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Tlie Georgia W'eekly Telegraph and. Journal «te Messenger,
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, DECEMBER^
Tire KIcctlon, Saturday.
Wo gave, in 8nudaj’s issue, the result of the
municipal election held bore the day before.
For Mayor, there was but one candidate, Mr.
W. A. Huff, who wss voted for by both parties.
We believe Mr. Huff will make a capital officer
and justify, in every respect, the expectations
, Hon. Ben. II. Hill’s Letter.
Wo are glad to read the letter of Hen. B. H.
Hill, which we copy to-day from the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, cf laat Sunday. Item-
bodies, in the maiD. the policy steadily advoca
ted by this paper daring those years of disoord,
confusion and trouble—the policy of doing the
best you C'iti under the circumstances, and in
the existing political condition, as contradis
tinguished from the policy of doing nothing
at all, so long as we cannot shape the conditions
and the situation to suit ourselves. Time flies
and the world moves so fast that we cannot nf-
THE GEORGI A PRESS.
The Democrats of Richmond county have
nominated Major Joseph B. Cumming, Colonel 'focus
BY TELEGBAPH.
— . • ana ruo wonu moves t>u ihni uni, waus.iuui.m-
of those most earnest in putting him forward ...... - - .
oi unise f 0 nl to wait for it to come round just according
for iho position,
For Marshal, Colonel J. B. Cumming and
Jas. Martin, the former the present incumbent
and a most deserving and faithful official, and
the latter the present sheriff of the connly, were
voted for, the latter succeeding by a majority
of 118. Colonel Camming owes his defeat to
while men and Democrats. He received a
heavy colored vote, and had he been supported
as he had a right to expect by the white voters
of the city, would have been triumphantly
elected. His ejefeat, wo hear, is, and will be,
claimed a* a Radical victory, as his opponent
was considered and proclaimed the Radical
candidate, but any such claim is a fraud and a
swindlo, and we pronounce it so here and now.
He was defeated by Democrats. It was Demo
cratic personal prejudice, or apathy, or some
thing else that cut himdowD, not Radical votes.
We trust those responsible for it will not have
bitter cause before anothor election to curse
themselves for their unwisdom.
Of the twelve Aldermen elected, there is only
one—possibly two—besides Woodliff—the ne
gro barber, who was successful in the Steward—
who is known or recognized as a Radical, so
that the Democrats in the Board will stand as
10 to 2 or 9 to 3, at farthest. This gives them
entire control of municipal affairs for the next
two years, and wa have full faith that the city’s
interests in their hands will he well and faithful
ly cared for.
Oapt Chas. J. Williamson, the present effi
cient Treasurer, was handsomely elected as he
deserved to be, and so was Mr. John McManus,
oftndiilaio for Clerk of Council. Both are
Democrats.
The election passed of very quietly and with
the exception of some vaporingand loud talk on
tho part of a few wonld-be negro bnllies, who
were, however, very quickly cooled down by a
little plain talk from gentlemen near by, noth
ing occurred to disturb the peace of the occa-
The Galaxy.—We gather from a circular jast
issued by the publishers of this popular serial,
that they engage to make it even better and
more attractive for the year 1871 than it has
even been heretofore—a bold promise, but one
which wo think they will make good, judging
from their announcement of contributors for
the coming year. “Potto Crayon" will furnish
a scries of sketches of life and adventure; Mrs.
Edwards, author of Archie Lovell, Steven Law
rence, etc., will commence a now novel in the
January number; Messrs. Thnriow Weed, Jere
S. Black, Horatio King and Gideon Welles will
continue their contributions; and last, but not
I by odd3, Mark Twain will shower on
' 'her the diamond dust of his inimit-
•every nuu*
able humor. W th sact a P romiso for 1871 > wo
think the publisher* tna/ c ° nnt npon a tremen
dous push ahead in patronage. Wo give them
our heartiest wishes for a full realization of
their most sanguine hopes.
Vexatious Oct.—What tho printers call an
•oat or an hiatus occurs in our telegraphic dis
patches on the cotton movements of last week.
The total receipts since last September have
been accidentally omitted in the process of
telegraphing. The report, however, of last
week showed an excess of receipts over last
year amounting to 557,085 bales, and to this ex
cess wo must add 11,647 bales for excess of re
ceipts at tho ports last week, making excess so
far 668,732, to say nothing of excess in interior
receipts. The total receipts reported last week
were 1,058,829, and the receipts at the ports
this week were 152,421 hales.
