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The Daily Herald.
MENKY W. UKADV,
and Proprletois. •
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1874.
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Address ALSTON & GRADY.,
Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia.
Office on Alabama Street, near Broad.
THE CHIEF* JUSTICESHIP.
Upon the resembling of Congress, to-mor
row, will be resumed the Senatorial dispute
over the President’s nominee for Chief Jus
lice of the United States. Most of the Sena
tors having spent their holidays at home,
they will be better informed os to the public
judgment in the premises, whether they con
clude to respect it or not. It certainly should
not bo without weight in tl\e final action of
their body.
The nomination of Attorney General Wil-
j liams is, perhaps, the most unpopular of all 1
*""***"—i that have proceeded from the present admin-
Tee Philadelphia Press predicts that Jno. j istration, not excepting that of Mr. Sickles
G. Breckinridge will be in Congress again in the Spanish mission, which nobody np-
les9 than two years. It requires no prophetic , proved. There are no party lines on the sub-
ken for such an announcement. Iject. The universal judgment, even away
7 “; ■*** . ! tho be8t friends of General Grant, seems to be ;
Aldrich, in Ins new story in the Atlantic, , that u ; 3 a nomination unfit to bo ma(1# . T he
gets off a pretty good thing on aristocratic ! ffiee of Cbief Juslice is tUo very Ljgh , st in
circles, as follows: “One is pained to find j ft of the Prc3ident Iu vi;v . of , he
that the most exclusive folks have frequently I . . .. , ... .... , .. ,.
, 1 J j -weightioess and universality ot its duties in the
cassed their early manhood m selling tape or ~ . .. . , .
^ i finftl settlement of the law, it is, by loDg odds,
West India goods in homo pathic quantities. ! iU _ ;U1 _ , t
Tb*is is not an immoral thiug in itself, but it
is certainly illogical in these people to be so
intolerant of those less fortunate people who
have not yet disposed of their stock.”
the most responsible. Great ability^, great
! learning, and exalted purity of character can,
• alone, fill it acceptably. That a man should
! be nominated for sack a position who has
never ranked among oven the third-rate
i minds of the country, whose reputation as a
yet to be made, and
CHEAP MANURE.
In another column will be found an advtr- I ^ aMr y cr ail< * jurist hi
tisement of a compound, known as Hayward's ! whosa l ,trsoml character - to “J tUo '<***> is
,, i f questionable, is most unfortunate in every
Compound. i\e request every farmer who ! A J
sees it to read it carefully. j «8 bt U ma >' bo viewed ' No 009 is “ ore «“*
If what is stated in that advertisement! cere, J of this °I ,illion than lho best fricmls
should prove to be true, Prof. Hayward will ! of tbe rresident - The Senate, of which his
bo regarded iu all time to come as a great P olilIeal adhereate form au overwhelming
benefactor. Head it and give the matter a i ma j° rit y* RtaE<1 a S ba5t at tbe proposition to
fair trial. It will not cost you anything, if! P lace socb a man in tba bi S best i adicU1 of ‘
his statements should prove false. I fioe of the na,ioD - aud bavc P rft - vod ,hat tho
• cup be taken from their lips. It is said that
They have a champion office-holder in j the President refuses to grant this request—
Florida. lie is thus described by a local that he adheres to the nomination, and is re-
p.iper: “When the Hon. G. Dennis left us j solved that the Senate shall either accept or
for his Northern trip, to be absent several ; reject it.
THE HERALD AND T11E HEW YEAR, j THE HERALD AND TI1E CITY PR1TT-
! IKU.
It will not be improper for the Herald to
assure its readers upon this, the opening of . Die election of tho Herald last night as I RErErrioN
the new year, that it has mado arrangements ^e Printer of Atlanta, by a vote of 9 to j
by which their favorite journal will be much j ( as wc understand it stood) is a flattering !
better during the coming year than ever j testimonial to tho paper,
before. j Tlj o Herald never entered tho race for j
The Herald was never before now iu a • Printer until the evening of the election, and
condition to justify its proprietors in bring- i never conn tern plated running. Some of tho
ing to fullness and completeness their ideas [councilman put it upon the track in cpita of
of what a metropolitan daily paper should 1 itself. Then it determined to ‘-go iu to win.”
