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Self-interest demands that we shall contest the ground to the last as effectually as we can; and if that had been done from the first, in all probability wo should be in a better condition now. Change of Front on Cuba. The Washington quidnuncs are giving out that the President and Secretary Fish are going to “Bight about Face” on the Cuba question. This may bo true, but it trill place their excel lencies in a very humorous position. Nothing certainly has happened in Cuba, since the mes sage, to brighten the prospects of the rebels so-called, and yet that document roundly as serts the absence of every characteristic in the struggle which should entitle the Cubans to be recognized as belligerents. A Potent Ram. The New York Tribune correspondence from Hayti says that Salnave is well-nigh gone np, and his only hope now is the Bam Atlanta, which he is now daily looking for with anxious expectation. All Hayti, np to within eighteen miles of Port-au-Prince, is in the hands of the revolutionary niggers. Salnave’s best general has gone over to them, and ho himself, shut up in the city, is frotling like a caged tiger—hated and distrnsted by everybody, and swearing des perate expedients in case he is driven to tho last extremety. Atlanta Items.—The Atlanta New Era is authorized to announce CoL E. Hulbert as a candidate for the United States Senate—in whose place we are not advised. Both Hill and Miller are ruled out by the decision that all Leg islative proceedings are null and void; and so far as the destructives are concerned, Joshua Hill stands no better chance than Dr. Miller. Hill is a decided Bepnblican, bnt he is an hon est man and a gentleman. He could never bo used in any schemes prejudicial to the public welfare. He is not such a man as the destruct ives will support. Tho some number of the Now Era announces that John Flynn has resigned his position on tho State Boad. We have Radical authority for the statement that there is immense disgust, alarm, confusion and excitement among the “Republican masses” in Atlanta—the “nastiest state of things con ceivable,” according to the voluntary testimony of Bepnblicans themselves. Boston is making the effort of desperation to organise an American Steamship Company, with a capital of $1,000,000. Tho enterprise in cludes tho purchase of the steamers Ontario and Erie, for the purpose of placing them on a line to be established between Boston and Liverpool. It is understood that the steamers can be had at the recent auction cost, which is about one- third of their estimated value. The balance of the capital will be deposited with the Treasurer of the now organization, or otherwise disposed of as the company, when formed, may deter mine, Egyptian Cotton.—Recent letters from Egypt State that the Viceroy is undoubtedly in earnest about increasing the supply of cotton, so says tho London correspondent of the Financial Chronicle, who writes uuder date of the 11th instant. He intends to give every possible facility for extending the cultivation of cotton in his dominions. To that end he has lately ap pointed a European manager, delegated with power to effect any changes he may think de sirable in the present modes of preparing cot ton for shipment to European markets. An Untucex Boat.—A Memphis dispatch of the 10th nit, says that Henry C. Baker, an old Citizen of Arkansas, was found dead in a state room of the steamer Ozark that morning. Two colored roustabouts, of the same steamer, while •wrestling, yesterday, fell overboard and were drowned. A deckhand of the same steamer, while handling a box of torpedoes to-day, ex- exploded them, tearing him into fragments. . Emigration in Texas.—Letters from Texas gay that the tide of immigration now flowing in to tho State is without a parallel. It comes from many directions, and is filling np various parts of the great State, but the larger share of the new comers go to the northern and northwestern counties. They become grain farmers, and are greatly increasing, both the product of the re gion and the price of lands. In foe a Second Teem.—A Washington cor respondent says: “In a conversation to-day with one of tho Jndges of the Supreme Court of tho United States, who enjoys, in a high degree, his personal confidence and friendship, Presi dent Grant made known that it was his earnest wish and desire to enjoy a second term in the office of chief magistrate of the republic.” Public Debt.—The Tribune says the public debt statement for last month will show about the same, decrease as November—$7,500,000. Tho gold in the Treasury up to date is $107,- 228,000; gold certificates, $37,882,060; curren cy, $10^10,000. . Seven thousand Saxons, livftrg in Transylva nia, bavo determined to emigrate next spring to the United States. Hard times and the gen eral maladministration of the country led them to take this resolution. Flare Up, In Atlanta. The Constitution formally announces a flare up in Atlanta, which has been looked for, some weeks. It is at least to the credit of Hulbert, that the assigned cause of bis decapitation was opposition to the scheme to make Bullock Dic tator. Hulbert is said to have opposed it in the Radical Caucus, and he ought to have blown it then and there, instead of resting qniet under the false representations that the Radical Cau cus was a unit in the demand that Congress should put Georgia in Gov. Bullpck’s breeohes pockets. We take Hulbert to be one of the shrewdest men in Georgia; but shrewd men miss it some times, and Hulbert missed it badly when he took tho “Hon. John A. Wimpy, of Dahlonega, Georgia, member of Congress elect from that State,” into his confidence. He should have seen throngh Wimpy, bnt did not. He wrote, (according to the Constitution,) a confidential letter to Wimpy, “remonstrating against placing all power in Bullock’s hands,” and made two mistakes in a single throw—ono in supposing Wimpy would respect any trust of that kind, and another in believing him accessible to any patriotic motives. Wimpy, according to tho Constitution, car ried the “confidential” letter straight to Bul lock, and thus played the same game on Hul bert which Wimpy says he intended to do as an amateur detective upon the renowned counter feiting house of Wogan & Co. It is clear Hul bert should never have trusted Wimpy even upon such repeated, ample, copious and gush ing assurances of good faith os the latter poured out through all his prolix correspondence with Wogan & Co. Wogan & Co. were not to be caught by Wimpy. Noyes & Co. were not caught by Wimpy. On the contrary, they caught Wim py and nipped Wimpy severely. Noyes & Co. sold Wimpy a wad of old newspapers for a hun dred dollars instead of the thousands of counter feit greenbacks “mostly in ones and twos” which Wimpy expected to find in the box. Ah! that a Hulbert should have ever been caught by a Wimpy. And who knows but Wimpy has sold out Hulbert for enough to indemnify his losses by investment and travel in the counterfeiting