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C O LUMBUS: J. H. MARTIN. Editor THE WEEKLY SUN. " $1.50 Pays to Jannary 1,1875. A Large Sheet, Cheap and Full of News. As the business season is now open inn, we take this occasion to invite a comparison of The Si n with its cotemporaries, and to solicit of our friends a little EXEItTION IN ITS BEHALF. IIV make no boasts of what we Intend to do—we stand upon our record in the past, and only promise to do the best we can for our patrons. The sub scription price is very low, and we trust that our reader : find the paper worth Us cost to them with out catchpenny inducements. A little effort would, we are confident. not only strengthen us in our determination to maintain the present interest of the paper, but enable us to add to it. The times are eventful, as welt as critical, and every man ought to be fully arut continuously in formed of the progress of public events It is our duty to give such information, as well as miscella neous enU rtainmeut to our subscriber', arid this duly we shall as zealously try to perform in the future as in the past. Try us \ Persons subscribing and paying now will > eceive the W ekkly Scn until the Ist Jan., 1375—f0r Onb Dollar and Fifty Cents. For terms to Clubs see rates at head of eolumns on first and third pages. COTTOS IX KANSAS. Tho Parsons, Kansas, Sun estimates that in the counties of its immediate flec tion of Kansas several thousand bales of cotton have boeu raised this year, and that next year there will be ginned and shipped from Parsons at least .0,000 bales. It gives tho names of a number of farm ers in its own and surrounding counties who this year planted from 10 to 80 acres each, and wys that the results have boon very gratifying—that tho fact has been fully demonstrated that cotton can be grown there with profit. The counties mentioned are Neosho, Labette, Cherokee, Crawford, Montgome ry, Wilson and Howard, constituting the sontheaKt corner of tho State of Kansas. They are between parallels of latitudo 37 and 3V—further Nuith thnti we of the “cot ton belt” have been taught to consider s genial region for the staple, but not more than one degree further North than tho Obion river cotton region in west Terinesse, which hns long been productive and remunerating. No doubt tho planters of southern Kan sas have found out, like those of north Georgia, tho value of fertilizers on their rioh iwul3 in stimulating tho early growth of cotton, and thus compensating for the shortness of the season. Onco vigorously started curly in the sping, tho plant is al most uure to find better conditions for its development during the summer and early fall than our locality affords. The heat of tho sun is equally groat, but is temper ed lw breezes that never fail; there is apt to bo less rain, and in a time of drouth vepilation sustains itself bettor on their black prairie lauds than on either our saiidy uplands or Lard caking mnd bot toms; and for years after being freshly upturned Iho rolling prairie lauds do not I no abnnantly sprout the grasses and weeds that twdl for so much work hero to keep tho cotton clean. In traveling through the central por tions of Missouri, a uumbov of years ago, wo saw little patches of cotton which the farmers had planted for their own home use, and we do not remember seeing any in which the plants would average over a foot in height on their rich lands in the fall. This dwarfish size and small production wns no doubt owing to the fact that they reliod on Iho groat fertility of tho soil alone and did not add the stimu lui*s of a fertilizer. But even then some of them used ntablo mnnure to stimulate tho early growth of their sweet potato vhies, without which the souson was con sidered too short for tho crop, and we suppose that they have now extonded tho early stimulating process to cotton. Our planters of “the belt” must avail themselves of improved methods of cul ture, and especially with a view to tho production of more cotton to tho acre, or ilisy will bo “crowded” by the progressive enterprise of sections heretofore consider ed too far North for profitable ooiton cul ture. Wo loolf upon the Grange organi zation an an instrumentality that may be made greatly productive of tho necessary improvement. THE HAS Kit VP I ACT. Senator Gordon, who is now in Atlanta, is reported by a Herald interviewer as having expressed the opinion that Con groiw would not only repeal iho involun tars provisions of the Bankrupt law, bu would make the repeal retroactive, so u> to atop proceedings in involuntary bank ruptoy already commenced. The Wash ington reporter of the New York Hera! thiuioi it safe to nay, from conversation with Senators, that a tusjority of then iustoad of agreeing w ith tho House in total repeal of tho Bankruptcy act, are ii favor of amending it in such particulai as will gua and the debtor from the exai iions of a small minority of his creditor' teaviug the question of involuntary bank ruptoy to be determined by those mor largely interested. The Senate Conmiitli ■ on the Judiciary will give the subject thoi consideration during tho holiday rocesi-. Numerous petitions and letters havebeci received from all parts of the country polu'ir.g out means by which relief run be afforded both to tho debtor and cred. tor classes. I'll I XS TOE TAT ION COMMIT! EE. The Atlanta papers of Thursday repon the arrival and the reception of the Sen nio’s Committee qyi Transportation. Tin most satisfactory statement of what wa done un Thursday is afforded by a special dispatch to the Savannah Hews, whicl says that tho committee opened its sessioi at 9 o’clock, and Col. Frobel read au elab orate report on transportation generally, concluding with a strong appeal for th< Tennessee and Ogoeeheo Canal. Tin commit too then listened with marked at tention to the facta presented by Col. P. If. Raiford, in favor ot tho flnlf Coast Water Liuc. Though the last of tho pro posed routes to be considered by the com mittee, the Gulf Coast Lino will doubths become the first iu their report us regard.- oust and utility. There is good reason to fear that the Radical majority iu the two Houses o) Congress will pass a “civil rights” bill somewhat similar to Sumner’s, during the present session. The Democrats and Con servatives will make stout, but we apple bond unavailing opposition to it. Theii course on this question was no doubt in dicated by the speech of Mr. Beck of Ky.. ill the House, ou Friday. He argued that it infringed npon tho constitutional rights of the States, by assuming for the General Government powers that belong to them, lie quoted a late decision of ine Supreme Court to prove that United Bute* citizenship sad State citizenship were different things, and said that the rights of citizenship proposed to be en forced .by the bill were not guaranteed by the Comaiiutiun or by the Fourteenth Amendment, but were matters for the State to regulate. He wanted tho negro to have all his rights, but the bill would injure him instead of benefiting him. The effort to force black children into white schools would break up the schools nnd deprive the negroes of the opportuni ty -they now had of getting an education. The Grand Duke Alexis having been ordered ou another trip around the world by bis royal papa, there is a prospect of some New York mules making another display of their ears. Graphic. Albany has received 15,000 bales of oot ton this season, and has a stock of 5,000 bales on baud. THE TEXAS ELECTION MUDDLE. The evidence accumulates that the de feated Republican party of Texas, like the repudiated “Reoonstruclion” dynas ties in other Southern States, will make au attempt to prolong its power by consti tutional or legal quibbles. There is not much danger of its success, unless the power of the Federal Government is inter posed to defeat the will of the people at tho ballot box; but this has been done so fla grantly iu other Southern States as to awaken the liveliest apprehensions that Texas too will be compelled to endure for a while longer a home government detes table to her people. In view of this prob able result, the people of the whole conn try should be informed of the precise questions involved. The first election in Texas, like those in most of the other Southern States, was held only at the several county sites, and was continued for three or four days. This was done, as we know, to allow a concentration of the negro vote and its better management by the carpet-bag leaders. The constitution adopted by the delegates elected in this way provided