bo. For the llrst twelve months of its stormy ! lho v °to of last night, obtained so unex
existence it went through troablcs that would j pectcdly and under such adverse circum-
bavo swamped any enterprise of less than its j stances, is a capital tribute to the bold and
actual miraculous vitality; and sinco the days j fearless journalism of The Herald as op-
of Shadrack, Meshack, and Abedncgo, no \ P°® e ^ tethe wavering and uncertain course of
ether three men ever went through such ter- i its opponent. The Council unanimously pre-
nble ocstacies of danger, and trouble, and ferred the manliness and decision of this pa-
anxiety. : P cr to the timeserving diplomacy of that sa
lt survived all these crises, because it was j g ;l cious creature that sat upon tho fence and
founded upon a principle that could not fail, j c *°-hti ously distributed its f miles to first tho
and that, by the way, in Georgia bad all tbo one ^ llc ti° n and then the other,
charm of novelty—it icas an absolutely inde- The ringing shouts of applause with which
pendent newspaper. Never so happy as when *he news of the IIesald’s triumph was recc-iv-
it was fighting a ring, telling tho truth to j C( ^ hy tho waiting crowd, was but another
some monopolist, or proclaiming the secrets ; pleasing evidence of th^ popularity of the in-
of some miserable clique of political dirt- ! dependant paper.
daubers. We need not say that this paper enters into
It was a terrible experiment, and the j discharge of its duties as City Printer ua-
Heeald raised kindreds of foes, and had ! embarrassed by a single promise, entangled in
many a tough and litter battle. It has held uo alliances.
The Released Cubans.
THE YIEGINIt/S SURVIVORS
TUEfR ERICS 1
SEW YORK
STATEMENTS
months, we lo6t in him our Senator, County
Commissioner, Board of Instruction, Deputy
Marshal, Deputy Sheriff, Deputy County
Clerk, Treasurer of School Funds, Custodian
of County Treasurer’s books, Senior Coun
cilman and acting Mayor. Nearly all busi
ness was suspended until bis return.”
Singular Fatality.—A very strange fatal
ity seems to have attended the New York cor
respondents who were sent to the West In
dies to l#ok after tho Virginias affair. The
Tribune’s correspondent, whose name we for
get, suddenly disappeared from tho deck of a
Spanish steamer soon after it left the port of
Santiago ; while Mr. W. H. Stephens, the
Herald's correspondent, fell overboard from
the steamer City of San Antonio, on which
ho embarked from Key West for New York,
on the 29th nit.
Health of Savannah.—The reports of the
sextons of the three cemeteries of Savannah
show an aggregate of 1,195 interments for the
year 1873. Of these, the large number of
S35 were colored persons, leaving but 3C0
whites. From these, again, deduct the num
ber of persons that died elsewhere and were
brought to tho city for interment, 78. and we
have a total mortality among the whites of
only 282, of all ages. We doubt if any city
in the Union can make a fairer shewing. The
population of Savannah was a few hnndrcd
above 28,000 in 1870, and is probably 30,000
at this time.
The Case of Gen. Howard.—The Secreta
ry of War maintains that, under tho rules ol
was he can at any time order a court martial I 7 _-, in
in the case of General O. O. Howard, without 10OK m ai ’
tho passage of any special act giving him au
thority to make such order. In view of the
peculiar circumstances of the alleged defalca
tions, General Belknap, however, preferred
not to appear in the light of a public prose
cutor,and has accordingly referred the mutter
to Congress for consideration. — JJasfiinyton
Star.
All of which simply means that Ho waul is
to bo whitewashed again; and that high-mind
ed officers of the army being above the busi
ness, it is turned over to the partisans of
Congress, who have no scruples in such mat
ters.
And what will the Senate do V Will it sur
render both its convictions of propriety and
its constitutional right iu the matter of ap
pointments to office, and do the bidding of
the President in despite of both ? Tho |Con-
stitntion has thrown a full share of
a joint responsibility upon the Senate in the
business of appointing officers of the govern
ment; can that body, acting under their sol
emn oaths, repudiate that responsibility, ab
dicate that power, disregard their own judg
ments, and make themselves, in this
grave affair, the mere registers of the
will of the President? While it is
not right for the President to place
the Senate in such a position, it would be a
greater offence against the Constitution and
public decency for the latter to yield to such
a behest. We do not speak with the spirit of
a partisan when we express tho hope that
President Grant, upon further reflection, will
abandon his false position, and withdraw the
nomination. Tho Republican majority in
the Senate, he ought to recollect, can have
no earthly motive beyond a sense of public
duty, iu withholding their confirmation of his
nominations; a ad that, such being the nature
of their difficulty, it is most cruel and nDjust
to press his personal wishes upon them.
On the other hand, the Senate owe'a higher
duty to tho country and to their own reputa
tions than they do to the President, and ac
quiescence under the circumstances, against
their own sense of right, would be both cow
ardly and corrupt. The country looks to them
to preserve unsullied the high office of Chief
Justice in this day of peril; and it should not
s been, “The
will remain, as it alway
property of its proprietors; independent
: things— neutral iu nothing.”