business. But passing by this matter, which we confess bears upon onr mind, (becanse we never conld have believed that Hulbert would have been so taken in and done for by Wimpy) tho next thing which astonishes us, is tho way Yarney Gaskill turns up in the general wreck. The last we heard of Yarney in a political capacity, he was one of the Secretaries of the Seymour and Blair National Convention and a doughty champion of Democracy. From that sublime height we suddenly find him down among the wreckers, tied to Blodgett’s raft, and busily em ployed in stripping the old hulk Georgia of her copper, apparel and fastenings. How did Yar ney Gaskill get down there ? Who employed him ? When did the engagement commence, and what is the rate of compensation ? As to the report upon the proposed distribu tion of the proceeds of this great venture, it is not so surprising to us as tho reality is likely to be to the “moderate republicans” described in the Constitution bill. We think of all people in Georgia they are like to be the most sorely mor tified, chagrined and disappointed. We hope as they have been tho most deceived, they will at least assist the Democrats in fighting the firo and saving as much from the wreck as posible. Closing Up the Old Year, and a Happy New Year. The King is dead! Long live the King! Time hurries ns along with steady speed, and wo can’t pass one of its great boundaries a second with out entering a new ono, which, in its turn, is soon far behind ns in our rapid career to Eter nity. We are now closing np the year 1809 in penning these lines, but they will be printed and read in 1870. What a dream has been the flight of these successive years to us seniors, who spent early childhood in tho first quarter of this century. The young cannot appreciate those sculptured similitudes which compare time to tho flight of the weaver’s shuttle, and human life to a pass ing breath, a tale that is told—hut we have no difficulty in apprehending their force. We enter the new year with a good deal of foreboding about tho political condition, but the material situation is promising. Our people have but to follow their industrial pursuits with the continued vigor, energy and judgment, and in a few years we shall have all that is necessary to material comfort. If we will improve upon the past, with tho addition of a sounder farm economy, which shall produce all the bread we consume, we shall grow rich. As to our political future, we are not disposed to borrow trouble or cross the bridge before we come to it. The chapter of accidents is all be fore ns, and the schemes of tho enemies of Georgia may find a defeat in their very audacity. The signs are promising that the Republican or Radical party in Georgia will be widely divided in the course of this war upon the State, and we make bold to say, if the plans of the de- structionists are consummated, it will be done against a combination of moral influence and power such as was never yet effected in Georgia. The triumphant party, in such a case, will rep resent a mere handful of adventurers against every intelligent and patriotic man in the State. Then let ns work with resolution, energy and de cision, bnt with caution and judgment, for our own deliverance; and it may yet be seen, that an apparent evil has been overruled for the benefit of the State. A Happy New Year to our readers—one and all. Muscogee County.—Col. R. J. Ivey, Sheriff of Muscogee county, died after a brief illness in Columbus on Wednesday. Mr. Jesse J. Bradford, late deputy,has been appointed to tho vacancy. Impost ant Capture.—A Musketoe was cap tured in this city the other night He had evi dently just arrived from Macon, as he was very thin.—Constitution. Allowing the editors of the Constitution to re present the fatness of Atlanta, what advantage in point of flesh have they over that “Muske too J” We submit that question to tho Atlanta College of Cardinals. Veby Bad.—The Griffin Star of yesterday re grets to learn that the store of Z. B. Blalock & Bro., at Fayetteville, was destroyed by fire last week. Loss between four and five thousand •dollars. A Lawful Fence.—The News says.a negro member of tho South Carolina Legislature has introduced a bill compelling planters to make heir fences “horse high, bull strong, and pig tight. ■Bad"State ot Facts.—The Hudson River Bailway Company has discovered robberies amounting to a hundred thousand dollars, bnt cannot detect the thieves. Toe Savannah Republican announces that it will soon, appear in a new dress, and that Mr. T. W. Lone, of Eufaula, is engaged as assistant editor. _ Cotton States Insubance Company.—This company is sRid to be meeting with great suc cess and doing a heavy business. The character Ltbebty County, Ga., October 18, 1809. Messrs. Wm. JL Stark & Co., Savannah, Oa.—Gentlemen—Your favor, asking informa tion as to results in the application of Marry- man’s Raw-Bone Phosphate, is at hand. In reply, I have to say, that I used this year two tons on cotton, on thin, worn-out, sandy land, and I have no hesitation in saying that it did better than four other kinds of commercial ma nures, that I used alongside of it, at a much higher price. I have used the Peruvian for several years, and find that Merryman’s pro duced the best crops. I shall use no othor kind next year. I did not use it on corn, bnt have no doubt it will bo fonnd profitable on com. applied 200 pounds per acre, sowed it on the list and covered it with tho plow, then opened the holes with the hoe and covered the cotton with tho foot. I am highly pleased with it at 200 lbs. per acre, but think 250 pounds would do belter. I would remark that we went throngh a terri ble drought, and the Phosphate did not have a fair chance. As it is, I am satisfied that the crop was doubled by it. Yours truly, Wm. B. Gaulden. The Blacks is South Carolina.—The Charles ton News publishes a letter from a country cor respondent which says: The negroes have started some kind of an or ganization here of a religious(?) character, in which only females are allowed to officiate—the membership being composed of the same sex. Your correspondent has not been able to find out the specific purpose of this new association. Those, we suppose, are the “voodoo” rites and ceremonials. The Suez Canal—An Interesting Fact —The Level of the Two Seas It appears from the report of a careful sur vey by a nautical man, published in the Lon don Shipping Gazette, that the Suez Canal in every respect is a great success and is working handsomely; bnt the most interesting fact re ported is that throughout the canal a steady current move3 from the Red Sea into the Med iterranean, varying in its velocity, from three knots an honr, near Suez, to a knot and a half at the Mediterranean outlet. This current proves that the level of the Red Sea is higher than the level of the Mediterranean, and the question naturally recurs, if so, why? It is simply because of the tremendous evap oration of the Mediterranean. This groat in land sea is fed