that “All elections for State, District and County officers shall be held at tho coun ty seats of the several counties, until, otherwise provided by law; and the polls shall be opened for four days, from 8 o’clock a. m., until 4 o’clock p. m., of oach day.” Tho last Legislature, in pursuance of the authority thus delegated, provided by law that “each precinct of the Justices of the Peace of the counties of this State, as now established, shall constitute an elec tion precinct;" that “tho Governor shall, by proclamation, order all elections for State and District officers, members of Congress, members of the Legislature, and all other elections required to be or dered by him by the constitution and laws of tho State;" that “ail elections in this State shall bo held for one day only at each election, and the polls shall be open on that doy from 8 o’clock a. m., to 0 o’clock p. m.” This act of the Legislature Gov. Davis approved, and at tho proper time he is sued his proclamation ordering the State election to be held in the several preoincts, and tho polls to bo kept open only on one day. He himself became the candidate of his party for re-election, and made au active canvass of the State. He was beaten by a majority of thirty or forty thousand votes, and a Legislature fully three-fourths Conservative was elected. And now, after all this, his friends con tend that tho Legislature, in the exercise of its constitutional power, could only multiply the places of voting, nnd could not restrict the election to one day, con sequently the election was irregular und void ! They seek to avail themselves of a quibble based upon a close grammatical construction of the constitution, which, though critically accurate in a philologio analysis, is evidently contrary to the spirit and intent of tho instrument. The de sign evidently was to give four days of voting as long as there was only ono vot ing place ;n the county, but as the num ber of voting places was increased by the Legislature, tho number of days for hold ing tho election might be decreased. This is just what the Legislature undertook to do, what Gov. Davis co-operated with them in doing, what ho undertook to exe- ; cute ns their constitutional enactment, j and what the people of the State generally acquiesced in until tlio Governor and his party were so badly beaten. They may, by procuring tho intervention of the Fed eral Government, prolong their power for a season, but by so doing they will only make more overwhelming and ignomiui ons the final defeat which awaits them, and intensify the detestation with which j the people of Toxas will forever regard i Iheir ill-gotten and fraudulently extended rule. THE PRIVILEGE. It is probable that Gen. Gordon's bill to restore to members of Congress the franking privilege a3 to public documents and Congressional speeches, and to news paper publishers the right of free ex change, will bo strongly supported. If it is not, tho denial of the privilege must bo followed up by a great curtailment of the amount of public printing. Congress men will not send to their constituent the many hundreds of oopies of pnblia doenments to which oach member is enti tled, if they have to pay for sanding thorn, and the groat bulk of such publications will finally be sold in the large cities for waste paper. The other day we received one of these documents from our Repre resentative, Hon. Henry It. Harris,and one Rdo of tiro envelope was nearly covered •vith postage stamps. Os course Congreue uen will not go to this expense to send ny large number of documents to their :o:rstitu«nt3. We could not expect it of uem. Congress must therefore greatly educe its printing, and that of the De .artmonts, if it will not permit the five. ransportatiou of ihe printed matter by a ail. The Government yearly expends nllions of money iu the obtaining of tho nfonnation contained in its reports ot xploiations, scieutitlo experiments and ests, patented improvements and agri ultnral knowledge, and these works are bit-fly desirable for extensive circulation tnong tho people. If they cannot bo so aculated, their value will not be coiu uensurato with their cost. More uaa two miiiious of dollars were last oar paid for tho printing of sueh infor mation. This is an expense which ought o lie saved if the people cannot get the oeu-fit of it. Shall such reports continue o be mode and to be printed, and the ■ooks then remain unprofitable at Wash .ngton, or shall they bu fieely distributed gam among the people, or shall the Government give up the book-making ausiness? That's the question. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS —-VO TAX OX TEA OU COFPEE. Tho receipts from internal reveuue are laily improving, and Commissioner Doug lass believes that by the time Congress eassembles they wi.l exceed the average estimate. The panic seriously interfered with the manufacture of tobacco and w hiskey. Os the former article there is now in factories in Virginia about 3,(KX),- 000 pounds, which it is expeoted, will be put ou the market early iu January. The probability that the tax ou these articles might be increased has encouraged exten sive manufacturers to take advantage of the market, so that there is already un improvement iu the financial outlook. Mr. Kasson, of tho Ways and Means Committee, to-night remarked that the estimates could be cut down at least to $12,000,000. When this hud been accom plished, and it would be weeks hence, then the committee would further con sider where the deficiency was to come from. By that time, he said, the spring trade will have opeued up, tho country will have substantially recovered from the effects of the late panic, and necessity for legislation to protect the credit of the Government for the next fiscal year na uv ly, if not wholly, removed. The only question, perhaps, to be praotioally sei ned is how to provide for an additional reserve of §44,000,000 or §50,000,000. It is certain, he continued, that the tax will not be restored ou tea and coffee. Be fore such legislation could be enaoted tel egrams would flash to England to imme diately ship all the stock ou hand, and, once on sh pboard the regulation provi. ding that cargoes afloat ou a certain day after a bill has become a law would neces sarily exempt them from the increased duty, and defeat, as had been said when the stiject was first brought before the House, the very object Congress would huve in restoring tne duties. He was not so certain, however, about whisky and tobacco, but that was a matter which could be better discussed in March than in January.— N. Y- Herald, 22d. Said Lord John Bussell to Hume, at a social dinner, “What do yon consider the object of legislation?” “The greateat good to the greatest number?” “What do you consider the gientost number?” coutiuued his lordship. “Number one, my lord,” was the commoner’s prompt reply. GEORGIA NEWS. A trip through a portion of Stewart county ha3 convinced the editor of the Lumpkin Independent that there has been an nnnsnal amount of small grain sown this fall. This is a good report. It was reported in Savannah on Tues day, that a planation boat which left that city on Monday evening, with about twenty negro men and women, returning to their homes on one of the Hilton Head islands, was swamped, and all but one of the party drowned. Wo learn from the Miiledgeville Union that there are now eight cases of small pox in the State Lunatic Asylum; but the disease is stilt confined to the building in which tho male negroes are kept. There are no cases in Miiledgeville. We learn from tho Albany Hews that the courthouse at Newton, Baker county, was burned on Thursday night of last week, with nearly all of tho county re cords. The fire originated in the Ordina ry’s office, and was probably the result of carelessness. Mr. Wadley has agreed to bring out, free of charge for freight, the English sparrows which thoJßoaid of Trade of Al bany, Ga., have determined to procure from New York, to try their efficacy in destroying the cotton caterpillar. Savannah had a “Christmas eve trage dy” in the murder of a negro man named William Houston by a white man whose name is unknown. According to the ac count of Houston's wife, her husband was carrying home a basket of “christmas things,” when ho was attacked and stab bed by tho white man, who made fcis es cape before any one could identify him. Augusta, too, had her tragedy on Christ mas eve. A difficulty occurred between two young men of that city, Messrs. F. H. DeAntignac and E. W. Hack, in which pistols were used by both parties, and both were dangerously shot in the body. They fired but one shot each, and al most simultaneously. It was thought that Mr. DeAntignac would die of his wound, and the affair is much regretted on accotnt of both the young men. The nature of the quarrel between them is not stated by the Augusta papers. Americus had warehoused 17,537 bales of cotton up to Christmas. Small-Pox in Monroe County. —A ne gro man living on Mr. Mack Hollis’ place in Monroe county, was taken ill a few days since, bat no one knew the nature of his malady. Suddenly ho was missed from his cabin ono morning, and upon searching for him, he was found dead in a field near by and his body covered with sores. He was removed to his cabin and laid out in state, whore he was visited by nearly overy negro in tho neighborhood. When a physician arrived to examine the corpse, he discovered that the man had died of small-pox. We learn that several oases of the loathsome disease have broken out in the neighborhood since.