We have to thank, iu sincerity, thos
tlemen who gave us their support.
its own finely, and made marvelous strides
on the way that is parol for the pros
perous.
The hardest cl is* ot enemies that tho
Herald has had to fight, is that
class who, with chilling doubt, have
always prophecicJ its failure. Theso absurd
rumors have dampened tho whole energy aud
ardor of the enterprise. We allude to them
as absurd because it has always been utterly
impossible' that The Herald should have
stopped publication. A paper with a sub
scription list of nearly ten thousand, daily Gov. Kemper, of Virginia,
and weekly, in tha first year of its existence, au nlril t e d on Thursday at
eiuiaot possibly die. It is too valuable a Mansion, m Kichmond, after
property. Daring the past twelve months ! his ajaress to the two branches of the Legis
there has not beeu a single week when au
\ IIlCIIMA POLITICS.
or state heijts
CD EDU« ATIOX
| .rm, but the capUm of the
I hung at the yaflica did not wish such a spec-
| Isabella lfc^f bis vessel, and obtained a
ir* 1 telyrto death by shooting, and a commu
nion of tho sentence of seventeen of the
/crew to the chain-gaug. Knight, two of the
quartermasters aod one of the oilers were ac-
/ ] cordingly sentenced to tho chain-gang for
survivors, etc. j j an( j other thirteen, all of whom were
/ boys, to eight and four years of hard labor in
The official investigation onboard iy- Jc the gang. A life sentence of this kind was
niata iu the Brooklyn navy yard havij^ been j regarded as worse than death,
completed, Monday evening the Virginias
survivors were given permission ta'ieave the ; xmei Arrca
vessel and join their friends in NeV York. Of Vnsnros Station, Ga., Jan. 3, 1871.
their disembarkation the New/ork Times j To TUJ . Editors of the Herald:
i Yesterday morning W. P. Stevens, the
When all were on board the tug and the ; sheriff of this county, passed here on the goo-
little vessel began to make frf the shore, the j ber train, en route to Atlanta, and while here
whole party buret at once into a loud, long, j stated to Mark Green that, that night a man
ringing cheer. This was answered by those j about twenty-five years old, 6ix feet high, fair
on board the Juniata, and before the echos of 1 complexion, light hair, weighing about one
the huzzas had died away tho navy-yard dock j hundred and fifty pounds Lad stolen three
was reached, and the destitute, but rejoicing ; hundred dollars in Marietta, and if he saw
Cabans placed on shore. One or two of them I such a person to arrest him. So, about four
were so weak from sickness that they could | o’clock in the evening a young man filling tho
not walk; they were tenderly lifted in the j description to a letter crossed the river at
arms of friends and placed in a carriage that; Pace’s Ferry and come walking, with no bag
was awaiting them. The rest of the prisoner* i gage, into this quiet little ullage, and, after
were placed in line, and under tho dire chon , fludiog out wh.t time the passenger train
of Hilario Cisnero, Francisco Artage, e^ ( l V. ! went north, and securing his supper and a
Mastrc, of the Cuban-Junta, marched to the | place to stay until the train come, he went
Fulton ferry, and from ihero b ’ uc Unban • back into the woods and this lime brought
restuarant, No. 7t> Pine Str' l * | with him two largo valises, well packed, goes
Hero the little proce**» lou ' VilS > ni, -t by a to Mr. Greene’s and getshia sapper, and while
largo parly of friem 1 * and sympathizers. The ; silling by lho fire, waiting for the train, all at
meeting between rescued prisoners and once, Sink Green aud ItobertJMcAf-o stepped
their Iriend** tfas very affecting. Strong men in and told the gentleman to consider himself
cried as they clasped in a long embraco thos j | under arrest. He at once got up with a
i | whom they had never expected to Fee again. ; pistol cocked and presented. Mr. Greene took
Tiure were no distinctions. Aristocratic hold of his pistol and kept it turned from
j young OaWn Uadera kis.sc-d the cheeks of ! him, when ail at once the young man discov-
' j tho negroes who Lad suffered with them, and 1 , rc d that McAfee had a pistol leveled at his
j the English sailors mingled their tears of | hca-1, near by. He at once surrendered,
gladness with their fellow-sufferers of .Span- The y then took him in charge, and found cn
isli birth. After the prisoners had beeu en- I him two very fine revolvers and $171 in
tertained with a hearty supper they were money. By this lime tbo Kingston accom-
taken to one or two small hotels in the neigh- modation train, northward bound, came, and
borhood and lodged for the night. They are j the Sheriff Ltiug on hand, they turned the
dressed warmly in clothes furnished them by , ptisouer over to him, and he acknowledged
( the officers of the Juniata, and are generally to him he was the man who stole the money,
j in better health than could be expected under j f
the circumstances. The statements of several *
. prisoners relating details of the capture of .
was duly in j Virginias are given below:]
the Executive j statement of the engineer.
which ho sent • Henry King, a native of Chester, England,
(
nl siid his 1
Interesting Letter.