from the east by the powerful current of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles from the Black Sea, and from the Atlantic Ocean in the west through the Straits of Gi braltar, and by numerous rivers on both sides, and yet the hot and thirsty winds which sweep across it from the great Cr'.erfof Africa keep it down by evaporation below the general ocean level Tho evaporation from the Bed Sea per square mile, with a roasting desert on each side, and nearer tho equator, is immensely greater than that from the Mediterranean; but as the Bed Sea is only a narrow gulf running up from the IndiaD Ocean, its aggregate loss is comparatively small and easily supplied. At its Northern extremity, at Suez, therefore, it is kept nearer the general level of the ocean than is the Mediterranean along the African coast. But, granting all this, what does it signify in a practical view of the Suez Canal ? It signifies that the canal has become a river or an arm of the Indian Ocean flowing into the Mediterrane an, and that unless this continual current be checked, the flow of this inlet will in time wash down the sandy banks of the canal into its channel and fill it up. That is what it signifies in a business point of view. If the report in question is correct (and we have no reason to doubt it), a pair of locks will be necessary at the Suez Inlet to regulate the flow fromtiie Red Sea. Otherwise a heavy wind np this sea of several days’ duration may create such a cur rent in the canal as to fill it np with the wash ings from its banks in a single night.—New York Herald. Remarkable Caves in Iowa. From the Dubuque Times.'] A natural wonder was lately unearthed on tho Maqnoleta, abont eight miles northwest of the city. Thisnatural wonder consists of a suc cession or continnation of caves. These caves were discovered some months ago, one hundred feet below the surface of the earth, by men who are now busily engaged.with a large work ing force in prospecting them for minerals. The largo cave is over one thousand two hun dred feet in length; and the smaller one six hundred feet, the two being separated from each other by an east and west bar, about sixty feet in thickness. No lead ore has yet been discovered in the large cave, it being filled with large bodies of iron rust rock, which have fallen down from the roof and sides in great masses. In the smaller cave, however, the mineral shows itself quite freely, and largo quantities have been taken out, while tho prospect for richer leads than any yet found grows daily more flattering. Mineral also abounds in considerable quanti ties through the bar mentioned, and the indica tions are that it will soon be developed here in paying quantities. That these caves thus dis covered but lead to a continuation of others is demonstrated by the fact that a current of air puts in from tho west so strong that work can not be prosecuted without stopping up the open ing. This volume of air is perfectly pure, and comes in with a rushing, roaring noise, resem bling tho roar of distant thunder. As soon as the proper arrangements can be made we un derstand that tho work of draining will be com menced and continued until a thorough survey is made of the whole range. It is quite prob able that some, new and striking natural wonder will be developed. Perhaps another Mammoth Cave is waiting for the torch of the explorers. Who knows ? Railroad Travel ia Egypt—A Ride with Moslem Chiefs. Cairo Correspondence New York Herald.] The journey from Ismailia to Suez was not eventful, though tho Bitter Lalkes are imposing. Suez offers little other interest than that it is Suez, and that the crowd was almost intolerable. Eventful, howover, was the return from Ismailia back to Cairo. Tbe train was to have started at half-past eight, but actually left tho station at half-past three. A wonderful arrangement in Egypt i3 that of their time tables; a figure marking the honr stands for nothiDg. It is perfectly useless to suppose a traveler will be at any place at the hour specified; it is cither three hours later or two hours before. If a goods’train, full of the Kursy’s cotton, has to pass, the passengers’ train stands by; then it stops in the middle of two stations, with no ap parent cause, or frisks on, or suddenly slackens pace. Tho Emperor of Austria was to follow ns, and we were jerked aside every other quar ter of an hour on a false alarm. It was far from comfortable. • Mile. Imperia had been put into a car with five Moslem chiefs, all squatting and smoking long pipes. She made friends by accepting one of the shorter pipes, in which she puffed three whiffs. Upon this grand show of sisterly fra ternity they sainted her by placing their hands on their hearts, lips and heads. Their admira tion went so far that sho had to divide their goats’ cheese, their bread and Nile water with them. They oven prepared a cloak of rich fnr, in which she had to allow herself to be buried till the journey’s end, while a branch of palm tree was agitated over her by each in turn to keep off the sand that oozed in through every chink. I was meanwhile equally pent np with eight of my fellow-creatures—all equally dis posed to keep cool if they could. Fortunately, an American lady was my vis-a-vis, and to hear her lively, flashy talk about Turkey was a treat to all her listeners—an entertainment that she wittily kept up until we arrived. Here was a contrast—an Amerioan belle amusing a whole carriage with her sprightly observation and keen perspicacity, while another lady, Mile. Im peria, was entertaining tho Orientals with her pleased looks only, for conversation among the Arahs is not essential to make one agreeablo. A European may sit cros3-legged by a Turk und smoko his pipe without the exchange of a sylla ble, if he looks but brotherly. Discovery of the Site of Teajanopolis.—Tho often-sought site of tho Roman city of Trajan- opolis has recently, it is said, been discovered. Tho remains have been found in an extensive marshy district near Enos, a league nnd a half from Dymes, at the mouth of the Hebrus. To the unhealthy nature of this region is attributed tiie fact that tho ruins of such a large city have remained undiscovered, few travelers caring to incur the risk of catching a fever or ague by traversing it. That these are really tho ruins of Trajanopolis is supposed to be proved by an inscription found on a stone built into a monu ment erected by the Romans, and, on their being in exact accordance with the position as signed to tho city in ancient books of travel— Tho ruins are very extensive, and a mere curso ry inspection shows that an acropolis formerly existed there, the remains of edifices of tho third century, consisting of architraves, broken columns, pedestals, and some inscriptions, fnl Iy establishing this. Tho remains of ramparts also bear witness to tho groat magnitude of the city. In the middle ages the ancient city was replaced by a Byxantino city, which at a very early period of its existence, became on arch bishopric, that has loft many proofs of its power. Mr. Albert Dumont, a member of the French School at Athens, has been able to make ont the inscriptions on tho rocks, one of which records the sacred character of the place wheroit exists. As to the edifices, they are supposed to have crumbled away entirely at the time when the fine fortresses of Dymes andEnos were erected. The suburbs covered a superfices of two square leagues at least, and extended away from the city down to the seashore. Popnlar tradition, moreover, asserts the existence in formor times of a great city in the locality where these ruins have been found. The question was raised as to bow it happened that a people like tho Ro mans should have founded a city in such an un healthy spot, and it was suggested it must form erly have been drained, a conjecture the truth of which has been fully established by subse quent researches.