— Macon Telegraph, 25f/i. Jack Middleton and Wa. Seabrook, negroes, convicted in Chatham Superior Court of tho murder of Job i Huston, the j colored watchman of the et amer Maggie; affold, more than a year ago, have been sentenced to bo hung therefor on tho 23d of January. A Convention of the Farmers’ Granges of Sumter and the surrounding comities was held iu Amerions on the 12th instant. Fonrteen or fifteen Granges were repre sented by quite a number of delegates. Hoa. T. M. Furlow wa3 elected President. Tho business comniitteo reported for the consideration of the convention the fol lowing propositions: Ist. Is it not necessary that we mate rially change our proportion of grain and cotton crops? 2d. Is it to the advantage of planters to nee commercial fertilizers at all, if so, to what extent ? 3d. Can we not impress upon Patrons of Husbandry tho absolute necessity of accommodating their farming and house hold expenditures and dressing to the de pressed condition of the country ? 4 th. Cannot some means be devised by which we oan raise our own stock and farming supplies instead of buying them? The answers to thoso propositions show that the planters are united and earnest iu their resolution to reform their farm ing economy, so as to render themselves more independent and their farms nioro nearly self-sustaining. T’ha following are the answers adopted: i t Proposition answered as follows : Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that every farmer should raise an ample supply of all provisions neces sary for tho support of their families and stock. Resolution offered by Henry Da venport. 2d. Answered as follows: Resolved, That :t is iiio sense of this Convention that planters should vise com mercial manures very sparingly, if at ail. Resolution offered by J. A. Ansioy. 31. Proposition laid ou the tabic. 4th. Proposition answered as follows: Hjsolvt'.il. Taut we a-;a our endeavors to got farmers to raise iheir own stock. Resolution offered by W. Wells. Resolved, That it U iha sense of this convention that it is the duty of ever', tree Patron to pay at as early a day as pos •ible the debts contracted to carry on their farming operations for the current year, ms well us all other debts, they hav ing been contracted in good faith on both sides. Unsolved, That farms should be run on the cash system, and, to accomplish this great desideratum, every fariuei ought to institute the most rigid economy and strictest retrenchment at home, leav ing off the luxuries and buying only the actual necessaries of life until such time as they are able to piy for them. ALABAMA NEWS The Montgomery Morning JS’eica of yesterday says it hears daily that the Leg islature is to be called together by Gov. Lewis withiu the next five weeks, and be lieves these reports are true. The Talladega, Nashville and Montgom ery Railroad Company was organized at Talladega on the lsith instant by the elec tion of U. 11. Isbell President, and a board of directors The Montgomery Advertiser miss: ‘ The Savannah and Memphis Railroad will injure Montgom ery very seriously unless this toad cart lie put through.” Policeman Tom Lanier, of Montgom ery, was arrested on Thursday' on the charge that he and policeman Leon New man shot and killed a negro by the name of Ben .Johnston, whom they had arrest ed for stealing potatoes, and who broke from them and ran. Newman has not yet been arrested. We hope that Lawler’s punishment will be light, if he is punish ed at all. Under the new law of Ala bama, allowing persons who have commit ted lareeuy to run at iarge on their own recognizance, we do not see how property owners can protect themselves without punishing rascals summarily. The Governor of Alabama has appoint ed Judge Mmnis of Montgomery, John White of Selma, and Hon. W. 11. Cren shaw of Greenville, to codify the laws of the State, in accordance with a recent aci of the Legislature. The Montgomery State Journal says that Alabama money, (State certificates, Ac.,) is improving every day, and was sold on Wednesday at 00 cents on the dol lar, the market closing with 05 cents ask ed. Orders were coming in from all parts of the State, (it ia presumed for the pur pose of paying taxes with it.) We learn from the same paper that the lands are selling very low all over the State. Some of the best cotton lards in West Alabama are selling at from $2 to per acre, while at tax sales it does not bring so much. Mrs. Webb, of Melbourne, has publish ed a pamphlet, entitled the Woman’s Ad vocate, in which she recommends that a bill should be introduced into Parliament for establishing a widow’s fund, contribu ted to by every husband, that no widow may be left destitute. Also a maiden’s fund, to which all bachelors must contrib ute. that no maidens may be left destitute after forty. ZVLUETA ON SLAVERY IN CURA. Special to the New York Herald. Havana, December 20, > Via Key West, December 21.)' j In an interview had with Senor Zufcuta, i President of the Casino Espauol, an [Vine | of tho largest slaveholders on the island, j your correspondent learned that the dis | position of the majority of the slavehol ; ders is in favor of the abolition of slavery : after a gradual plan. , He says that they recognize the necessity : of abolition, and propose a plan for its gradual acc .mplishment, so that no snd | den shock or disturbance may occur to the ; interests involved. j Senor Zulueta owns 2,500 slaves, and is I prepared to accept the issue at the hands I of the government at Madrid, believing ; that it is only a question of time when complete emancipation must occur in de ference to the opinion of the civilized world. He thinks the insurrection would have been long since crushed if it had not been \ for the venality of the contractors and ! others in the conduct of public affairs. While there are gome unruly spirits among the volunteers he believes'the ma jority are orderly and law abiding. He holds that they showed this trait of char acter in tho quietude of their demeanor on the surrender of the' Virginius. NEW MEXICO. A Santa Fo letter says that the great body of tho Legislature of New Mexico and all its officers are natives of the Mex ican race. There are only seven “Ameri cans,” or natives of the State, in the Leg islature. The writer, however, does not impute this fact to any prejudioe of race, but says: The American population is very small, and tho natives m many instances can vote for no other than men of their own | nationality. It is not denied that there is J some degree of prejudice inherent in the | natives against tho new oouiers. Ou the j educational question, for instance, the natives and the immigrants can not agree. The old settlers are not very great admi rers of public schools, and the difference in language prevents a full understanding between the two classes. Religion, too, has it3 influence, but not to the extent which might be expected. If there is a perfectly indifferent being as to religious matters, it is the average New Mexican male bipod. The native population are an entirely different people to those en countered in any other territory of the United States. It is composed of as het erogeneous elements us can well be imag ined. A mixture of three races—Span ish, negro and Indian. It will require a heavy immigration to overcome the stand still policy of these shiftless people. It may sound strange, but it is true never theless, that there are more poverty and degradation among the people of this sparsely settled country, in proportion to numbers, than can be found in any of