Montgomery, Ai.a., Jan. *2, lb74.
stated that he arrived in Kingston, Jamaica,
. . . in August last, and hearing that the Virgin- Editors of the Herald:
. latnre, now in stssion. We make some j i U55 was going on a eoa.sting trip, applied for The recent disastrous fire seems to have
interest to m The Herald couldn t have been ; ^<.^3 j rom a i on g account of it prepared by j and received the position as engineer. He i j e f t a gloom hanging about the immediate
had no idea that she was iu the service of the 1 *. . \ e , v , • f „ -
Cubans, and never snw ammunition or arms i VK,u,t J’ tbe b »“‘ dls! " ct - fha loss »
on board. The day after leaving Port-au- j ascertained to be about $75,000. Insurance
Prince, where she had stopped for provisions, on part of the property is distributed between
the Tornado hove iu sight on the starboard I seV erai companies.
bow. Some two hours after she first came in ! ,, . ,* e .. . , ,
Right she began to steam, aud it was then ev- B ' dor .t the Rmo , ke of tbe firc bad P£ ,sed
ident that she desired to overtake tho Vir-! “W- tho e rand procession of the Great
sold on sis hour's notice for twice enough to ! the A = soo i at ed Press, that will attract atten-
place it above the .reach of any temporary ; tion> and 1Jer t aaps e >i cit remarks,
embarrassment it might have labored under. : Virginia and tolitical parties.
No later than on New Year s day its propric- , qj political parties’ relations the Governor
tors had two offers for au interest, one from ■ says: “Virginia, recognizing no obligations
one of the best iournalists in the South, the i as bind her to any national party organiza-
—*- • “e **• I SK&3SS&2£t Mass
to sell any or or all of The Herald to any man, mea8Ure8 calculated to secure tho ends
or set of men. ; named; is ready to co-operate cordially with
Wo have 110 high-sounding promises to ! mco of whatever party" iu upholding these
^ j measures, by whomsoever proposed; support-
mal<G ‘ , ing those who support them and opposing all
We merely assure the people that the Her- • who oppose them. 1 ’ He recommends the re-
ald will bo hotter, livelier and more interest- ! affirmation by the Assembly of one of the ar -
ing than ever, during tho coming year. j i‘ cleR of 1 th ? Conservauve pUtform-jadging
“ . . ’. __ | the head of the lederal Government impar-
Our editorial staff is strong, able and fear- j tidily by his official actions, and co-operating
less. Oar corps of reporters speak for them- j m every measure of his administration which
selves daily through the columns of the pa- j may be bcuificent in design and calculated to
per, to tho fall satisfaction of the people. We P ro “ ote ‘ ho w , clf * f r0 of , tha Pf°P Ie and P r ,°"
r . , mote sentiments of eood will throughout the
are certain our list of correspondents is con- ] Urncm.
stantly being enlarged, aud already embraces *
some of the best writers on the Southern
press.
In short, we arc sure that tho patrons of
the Herald will have a paper served to them,
daily, that is second to none in the South.
.We mean just what we say, and will leave
tho discussion of the ease to the future ! To
all of our friends we send out tho prayers
and the compliments of the season.
Looking into the Moon.—A new triumph
of astronomical art is suggested in France
which is positively staggering. There is, all
know, a limit to telescopic penetration,
which, in the case of the moon, the nearest! knowing what is doing and done by their
celestial object to ns, denies us the power of government. Tho abolition of the franking
THE FIMXKHG PRIVILEGE.
We are emphatically on tli8 side of the Con
gressmen—perhaps wo should say the people
—on this subject. We never thought the re
peal good policy from the beginning: even al
lowing that something might bo saved to the
Postoffice Department, which turns out to be
a delusion. The Postoffice makes money, but
the other departments of Uncle Sam’s service
are its customers; so where is the saving?
The transportation of the mails costs about
as much as it did under the old system, while
both Congressmen and their constituents are
deprived of many valuable privileges by the
new. In governments like this, the greatest
facility should be afforded the people for
seeing objects smaller than sixty leet square.
But the photograph is now suggested, as the
complement of the telescope, as the spectro
scope has already been used in the same ca
pacity. It is thought that if an absolutely
smooth au rface can be found to take photo
graphs on, the minutest objects on the moon
can be photographed, and then magnified,
like the newspaper texts sent into Paris by
balloon, and thus present to us actual, vivid
and faithful pictures of everything on that
satellite. Scientific men are now endeavor
ing to find the necessary smooth surface.