The French.—Tho World of Friday thinks
that, although Paris may succumb to famine,
there is abundant reason still for the hope that
Franoe may survive the downfall of its capital,
and tho Republic vindicate its honor and tho
prestige of tho French people. Tho World
tfrinVa with tho Pall Mall Gazette that King
William and the Germans have gradually parted
with the “unflinching trutnfalnesa" which Car
lyle boasts about. In other word.-*, they send
colored dispatches. The last news, however,
lhat Franco has asked an armistice, looks as if
tho war was over.
The Traveler’s official guide of the railways
for December, 1870, published in Philadelphia,
is in error os to tho officers of tho Macon and
Brunswick Railroad Company of this State.
Mr. Georgo E. Stockb-idge is included as As
sistant Superintendent. We are informed there
Is no such official position. The officers are
Geo. H. Hazlelmrst, President; Wm. McRae,
Superintendent;. F. Emrnel, Secretary and
Treasurer; Thomas Garrett, Master of Trans
portation; F. Kibbee, General Freight Agent;
W. E. Davis, General Ticket Agent.
Vote of Macon.—Macon registered 2,841
votes and polled, taking the vote for City Treas
urer as a criterion, as follows: First Ward 472;
Second Ward 784; Third Ward-474; Fourth
Ward 629—in all 2,309—or 532 votes short of
Om registry. Our registry c unpared with the
Federal census, called for an ayersge of one
voter out of a little less than four inhabitants.
This shows that tho census was short or the av-
i unusually high. ' ' -
t .Qoos Templar is the name of a new
temperance paper lately established by Messrs.'
Hancock, Graham <fc Reilly, at Americns. It
is'fhe organ of the order of Good Templars in
Georgia^ s and conducted by G. W.. Raneock,
E*h, Grand Counsellor of the Grand Lodge of
Georgia. It is a very neat paper, end Ml
Hancock tells us is gaining a large circulation
Published weekly at $2 per annum.
Wesxxbn Coen.—The St.t Louis oom circa*
lors ssy that the incoming porn crop will be
largely in excess of last year, and is coming for
ward with Increasing freedom. They think,
howevetr^tbat a doclino below fiftyoenta, will
produce a reaction in the market.
Columbus Municipal Election.—The Sun
day Columbus papfers are without the definite
results of tho municipal election the day before,
but wETteara that S. B. Cloghorn, “Democrat,
and the entire Democratic ticket for Aldermen
and city officers were elected. This result in
sures a Democratic triumph in Muscogee coun
ty at the' coming election for members of -the
Legislature and county officers.
to our notions, before we pitch in and do a yeo
man’s part to save ourselves and help the coun
try.
Wo mnst accept Mr. Hill’s counsel and act
vigorously under the laws as we find them, and
in the situation as we find it, to protect onr own
rights and interests and promote the public wel
fare ns far as we can.
We need not abandon onr own views, princi
ples and theories of government in order to do
so. If they are sound, time will vindicate them;
bat we Cin’t afford to give time to political mis
rule—social disorder—profligate waste of the
pnblio revenues—bribery—corruption and pec
ulation.
Mr. Hill gives, in the man, the tree existing
statns of the Constitutional amendments and
says, (what is true,) that they are in force now
just as much as if they were wise, constitution
ally adopted and harmonious with that instru
ment itself. Then, without waiting for them to
be set asido by Congress or the Supreme Court,
or speculating about the powers of the latter to
harmonize conflicting provisions of that In
strument, let ns endeavor to ^--rk out the best
results under the law as we fii.d it, and leave
tho rest to the amelioration of public opinion.
English liberty and the English Constitution
were not finally lost by the long civil war,
although it ended in the abolition of Parlia
ment—the suspension of representative gov
ernment and the trinmph of absolutism. With
out farther war or bloodshod, Parliament, un
der the silent but irresistible force of public
opinion, regained far more than her original
powers—the crown was gradually stripped of
every dangerous prerogative, and English lib
erty was at last re-established on- a firmer and
broader basis than ever, and this without a fight.
With this bright example to the contrary, we
will not, therefore, concede the troth of Mr.