the centres of population in the States. A Colorado Phenomenon. —The Cen tral City (Colorado) Register of Decem ber 7th contains the following story: “A gentleman was walking down Virginia Canon the other day. There was no per cepiible breeze at the time. Suddenly he was surprised by a roaring noise behind him—a noise like that of an express train when crossing a bridge, or passing a rocky wall. Stopping a moment to listen, a whirlwind, apparently not more than a yard in diameter, and traveling no faster than a spirited walk, picked him up, as it were, and waltzed off down the road with him. Its vertical force was sufficient to invert the taiis of his coat above his head, notwithstanding the pockets were loaded with specimens of silver ore, and at the same time he was curried along for a hun dred feet or more, like a feather, with both feet occasionally off the ground, while under him was a noise like that of an empty cart bouncing over a stony street.” Taxing Power or the States. —The Supreme Court of the United State*, in tho appeal of the Uniou Pacific Railroad Company against the Treasurer of Lin coln county, Neb., resisting 5 county' tax levy on tho property of tho road, has de cided that the taxing power of a State is independent of the Constitution of the United States, and that as an attribute of sovereignly, it may be exercised over all property and business within the bounda ries of tho State, except in so far as it may have been surrendered to the Feder al Government. The county' tux on the Union Pacific railroad is therefore valid. Justice Strong delivered the majority opinion of the Court, but Justice Bradley filed a dissenting opinion, in which the tax of the Union Pacific road is held to bo an unlawful interference with instrumen talities created iu this caso by tho Gener al Government. ---weaSt’W*!#— - Siigae Cane in West Florida.— ln Calhoun, and Jackson Counties, this crop yields well, One planter made two bar rels of light sugar from an acre of land. Another made eleven gallons and one quart of syrup, from foty-nine gallons of juice, a yield wo believe unprecedented in the manufacture of syrup. West Florida is destined to become a valuable section of country for tho grow ing of augur cane; lands are cheap, the cane grows with but iitttle care, ratoons for five or ft years, thus requiring but one planting in tnac length of time, yields a plenteous product and one that will, from its extra quality, always find a ready mar ket. It commands Hero from 50 to GO cents per gallon, by the barrel.—Apa lachicola Times, ISfA. United States Navy.— lt is astonish ing how recruits for the United States navy still continue to pour into Shipping Commissioner Wright’s for enlistment Captain Kells and his five or six auhorcH nsb s are daily employed iu passing upon candidates for naval honors, and theii work is by no means light. One doctor is as busily employed as the most ambi tions Esenlapiau oonld wish to ba in ex amining those who present themselves, but the bulk of candidates now are chief! , for the land service. It is understood that New Orleans will remain a perma nent recruiting point.— New Orleans Picayune, 'Add. A Little Dodo Captobbd. —The San Francisco Alta of Dec. !), says: “001. A. B. Steinberger, United Stales Com missioner to the Samoan Islands, brought ' with him to this city a specimen of the Little Dodo, (Didunculus Atrigirozri.i,') a very rare bird, found only in that group, aud destined to speedy extinction. No live specimen has ever reached tho Atlan tic. It is about the size of the pigeon. It was reserved for the food of the high samoan chief in old times. It has three teeth on each side of the lower mandible or bill. It is nearly akin to the dodo which formerly lived in Now Zealand aud is now extinct. This bird will probably go into the collection of the Smithsonian Institute. The famine in Bengal is creating much apprehension in England and elsewhere. Os the 80,000,000 people cf Bengal, it is said that 24,000,000 are threateiifd with starvation! The London Economist says that the reports of this impending famine iu Bengal which have been coming in since the first alarm was sounded, “havo crystalized into a conviction that a calami ty without a parallel iu the history of British India must fall npon Iho most populous and most helpless province’’ of that Emp re, nnd that it may seriously affect the revenues of England. It is well that the British authorities oa the ground are preparing for the emergency, for the famine and pestilence in Bengal may’ be followed by mutiny and another Indian war. Tho Albany Argue tires this centra shot: “The President draws his salary at the rate of §50,000 a year—the double pay. Seventy-seven thousand dulitrs were appropriated besides for Yvhite House expenses, making iu ali $127,000 in one year. All this extravagance is in dulged in while the treasury is bankrupt, and the people are asked for increased taxes to the tune -of $42,000,000! And yet the voters are asked to keep the Re publican party in power because it will insure stability aud secure economy J” The Washington Star says that on a re cent Monday, Suuset Cox was more than usually active, spurty, and irrepressible iu the House. Finally when the House came to au agreement to proceed with the de bate on the salary bill in twenty minute speeches, Cox dispatched a page with the following note: Dear Mb. Speaker —Put me down for twenty minutes. 8. S. C. To which the skeaker replied : Deab Cox—l would be delighted if I could keep you down half that time. J. G. B. EXTENSIVE RAILROAD STRIKE. Cleveland. Doc. 27.—The locomotive engineers of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad struck. Passenger trains have somewhat delayed freight trains on side tracks. Strike is cnsanctioned by broth erhood. PiTT3Emo, Doc. 27.—The Fan Handle, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, Erie and Pittsburg, all operated by tho Penn sylvania Central, struck. Every effort is being made by the officers to supply their places. It, is expected trains will run as usual. Cincinnati, Deo. 27.—Railroad shop3 are stopped to ailow tho mechanics to take the striking engineers’ places. No freight trains have left since noon yester day. Officials had no intimation of the strike nntii noon yesterddy. Reports that attempts to throw trains off are current. Engineers disavow any intention to inter fere with trains. They simply want wages current before Janlst. Depots hero and elsewhere are full of freight and pas senger trains. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 27. —Striking engineers and brakesmen did not notify the officials of the Jeffersonville, Mitchell and Indianapolis railroad of their intend ed action until the trains were ready to start ye-iterday afternoon. After much trouble the 3 p. m. train was got out in charge of tho master mechanic of the road. Tho strikes will cause a suspension of freight and night passenger trains. Arrangements have been made to run out daily two passenger trains in oliarge of engineers not belonging to the Union. Horace Scott, General Superintendent, thinks by Monday he will be able to re sume a portion ortho freight trains. Several of the strikers told a reporter yesterday, that the members of the Union on the Jefferson, Mitchell & Indianapolis Railroad sent a deputation to Pittsburg several days since, whichpuet other depu tations who together waited on Mr. Mc- Callougb, General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Company, and remonstrat ed aginst a reduction. He referred them back to the officials of this district. It is underatood that members of the Union on the Jeffersonville Railroad await ed a telegram from headquarters at Pitts burg, before inaugurating a strike. Tele gram was received yesterday morning, and a strike commenced at 12 o’clock m. All the trains starting out beforo that time have been brought safely back to their destination. No violence is reported. Chicago, Dec. 27.—Train dispatchers at the offices of the Illinois Central, j North Western and Pittsburg, Fortwayne and Chicago Railroads, in tins city, deny the report that engineers and firemen on these railroads 'have struck, and assert that there is po cuuse for a strike on these railroads as wages have not been reduced. Engineer’s of the Great East ern railroad have struck as reported. Chicago, Dec. 27.