—London Times. No Go.—The suit to oust Fisk, Gould, Lane and five other directors from the management of the Erie Railroad has broke down. ' Judos Hoar.—The Tribune says Judge Hoar notwi THE GUILLOTINE AT *TORK. Gov. Bullock on a Rampage—Hulbert Re moved—State Road Gone Up—Blodgett, Harris, Hoyt, Stallings, Mullen and Ga» kill, to Run the Machine—Sway *e to Start n Radical Paper in Atlanta—Halbert for the United States Senate—Radical Party Bifurcated. From the Constitution.] Superintendent Hulbert of the State Road has been dismissed from office by Gov. Bullock, to take effect from January 1st, 1870. The Gov ernor assigns as a reason for the removal, a confidential letter written by CoL Hnlbert_ to John A. "Wimpy remonstrating against placing all power in Gov. Bullock’s hands, which Wim py, in violation of the confidence reposed in him, exhibited to Gov. Bullock. The reason stated by the Governor is only a pretext, as Hulbert’s removal was agreed upon several months ago, and the Governor only waited for the passage of the Morton bill. Governor Bul lock says Hulbert blowed too much for himself and never tooted any for him! The new officers of the road are said to be: Foster Blodgett, Superintendent; A. L. Harris, Master of Transportation; W. H. Stallings, Treasurer; Henry O. Hoyt, Supervisor; James Mullen, Master Machinist; V. A. Gaskill Attor ney for the Road. It is hinted that the new regime ensures the payment of tho Colo claim against the State Road and the Railroad paTk to the heirs of Mitchell, whereby the State will lose over one million of dollars. ‘ ' ’ It is reported that Swayze, assisted by an edi tor of this city, will soon commence the publi cation of a “bitter-ender” Radical organ, with the earnings of the State road to back it. A current rnmor on the streets assigns CoL Hulbert as a candidate for the United States Senate, and knowing ones predict his election on the first ballot, by a large majority, over Blodgett Moderate Republicans are expressing them selves freely in opposition to Bullock and Blod gett’s ruinous schemes. Some of them favor the impeachment of Bullock for his outrageous conduct. The Legislature is considered safe against Bullock’s plundering schemes. Bullock’s last move has sundered the Radical party. JUDGE CABANISS. He Urges the Democratic nnd Conserva tive Members not to Resign. Forsyth, December 28,1869. Gol. I. W. Avert/, Atlanta—Dear Sir : A press of business prevents me from replying to but one question propounded in your circular of the 27th instant: “ What is tho course that patriotio members of tho Legislature should pursue for the inter est of the State ?” My opinion is, that all who are embraced in the proelamaiton which has been recently is sued, couvening the Legislature, and are eligi ble to seats, should attend promptly, and quali fy and partake in the business of legislation. It may bo in their power to prevent much harm being done; from a contrary course, incalcula ble injury may result. When the Constitutional Convention was call ed, the conservative portion of the people stood aloof and declined to tako any part in the elec tion of delegates. It is now generally admitted that that-was bad policy. It is hoped that such policy will not now be repeated by the Democra tic and conservative members of the Legislature refusing or declining to take their seats. Let every one attend, and let all who can conscien tiously take the prescribed oath take their seats. They are very nearly, if not quite equal in num ber with those of opposite politics, and they have the preponderance of intelligence and in fluence. Let it be exerted for the good of tho State. Upon the other question propounded in your circular, I have not tbe time now to give my views. All that I have to say is, that the mem bers of the Legislature should meet the case as it is, and legislate accordingly. If tho Legisla ture is provisional merely, accept the situation, and do the best in their power for the interest of the State. My policy is, prevent harm from being done; that cannot be accomplished by non-action. Very respectfully, E. G. Cabaniss. Accident on tlie Georgia Rond. Tbe down through freight and up way freight trains on the Georgia Railroad attempted to pass eaoh other on the same traok, about half past 8 o’clock yesterday morning, between tho 17 and 18 mile post, from this city, while making a curve. The locomotives butted square up against each other, and were greatly damaged. Six cars were smashed in the two trains, one of them, in the down train, loaded with sheep, forty or fifty of which were killed and a num ber crippled. Sheared wool and inanimate mut ton, were thickly distributed around the wreck, and it is thought that the throwing of such a large supply of mutton so suddenly on tho mar ket will have a very depressing effect on prices. No other freight was injured. Mr. Maurice Rooney, engineer on the down train, received slight injuries. No other personal damage re ported. Superintendent Johnson dispatched a train to the point of accident, to meet the down passen ger train duo here yesterday afternoon at 3:45, bnt the passengers did not reach the city on schedule time. The cost of damages accruing to the road will be considerable from this collision, as the loco motives and cars are badly wrecked. The promptness and energy of its management will soon, however, have everything all right again. The cause of the accident is attributed to the failure of tho up train to remain at tho IC mile station until tho down train had passed, in ac cordance with the schedule.—Constitutionalist. Gloomy.