Justice Story on Executive Nominations.
The comments of the late Judge Story on ap
pointments to office, are particularly appro
priate at the present time. As collated by
the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, they
are as follows:
“It should never be lorgotten,” says Jud
privilege ha3 pretty well cut off the chief
source of information, so far as the govern
ment itself supplies one, while the postoffice
tax oa the press is still another obstacle to
the free circulation of intelligence. Both
theso measures do harm, without any com
pensating good, and we hope the present Con
gress will have the good sense to repeal them,
and with as little delay as possible. Let a
check be put to useless publications, which
nobody reads, and some provision made
against the abuse of the frank, and Congress
will have done all that is desirable in the pre
mises.
Another Plan.—Tho venerable philanthro
pist, Peter Cooper, has writter a letter to the
President, suggesting a plan for the improve
ment of the currency, to the end that the con
fidence may be inspired in employers and
ork furnished tne unemployed. lie believes
Story, “that in a republican government ! uo form of wealth can be made more secure
offices are established and to be filled not to j than a legal tender that shall be allowed to be
gratify private interests and private attach- ' increased as the increase per capita of the
ments; not as a means of corrupt influence
at individual profit; bnt for purposes of the
highest public good—to give dignity, strength,
purity and energy to the administration of
the laws. It would not, therefore, be a wise
coarse to omit any precaution which, at the
same time that it should give to the Presi
dent a power over the appointments of those
wbo are in conjunction with himself to exe
cute the laws, should also interpose a salu
tary check upon its abuse, acting by way of
preventive as well as remedy.” And further
along in the consideration of this topic the
same sagacious writer says: “It will be
principally with regard to high offices, such
as ambassadors, judges, heads of depart
ments, and other appointments of great pub-
lie importMMM, th»» (.ha Senate will interpose
to prevent an nnanitable otoiee. Their own
dignity and (tense of character, u.eir duty to
their country, and their very title to office,
will be materially dependant upon a firm die
charge of their duty on inch occasions."
Jnlia Ward Howe, who is a matron of many
years’ experience, affirms that no woman can
be brilliant after marriage.
country. To establish a uniform system ot
money he proposes that all duties due to the
government, and all debts due from individ
uals, shall be legally paid by simply adding
to tho amount of currency necessary to the
payment of tho duty or debt an amount, in
currency also, equal to the premium that gold
has borne, in the average, during the month
preceding the maturing of such debts—the
premium to be declared by the government
on the first Monday of every month. “We
will thus secure u legal tender,” says Mr.
Cooper, “and a paper circulation that will be
made as sure us a bond and mortgage on the
whole property of the country. This will f llr .
nlsh tho necessary facilities for the honest
business and banking of the country, and will
save an amount is the men convenience and
the economies of trade, and in the wear and
transportation of metals, that will eqnal the
interest of tho national debt.”
A Cuban editor, who stated in his
paper lb.*-Ryan an<1 others met their death
bravely, has tilled five hundred dollars
and sentenced to tn. chain gang for oighteen
Tho Government of the United States, by
its action, has prevented the State from ful
filling its obligations aud intervened between
Virginia and her creditors. Without any dis
cussion of the power of the Federal Gov
ernment, under ordinary circumstances, to
assume the debts of the States, he argues
“that if the Government of the United States
should now, in the pientitude ot its wealth
j and power restore prosperity to our State by
assuming her debt—a paltry burden on the
j National Treasury’, but grievous to us, iu our
! poverty—it would only in a small measure
The (Washiuglon Oily) National Hepubli- j make a return lor the vast donation with
can savs, editoriallv. ! which the munificence of Virginia endowed
, ... 1 the Union in its weakness end infancy.”
The exercise of Exccntivo clemency in the ;
pardon ot Ku-KIux prisoners continues, and : Mic.noi.s should he educated at the expense.
has no doubt resulted in accomplishiug much of the united states
good by tho assurance which it_ gives to the Hu alln(les to tho fact that as
EXECl riVK CLEMENCY .
ginius. Smoke aud flame issued from her i £ aMCTn c,rcus a PPf Jj d n P°“ ou . r .. Rt , reeU -
red-hot funnel: and she gained rapidly ou The scene was one of the most brilliant ever
the pursued vessel. It was then found that i V taessed m * h <L°‘. ty ' The two performances
the furnaces on the Virginias was very low, ! K lvaa . aU tbat coa ! d bc deslred ' d
and in order to make steam, hams, shoulders | tb “‘ ° Ue “"s 8 tJZ
of bacon aud lumps of fat meat were thrown tbat have stood the pamc is a self evident
into the fires, but still the Tornado gamed f, ! ct tba [ lt 13 a notorious one. One feature
runullv alone, the graceiui, yet daring riding of
Miss L*ke, is worth more than the price of
admission. You of Atlanta should feel proud
of this company as its manager, Col. Andrew
Haight is an old Atlanta citizen and his com
pany a quasi Atlanta institution. It carries
around the world the evidence of the enter
prise of the Gate City.