—Tiros. A. Scott, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and J. MeOreghter, General Western Agent, left this city this morning for Philadelphia, in response to dispatches calling for their immediate presence on account of the strike of engineers and firemen of a number of their Western leased lines. Indianapolis, Dec. 27. —The train which left hers on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad last night was thrown from the track outside the city by an open switch and was abandoned. The regular Louisville train last night went through, but r.o train has arrived from Louisville since 8 o’clock last night. On the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad no trains havo gone through or arrived since 12 o’clock yes terday. The train due at 8 o’clock last evening is reported (o be at Bradford ’Junction, Ohio. There is a large crowd about the Union Depot, but r.o riotous demonstration has been made as yet. A train is now ready to start tor Columbus aud v:i:l probably get off about noon to-day. A serious dis turbance was reported at Loganport this morning, but no particulars have been received THE STOWE TRAGEDY. Dayton, 0;, Dee. 27.—The particulars of the Stowe fratricide and subsequent hanging of Henry Stowe, show the two brothers with some companions, after drinking whisky freely, commenced shoot ing at a mark. John Stowe insisted on loading the rifle for each competitor, and Henry contended that each man should charge gun for himself. Henry, however, acceded to tho demand of John until it whs bis turn to shoot, whan he demand ed that the i.fie lo given him to load. High words followed, in c-ourse of which Henry charged John with dishonesty in not putting any ball in the pui when lasi loading it. John called Henry a liar; upon which Henry shot John dead with a revolver. Henry was immediately seizbd l-y the remainder of the party, numbering tour men, dragged to a mill, from which 1 rope was procured and hanged to a limb. The company repaired to the office and took a drink, ami upon returning found their victim dead, bcemiug to realize for the first time wtafc had happened, those who participated fi-.-tl and have not yet been captured. The parents of tho broth ers Stowe, who live in Pennsylvania, were informed at onco of the terrible af fair and arrived yesterday afternoon and to ik charge of the remains of their sons, who it seems, wore their only children. REVE XVE It ERR A UB ERS. Boston, Dec. 27.—Tire books of Jor dan, Mash & 00., were seized for alleged frauds of revenue to the amount of a nail lion and a half. Those best informed think the fraud will reach three millions. LIQUOR LAW. Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 27. —Judge Depue decided to-day, iu the case of a prominent hotel keeper and other liquoi dealers in Plainfield, that the local ordi nance permitting selling, could not pro tect them against the operations of ihe State law. TRAVEL PROTECTED. New York, Dec. 27.—Sheriffs and State Police of Ohio and Indiana have given as surance that ali men wilting to work .shall bo protected, and the public not be de prived of the use of railroads, STRIKE OVER. New Yor k, Dec. 27.—1 tls reported here that President Scoit and Manager McCullough,of the Pennsylvania Railroad, state that the engineers’ strike is ended, and nil trouble is over. XEW YORK HANKS. New York, Dec. 27.—Bank Statement: Loans increased $875,000; legal tenders increased a trifle; deposits increased §l,- 000,000. FAILURE. New \ ons, Dec. 27.—Failures have been announced of Boncraft & Krentk, dealers in hats and caps, and Mitchell, Lent and Cattlin, dealers in fancy goods. Houses r.re not large. MINISTER TO SPAIN. Washington, Dec. 27.—Caleb Cushing succeeds Sickles at Madrid. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Baltimore, Dec. 2G.—Tho business houses in the principal part of the city are closed in respect to the memory of John Hopkins, whose funeral takes place to-day. FIRE. Nashville, Dec. 38.—The whole-sale dying house of McCaller. Hager & Cos. burned to-day. Loss 20,000. THE CUBAN FILIBUSTER. Washington, Dec. 27. lnformation has been received hare from Baltimore that the Edgar Stuart, which lias been fully overhauled and pnt in sea-going oonaition in that city, is expected to sail very shortly. She is cleared for Jamaica, taking nothing but passengers, in order to avoid a suspicion of the neu trality laws. A delegation of Cubans will leave Balti more to-morrow for New York, to meet the U. S. steftmerJJuniata and escort to Balti more Senors Manuel Silviero'and Amador Saco, formerly of the Edgar Stuart, who are among the survivors of the Virginius' crew. They were both officers on the Virginius,'Bnd have fought in Cuba, and their escape from death by the Spaniards is to be attributed to their extreme youth, Silviero being only seventeen- years. After a short stay in Baltimore, they will join the crow of the Edgar Stuart. Gen. Aguiilera, who has been at his res idence in Baltimore for sente time past, has been recalled to active duty and will probably sail on the Edgar Stuart. Baltimobb, Dec. 27.—Several sensa tional dispatehesJiaviDg been sent from this city in regard to fitting out the fili bnstering*steameraEdgar Stuart, for an Cuba, and it having been stated in the lochl press this morning that she oieared this from point for Jamaica, the following authentic and official state ment in regard to tho Edgar Stuart is pub lished in tho press. Tho steamer now lies at Jeukin’s wharf, watched daily by cus tom officials Her register is in the hands of the Collector of Port, and she. will not be allowed to leave under any circumstan ces without the full knowledge and con sentof the proper Department at Washing ton. LATER FROM CUBA. Key West, Deo. 25. —The torpedo boat Pinta left Key West last night for Havana on a trip of observation. The Kansas, Commonder Reid, has arrived, iu four days from Santa da Cuba. All vra3 quiet. New York, Dec. 2d. —A Key West dis patch says an outbreak was threatened at Santa do Cuba on the ISth hist. When the American Consul displayed his flagon his hotel, the; citizens insisted that the hotel was not a consulate. The flag was finally taken down. A. FI OUT IN MATAMORAS. Special to tho Galveston Nows. Beownsville, Dec. 21.—Sunday after noon fighting commenced in Matamoras, the firing lasted half an hoar, the Mayor and his son were wounded and about eight others. Col. Cristo interposed and stopped the fight. Cortina had two hundredjmounted men, in all about five hundred. The Mayor was accused of taking re turns of elections from the court house to swindle Cortina. More trouble is anticipated. • AFFAIRS IN SPAIN. MADiuT>,'Dee. 2d.—Fourteen thousand Republican troops under command of Gen. Morones have left San Sebastian by sea. Their destination is not known. Gen. Lania with"3,o€o Government troops remain in the city. A desperate conflict between a band of Carifsts and the Republican force occur red yesterday before the town of Baycor ente, mdho Province of Valencia, The Insurgents were defeated with a heavy loss in killed and wounded. Tho mnnioipal authorities in Madrid have been suspended'from office. ANOTHER I{TrEU~DISASTER. London, Dec. 2C.—At five o’clock this morning, the steamer Gipsey Queen, be longing to tho River Tyne Improvement Commissioners, struck tho wreck of a sunken lighter in that stream, and went to the bottom in five minutes. There were between 50 andoo workmen on board the boat at the time of tho disaster and 20 of them wore rescued; the remaining 30 or 40 were drowned. PHILADELPHIA. NEWS. PEiiADKLrHiA, Dec. 20.—Christmas was generally observed and no diminution in amount of money spent ’notwithstanding recent troubles. Most of the cotton and woolen factories are in full operation at reduced wages. The carpet manufactories, with vary few exceptions, are all closed, owing princi pally to a difference existing between the weavers and manufacturers, caused by the latter ranking n reduction in the price of | weaving of two cents [ier yard. The man j ufac:un rs, as a general tiring, say that | the pi ice of carpets has been reduced so | innoii and sales so low that they arc not very anxious to start up, even if the men would Agree to work at the proposed re duction. noun if: lu act* op a druxk .l HD. Nicw York, Dec. 20. las. Grol'tigher, of 3d Pearl s'.. Brooklyn, returned home drunk early this morning, assaulted his wife, her from her bed, and threw her down the the second flight of stairs. Supposing iio had killed her, be returned to Ids room took an Enfield rifle, and shot himself in the stomach, inflicting a fatal wound. ' CHRISTMAS IN' NEW YORK. There was a number of Htabbing affrays yesterday, but no one killed, though one or two persons thought dangerously hurt. “A DRUXKEjV STREET SIGHT.” Boston, Dec. 2ti. —Joseph Golden, aged 27, was killed yesterday at Wakefield by John Doherty, aged 26, lu a drunken street light. axotuer. DouoansKß, Ont., Dee. 2(5. —During ft diuukeu row yesterday between colored and white men, one of the latter, naumd Bel!, was sabbed and killed. — CAnr.LGE.VA. London, Dec. 20, 3:30 a. in. — Special - dispatches from Cartagena announce that fort San Juan, one of the strongest defen ces of the city, has been breached. An ac cidental explosion in Feond battery yes terday killed 20 officers and men of the besiegers’ forces. MAYOR HALL XOT «VI ITT. New Yoke, Dee. 26. —Mayor If ill was acquitted by a verdict of not guilty, which was greeted with thousands of ap plause. RISK X HATCH HES VMED. New Yoke. Dec. 20.