crop, may be employed in repairing our
farms and improving our lands.
4:h. That we will not employ a laborer
who may at the time be under contract
with another party, unless a certificate of
discharge be presented from his former
employer, anu that we will not employ a
convicted felon until his sentence is ful
filled.
THE FLORIDA RAILROAD SQUAB.
RLE.
Special to the Morning News.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 21. —Attorney
General Cooke and Secretary of State
MoLin, who is the editor of the Sentinel,
the Radical organ here, had a personal
rencontre on the street yesterday evening.
Cooke knocked McLin down twice, which
ended the trouble.
The difficulty grew out of certain com
ments made by the Sentinel yesterday
upon Judge Cooke’s letter to the Florid
ian of last week, in which he repudiated
tho idea that the State of Florid* is re
sponsible for the four millions of bonds
issued by Reed to Littlefield in aid of the
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile rail
road, the proceeds of which were sent to
North Carolina to pay Littlefields fraudu
lent debts in that State
The shock botwoen these two Cabinet
officers is considered here as the opening
of the ball in respect to this railroad
squabble, which, it is hoped, will end in
the State’s triumph. There is not much
sympathy expressed for McLin hereabouts.
Osceola.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF VIRGINIA
LAST NOVEMBER.
The complete official vote of Virginia
for Governor on tho 4th of November
has been published. The vote is given by
Congressional Districts, and compares
with the vote for Congressmen in 1572 as
follows :
Governor. 1873. Conore-s, 1872.
Cons. llep.
Vist. Kemper. Hughes Cons. Adm.
Ist 12.425 9,720 10 314 10.657
2-k1 12,81-9 14.738 10.329 15,633
3rd 14,792 12 481 12,514 13,082
4th 10.285 16.012 8.068 15,393
sth 11.737 9 239 8,075 9,175
tito 34,233 10,8*1 11,401 10,779
7th 15,095 6 748 10,894 6,738
sth 13 931 8,500 11.782 9 IS7
9th 15,401 0,202 10,325 6,324
Total... 120,738 93,4,9 93,728 95,907
Bv the abovo figures, James L. Kem
per’s (Conservative) majority for Govern
or over Robert W. Hughes is 27,239-8,-
908 greater than Walker’s (Cons.) majori
ty for Governor in ISG9. In 1869, the
total vote for Governor was 220,739 ; this
year it was 214.237, or 6,502 less than in
1809. The increase this year over the
Conservative vote for Congressmen in
1572 is 27,009; the decrease in the Re
publican vote is 2, JOS.
Gen. Johnston's Campaign. —lt is un
deistood that Gen. J. F.. Johnston’s histo
ry of his campaigns will soon be brought
out. It will be a volume of about six
hundred pages. It was currently report
ed some t m i ago that the book will
severelv assail President Davis in rela
tion to the conduct of the war; but that
is decie t, a id it is said by those who are
well inform id that the General will con
iine hi uself to an explanation and vindi
oitiou of hisown military record.—Lonis
cille Courier-Journal.
Three cxlfish weighing six ponnds each,
were ca ight in the St. John’s river, near
Palatka. last week, the first of the kind
! -ver caught in Southern waters. The
Hera.ll savs: “Captain Vogel, of the
steamer Dictator, pronounces them genu
ine codfish.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1873.
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Correspor.fler.ee of the Sex.]
Macon, Dec. 19, 1873.
THIRD DAY.
Coufereuce convened at nine o'clock
with Bishop Paine in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. E. Heidt.
The rointifes of the preceding session
read.
The petition of Mrs. Thos. Capers from
the list of Florida Conference claimants
j to South Georgia was declined, by a vote
! of tho Conference.
Rev. Walter Knox read a report from
• tho Committee on the Bible Cause.
Rev. W. A. Parks, Agent of the A. B. S.,
! made a forcible speech, favoring the dis
| tribution of the Bible,
j Judge Sessions, of Pierce, objected to ,
tho statement that three hundred families !
: in Clinch county were destitute of the
Bible.
Rev. J. W. Galley affirmed the fact was
j stated to him by the Bible Agent.
Bishop Keener was introduced, and ad
: dressed the Conference, first on tho neces
. sity of District Schools among the Metho
j dists, secondly on the claims of the West
for men and means.
The Bible Agents report shows the fol-
I lowing work done in tho last four years
| in the State of Georgia.
Sermons and addresses delivered by the
: District Superintendent of the A. B. S.
| 312; Money sent to the American Bible
Society $28,953; Numbers of volumes of
tho Bible received 62,738 ; Families found
destitute of the Bible 6,570; Destitute
families supplied 4,728; Destitute chil
dren supplied 2,51 G; Sunday Schools sup
plied 2G2 ; New auxiliaries formed 85.
The hour having arrived, the Confer
ence went into the election of delegates i
to tho General Conference.
By request, the lay delegates were al
lowed to retire to nominate their dele
gates.
The first ballot cast elected Dr. L.
Pierce, Dr. J. S. Key, Samuel Anthony
and J. W. Hinton.
On the fifth ballot, Dr. J. O. A. Clarke
was elected.
The alternates subsequently elected are
—Revs. T. T. Christian, George G. N.
McDonel and Dr. O. L. Smith.
Tho lay delegates elected are, Judge
James Jackson, of Macon, B. M. Overby,
of Stewart, W. H. Ellison, of Talbot,
Judge Wm. M. Sessions, of Pierce, and
Rev. R. W. LovetfJ of Scriven.
Their alternates are, Judge J. J. Jones,
of Burke, J. J. Allen, of Decatur, M. E.
Eylander, of Sumter, W. D. Grace, of
Taylor and J. K. Felder, of Houston.
Bishop Pierce took the chair.
18th Question —What traveling preach
ers are elected deacons?