—A New York correspondent of the Charleston Gourior thus writes of tho fore boding of business men: “Nolens tolens, they look upon tho future as dark and doubting, and withdrawing from the strife before the imaginary storm breaks loose over their heads. They take shelter while yet there is time, and are unwilling to risk their capital any longer. These are ugly facts, but they are true nevertheless." :- r ■ • • Now, friends, you have a good ohance to pre cipitate that storm. Cat off the enemy’s com munications. Do this with unanimity and firm- lib Tbe Great French Murder—A FnH Confession. Tranpmann, the murderer of the Kinck fam ily at Pantin,' near Paris, has made a full con fession. After killing John Kinck, on the 25th of August, on a plain near Guebweiler, and burying the body in a place minutely described by the prisoner, Tranpmann thought of ridding himself of the oldest son, Gustave, who had been to Guebweiler to claim from the postoffice an or der for 5000 francs, sent there by Mrs. Kinck for her husband. Gustave Kinck returned to Paris, was induced to go to Pantin, and was as sassinated two days before his mother, a few yards from the ditch which was to be the grave of the whole family. On September 20, after completing his preparations, Tranpmann took tho Kinck family, in a fiacre, to Pantin. On reaching the Chemin Vert (Green Lane,) he made Mrs. Kinck and the two youngest children get ont. After passing the last houses on this narrow, crooked and dark street, they came into theplain. Thoditchhadbeenduginahollqwdeep enough to prevent what was going on in it from being seen / from the Anberrilliers road. The fiacre stopped at the comer of the Chemin Vert, and the driver could have no intimation of what happened a short distance from him. Traup- mann seized first the little girl, ripped her open with a knife, and flung her, still alive, from a distance into the ditch. Then he rushed upon the mother; a short, terrible struggle ensued, the youngest boy holding on to his mother’s dress, and uttering piercing cries. But soon the cries were silenced. The murderer, to complete his work, went for the oldest and the two young er children, who had been left in the fiacre and suspected nothing. Traupmann sent the two young ones ahead, who walked, with hands clasped, toward the ditch, the older one follow- inga fewpacesbehindthem. This was the strong est one of the three. Traupmann commenced with him, throwings noose around hb neck and strangling him, cut the throats of the nvo others, and finished the older one, who showed signs of life, with a knife. The Prince of Wales and the Free masons. The Prince of Wales was on Wednesday eve ning admitted a member of the United Grand Lodge .of Freemasons of England. A large company of Masons assembled at Freemasons’ Hall, London, under the Presidency of the Earl of Zetland, and the Prince was introduced and welcomed ns a member of the Lodge. His roy al highness, who wore an ordinary Master Ma son’s apron and the Order of the Garter, was then invested with tho “clothing” of a Past Grand Master, his titles being announced by Sir Albert Woods. The Prince remained to hear the busi ness of the evening, which was the resignation of office by the Earl of Zetland, tho Grand Mas ter, and the nomination of the Earl do Grey, and Ripon as the Earl’s successor. In the course of tho evening the Prince was “saluted” with tho royal sign, which, we are told, “ap peared to give him great gratification and no little astonishment.” In tho oourse of the proceedings, the Prince of Wales said—Most Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy-Grand Master, Grand Officers, and Brethren, allow me to tender you my warmest and most sincere thanks for the great honor you have conferred upon mo this evening. For a long time past it has been my wish to become a Freemason, a member of this ancient craft. Although, brethren, I was initiated in a foreign country, I at the time felt—and you will all agree with me—that Freemasonry is one and the same in all countries; we are all follow-craftsmen; and I can assure you I feel it a great honor to bo here to-day, admitted a member of the Grand Lodge of England. [Cheers.] Allow me to thank you once more, Most Worshipful Grand Master, for the kind words yon have spokeD, and for the cordial manner in which you and all the brethren have received mo this evening. [Applause.]—Liverpool Mercury, December 3d. Doctor Mary Walker and her Pa tients. Doctor Mary Walker hung out her profession al shingle at Leavenworth, Kansas, recently, and tho Commercial of that city records an amusing incident in her professional life, in which she seems to have turned tho laugh on a trio of would-be wits most admirably: Three gentlemen called to see Dr. Mary, sim ulating sickness. One of them is a legal light, remarkable for the length of his head and also of his beard. This one feigned rheumatism and sat down in an afflicted manner. They then all sat down, and the lady eyed them askance. By and by they spoke, saying that they had heard of the doctor’s fame, and came to be healed. They each held ont a baud, desiring her to feel their pulse. “Gentlemen,” said the lady, “I will undertake to cure you, but I want a fee, please. Five dollars, in advance.” “ That’s cheap,” said ono. “Anyhow, it’s the regular charge,” said another. Tho lady looked on, saying nothing. Conversation began to flag, and tho visitors made as though they were feel ing round their clothes for the five dollars. The silence grew embarrassing to all but tho lady, who sat looking like a sphinx. Then ono of her visitors got np and went out, then the othor went out also; finally the third got np and ran, without even staying to say good-bye to the doctor, or waiting for her to write out her pre scription. He did not, however, get away so quickly but that he heard the lady calling after him : “ It takes three smarter men than you to come fooling round me.” Her patients hav ing gone, the lady looked round, smiling like a saint. A Georgia Senator Instilled. • ll’iis/iitigton Correspondence Cincinnati Etupiircr. Passing along the corridor of the Senate gal lery the other day, I was attracted by a slight verbal altercation that seemed to have arisen between a stout, swarthy darkey, and oneof the door-keepers. The former desired to enter the gallery, but the latter had checked his progress with a bint that colored men mnst go a little further to tho left. “Why so?” inquired the gentleman from Af- nca. “Because the Sargeant-at-arms gives the or der.” was the door-keeper’s reply. The colored person now began to assume a tone of haughty indignation; so, straightening himself np, and pulling the wrinkles out of his gorgeous vest with a slight jerk of the lower end of that article, he inquired if the door keeper knew whom he was talking to. This with genuine Congo accent, which I cannot well translate. “No, sir, I don’t know, and I don’t care. I must obey orders. Colored people are to be put all together in that part of the gallery”—point ing to the seals reserved for tho purpose. “Well, sab, I’se from Georgy—a member ob de Legislature ob dat State ; an if I had my rights, I’de be on de flo’ ob dis Senate." And then the sable individual related his dis appointed aspiration, and told in a strain of haughty anger how he had been cheated out of the United States Senatorship by the “ rebels and copperheads,” after it had been agreed to elect him. He was deeply moved by the reci tal of his own wrongs; but was glad to hear that under the President’s recommendation the old Legislature, of which he was a member, was to bo recalled, and he still had hopes. I pity that poor doorkeeper if he ever Bhould be elected. This is a strange story, and a true one—and not half as strange as hundreds that might be told had I the gift of omnipresence to pick them up. Yerily, old things are passing away, and a. now world is - beginning. University of the South. A number of the friends of this enterprise met at Holmes’ Lyceum last night in response to a call made in the daily papers. On motion of CoL B. H. Rutledge, Hon. W. D. Porter was called to tho eliair, and in a few remarks stated tho object of the call was to enable the friends of the proposed institution to hear a report from gentlemen who conld give full information.