A few days ago Mr. FrhM#*; murdered in
his store several miles from" tA’^c.ity and the
store fired burning up the body. H is
posed he was rebbed. No clue to the
derers yet.
Numa.
Our State Exchanges-
Southern people that the Administration is
inclined to deal leniently with its political
opponents. There is a class of fire-eaters iu
the South, however, who characterize tho act
of pardon as justice long delayed. It would
be better for the country if a few of this class
were to exchange places with tho prisoners
yet undergoing sentence.
Tho National Kepublican is the organ of
President Grant and of Boss Shepherd. Its
intimations are important, and its admis
sions no less so. It speaks tx-cathcdra.
The aboro admits that tho so-called Ku-
Klux prisoners were not prosecuted and sent
to the Albany penitentiary for any crime they
had committed, but because they were
“political opponents" of the Administration.
The intimation and warning intended to be
given is that continued opposition to the Ad- j announcement of Hex, the King of the
ministration may end in a sojonrn in the Al- nival, made iu another column to-day.
bany penitentiary. Let all who don’t want ■
to go there, take notice !
result of
the war the bunden of the State is|greatly in
creased in the education of the fresdnien aud
the support of colored paupers, while the tax
able property has beeu greatly decreased, thus
leaving Virginia entrusted with the care of
the education of more than a half million of
the wards of the nation, without being provid
ed with the means of executing the trust. He
would deplore the interference of the Federal
Government with the public schools of State,
as certain to result in their destruction; yet,
justice, humanity, aud the best interest of the
colored lace, and country at large, do-
maud that tho National Government should
furnish the State with the necessary means to
educate them.
THE TUESDAY’S CARNIVAL.
We desire to call especial attention to the
Tho festivity on Tuesday will be grand
j beyond comparison, ffho procession will bo
«»• | over a mile in length, and filled frith the
Not Yet Done With. — Forney’s Press has j cream of the city’s population. *\lmost every
this to say about the Virginias, now in Davy J merchaut aui manufacturer is directly inter-
Jones’ locker:
It does not foilow, by auy means, that be-
cau c e the Virginius has beeu lost at sen ou
her passage to New York, there is an end of
all the proceedings and negotiations concern
ing her. It the judicial investigation which
must probably still take place proves her er
rand to have been unlawful, and her register
and clearance papers to have beeu fraudu
lently obtained, the United States Govern
ment may yet find it necessary to punish tbo
parties who violated the neutrality li.va; !
and it is barely possible that an apology or i
reparation of some kind may be due to Spaiu. ■
There is no confirmation, however, of the re-1
port that the Spanish government has al
ready insisted upon the return of tho Virgiu-
ius, and also upon a money indemnity. It is
more probable that, even If tho vessef had not
sunk, that government would not have had
the hardihood to demand either its redeliverv
or indemnity for damage which it never had
au opportunity of inflicting-especially in
the face of the fact that a serious and irre
parable wrong was committed against the
sovereignty ot tho United States in the mur
der ot American citizens without proper
trial.
ested, and over twelvo hundred people will be
iu tho procession.
When the committeo pays six hundred
dollars for lho making of a ball room floor,
it is time to expect something superb.
Let every man, woman and child be upon
the streets on Tuesday to see the great entry
of the King of All Laughter.
Mr.
Beecher on New Year’s
Calls.
Tho New York Herald of Monday says:
Previous to the sermon yesterday morning,
Mr. Beecher announced that he*would re
ceive “calls” on New Year’s Day, from eleven
a. m. to six r. m., at his residence on Co
lumbia Heights. He made the invitation as
universal as usual, inviting not ouly the mem
bers of his own Church aud congregation,
bnt all, whether rich or poor, untive born or
foreign born, if there would be glad to see
him. “I am tho man,” said Mr. Beecher,
“who Rbail bo glad to see them.” Iu accord
ance with the r<quest of the Ladies' Teinper-
— 1 1 MM Association, ho reftmd at length uiul in
The Louisiana Question.—The ronut strmiKaiul earmst words to the newly intio-
from Washington is that Congress will wive d " Ced m * hl " cou “ ,r y of
B H wiuc. He denounced the custom; said that
tho Louisiana controversy by declaring the | it derived its strength from the supposition
late election a “ dog-fall” and ordering that it was fashionable, and said that the vic
tims of this practice were not the hard-head
ed, thoughtlul men, but the “delinqnesceut,”
light-weighted, fashionable young man, who
is made up for the occasion. But even he
would not yield so readily were it not for the
young ladies, who would tolerate anything so
long as it is fashionable. When the young
lady of the house stands before him with the
brimming cup
THE YOUNG FOOL
cannot resist And many a young man has
began to drink in Ibis way, disgraced him
self, and it has only required about two year<«
to bring him down to irretrievable rain. He
therefore hoped that the result of what he
said would be that those whom his words
would reach would put no more wine on the
table than would be ou his owu on New Year's
Day.
rapidly.