—Fisk & Hatch se.ut a communication to the Stock Ex change to-day, officially anouneiug that they had resumed business. EMPEROR WILHELM Berlin, Dec. 23 —The Emperor Wil helm is much better this morning. MARSHAL liAZAIXE. Paris, Dec. 2ft.—Marshal Bazaine has left Versailles for thfe Island of Bt. Matqne rite. REPORT HEXIED Madrid, Dec. 24. — The Epoca publishes a letter from Sickles, denying that early in the Virginias’ disputp. the Intransigen tes of Madrid proposed to make demon - trastions hostile to the United States. The Epoca denies there was any such inten tion, and regrets that Sickles took no pains to contradict the dispatch from America, reporting such demonstration had aetually taken place. A RICH MAX HEAD. Baltimore, Dec. 24. —John S. Hopkins, the w ealthiest man in Baltimore, is dead, aged 73. Hopkins last March gave four million dollars to found a free hospital, also 15,000 shares Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock to found a University on his Clifton estate. WASHINGTON. Waseimxo.v, Dec. 2ti. —Very short Cab inet. Snowing steady. No European markets. Little business transactions at the de partments, amd all political affairs in abeyance. There was no formal Cabinet session to-day, though nearly all the members called at the Exocutive office. The usual New Year's reception will be held January Ist. Tho Secretary of the Navy to-day ex amined the last three members of tho Po laris expedition. No particular interest attaches to the inquiries. Washington, Dec. 27.—Cushing accepts the Spanish mission. Ringgold Young and Noil Hanking, of Alabama, have been pardoned as K. K. K. Recruiting stations for the marine corps have been closed. ACTION OF WORKINGMEN. New Yobs, Deo. 2d. —A Committee ap pointed at the late so-called Working men’s meeting at tho Cooper Institute, waited on Commissioner Van Wert to day, and presented a letter demanding work or pay for the same for these en forced idlers, which was brought about by the Government sanctioning specula tion in our circulating medium. They also demanded the work should be furnished direot to them, abrogating all contracts and demand a speedy answer ia- writing. Tho Commissioner said he would send them an answer. Another delegation of real workingmen waited on Mayor Havemey er, requesting him to sign certain ordi nances which have passed the Board of Aldermen for improvements of streets and avenues, so that they may obtain work. Tho Mayor intimated he would sign them. CHRISTMAS FIOUTS. A Deadly Affray lu New Hampshire. Lancaster, N. H., Deo. 26.—A bloody fracas took place at Grovetou, last even ing, growing out of an attempt by Mi chael O'Leary and a Frenchman named Blackwell, both intoxicated, to enter a house of questionable, reputo owned by a Frenchman named Goey. Tho result of the fight was the death of Goey and bis sou, a young man, who was killed by O’Leary with a club; the mortal wounding of Blackwell with an ax by the elder Goey, and a bad wound on O’Leary’r head from a club, used by a feiaala intimate of the house. A DOUALX TEAGSOX IN OHIO. Dayton, 0., Deo. 20.—At a shooting match yesterday at Riga, a village near here, two brothers, John and Henry Stowe, quarreled about loading a rifle, and John called Henry a liar, when Henry drew a revolver and shot John, killing him instantly. The spectators, being much excited, caught and hung Henry ti a timber tree, and when taken down life was extinct. Too much whisky was the cause. FALL OF A FLOOR. Buittalo, Dec. 26. —The second floor of a house of ill-fame in this city, gave way last night, and precipitated the inmates to the basement. One girl, Jennie Griffin, was killed and several others injured. RESULT OP A PANIC. A false alarm of lire last night caused a panic among a crowd of persons engag ed in a dance at Keller’s Hail, and in the rnsli to escape from tks building, several persons jumped from tho windows of the second story and were seriously injured. <lO PER NMEX T R E VJS.XITE S. Improvement Expeotert. Special to tho Courier-Journal. Washington Dec. 23.—The internal revenue receipts np to date are $6,065,- 710, and for the entire mouth are estimat ed at about seven and one-half millions of dollars. Commissioner Douglass saysthal if it were not tho holiday season, h< should expect eight millions of dollars foi December, and in thirty days more he ex pects that the revenue will be up to what ; it was before tho panic, viz: $8,700,000 j per month. He regards the indication* as favorable, and says that money is evi llenily coming again into circulation. RECEIPTS FROM CUSTOMS. ! The customs receipts are so far $7,000,- j 000. Last month they were $11,600,000; . but there is always a falling off in Decern , ber, so that the above is not so bad afcei | all. It is not expected that this branch i of revenue will ever come up to what it was in 1872, which was called a flush | year. The revenue was then $216,000,001 I per annum. This revenue indicated very | heavy importations, and there was then a I heavy balance of trade against us. At i present the balance of trade is in our fa Ivor. I INCREASE OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. Secretary ltiehardson is of the opinioi that the increase of the public debt so j this month will bo about $8,000,000, an that for the mouth of January there wil to no increase at all. In his opinion tin revenue will continue to improve. MARKETS iIY TELEGRAPH. Money Market. New York, Deo. 27—Evening.—Mone active at ortp7 per cent. Exchange firm a *}. Gold 1H)J@1104. Government strong, dull and little doing States quie. and nominal. Cotton Markets. New York, Dec. 27—Evening.—Cottoi —net receipts 205. Philadelphia, Dec. 27.—Cotton quiet: middlings 16}; low middlings 15J: slide good ordinary 15c; net receipts 157. Baltimore, Deo. 26.—Cotton dull; mid filings lay; low middlings 1 1); strict gooi ordinary It; no receipts 291; sales 130. stock 15,201. Boston. Dec. 27. —Cotton quiet; mid Usings 16ge; net. receipts 3; exports t< Groat Britain 233; sales 2iHt; stock 6,000 Wilmington, Deo. 27.—Cotton steady, middlings 15c; Dot receipts 285; export to Great Britain 4 48; stock 4,350. Norfolk, Doe. 27. Cotton noinina and unchanged; low middlings !4}c; ue receipts 3,786; sales 257; stock 23 273. Memphis, Doc. 27. Cotton in good demand; middlings 14}@14 : {; receipts 1,307; shipments 2,152; stock 60,0,33. New Orleans, Dec. 27.—Cotton dull and nominal and unchanged; middling 10}; low middlings 15}; strict good ordi nary 11; net receipts 8,543; exports h Great Britain 5,335; to continent 4,651: to France 1,705; sales 4,000; stock 2! 8,. 126. Galveston, Dee. 27.—Cotton steady for futures; good ordinary 13J; ordinary 12}; net receipts 4,326; sales 750; stock 94,362. Mobile. Dec. 27. Colton quiet; mid dlings 15,}c; low middlings l If; st.ric good ordinary 13}; net receipts 1,758; sales 1,000; stock it!.128 Savannah, Dee. 27.—Cotton dull; mid dlings!'.}; net receipt* 4,855; exports to Great Britain 5,471; sales 924; stock 124,407. Charleston, Dec. 27.—Cotton firmei for good grades; others qniet; middling' 15:>@i5}; low middlings 14J: strict good ordinary 14|c; not receipts 1,860; sales 1,000; stock 70,306. Augusta, Dec. 27. —Cotton steady and in fair demand; middlings 14}-:-; receipts 1,600; sales 1.70*1. Provision Markets. New York, Dec. 27—Evening.—Flour quiet. Cincinnati. Dee 27. —Flour in good demand. C>.rn firmer, at 67#00. Pork qniet at sls® 15 25. Lard firm; tight s ties; steam B}®B}o, closing at the lat ter rate; kettle Bacon nominal; seiiers asking 7}c; for shoulders; g}<- for clear rib sides; B}c for clear, so come out of smoke next week. Whisk-. 