Revs. B. H, Lester, A. M. Williams and
P. S. Twitty.
12th Question —What traveling preach
ers are elected elders ? Revs. E. J. Burch,
R. M. Lockwood.
Question Ist—Who are admitted on
trial ? Revs. Walker Lewis, Edward J.
Smith, Pleasant H. Clumpier, James 11.
Henderson.
Dr. J. Lewis, of St. Louis, was announ
ced to preach at Mulberry Street Church
to-uight; R. F. Mixon at First Street.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Conference met at three o'clock, Bishop
Pierce in the chair, l’rnyer by Rev. 11.
H. Parks.
20th Question —“Are all the preachers
blameless in their life and official admin
istration ?” The several district: wore
called, and the several ministers passed
in review, blameless in character and offi
cial relation.
Bishop Pierce took the chair.
Rev. R. H. Howien and 1). Blalock,
were granted a snperanuated relation.
Revs. G. J. Pearce and George W.
Kramer were transferred to tho North
Georgia Conference.
General C. A. Evans, of Atlanta, was
introduced to the Conference.
A large number of ladies were in atten
dance to-day. We see many beautiful
and interesting faces, some of whom we
recognized from a distance. We saw Col.
Sparks and Mayor Huff in tho body to
day. S.
FOURTH DAT.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 20th, 1873.
Conference met at 9 o'clock, a. m.,
Bishop Pierce in the chair. Prayer by A.
M. Thigpen.
President A. 11. Flewellen, of Andrew-
Female College, read a report of his col
lege. It was referred to the Committee
on Education.
The following local preachers were
elected to deaoon’s orders: H.
Thigpen,Walker Lewis, Hamlin R. Felder,
Thos. Lane, Jas. B. McCullers, Charles It.
Rockwell, John T. Lowe.
Tho following named local preachers
were elected to Elders’ orders: Henry J.
Harvey, Charles R. H. Hays, Joseph Short,
James J. Tooke, John W. Watts, William
Harden.
The ministerial credentials of Thos. It.
Stuart, a local preacher in Randolph coun
ty, were restored to him.
Dr. J. S. Key took the chair anil called
the Legal Conference.
Tho minutes of the last Legal Confer
ence were read.
Rev. Geo. G. .McDonnell read his
report as Treasurer of the Fund of
Special Relief.
Rev. T. T. Christian read a report, giv
ing an account of the stocks and cotes of
tho Legal Conference.
Rev. D. R. McWilliams stated that Mr.
Writ. Whitehead, of Harris county, de
ceased, left in his will six hundred dollars
to the M. E. Church South, for missions.
The preacher of the Hamilton circuit was
appointed agent to confer with the execu
tor of the said estate.
Rev. J. O. A. Cook read a report as
Secretary of tho Preachers’Aid Society.
Rev. R. W. Dixon was elected a mem
bar of the Preachers’ Aid Society, vice
Rev. Wm. 51. Kennedy, deceased.
Rev. A. Wright and Dr. Clarke were
appointed a committee to inquire into the
Myers’ fund. Father Myers, deceased,
left a fund to educate a young man at
Emory College, who should neither drink,
smoke nor chew, and of exemplary char
acter.
Dr. J. S. Key was elected chairman,
Rev. S. D. Clemons, Secretary, Rev. T
T. Christian, Treasurer, of the Legal Con
ference another year.
Bishop Pierce took the chair and called
for regular business.
Rev. A. 51. Wynn read a report from
the agents of the Orphans’ Home. Adopted.
Rev. S. Anthony, Agent for the Home,
read his report.
The Home is loeaied two miles from
Macon. The property was donated in
| part by Bibb county, It is worth five
thousand dollars, with one thousand since
1 added in repairs. There are eleven in
mates being well cared for and educated.
The agent reported that since appointed
ho had collected cash $4,500; cash due
this winter $2,714 : cash due in five or ten
years $45,110.
The follow ing are the Board of Trustees
appointed for the Home :
Revs. S. Anthony, A. M. Wynn, Geo. C.
Clark, John W. Burke, slessrs A. L. Max
| well, L. SV. Jordan, H. 1,. Jewett, J. W.
Chatham. SV. D. Williams, James Jackson,
Revs. J. O. Branch, and C. W. Smith.
The agent made an earnest and elo
quent appeal for the Orphans. Rev. slr.
Wilson, of Americas, arose (while he was
speaking,) to make a donation—which
gave new life to Uncle Sam’s speech.
By vote of the Conference, each mem
ber agreed to pay one dollar a year for
the Home.
Rev. T. T. Christian spoke iu favor of
Orphan Home Societies.
Judge James Jackson read the report
from tho Committee on the State of the
Church.
It was an able document—striking at
the worldly-miudedness of the church,
and the questionable amusements of the
day.
Several resolutions were added recom
mending the General Conference to make i
the law more more specific, as all ortho- j
dox Christians certainly disapprove these
worldly diversions. Conference adjourn
ed before the paper was disposed of. i
1 Bishop Fame made a few pointing re
marks, as he expects to leave on Monday
morning. lie spoke in the highest terms
! of Georgia Methodism, and the two Con
; feronees. lie was willing to endorse all
j the favorablo reports Bishop Pierce had
1 made of his home Conference, lie would
leave him in charge to wind np the busi-
I ness. Tho three Bishops (Paine, Pierce
; and Keener) were on the rostrum to-day
. most of tho time—presenting an imposing
; appearance. The audience room was
I crowded with visitors, and the sessionhas
| reached its maximum interest. S.
Macon, Deo 22.
FIFTH DAY.
The report from the Committee on the
State of the Church was resumed, and
passed without disoussion. Several reso
lutions were appended, recommending
General Conference to make certain
changes in the book of discipline, touch
ing the encroachments the world is malt
ing upon the Church, etc.