— Rev. A. T. Porter stated as one of the trustees he attendedthe last annnalmeeting at Sewanee, Tenn., and was surprised to find that a nucleus had been formed and the school was in active operation, with an attendance of one hundred boys. The institution was located on an elevated platen, some sixty-eight miles from Chattanoo ga,and was delightfully healthy. Seven buildings had been erected and a fair progress made to ward the end proposed. The trustees decided at that meeting to employ an agent who would canvass the Southern States and urge upon the members of the Episcopal Church the necessity of aiding tho institution. The Rev. O. P. Thackara, of Femandina, Fla., was selected for this important work, and bn that gentleman was present he would ask him to address the meet ing.— Charleston News. . 1 ■ - The EmpressEugenie had to borrow two hue dred thousand francs at Alexandria, she having exhausted her funds at Constantinople, where The Gift System.—The New York Sun (Radi cal) has been quoting for the benefit of General Grant, the example of Mr. Jefferson, who in sisted upon paying the duty on some wine sent him from France. Tho St. Louis Republican tells the Sun he need not go so far back for an example. He will find one in the following re ply which one of Jefferson’s successors sent to some gentlemen of Now York who desired to present him with a carriage and horses : "While I fully appreciate the purity of your motives in thus tendering to me such substan tial evidence of your regard and esteem, I am compelled, solely from the convictions of duty I have over held in reference to the acceptance of presents by those occupying high official positions, to declino the offerings of kind and oyal friends. Tho retention of the parchment conveying your sentiments, and the autographs of those who were pleased to unite iu this mani festation of regard, is a favor I would ask; and I assure you, gentlemen, I shall regard it as one of the highest marks of respect from any por tion of my fellow-citizens. Trusting that I shall continuo to merit your confidence and esteem in the discharge of, tho high and important duties up on which I have but just entered, and with the best wishes for your health, etc., in dividually, I am, gentlemen, yours truly, Andrew Johnson. Enjoying, the Joke—A Marriage ' in Fnn that Turned Ont Happily. Thirty years ago, when Charleston, Illinois, was in an embrio state, Dick Stoddard was caught napping for the first time. Dick was at a party, a country dance, and had been playing his tricks on the boys and girls, when it wss proposed to enliven the company with a matri monial soene. All things being ready, save the bride and groom, two very essential parts of the ceremony, they were soon procured in the persons of the aforesaid Dick and the beau tiful and accomplished Miss , the belle of the whole country, who, like Dick, was full of fun and of a romantic disposition. The license was procured; so was the justice. The cere mony was performed and the bride and groom pronounced husband and wife. This, of conrse was considered the best joke of the season.— Dick Stoddard and Ms bride enjoyed it; so did the spectators. The justice, how ever, who had performed the ceremony; had the license and knew the penalty for a fail ure to return as. the law directs, and being sworn to discharge the duties imposed upon .him as a justice of the peace, was legally and morally bound to return the license to the coun ty court clerk, wMch he did, and where it is to this day with Ms certificate properly indorsed thereon to the fact that he had “duly joined in the bonds of holy wedlock” the parties afore said. Dick and his wife soon learned that what they had conceived to be a joke was a sad or joyful reality. So the matter was talked over, and they concluded to make the best of it. They have been living together ever since, blessed with a bountisnl supply of this world’s goods—a large family and a host of friends, and, as Dick says, they have been enjoying the joke ever since.—Missouri Republican. Tbe Man-Eaters. Du Chaillu described how he met the first Fan, the name of the man-eaters. His hair was drawn down into an immense queue, wMch was well larded,^rnd ornamented with six large iron rings. About his neck there hung a string of shells. On Ms arms and ankles were heavy bracelets of iron. He carried upon Ms left arm an elephant hide sMeld, and in Ms right hand he held two iron-pointed spears. By his side was a little pouch of poisoned arrows, and over Ms back was siring a long cross-bow. Hanging from a belt about his waist were broad knives. His teeth were filed sharp and blackened, in order that they might not be like the teeth of a dog, which were to the man-eaters ineffably disgusting. The Fans received Mm as a spirit from the moon. They were astonished at Du Chaillu’s boots, believing that they were the sMns of Ms feet. He presented the King, who was tattooed all over, and looked indescribably fierce, with beads, a musical box, which he re garded with great awe; a flaming red eap, old fashioned yellow-lined swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons, which, when placed upon the form of the King Nashnmba, made Mm appear most laughably grotesque, and a looking-glass which startled Ms majesty when, upon looking into it, he discovered Ms own ugly face. He believed the glass to be “hardware.” They gave Du Chaillu a hut and a bamboo bed. "When he opened Ms door the next morning he was greeted with the sight of thirteen skulls before it. His feelings were none of the pleasantest, when a woman passed Mm with the tMgh of a little cMld under her arm for a noon-day stew. There were bones about the streets and skulls on the fences. Du Chaillu said that he would tell the children what portion of a man’s body they liked best, and how they cooked it, but feared they would have the night-mare. He spent a delightful time with the Fans; hunted elephants, gorillas, koolakembas, jaguars, etc. An English Revolution. "What some of the Loudon papers dignify by the name of a social revolution, has begun in England by the introduction of fresh meat from the mutton and beef-producing farms of Aus tralia. A method has been fonnd by wMch the comparatively valueless carcasses