35 c. Louisville, Dec. 27. Flour fairly active at s6@6 75, Corn tu good de mand; new shelled in sacks 52. Pork dull at $15<&15 50. Bacon, clear nb held at B|. Lard quiet. Whisky quiet at 32}(§.03. The frieuds of a wit expressing some surprise that, with his age and fondness for the bottle, he should have thought it worth while to marry. “A wife was nec essary-,” he said;- *"t hey began to say- of me that I drank t<W much for a single maq.” Josh Billing* says: ‘T will state for the information of those who havu’t had a chance to lay in secret wisdom hr freely az I hav, that one single hornet who feels well can break up a whole camp-meeting.” THE ATTORNK I* GENERAL'S • OPINION. Washington, Dec. 22.—Tho following is the opinion of Attorney- General Wil liams in the Virginius case : Department op Justice, ( Washington, D. 0., Dee. 17.» lion. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State : Sin—l have the honor to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter of the 11th inst., submitting to me a largo number of doc uments and decisions, and asking for my opinion as to whether or not tho Virgin ius, at the time of her capture by the Spanish man-of-war Tornado, was entitled to carry the flag of the United Suites, and whether or not she was carrying it im properly and without right at the time. These questions arise under the protocol of the 2:.Uli ultimo, between the Spanish Minister and the Secretary of State, iu which, among other things, it is agreed that, on tha 25th inst., Spain shall salute the flag of the United States; but “it is further provided that, if Spain should prove to tho satisfaction of the United States that the Viiginius was not eutitiod to carry the flag of the United States, and was carryiug it at the time of her capture without right and improperly, tho salute wilt be spontaneously dispensed with, as in such case not being necessarily requir able. But the United States will expect in such caso a disclaimer of intbnt of in dignity to its flag iu the act which was committed.” THE LAW IN THE CASE. A section of an act approved December 31, 1792, provides that ships or vessels registered pursuant to this act, and no other, except such as shall bo duly qual ified according to law for carrying on ibe eoastiug trade and denominated or. deem ed ships or vessels of the United Stales, shall bo entitled to the benefits and privi leges appertaining to such ships. Seotion 4 of tho same aot provides for an oath by which, among other tilings, to obtain the registry of a vessel, the owner is required to swear that there is not a subject or citizen of any foreign province or State, directly or indirectly, by way of trust, confidence, or otherwise interested in such ship or vessel, or in the profits or issue thereof. Obviously, therefore, no vessel in which a foreigner is directly or indirectly interested is eutitiod to a United States registry; and if ono is obtained by false oath as to that poiut, the fact is that if the vessel is owned or partly owned by for eigners, she can not be deemed a vessel of the United States or entitled to the benefits or privileges appertaining to such vessels. THE TACTS IN THE CASE. The Virginius was registered in Now York on the 26th of September, 1870, in the name of Patterson, who made oath fit required by law; but the depositions sub mitted abundantly show that in faot Pat terson was not the owner at that time, but that the vessel was the property of certain Cuban citizens iu New York, who furnish ed the necessary funds for her purohase. J. E. Shepherd, who commanded said ves sel when she left New York with a certifi cate of her register iu the name of Patter son, testified positively that he entered into an agreement to command said ves sel at an interview between Quesada, Mora, Pattersou and others, at which it waß dis tinctly understood that the Virginius be longed to Quesada, Mora and other Cubans, and that said Mora exhibited to him receipts for the purchase money and for repairs and supplies upon said steamer, and explained to him how said funds were raised among the Cubans iu New York. Adolpho DoVarona, who was Secretary of the Cuban mission in New York at the time the Virginius was pur chased, and afterwards sailed in her as Quesada’s chief of staff, testifies that he was acquainted with all the details of the transaction, and knows that tho Virginius was purchased with tho funds of the Cubans, and with the understanding and arrangement that Patterson should appear i as nominal owner, because foreigners | could not obtain a United States register for the vessel. Francis Bowen, Charles Smith, Edward Greenwood, John McCann, Mathew Murphy, Ambrose Rawlings,TUos. Gallagher, John Furlong, Thos. Anderson, and George W. Miller, who were employ ed upon the Virginius in various capaci- ties after she was registered in the name of Patterson, testify already to tha effect that they were informed, and understood while they were upon the vessel, that she belonged to Quesada and the Cubans rep resented by him, and that he navigated, controlled, and treated such vessel in all respects as though it was his property. Nothing appears to weaken the force of this testimony, though the witnesses were subjected, to cross-examination, but on the contrary alt tha circumstances of the case tend to its corroboration. With the oath f>r registry, the statute requires a i bond to be given signed by the owner, I captain and one or more securities; but \ there were no sureties npcu the bond given by Patterson and Shepperd. Pains have been taken to ascertain, if there was any insurance upon the vessel; but noth ing of the kind has been found; and Quesada, Varoua, and other Cubans who took passage upon the Virginias, instead of going on board iu the usual way, went aboard off a tug after the vessel had left the harbor of New York. the opinion. I can not do otherwise than to hold upon this evidence that Patterson’s oath was false, and that the register obtained in his name was a fraud upon the naviga tion laws of the United States. Assum ing the question to be what appears to conform to the intent of the protocol, whether or not the Virgitiius at the time of her capture had a right as against the United States to carry the American flag, I am of the opinion that she had nosueh right because she had not been registered according to law. But lam also of opinion that she was as much exempt from interior, euoe on the high seas by another power on that ground a-i though she had been lawfully registered. iSpuu no doubt has a right to capture a vessel with un Ameri can register and carrying the Amerioati flag, floating in her own waters, assisting or endeavoring to assist the insurrection in Cuba; but she has no right to capture sucli a vessel on the high seas, upon an ap prehension that in violation of the neu trality or navigation laws of the United States she was on her way to assist such rebellion, bpain defended in r territory ■inn people from the hostile attack o! what is or appears to be an American ves sel; but she had no jurisdiction whateve. over the question as to whether or not such vessel is ou tne high seas in violation of any law of the United States. Spain cannot rightfully raise that question as to the \ irgiuin.s, but the United States may, r.nd. a . I understand the protocol, they nave agreed to do it. And, governed by that agreement, and without admitting I that Spain would otherwise have any in- j terest in the question, I decide that the Virginias at the time of her capture was : without right and improperly oarrying the American flag. Very respectfully, Geo. H. Williams. Attorney General. Headers Ga, Associated Veterans) Mexican War, 1846-7 8. Madison, Ga., Dec. 15th, 1873. ) Comrades :—Oil the 15th of January next, the Delegates of the Veterans of the Mexican War will meet irt Washington i City to orgmiza a National As* elation j of the sunicors of the Military and Na cal servioo in the Mexican. War of 1846-7 or 8; and it is very desirable that all who now reside in Georgia shall be represent ed; therefore, the Veterans of the Mexi \ can War aro requested at their earliest ! opportunity to forward to these Head quarters their name in full, their age non-, l occupation, rank, company, battalion, regiment or vessel in which lie served in Mexico, and post office address. Will ali the Veterans make it their business to in quire of their Comrades if they have re ported their names, post office, &e., and if they have not, to assist them iu doing so immediately ? The object of the National Assoei t!] >-» is to prepare a joint memorial to Conge asking similar recognition of their much more important pist services, os Uiat shown to the Veterans of 1812 by the re cent Pension Act. Another praiseworthy object contemplated is the establishment of a National Brotherhood of the survi vors of that War for benevolent purposes and the restoration of the former good feeling among them in ali sections of the Union, which has been, to some extent, disturbed by events of the- past twelve years. Any person having in charge any com pany, battalion or regimental flag, will confer a great favor upon the Association by entrusting the same to the care of the President, and a{l information iu connec tion with the same is most respectfully and earnestly requested. David S. Johnston, Pres. Os. Ass. Vet, Mex. War, 1846-7-8 [Postoffice] Madison, Ga. All the newspapers in the State friendly to the Association, are requested to pub lish and call attention to this circular. The best FURS at the lowest price ar at Mrs. Lee’a THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AST) MEXICO. The Uegenuarl, a Berlin paper, recent ly published the repoit addressed io Na poleon 111. by Gen. Cssieinau, while oa a mission in Mexico in 1860. The follow ing is a translation of the Emperor’s re ply : Palace of Comaugne, Dec. 2, ISOfi. My Hear General: I have just receiv ed your inlne-ting report of the 28th of October. 