A communication was received from a
Committee of the Florida Conference,
asking this Conference to send them sev
eral young ministers.
Dr. J, O. A. Clark offered anew paper
on the re-adjustment of the line dividing
the North and South Georgia Conferences,
1 recommending the delegates of this
| Conference to confer with those of the
! North Georgia Conference. Passed.
Rev. J. M. Marshall read tho report on
| the Southern Christian Advocate. Rev.
J. W. Burke urged the preachers to in
crease the circulation, as the paper is not
‘ now paying expenses. Dr. Myers spoke
in behalf of the paper.
He said tho size of tho paper must be
reduced unless its list of subscribers be
increased to ten thousand.
Rev. A Wright read the report of the
Board of Education. The first paper was
concerning tho education of young men
to the ministry. Three are at College
preparing for the Conference.
The next was concerning the Institu
tions of Learning under the patronage of
the Conference. Dr. O. L. Smith was re
commended to re-appointment as Presi
dent of Emory College ; Rev. .T. S. Hop
kins as Professor; Dr. E. H. Myers as
President of Wesleyan Female College.
Revs. W. C. Bass and C. W. Smith as
Professors. Th ere aro several other Col
leges and High Schools holding connec
tion with the Church, but are under the
management of laymen in the Church. •
Bishop Pierce was requested to act as
Agent for tho South Georgia Conference
at the Florida Conference, to porfect cer
tain legal papers of Fletcher Institute,
located at Thomasville.
Rev. S. Anthony was requested to act
Agent of the Orphans’ Home next year.
Rev. A. M. Wynn offered a resolution
asking that the Sunday School Board be
dissolved, and that a committee be ap
pointed annually to attend to the usual
business.
Rev. Geo. Johnson read the report of
the Committee on Books and Periodicals.
Tho resolutions urge the preachers to sell
at least ono hundred dollars of our own
publications and secure a patronage
among tho Methodists of their own books
and papers.
Bishop Paine remanded the case of np
pealjfrom a Columbus District Quarterly
Conference back to said Conference for a
new trial.
The case of appeal from a Brunswick
Quarterly Conference was confirmed as
decided by tho Presiding Elder.
Dr. W. 11. Hollinshed, chairman of the
Board of Finance, rend his report, show
ing tho assets tor Conference claimants
and the bishops to bo for next year as
follows:
Cons. col. bishops.
Savannah districts, SI,BOO $350
Macon district, 1,700 340
Columbus district, 1,800 360
Americus district, 1,400 280
Bainbridge district, 1,000 200
Thomasville district, 1,100 220
Altaipaha district, 200 40
Total, $9,000 SI,BOO
Rev. Geo. G. N. McDonnell read his
report as Treasurer of the Missionary So
ciety.
l)r. O. L. Smith offered a resolution
asking the ministers to take collections
for missions in the spring instead of the
fall.
A resolution recommending the General
Conference to divide the collections for
missions into a Domestic anil Foreign
Board.
Savannah was selected ns the next place
of holding the annual Conference.
NIGHT SESSION.
Rev. I. S. Hopkins read the statistical
report.
The first Friday in April, was named as
a day for fasting and prayer.
Resolution of thanks to the citizens of
Macon for hospitality,to the Presbyterians
and Baptists for the courtesy of their pul
pits, and to the Railroads for reduced
fare to members of the body, were passed.
Fifteen hundred copies of the minutes
were ordered published.
As the business of Conference was
closed. Rev. Geo. C. Clarke presented to
Bishop Pierce a gavel, the head of which
was made of live oak wood obtained from
the tree on St. Simons Island under which
John Wesley preached while in America
in 1735; and the handle of the arm of a
bench of the Great Bethel church where
the first battle of the late war was fought.
The Bishop accepted in his usual racy
felicitous style. After singing and prayer
by Samuel Anthony, Bishop Pierce de
livered a few remarks touching the high
office of tho minister, and the necessi
ties of self denial, after which he read the
following
APPOINTMENTS :
Savannah District —J O A Clark. P. E. i
Savannah, Trinity, H H Parks.
Savannah, Wesley Church and mission,
A M Wynn.
Springfield. N D Morehouse.
Sylvania, J D slaulden.
slillen mission, R W Rogers.
Bethel, E J Burch.
Alexander, 3 A Rosser.
Waynesboro, G S Johnston.
Herndon mission, W E Shackleford.
Rethanv, T B Lanier.
Louisville, J 5V Glenn.
Sandersville, J F slixon.
Washington and Davisboro, J J Boring
and J W Domingos.
Gibson, J E Itorie.
Macon District —J W Hinton. P. E.
slacon, Mulberry Street and Viueville, i
J O Branch.
East slacon and city mission, Walker
Lewis and J W Burke.
First Street, George G N McDonell.
Macon circuit, C J Toole.
lrwinton, A M Williams.
Jeffersonville and Gordon. B H Sasuett,
and one to be supplied.
Fort Ya’lev and Marshallville. F A
Branch.
Crawford. W W Tidwell.
Perry, W F Robison.
Haynevilie. W 51 D Bond.
Hawkinsville and Longstreet, R .J Cor
ley.
Pulaski, W II Rogers.
Wilcox mission, to bo supplied by R M
Booth.
O L Smith, President of Emory College.
I S Hopkins, professor of Emorv Col
lege.
E H slyers, President Wesleyan Fe
male College.
C W Smith and W C Bass, professors in
, Wesleyan Female College.
Columbus District— J B MeGehee.
P. E.
Coiumbns, St. Luke's, J S Key.
Columbus, Girard and Trinity. J W
Simmons.
Columbus, St. Paul's, A Wright.
Broad Street, R W Dixon.
Catania, S D Clements.
Hamilton, E R McWilliams.
Talbotton, W Knox.
Talbot circuit, L B Payne. B W Key.