The Virginias, at her best speed, only wont
about eight knots an hour. At this time the
sun had set, and it was beeiuniug to be dark.
A little after nightfall the first shot was fired
from the Tornado. This went wide of the
mark, howevtr, and did no damage." Those
in the engice-room became very much
alarmed. They w ere quieted by one of the
crew, named Thompson, who came iuto the
room and said: “ They are near to us, boys;
but never fear; I can see the light at Jamaica
ahead. We are iu English waters. I am an j
English subject, and they won’t dare lay i
hands on us. ’ Thompson's boast was a vain
one; he was afterwards shot. He had!
scarcely finished speaking when a shot from j 0 „ n Ruliv. charged with the murder 'of
the Tornado struck the smoke stack of the j D_»ughertv, of Savaunah, died in jail
pursued vessel. Orders were giveu to atop , i st inst., of pneumonia,
engines, and soon ofter the Spaniards came
on board. Their chief engineer came at once The official report of the number of arrests
to the engine-room of the Virginius and ex- j * n Savannah during tho year 1873, shows the
amined her machinery. He spoke English j following facts: White 843, colored 1,135,
fluently, aud stated that, although in the ! making a total of 1,978. Of this number over
Spanish service, he was an American citizen. | of the cases were lor drunkenness.
Alter the engine and boiler had beeu exam-' Ou Tuesday, 16th ult. Dr. A. Mathis, of
ined, all the passengers and crew were called j Sandersville. was married to Miss Nannie
aft on the quarter deck an J all their clothes Gibsou, of Twiggs county,
and valuables taken from them. A gold Colonels. Wise Parker, of Dawson, Geor-
watch and £i in English money were stolen \ been appointed and qualified as Keg-
frorn Mr. King. Alter the passengers had : lstel iri Bankrupcy for the Second District of
been stripped ot everything ot value in their . Georgia including the following counties,
possession, th-v were taken on board the Tor- I t 0 _wit:
n%do. A part of the crew were left ou the ; Dodge countv made t l i> war nine hundred
\ irginius. Three days after the execution at i au j thirty bales of cotton and forty-six thou-
Smtiago do Cuba, Mr. King was taken to toe j SAlu \ seventy-three bushels ot corn. This
prison, and remained with the other prisoners j j s utar iy au average of forty-nine and a half
until released and placed cu board the bushels of corn to the bale ot cotton.
Policeman Jones, of Hawkinsville, shot and
statement of charles a. knigut. killed an Irishman named Denver on the 39th
Charles A. Knight, assistant engineer, and I ult. Jones was acquitted ou the ground of
his brother, Hemy Knight, a deckhand, both | justifiableness.
of New York, and Edward Scott, ot Salem, \ Died, ou the 23th ult.. iu Hall county, of
N. J also a deck hand, state they were eu- pue umonia, Mr. J. C. Harrington, eldest son
gaged by Captain Fry iu Kingston, Jamaica, | ut c . jp llarrin dou, Esq.
logo tl Saint Limoa, Porto-Bico. Tfiev ,,
signed tlieir panels before the United States : On 1 hursday n.gbt last about 11 o clock,
Consul on the ”31, and left Kingston and ! ^ kitchen ot Judge L. P. D. Warren, was
steered direct lor Porto-Bico. About 2 30 ! des ' r0 - T , ed ? b “' . Tbo kitchen was attached
o'clock, ou the 31st a square-rigged and ap- | u > tbo dwl m - a "V‘ h ' vas snTtd b J “embers
parently sailing ves-el was sighted. Shiftily j ( ! f ‘he hook aid Udder company.- Albany
afterward they could see by the black column * tirSm
of smoke that she was a steamer. At this : *-*-*-*
time the Virginias was withm forty-five or Street Car Tickets and GOT .'Ml-
fifty miles of the Cuban coast, iue vessel
was immediately put about and steered for j H16nt Officials.