of sheep and cattle can be sent to England and made to do good service in feeding her Majesty’s subjects. The meat is boned, salted and spiced, and rolled in close packages, wMch are again packed in casks, with tallow run abont them. There is already established in London an eating honse, where over a thousand diners can be accommo dated, in wMch the Australian meat alone is used, and the establishment is meeting with such success that the manager proposes to lease the City of London Theatre for Ms saloon. Half a ton of the mentis used each day,sold both cooked and in its raw state. The cMef recommendation is the cheapness of the meat and the meals fur nished. A good dinner, soup, “nugget” or sau sage, and Irish stew, costing three pence, while tho meat is sold at four pence a pound. Labor ers, bank clerk* °r. <;l - u gaas already patronize tho estaH u>v a;ont, an( j the poorer classes seem to ha\ guaranteed it a success; wMle the only fiepreciating comments come from those Eng lishmen who can know no meat except as a joint or roast of huge dimensions. A Negro Labor Bureau.—A "WasMngton let ter of Monday says: “Our colored brethren here have organized a National Bureau of La bor, and appointed the Rev. Sella Martin (col ored) as financial agent. They have also ap- ointed a committee to procure the passage of onator "Wilson’s bill in relation to immigra tion. One of their principal ostensible objects is to perfect a system of co-operation: but all here well understand that the scheme is purely political one, in the interest of a few white carpet-bag members of Congress from the Southern States, who stand conveniently be hind the organization, and that the true intent and meaning of the business is to perpetuate negro rule in the South. The National Bureau of Labor is the offspring of the late Negro La bor Convention held here, and Saunders, Cress- well’s negro special mail agent, who lives in Baltimore, and Hamilton, wMte M. O. from Florida, and a few other choico specimens of Southern Radicalism, are running it. Under the manipulation of such disinterested patriots, who shall say that the last state of the late ne gro chattel may not be worse than the first.” Chi'less Imitattveness. — His imitativoness is well illustrated by the current story that once, when employed as a cook, he saw his mistress break fonr eggs, throwing one away because it was bad, and dropping tho three other into a pudding, and he never afterwards made a pud ding himself without first carefully breaking one egg and throwing it away. Hero is another example: A San Francisco Lady hired a Chinese boy who spoke no English. The CMneso keeper of the intelligence office said to her: “Just tel- lee him once what you like Mm do every day, and every day he go right along and do it ” The next morning when the lad came sho pointed out to him Ms various duties from collar to gar ret. When these were all done, she noticed that the glass of the transom over the front door was soiled, and, showing him the stop- ladder, made signs for Mm to clean it Tins done, he was dismissed. Bnt he cleaned that glass again the next day, and the next, and the next. At first she fancied that he had fonnd some defect in the work of the first afternoon, and wished to make it perfect; but she soon saw he regarded it as a part of Ms daily duty. All her attempts to explain the matter to Mm proved fruitless, and she was finally obliged to go back to the intelligence office and have the keeper of it to instruct the boy that the transom was to be cleaned not every day, but only when it grew dirty.—From ihe last article written by A. D. Richardson. A secret touching the fall in printed muslins has just leaked out Sprague, of Providence, has in his employ a young German named Praff, who not long ago invented a method by wMoh the printing of cotton doth in the Providenoe mills is done at a saving of from ono to two cents a yard. "While engaged in his experi ments he made a discovery, of still greater im portance, whereby the bleacMng, which now re quires forty-eight hours, may be thorongMy completed in much less than one honr. These discoveries enable Sprague to undersell dl other manufacturers of calicoes, and give Mm virtually the control, of the market. Praff’s in dustry and practical scientific knowledge have already been liberally rewarded; but it is said that his share in the result of the valuable dis coveries he has made will be little sheet Wmftflflft-.... a.- ■ The Hoar Nomination.—A "Washington cor respondent tells the following: Senator Wilson, who likes to be friendly and confidential with everybody, went np to the WMte House to converse with the President upon “this sad business of the rejection of Hoar.” He fonnd the Executive unamiable, dis appointed and surprised. The newspapers, he said, had informed him that the nomination had been laid upon tho table, and he naively inquired if that was equal to a rejection ? The ubiquitous Morton, who happened in, kindly explained that “ under the circumstances it waswhereupon the President expressed Ms “regret,” and slid he thought Hoar would be an acquisition to the Supreme Bench. No reply seems to have been made to this modest avowal, except by adding insult to injury, in proposing tho removal of Hoar from tho Cabinet, and pressing Judge Er- sldne, of Georgia, for the Bench. Judge“Hoar takes matters very oooly. He is reported as having said that if the Senate preferred to have Mm three years and a half in the Attorney Gen eral’s office instead of confirming Mm as a Just ice of the Supreme Court, he was willing. The question arises, however, that with a President so complaisant towards the Senate, is he abso lutely sure of his three years and a half of office? A Clirfstmns Eve Frolic, Mr. Jenkins, of the New York Sun, gives a very long and elaborate report of a unique en tertainment—a Phantom Bal Masque—at the Townsend Mansion, Murray Hill, last Christmas Eve. The ghosts were numbered by hundreds, and stood in every social grade, from the Cock Lane ghost to "the Prince of Denmark—from the WMte Lady and the Maid of the Mist to the Witch of Endor. We have room only for the denouement, as follows: Tho unmasking at midnight was very jolly. Full half an hoar was devoted to enjoying it. The whole company at once resolved itself into a mutual admiration society, and joy was un confined. Suddenly an immense floral globe suspended from the ceiling bursted with a loud report, and out jumped a MINIATURE SANTA GLAUS, followed by a shower of beautiful presents which rained down upon the astonished and de lighted throng without cessation. Another ex plosion was heard, followed by others in rapid succession, until half a dozen globes had ex ploded and fairly flooded the rooms with superb Parisian gifts. • * - Geo. D. Prentice.