Geneva, W G Booth.
Butler. E J llentz
Glen Alta and mission, C C Hines.
Cusseta, RF Evans.
Conference Missionary, L Pierce.
Americus District —N B Onsley, P E.
Americus, T T Christian.
Sumter, J T Ainsworth, Geo_C Thomp
son.
ESlaville, W Lane, It F Williamson.sup.
Smithville, B H Lester.
Oglethorpe, J B Wardlaw.
Montezuma, to be supplied by II R
Felder.
Vienna and Dooly mission, G GEmbry, :
E I Smith.
Cntkbert, B F Breedlove.
Weston, R L Wiggins, and one to be
supplied.
Stewart, J 31 Potter.
Buena Vista, W W Stewart.
Lumpkin, A J Dean.
Agent of the South Georgia Orphans’
Home, Samuel Anthony.
Dawson District —R B Lester, PE.
Dawson, Geo C Clarke.
Terrell and Morgan, J K Littlejohn
and W F Bearden.
Fort Gainey and Blakely, W M Hayes.
Arlington, I* C Harris.
Spring Creek mission, to be supplied by
J B McCullough.
Bainbridge, R L Honiker,
Trinity, J W Weston.
Decatur, T K Leonard.
Cairo, J J Giles.
Camilla and Newton, P S Twitty.
Albany and mission, H P Myers.
Leesburg, to be supplied by W 31 Rus- ]
sell.
Worth mission, S N Tucker.
Georgetown, L G R Wiggins.
Springvale, S R Vv eaver.
Thomasville District— J 3L Austin,
PE
Thomasville, E A II MeGehee.
Boston, W M Watts.
Spring Hill, P H Orumpler.
Quitman, S S Sweet.
Morven, J E Sentell.
Moultrie, C E Boland.
Valdosta, J P Wardlaw.
Lowndes and Echols mission, A P
Wright.
Nashvslle, L A Darsey.
Stockton mission, W H Thomas.
Waresboro, J B Culpepper.
Jessup, J L Williams.
Blackshear and Waycross, H W Key.
Centre Village, to be supplied by S S
Moore.
St. Mary’s, W A Green.
Camden, T S Armstead.
Brunswick and mission, J A 0 Cook.
Darien, R 31 Lockwood.
Hinesville and mission, J M Jlarshall.
Bryan mission, W 31 C Conley.
Altamah.v District —J V3I Morris, P E.
Scarboro, J J 3lorgan.
Dublin, J 8 Jordan.
Wrightsville, D O’Discoll.
Eastman mission, D G Pope.
Swainsboro, to be supplied by J R
Ware.
Conueheo mission, W J Flanders.
Jacksonville, W F-Conley.
Oconee, II C Fentress.
Reidsville, J Spence.
Holmesville, I F Carey.
Ocmulgee, 3V F Roberts.
South Coffee mission, to lie supplied.
G J Pearce, G W Hardaway, G R Kra
mer, W K 31c3Iichael and James Jones,
transferred to tho North Georgia Confer
ence.
J F Henderson, transferred to the Ar
kansas Conference.
Conference then adjourned with the
Doxology ami tho Benediction by Bishop
Tierce.
SUNDAY IN MACON.
There was preaching to-day in all the
orthodox Christian churches (oxcept the
P. E. Church), eight in all, by the Metho
dist clergy. Bishop Paine preached at
3lulberry Street Church and ordained the
deacons; Bishop Keener preached at the
First Street and ordained the olders; Dr.
A. G. Haygood at the First Baptist; Rev.
11. H. Parks at tho Presbyterian.
Bishop Paine preached from Isaiahl-18,
“Come now and let us reason together,
saith tho Lord,” <&o. His reasoning was
clear, forcible and scriptural. The ser
mon was a remarkable effort for a man
of his years. Tho vast audience, with
profound and reverent attention, sat. for
over an hour, listening to tho words of
wisdom and pathos, as they foil in trem
bling accents from the lips of the venera
ble servant —now the seuior Bishop in the
Southern Methodist Church.
We have heard the Bishop frequently.
This was his happiest effort, and probably
the last he Georgia.
Bishop Keener preached from Gen. 22-
8, “My son, God will prepare himself a
lamb.”
The Church was crowded,and tho highest
encomiums aro pronounced on the sermon.
It was full of thought and unction. Most
of the ministers went to hear him, hav
ing heard the former. Ho is a graduate
of Wesleyan University, under Dr. Fisk.
He is a native of Baltimore, but bis field
of labor has been iu Alabama, and New
Orleans, his present home. lie was elected
Bishop in 1870. He goes to Mexico next
month.
The grandest occasion that has occurred
during the week came off this afternoon
in the Mulberry Street Church. It v.as
the anniversary of the South Georgia
Conference Sunday School Society. Three
or four schools were present, numbering
nearly five hundred. The first and sec
ond floors of the church were crowded.
The most familiar hymns from the Ama
ranth swelled out from a thousand voices
in sweetest harmony with the organ.
The speakers were Dr. A. G. Haygood
and Bishop Keener.
The Bishop has a smooth face, small
dark-blue eyes, high, sharp forehead, of
sanguine complexion; erect form andepaick
step. He wields the most facile pen of
any of the Bishops.
Bishop Paine came forward aud pro
nounced a blessing in a few words on the
children, which closed those happy exor
cises as the sun was sinking to her rest
amid the radiant glory of a Western
sky.
The memorial service was held in Mul
berry St. Church Sunday evening. The
memoir of Wm. M. Kennedy was read by
Rev. R. W. Dixon. Bovs. F. A. Branch,
H. H. Parks, J. W Simmons, and Geo.
Clarke spoke briefly of the memory of
the deceased. He was a faithfnl man;
died in his SGthyear, the 25th of his min
istry.