the coast of Jamaica. All steam was got up. ,
It was not necessary to burn tho furniture of The publication of a Treasury voucher evi-
tbe vessel, as there was plenty of coal c>u j dencing the payment of sixteen hundred dol-
board. Tho \ irginius seemed to hold her , ] rt rs for a landaulet for Mrs. Attorney-General
own for a png time, and the chase Williams has caused some investigation into
was au exciting on«'. Nothing was j the expenditure of the contingent funds of
thrown overboard. The engines were the different departments, aod brought to
worked to their utmost. About 6 o’clock, light some equally astonishing facts,
and when they were very close to Kingston, ■ Congress, angry at having its compensation
the Tornado's funnel belched forth tl.ime, and reduced, has determined to have a lull show-
froin that time she gained on us wonderfully, ing made, and the people may, perhaps, find
Five shots were fired in succession before the ; out where some of their money goes to. The
Virginius stopped, aud this was not done un- figures giveu for the past year show that tho
til it was threatened to fire a broadside and horses anti carriages furnished the Treasury
sink us It was now 10 o’clock, and Capt. officials cost tho government nearly $16,000,
Fry, who had been iu consultation with Se- and the expenses of other departments on the
nors Alfaro, Cespedes, Varona aud Ryau, ! name account arc also large. But the most
gave orders to stop. At this time Jamaica : extraordinary item which appears in the con-
was iu full view. Fifteen minutes biter a tingent expenses of the Treasury Department
boat came alongside, and the second lieuteu- ; the amount expended for street car tickets,
ant, jumping ou board, said to Oapt. Fry, Forty-three thousand dollars went in this
“In the name of Spaiu I take possession of direction- At the price charged iu Washing-
this vessel.” Capt. Fry protested aud ore- ton, this sum would purchase right hundred
sented the ship's papers, but h » w.is told tint )VU d sixty thousand tickets, or about twenty-
made no difference. The Americau flig. : eight huudred per day. As the chiefs of tho
which was the only one ever used ou bo ini, J department are tho only p.o sons who could,
~ with the slightest show of propriety, claim
another. Perhaps this is as good a plan as
any. We have no thought that Congress has
any business with Louisiana elections, but,
then, as there seems to be no other escape
from present difficulties, we are propared
to submit with th« distinct understanding,
however, that the case is not to be considered
a precedent.
Bays the Courier-Journal: It is a little
strange that a Radical Senate should refuse
to coufirm the nomination of a man for Chief
Justice who has been shown to be wantiug in
no qualification for the portion except hon
esty and capacity.
was hauled down, ad 1 the Spanish
ruu up, the officer rem irking thit thu *•*■*
tho place in which it should always have
bet n.
THR OFFICIAL INQUIRY.
It appeals that the investigation hold be
fore Commissioner Davenport on the Juniata
was mainly for the purpose «*t determining
the status of tho Virginias, and ascertaining , ji avaua sns
definitely whether or not sbe bad bevn sailing j lh ' e i* ... .. , ...
under a false register whm captured »y j tni( i er a are doing anything like a fair bust-
Tornado. If saihuR under a 1*1* renter ahe #od urc bnying aIld H eU.,^ only for im-
j, liable to condemnation under lho law* of —
the United States. The evidence oa this
point is of a conflicting character.
free transportation from the government, one
cannot well imagine how they were able to
use, each, five or six huuJred per diem.—ATc-
chanye.
The Commercial Condir.on of Havana.
A letter in the New York Tribune from
'The commercial condition of
poor state. Few of the
WHEREABOUTS OF THE SURVIVORS.
All of the released captives are at a Cuban
restaurant on Pine street, New York, with the
exception of seven sick left on board the
Juniata, among whom is Alfred Porker, of
Baltimore, since removed to Staten Island
Hospital. Yesterday reeolntions of thanks to
Captain Brain* were passed, and also express-
irg sympathy with him in the loss of his son.
It was determined to attend tho fnneral in a
body.
rntTHKR STATEMENTS.
Dispatches from New York last evening,
state that at a meeting held to express the
thanks ot the released captives. Engineer
Knight, of the Virginias, said tho original
sentence was that tho entire crew should be
mediate necessities. The high rate of ex
change has seii maty afleoted many houses of
good reputation, aud were they pushed for
money, mauy would have to fail. The most
recent failure of oonseqaence was announced
on Saturday, the 20th, in commercial oirelea.
The house in question was that of Cabugau
A Co., ship chandtan and deal ora in ex
change, in O'Reilly street. Their liabilities
amount to $775,000, and their eeeeis, con
sisting largely of real eetotat are not availa
ble. To add to the trouble, the eugar stop is
reported to have suffered largely from the
drought, so that there will probably not be
au average crop. Gold, consequently, con
tinues to osceud, and is now quoted at 83.”
The Graphic says the fate of the Virginias
Is eminently fit aud proper, considering the
number of reputations she has sunk.