—The Nashville Banner reports George D. Prentice critically ill with rheumatism of the heart. [For the Telegraph and Messenger. ELEVEN YEARS AGO. BY JULIA BACON. Eleven years ago, Janet, Eleven years ago, I was a merry hearted lass; No sorrow did I know. My life was one bright summer dream, And Robin was my “ Jo Say, do you mind the time, Janet, Eleven years ago? I rambled in the wood, Janet, » To cull the flowers fair; For well I knew who liked to see Them braided in my hair. I sat beside the tinkling rill, Its gentle, soothing flow Spoke to my soul of him, Janet, Eleven years ago. The birds that trill’d their lays, Janet, Bang sweetly to my ear, Of coming joys and happiness. Unclouded by a fear; And echo caught the wild refrain— 'Twas in my heart I know, But still tho song was sweet, Janet, Eleven years ago. I loved the birds and brooks, Janet, And loved young Robin, too; I loved his cheerful, handsome face And tender eyes of blue;— And wavy locks and Eunny smile, And voice so soft and low, When telling me his love, Janet, Eleven years ago. Think you his words were true, Janet ? And meant he what he said, That no one else he’d ever love, And no one else he'd wed ? That I was all tho world to him. Because he loved me so ? Was he in earnest then, Janet, Eleven years ago? O, yes, for he was true, Janet, And honest, proud and brave: Ah mo! perchance he’s sleeping now, * Cold, in a distant grave. He left us for tho western land. When roses were in blow, To seek his fortune there, Janet. Eleven years ago. He said he’d make a home, Janet, A home for him and me, An humble one,—but blest with love, It would a palace be; Where forest minstrels music make. And honey-suckles grow; He promised this, and more, Janet. Eleven years ago. Impatiently I wait, Janet, But fear I wait in vain; He’s either dead or loves me not. And ne’er will come again. No letters from him now at all, r What can it mean? Heigh-ho! 4 Minds he the vows we pledg’d, Janet, Eleven years ago ? Hark! rapping loud, I hear, Janet, Somebody at the door, , And creaking boots, with heavy tread, Upon the sanded floor: I see a bearded, eunburnt man, His face I do not know; Would ’twere the one I loved, Janet, Eleven years ago. Ho smiles—’tia[ROBIN! Oh Janet! He calls me by my name, And folds me in a warm embrace, And tells me he’s the same. He’s changed in looks, but that is all—. Not changed in heart, O no; He loves me as he did, Janet, Eleven years ago. High mass at St. Peters. The celebration of High Mass on Advent Sun day, in St. Peters, at Rome, gives an oppor tunity for a descriptive letter in the London Times. Forests of candles in the church, ladies in foil dress black, Swiss guards, priests, monks and bishops from the four quarters of the glebe, patriarchal, bearded and dignified cardinals, and lastly, the Holy Father, himself, make up the animated part of the scene. Pius IX is pictured as pale and aged, but walking steadily and look ing determinedly. Military and sacred music blended together. A shrill-toned monk deliver ed tho sermon, and the service, lighted over candles, four feet long, were placed before all the bishops, and with the Pope and cardinals, they passed in precession out of the edifice. The varieties of character and costume, the scarlet and goatskin, the commingling of tour ists, worshippers, dignitaries and peasants, the streets alive with priests and monks, the whirl of gaudy equipages, are the delight of this soribbler; and be reels off a full column of word-painting with all the ecstacy of a penny-a- liner in a field of literary clover. Virginia has the largest debt—$45,000,000— and is the least able to pay for it. New York comes next, with a debt of nearly $40,000,000. Pennsylvania owes $35,000,000; Tennessee $34,00,000; Louisiana $12,00,000; Massachu setts $12,000,000; North Carolina $11,000,000; OMo $10,000,000: Connecticut $8,000,000; Mis souri $7,000,000; Illinois, South Carolina and Georgia, each $0,000,000; Texas, Michigan, "Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Kentucky, each $2,000,000; Maine $5,000,000; New Jersey $2,- 000,000; Kansas $1,000,000: Iowa, Delaware and Maryland are out of debt; Minnesota, Ore gon and Mississippi are blessed with very small debts. The total debts of all the States amount to about $250,000,000. Butler and Scripture.—Quite a laugh was had over an attempt Belligerent Benjamin made to quoto from the New Testament. It- 13 said that the devil can quoto Scripture. Bnt this devil cannot. “ We all know, Mr. Speaker,” roared Tappertit-Mirabeau, “that the good Book tells us that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one lost soul returned to righteous ness that over tbe souls of a thousand just men made perfect." It was evident to the ears that Benjamin had seriously mixed up things. When the laugh subsided, it is said that Ben asked half a dozen members for Bibles, and, getting none, addressed a tittle note to Mr. Spofford, the accomplished librarian, asking him where he would find the quotation, whereupon Spof ford returned a copy of the New Testament, and the celebrated sermon on a “Harp of a Thou sand Strings,” so that Benjamin conld separate Ms quotation in time to serve the Congressional Globe.—Don Piatt. A Substitute fob Tobacco.—A correspondent of a Calcutta paper makes a curious suggestion to tobacco smokers. Alluding to the alleged dis covery, by a Parisian chemist, that- watercress is a perfect antidote to nicotine, he Bays: It lately entered into my head to try how some of it dried would smoke. To my great satisfaction, I found that, when put into my pipe, after b couple of days’ drying in tho snn, it had all the flavor of the*best Cavendish without the treacle —and it was even strongor than Cavendish. Here, then, is a perfect substitute for tobacco, without the deleterious and deadly poison so freely contained in the latter; and it is at the same time cheaper. Watercress, with its fine stalks and leaves, when dried, requires no cut ting to fit it for the pipe; and while a pound of cut tobacco ranges from 2rs. to 4rs., here we have an article a rupee’s worth of which when dried would weigh more than a couple of pounds.—Bombay Gazette. Equal Rights.—A WasMngton correspondent tells the following good story : A negro member of the Council recently of fered and secured the passage of an ordinance denying license to any restaurant or piaoe of amusement that refused to treat negro custom ers on a perfect equality with the whites. The father of that measure is the owner of the prin cipal barber shop in the city. While one of his workmen was scraping my chin the other day, I asked him if he ever had any colored custom- ai-a “ Ko, Bah; we don’t shave no niggas in wrr _ fsr "Bat/’Mid Portland has pot a singe ship afloat, last one was sold a few days since. 8oott’b Monthly jimlgoai k • ffii fltini ir fit .UTIii fn I' i The dis shop,” was the prompt reply. . , I, “ suppose a colored man were to come in ana sit down in one of your ohairs Hie I do, wnat would you do?” “Put Mm avt, saE. 8°me shops shave niggss, but dis is too SP 60 ^ 1 * dat” “You wonl^’t refuse to shave tiie 0^ ored congressman from Louisiana, would you. “Yes, nh; wouldn'tabay* no niggas, nohn». ..«**» »»**»«* offip do to