Kev. Wm. J. Parks, who died in Ox
ford, was not a member of this confer
ence, yet his memoir is in place here.
Dr. O. L. Smith read the memoir. He
was a preacher well-known in Georgia.
His ministry; of over fifty years, extended
over the greater part of Georgia.
Kev. S. Anthony spoke feelingly of his
old yoke-fellow in the gospel of other
days.
ilev. A. Wright spoke of his connection
with the deceased in his early ministry—
his indebtedness to him for godly and
wise council.
Dr. O. L. Smith called up several inci
dents —one, his last talk before the public
—which was to the children. His death
was triumphant. A good man has gone.
His place is bard to fill.
Kev. S. S. Sweet read the memoir of
Bishop John Early.
We shall add nothing to what has al
ready been in public print, concerning
the great and good man.
Bishop Paine addressed the congrega
tion on the life and character of Bishop
Early. It was most thrilling and interest
ing ; full of incidents of bis early boy
hood ministry in connection with John
Early. He closed with an earnest exhor
tation and an invitation to the altar.
Several responded. S.
BANKRUPT DECISION.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The Supreme
Court to-day rendered the following de
cision iu the case of Wilson, as
signee in bankruptcy of Yandeikoff Bros,
vs. City Bank of St. Paul, certificate of
dismission from the Circuit Court for
3linnesota :
In thi3 case Vanderhoff Bros., owing the
Bank, suffered their entire stock of goods
to be soized on execution on a judgment
obtained by default againstj.them by the
Bank, and thus, as alleged, fraudulently
preferred tho Bank over their other credi
tors, against the provisions of the bank
rupt act, and the assignee sought to have
the proceedings of the sale on execution
applied on the claims of the creditors.
Ou those facts tho following questions
arose, on which the] Court decided, and
they were certified to this Court for
answer : First, Whether or not it
was j* the intention of the firm to!
suffer their property to bo taken on
executions with intent to give a pref- I
: erence to tho hank, or with intent to de-
I feat or delay tho Bankrupt Act, can bo
: inferred from tho facts stated. Second,
whether, under the facts,tho bank in
their proceedings had reasonable cause to
believe that a fraud on the Bankrupt Act
was intended by tho firm, and third,
I whether, under the circumstances, the
j bank obtained by the levy and executions
a rated lion on tho goods as against the
assignee in bankruptcy. In their opinion
tho court say that something more than
the passive non-rosistauce of an insolvent
debtor to regulate judicial proceedings,
in which a judgment and execution are
had when tho debt is due and ho is with
out just defence to the action, is neces
i sary to show preferment of a creditor or
a purpose to defeat or delay the operation
of tho Bankrupt Act. That the facts that
he debtor under such circumstances does
not tile a petition in bankruptcy is not suf
ficient evidence of such preferenca or de
sire to defeat the operation of tho aot.
That though tho judgment creditors in
such a curb may know the insolvent con
; dition of tho debtor, his levy anil seizure
i is not void under the circumstances, nor
any violation of tho bankrupt law. That
a lien thus obtained by him wilL not be
displaced by subsequent proceeding in
bankruptcy against a debtor, though with
in four months of tho filing of the bill,
these propositions require the question
certified to be answered. The first two
in tho negativo and tho third in the af
firmative. This decision overrules or
largely qualifies what was said by 3lr.
Justice Clifford in delivering the opinion
of the Court in Buchanan vs. Smith at the
last term.
CORRESPONDENCE ON THE ISA NIC
-11 UPT LA I r.
Washington, ‘.Deo. 22.— Senator Hitch
cock has addressed tho following letter to
Senator Edmunds, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Judiciary:
U. S. Senate Chamber, >
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20, 1873./
Boar Sir: —Regretting the failure of
tho Senato to act prior to the holidays’ re
cess upon the bill repealing the bankrupt
aw, so far, at least, as to wipe out the
present oppressive features of involunta
ry bankruptcy, and fearing that such fail
ure will aggravate tho financial suffering
and to tho already long list of
victims, I desire to obtain your opinion
of tho feasibility of so amending
tho bankrupt law as to make
tho repeal of tho oppressive fea
tures retroactive, and also . your opin
ion as to the probability of the early pas
sage of such amendment. Y’our reputa
tion as a lawyer and position as Chairman
of the Senate Judiciary, Committee, 'will
give weight to your opinion, and such
opinion, if affirmatively given upon each
of tho proportions abovo named, will, I
think go far to relieve public anxiety, and
prevent useless and oppressive litigation.
Faithfully yours,
P. M. ITitchoock.
To Hon. G. E. Edmunds, Chairman of
Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Senator Edmunds replied as follows:
U. S. Senate Chamber,!
Washington, D. C., Doc. 22, 1873. /
Dear Sir: I have received your note of
20th inst., and say in reply, I do not pro
fess lo speak for any person but my
self. of course, but, so speaking, I have
no hesitation in saying that any provision
that may bo made respecting the forcing
of debtors into involuntary bankruptcy,
and proceedings thereupon, will, so.far as
my voice goes, be retroactive in such a
way that no person will gain anything by
any oppressive steps towards debtors. !
Pending the consideration of the qnes
tion, as all such matters relate to remedies
which Congress mnyßako away altogether
if it pleases, there will be no impropri
ety in making any wise provisions which
regulates the proceedings to just ends
apply to pending casos, and I feel great j
confidence that such'will be the opinion j
of the Senate.
Very truly, yours,
George F. Edmunds.
To Hon. r. 31. Hitchcock, U. S. Senate.
MORE A G It Alt I ANTS M.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—Tho laborers’ meet
ing last night was disorderly. The senti
meut that tho day is npproaching for an
equitable division of wealth was loudly
applauded. The employed will march to
the court house to-night. Gravo conse
quences are apprehended.