1 thank you for the details which you give me, and I think you have judged things rightly. But I wifi not treat with Juarez, at any price, for any understanding with him would look too much like a defeat. I care nothing if R t a future day the course of events should restore him to power; but just now we cannot treat with him. The course to bo followed may, I think be thus summed «P : 1. Associate yourself, as you say, with Marshal Bazaiue and M. Dauo, in oruei to obtain as quickly as possible the Abdi cation of the Emperor Maximilian. 2. Fix the choice of the Marshal and 11. Deno upon M. Lerdo do Tejado, or any body else, to be placed at the head of tin- Provisional Government; treat with him demand desirable guarantees. 3. Make all necessary arrangements to embark the troops at the end of February or the commencement of March. The Foreign Legion should be em barked ; all Frenchmen who would fal low', and eveu the Austrians and Bel-daus who do not wish to remain. Tho United States Government has sent Gen. Sberm&n to Mexico. Yon will t> u able to oomo to an understanding with him by making him understand that youi dignity prevents you now from treating with J uarez. I have said (No. 3) that it will bo nee essary to be contented with a Provisional Government, because I believe that ye. v will not have time to establish a regular Government, for this latter combination would certainly be better, provided Jua rez were excluded. If the Emperor Maximilian handed over his powers to Juarez, that delegation should not be recognized, nnd still appeal to the will of the Mexican people, legally consulted. To sum up, I see by your letter that yon have quite understood what were my intentions, which are to leave Mexico as soou rs possible, while protecting our dignity and French interests as much as possible. I am, my dear General, &a., Napoleon. MODERN DEFINITIONS. From tho Unpublished Dietionary of the Age Debts—Negative assets. Compositors—Galley slaves. O ! Low Degree—Below zero. Balloons—Tremendous swells. He-brews—Lager-bier makers. Croquet—Billiards gone to grass. Btute Line—The liangsman’s rope Center of Gravity—Tue ieiter V. Regular “Cell”—A honey, oomb. Knotty Affair—Getting married Piece Jubilee—A quilting party. Flash Note—A peai of thunder. Os High Birth—Bom in an attic. Light Swindles—Gas companies. Hair Dresser—A Crown Minister. Charon —Tho man who cuts Styx. Wafers—Convenient go-betweens. Mean Action—Pocketing an insult. Lively Step Sister—A baiiet dancer. Music Master—A man of orotchets. Dancing Master—A man of po -itiou. Nilsson—The Queen of the high U’e. Sweet Duties—The imposts on sugar. “Coral” Union—A l eet of coral rocks. White Man—The pale of civilization. Summer-salt—A New York yatchman. Police “Bored”—The New York public. Shrew-d Man—Ono who marries a scold. Railway Report—The locomotive whist lu Self-imposed Tax—Taxing one’s memo- ry. Organic Eruption—Fimples on the noa.- “Board of Trade”—A tailor's work bench. “Mill” Manager—Referee at a prize fight. Switch—A nobby turn-out ou the (In air line. Chimney Sweeps—One who always foi lows soot. Undress Uniform—The costume worn by Adam. Damp Sheets—The Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Lying—The art of using the truth with frugality. lic ll ncry—The headquarters of a lay as sociation. 1 An-arrow Escape—A slip when bondin/ one’s beau. An Intellectual Feast—The entertain ment of au idea. An Arch Designer—Old Keystone, th« bridge-builder. Parts Unknown—Places where people do not advertise. “Sovereign” Remedy—Paying twenty shillings on the T. Centarians People who live long enough to reach par. Italian “Independence. ”—Organ-grind ers refusing to move on. Morpheus—The first member who joined a nod-fellow’s lodge. A PRECAUTION. Mr. Bellows has been paying attentions to young Miss Suively for some time, and a few evenings ago he called for the pur pose of making a formal proposal. Miss Snively, it would appear, has had other and rather unfortunate love affairs in the past, and a melancholy experience has made her singularly cautious. After talk ing with her awhile, Bellows hemmed and hawed, and blushed, and then, suddenly seizing her hand, lie was about to piurnp the question right out, when Mi-i bnively interrupted him. “Ah, excuse ms for asking you, Mr. Bellows, but are you going to propose?” Amazed and somewhat be wild; red, Mr. Bellows replied : “Well, I—that is I should say that— that 1 did, perhaps, cherish some—some— as it Were, some—idea, that is to sav,— well, yes.” J ( “Oj very well,” rejoined Miss Sniveiy, “very well, but just wait a moment, please, while I call my aunt down stairs.” “Wli-wh-what for?" asked Bellows, iu astonishment. “Why, so that I can have a witness in case I’m obliged to sue you for breach of promise, of course. The last man who proposed got off , tint 1 reckon you won’t if I know Dow to fix things. W i mia ute.” And then, as Miss Sniveiy went out m search of Lei aunt. Bellows emerged into the entry and glided through the front door. And mashing his hat down over his eyes, he dissipated his love’s young dream, stiiiltd his grief, bit off an inordi nately large piece of tobacco, and went to bod. Miss Sniveiy will not sue. GEORGIA PA RMS AXIS PALMERS. From the Atlanta Herald.] Dicke-is <fc Cos., of Coweta country, cul tivate 1.200 acres in cotton; 150 in 0.-iia and 300 in corn. P- W. Arnold, of Coweta countv, plants 600 acres in cotton, 60 acres in wheat, 26 in oats and 400 in corn. Nat. Bridges, of Coweta county, culti vate* 500 acres in cotton and 4(H) in corn. J. Vv. Hitt, of Oo wet a county, cultivates 750 acres in cotton, 100 in oats, and .'4.0 acres in corn. Thirty-five plantersof Coweta are won , each over $ 10,000, thirteen are woi: each, over §20,000, seven are worth, ea -i., over $30,000, four are worth, each; o\ $40,000 and one over $70,000. Twenty p'ante-s of Coweta county cul tivate each over 300 acres in cotton. The estate of J. If Woodward; of Ciowford county cultivates 800 acres cotton, 165 acres in wheat, 75 in oi : and 1,5W0 in corn. Judge D. A. Vason, a leading law-, * r of South Georgia, and a prominent farmer of Dougherty county, cultivates ou hi,-, plantation iu that county 300 acres into/,', ton, 75 in oats, and 2.50 in corn. C. M. Mays, of Dougherty, caltivat*. ; 650 acres ;n c .t'ca and 5.5(1 in corn; 2. 1. Mays 500 acres m cotton and 450 in corn. Mrs. S A. McLaren, of Dougherty, cul tivates 760 acres in cotton and 450 rrs, corn. 8. H. Wilson, of Dougherty, cultivate.y 600 acres in cotton and 650 in corn. B. G. Lockett cultivates at his pianii. tion in Dougherty 900 acres in cotton, 200 in oats and 600 iu corn. General A. If. Colquitt cultivates on his plantation in Dougherty 1,250 acres in cotton and 650 in corn. The Georgia Land and Cotton Compa ny plant on their plantation in Dougher ty 1,600 acres in cotton, 200 in oats, and 850 acres in corn. Oranges on the Chipola.—' The oranee crop on the Chipola is unusually iaige this season, and the fruit is fine, and unex celled by any in Florida. The Burgess grove will yield nearly one hundred thou sand oranges. Mr. Alderman’s (less than an acre) nearly as many, besides which, there are several outgroves in the vicini ty doing well. In fact there seems to be no signs of failure iu any of them —Ap alachicola Times