New York, Dee. 22.—A Cincinnati spe
cial says the attitude of the workingmen
there causes a feeling of Insecurity anil
apprehension.
Cincinnati, Dec. 22.—Two meetings of
laborers held. The German meeting de
nounced the press as in league with capi
talists. Carl Rosa, an Austrian agitator,
said the condition of the workingmen was
worse hero than in Germany.
Tho Irish meeting contented itself with
denunciations against the city govern
ment. Both meetings siiruly attended.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—The meeting of the
Workingmen was addressed in English,
German and Polish. They urged em
ployment by the city when other” sonrees
of work failed ; otherwise the city should
supply tho necessaries of life.
ILLINOIS FARMERS’ PLATFORM.
Chicago, Dec. 19. —The Illinois State
Farmers’ Association concluded its annu
al session at Decatur last night after adopt
ing a platform of which the following are
the main points: They declare that every
American voter should do all in their pow
er to secure tho election of honest and
competent men to office; that farmers are
absolved from all allegiance to the old
political parties; that, the repeal of the
salary grab law should be retroactive; that
large salaries arc antagonistic to (Repub
lican principles; that tho civil service
should be reformed. They favor improv
ing tho navigation of lakes and rivers;
oppose the protective tariff; deprecate
the system of subsidies; favor a legal ten
der currency issued directly by the Gov
ernment and interchangeable bonds, bear
ing the lowest possible rate of interest;
demand a revision of the patent laws: in
sist upon pientiial sessions of the Legis
lature; assort the right of the State Legis
lature to legislate for the control of rail
roads, and opppose any attempt of Con
gress to exercise such control.
W. 0. Flagg was re-elected President,
and S. M. Smith, Secretary, with a Vice-
President from each Congressional dis
iet.
tr _ . .
AS OTHER STRIKE.
Phii.adel.phia, Dec. 22.— There is con
siderable excitement along the wharves in
consequence of a strike among the labor
ers. All the steamship lines have given
notice that on to-day they would only pay
20 cents per honr. All the men struck,de
manding 20 cents per hour. TheAmerican
steamship line paid 30 cents, in order to
unload the steamer Pennsy.vania, which
arrived on Saturday, and the hands con
tinued work. The Clyde’s steamer line
had obtained men at 20 cents. The
strikers claimed the submission of the
American line as a harbinger of success
and seem determined to force those work
ing at a lower rate to join the strikers.
AX ESCAPE.
New Yowl, Dec. 22. —Harry Genet,
convicted of fraud in connection with a
ring, has been in the custody of the Dep
uty Sheriff since Friday. Genet obtained
j leave to go up stairs to see his wife.. The
' Sheriff stepped aside. Genet non tit.
no. 47.
WASHINGTON .VE n s.
Washington, Dec. -'.’.—The President
1 is expected to-morrow.
: A delegation of colored persons is com
| ing here to urge Congress to give them
■ their property rights in the Indian Terri-
I torv and citizenship, together with courts
I and a form of government to protect them.
Capt. Mitchell, who was arrested last
week for abstracting money from letters
in Dead Letter Office, had a preliminary
examination to-day and was held for
action of Grand Jury.
Congressman Waddell, of North Caro
lina, is nmong the homeward-bound to
day.
The of Agriculture is
much annoyed by persons sending money
to pay postage on seeds, reports, etc.,
and therefore gives notice that money
should never be sent to his department
for any purpose.
Washington, Dec.^23.—The Supremo 1
Court adjourned to the fifth proximo. j
The President stated emphatically to- ;
day that the nomination of Attorney Gen- j
eral Williams for Chief Justice would not j
bo withdrawn, and that ho had never con- 1
templated such a thing.
The President and company returned
here this morning from St. Louis.
TEEEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
St. Louis, December 22.—Grant, with
the persons who attended the funeral of
Col. Dent, from Washington, enjoyed a
grand ? dinner given by Gen. Hawley,
after which the gay party left for Wash
ington.
New York, Dec. 22. —The Baptist
Church, corner of Nassau and Liberty
streets, Brooklyn, burned; loss $500,000.
Washington, Dee. 22.—Mascon Fow
ler, Wm. Ramsey and John Whittlocks,
convicted a year ago of Ku-Klnxism, have
been pardoned.
Judge Williams’ opinion covers a col
umn. He argues the Virginius’ papers
were obtained by false pretences and that
the title of the vessel was in aliens.
-VJJir TO IK ITEMS.
New Yohji, December 22. Recorder
Hackett to-day sentenced a man to twenty
years imprisonment for committing rape
on a girl eight years old. The Recorder
regretted he could not impose the death
sentence.
Sheriff Brennan has offered $5,000 re
ward for tho’arrest of Genet.
Action has nlroady been taken by the Dis
trict Attorney toward proceedings against
the Sheriff for contempt of Court—for
alleged disobedience of orders of the
Court in reference to thecustody of Genet.
In tho Court of Oyer and Terminer to
day, Genet’s counsel said they would pro
ceed to perfect Jheir bill of exceptions.
THE nil) HE It CASE.
Montgomery, December 20. In the
case of the United vs. Louis Fritz, on
trial before United States Commissioner
Dresser, the testimony shows that Fritz
confessed having in his possession a note
given to Francis Widmer for tho sum of
$2,500; also a note of Hend’s, late mail
contractor, for $2,000, besides other notes
amounting to $2,500 —nearly enough in
the aggregate to cover the reported amount
for which Widmer defaulted. Widmer’s
administrator demanded these notes, and
Fritz denied having them, and tho case
against him rests outlie charge of making
way with papers of value, etc. The case
promises to involve soveral officials in
a serious difficulty.
IIOX. A. 11. STEPHENS AM) TIIE
COIOEEI) HEX.
Washington, Dee. 25.—A colored dele
gation, composed of Geo. T. Downing,
Frederick Douglass, N. W. Cnrrey, F. G.
Barbadoes, D. A. Striker and Wm.* J. Wil
son , had an interview to-day, by appoint
ment,with Representative a! ll.'Stephens,
of Georgia, who received the delegation
in the most friendly manner. The dele
gation report that in the course of con
versation Stephens freely admitted that
the colored men as citizens were entitled
to full protection in their civil rights
without any invidious proscription, but
that it was the dutyj of tho respective
States, and not that of tho Federal Gov
ernment, to act in order to secure them.
He stated ho was preparing a speech to
bo delivered in the House of Represent
atives on the Civil Rights bill, and in this
his views were fully expressed.
REQUEST VOin FOE UNCER
TAINTY.
Baltimore, Doc. 23.—1n the Circuit j
Court for Baltimore City, to-day, Judge 1
Pinkney decided that a bequest to the 1
Bishop of Western Maryland in trust to
bo used for tho erection of a mission
church in the City of Baltimore was void,
on the ground of uncertainty. The late !
Rev. Geo. Morrison, after making a nnm- :
her of bequests in his will, declares, “the
balance I desire to be left to the Bishop
of Western Maryland, in trust, to be
used for the erection of a mission church
in the City of Baltimore." Bishop Whit
tingham sued tho executor of Morrison
to recover the bequest, and the court say
there cannot be a trustee without cestui
que trust, and if it cannot bo ascertained
who tho cestui que trust is, it is the same
as if thore were none, and the bequest is
void for uncertainty.
THE STEVEDORE STRIKE.
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. —The strike of
long-shoremen continues. The Southern
Steamship Company had their regular
force of twelve men at work yesterday,
and also succeeded in getting six ad
ditional men this evening at the reduced
rate. Os these six men three were beaten
last night after they quit work. Asa
natural consequence, the Company is
without extra stevedores this morning,
inen willing to work being afraid to work,
else, whereas they may bo protected by
the presence of policemen during the day,
they have pretty solid assurance that the
strikers wiil be after them at night. This
Company,will not yield, though they have
three vessels in port at present, all being
unloaded, and have others to or five in a
few days.
THE D Lit ELI. OMMI XT EE
Washington, Dec. 23.—Messrs. SViison
and Eldridge leave not later than Satur
day. They will be accompanied by a
a Sergeant-at-Arms. It
is the intention of tho Committee, while
avoiding State politics and complications,
to investigate every action of tho Federal
Court which it is claimed taints Judge
Durell’s erinino. The Committee is not
cramped for lime, and will remain in New
Orleans until ail the facts are elicited.
DEATHS FROM GAS.
Cincinnati, Dec. 23. —Edward Sehuars
Koegel, his child aud wife, recently front
Baltimore, and natives of Prussia, were
found in their room at the hotel, corner
of Pearl and Central Avenue, tho two
former dead and tho latter in a dying con
dition, from inhaling gas which they had
neglected to turn off before retiring.
HRS. ALEX. AGASSIZ DEAD.
Boston, Dec. 23.—The wife of Alexan
der Agassiz,-son of the late professor,
died last night of pneumonia, superindu
ced by fatigue in her attendance upon her
father-in-law during his illness. Mrs.
Agassiz was a daughter of the late G. It.
Kassel).
WO At EX IS ELIGIBLE.
Boston, Dec. 21. —City Solicitor Healy,
to whom the question was referred, gives
his opinion that women cannot legally
serve on Boston School Committees, l our
women were chosen to that position at the
recent election.
THE WAIt IX SPAIX.
Bayonne, Deo. 24.—Ten steamers ar
rived at San Sebastian for the purpose of
embarking a force of Republicans under
General Marionez, which is surrounded by
| thirty-thousand Carlists and cannot escape
capture exeeptby taking refuge on ves
j sels.
Complicity in confiscation and bank
-1 rapt frauds, and conduct unbecoming a
i Judge, are the charges against Judge Du
j rell, which the Congressional Committee
. is about investigating.
TUB VIRGINIUS PRISONERS.
Reported Extorted Confessions—Destitute
Condition of tlio Prisoners.
Key West, Dec. 23. —A special says the
survivors of the Yirginius were kept in
ignorance of their fate, and were visited
by bogus priests, who exacted dying con
fessions. They thought they were going
to death, and upon the confessions of
these poor wretched, it is said, Attorney
Geneial Williams founded his opinion
that tho Virginius had no right to bear
tho American colors. The poor fellows
supposed they were going to the slaughter
house, but the presence of the Juniata,
I and surrender to her officers led to most
| extraordinary emotional demonstrations.
On tho arrival of the Pinta at Santiago,
orders came to the ship from Commander
Brain for tho paymaster to issno all the
blankets and pea-jackets in his De
partment to tho prisoners, who wero
hardly fit to be seen in their
rags. This was speedily done, but as
there was still great destitution or
ders came for every man on board to
give their own blankets and wearing ap
parel in tho good cause, promise being
made that all would be replaced. On tho
arrival of tho ship at Key West, the offi
cers and men cheerfully complied with
this order, only preferring that it should
be issued as a request, in which case they
would have obeyed with just as much
alacrity. Every heart was touched by tho
pitiable condition of the prisoners. The
poor fellows report that they wero barba
rously treated.
j They say that when officers from the
Tornado boarded the Yirginius, one of
them on hauling down the flag of the
United States tore it into ribbons and
trampled on it, asserting with an oath,
“This is what I havo wanted.” The situ
ation in Santiago do Cuba is reported
still very serious A large majority of
the inhabitants are in sympathy with tho
Cuban cause, but volunteers control every
thing with a high hand. Only
a week ago twenty-five citizens
at Santiago were arrested, and after a
mock trial had been gone through with,
without any evidence being adduced
against them, were told to go home. On
their way they were brutally waylaid and
killed, only ono escaping. He was riddled
with bullets and dangerously wounded.
Americans aro continually in fear for
iheir lives, and bitterly complain that
nothing lias peon done to redress their
wrongs. It is not safe for American offi
cers to go ashore alone at Santiago.
All along the river lino tho Spaniards
are erecting new batteries.
THE VIRGINIUS INVESTIGATION.
Washington, Dec. 23.- It has been as
certained from a prominent government
official that the investigation as to tho
character of tho Virginius will bo con
ducted in New York, though the Govern
ment is powerless to proceed against Pat
terson, to whom tho register for that ves
sel was issued, on account of the statute
of limitations; therefore no punishment
can bo inflicted. Two yearn having elapsed
since ho obtained the papers, he cannot
be molested; but had all tho facts becomo
known within the two years, he would
have been prosecuted for perjury.
SPAIN'S DEMAND FOR .THE VIE
GINIUS.
London, Dec. 23.— Tho Times of this
morning, alluding to the report that Spain
has made a demand upon ,tlie United
States for the restoration of tho steam
ship Virginius and
at Santiago De Cuba, says such action on
the part of Spain would bo {premature,
despite the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral of tho United Slates, that the Virgin
ins had no right to carry the American
flag. Spain must wait until the United
States Court has settled tho case before
proceeding further in the matter.
TIIE VIRGINIUS TANGLE.
Tone cf tho Havana I’ress.
Havana, Dec. 23. —The IJiario La
Marina to-day claims that as the* United
States Attorney General has decided that
the Virginius illegally carried tho Ameri
can flag at the time of her capture, Spain
must demand her restoration and that
of her surviving prisoners. It infers
from the decision that the Virginius
was a pirate, and tho United States
Government,,besides ’n restoration, must
give Spain satisfaction adequate to tho
offence of requiring her surrender. The
Uiario demands tho same vessel [which
received the Virginius at Baliia Honda to
return her there, and the Juniata to bring
tho prisoners back to Santiago, because
the Virginius was the legal prize of tho
Tornado, and the prisoners can, and
should be tried only by Spanish tribunals.
Spain is advised to'bo clement with them,
and not to employ tho full force of law.
The Diario concludes with^the hope
that General Sickles will;no! withdraw his
resignation.
The los tie Cuba declares Spain now
has tho right to demand satisfaction from
the United States,'and the resignation of
General Sickles is imperative, in view of
the awkward aud ridiculous position in
which he is placed. In order to enforce
her demands Spain requires a more ener
getic minister at Washington than Admi
ral Polo.
riio Diarl o, ia another article, bitterly
complains of the homo Government, it
says: “No Spanish nation exists to-day.
The nation is represented only by egotis
tical parties. There is no war cry. There
fore'our traditional enemies put their feet
on our necks. Had Spain been united
the Washington protocol would never
havo been ratified. Tho nation would
never have permitted the shadow of such
an outrage.”
WAR OPERATIOXS IS CUBA.
Key West, Dec. 24. —Advices from Cu
ban sources relative to military move
ment,? of tho Caban army state that in
the attack on Manzanillo, on the Kith of
November, tho Insurgents captured 23
rifles, SOO cartridges, a quantity of gold
and Spanish bank notes, cloth, provisions,
Ac., besides destroying ouo million dollars
worth of property and capturing one hun
dred prisoners, who wero parolied. The
losses of the Spaniards wero estimated at
over two hundred, while the Cuban loss
thirteen officers and sixty privates killed
and wounded.
On November 20th, tho Cuban army
went into camp at Banja, having made
further captures of 150,000 cartrigos, 70
rifles and a numbor of horses. Cuban
agents ia this city state that orders have
been received that no more rifles are re
quired by tho Cuban forean, as they have
captured more than sufficient to arm all
tho forces they can put .at nresent in the
field.
It turns out to boa mistake that tho
Secretary of tho Navy has ordered all ex
tra work to cease at the Navy Yards.
The order is that extra hours of work
shall cease.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
New York, Dec. 24.—Doland A Burrell,
glove dealers, and William 11. Carpenter,
miiiinery goods, suspended. The amount
involved is believed to be about £300,000.
The case of John W. Norton, charged
with appropriating to his own use $115,-
000 of Government funds while employed
in the Money Order Department of the
PostofQce, came up yesterday, and a mo
tion was made to squash the indictment
on the ground that Airs. Norton had turn
ed over all the property, on condition
that criminal proceedings against her hus
band should be abandoned. The decision
is reserved.
Boston, Doc. 21. At a meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the Museum of Com
parative Zoology to-day, resolutions rep
resenting irreparable loss totke museum
was sustained in the death of Prof. Agas
siz wero adofctcd.
Washington, Dec. 24.— The Execu
tive office will be closed from now until
after New Year’s day.
Paws, Dec. 24.—Tho reportediflght of
Bazaine is unfounded.
New Yoiik, Dec. 24.- Stock exchange
closes to-day and next Wednesday at one
o’clock.
St. Louis, Dec. 24. —Collector White’s
lead and oil works burned; loss SOO,OOO.
New Y’oek, Dec. 24.—ThonKfe C.
Chisholm, a prominent Chicago graiu
dealer, v/lio recently arrived here, has dis
appeared.
8 ESA TO 7? IA I. Tit ASS POR TA TIOX
COMMITTEE.
Atlanta, Dec. 24.—Tho United States
Senatorial Transportation Committee met
at the Kimball House to-day. Col. B. W.
Frobel made an argument in favor of tho
Atlantic and Great Western Canal. Tho
argument was well received by the Com
mittee. Col. AleFarland, U. S. Engineer,
made a report of the survey of the route!
The Committee leaves to-morrow for Mo
bile.
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