Hill’s assertion that tho sword is the only reme
dy for usurpation, and when the sword fails all
is lost. On the contrary, we believe that liber
ty is generally lost in arms, and gained or re
covered by the slow and persistent, but irresist
ible, force of moral canses in time of peace.
Let n3 entrust this grand vital question of a
despotic Centralism against a pure and liberal
Federalism, to tho judgment and experience of
tho people. Centralism will tread on every
body’s toes by turns till all are sore, and the
country will at last revert by common consent
to the local sovereignty of the States ordained
by the Fathers, as the only safe and practicable
mode of harmonizing popular liberty with a
central energy sufficient for the common de
fence and protection. Meanwhile, wo of the
South may embody our practice in three words
—action, patience and faith.
Art News—Bnllock In OH.
The New York Standard informs na that one
Story, an artist of that city, has a commission
to “paint Governor Bollock of Georgia.” If
the artist would do us the honor to consult our
judgment as to the proper surroundings for his
work we might be of service to him. Let him
represent his subject as standing beside the
plundered strong box of the people with a host
of Radicals clamoring and clutching for more—
a string of murderers, and burglars, and thieves
of every description who have just beenpvrdon-
ed, throwing up their caps and ’rahing for Bul
lock—the slander mill in one corner with a grin
ning imp grinding “ont Ku-KIux” outrages—
Georgiain another comer bound and gagged, with
the infamous AVerman election lawcrowningher
brow as a symbol of shame and degradation—
tho people dejected and dispirited, with down
cast faces and bent forms tottering under the
grievons burden of taxation imposed by the
Radical robbers to minister to their proflegacy—
lettheseaccessoriesbeintroducedandwearesure
the people will recognize the'picture, even if the
artist fail in bis effort to make “a good like-
"“Hexvtc-Fami of Rain.—-The fall of rain at this
point from Friday night to Sunday morning last
• 'nl» was-r-as. wo jeanr fjom Mr, J. M. "Boardihan,
. «,t. .Who kept a guage—threainohas and twelve one
hundredths of an inch. During tho entire month
• of November only flvff inches of rain fell.
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Lady Officials.—Miss Garrett and Miss Da
vis, elected school Commissioners of London
by 47,000 votes, axe said to be exceedingly well
qualified for Ahe position, h$ihg gentlewomen
of the highEEt intelligence, nnd long and deeply
interested.in nnd liberal f-atronaof the London
',* echools. - l -t •WB’CSU'.ill.V. M .i r-J i
Armistice Asked by the French;
la respect to the statement made by a Lon
don dispatch of the 9ib, to tho New York Tri
bune, that an armistico has been asked by Gam-
betta in behalf of the French, wo are a little
mystified by a later London dispatch of tho 10th,
reporting no war news of any importance. It
i3 true the statements do not conflict, but it
would seem there ought to have been news of
considerable importance, if that application has
been made by Gambetta. However, onr later
telegrams to-day will probably give us conclu
sive information upon this important point.
With Paris on the point of capitulation and such
declarations as these from Gambetta in regard
to the army of the Loire, a peace on Prussia’s
own terms can hardly be regared as very remote.
Vniversal Amnesty.
The Now York Commercial Advertiser is ont
in favor of universal amnesty, chiefly on the
ground that the amnestied would so rip and
cavort about, as-to “disgust the nation” and
produce a reaction in favor of the Radicals. Let
them try it. Says the Advertiser:
Give them but rope enough and they will hang
themselves; In 1868 the noisy reactionary Dem-
ocracta, the men like Wade Hampton who advo
cated the entire reversal of the legislation of
three years of reconstruction, played into Re
publican hands and made victory easy. They
threatened the return of war and the renewal of
discord. Chaoj come again was what our peo
ple least desired, and so they quietly sustained
the party that had fought the war through to a
peace. The repressed voice and vote of the
South are more potential than would Lie their
open utterance. A few weeks of Toombs, and
Vance, and Forsyth, and even of Stephens,
would turn back the tide of Democratic pro
gress, and teach the people of the North again,
the necessity of continued vigilance against the
deaigna of leaders so reckless and disloyal, and
who would imbue the whole Democratic party
with their pernicious ideas. The day of test
oaths and disabilities should pass. Whatever
good they may have done, they have survived
their usefulness. The Union is strong enough
to bear with men who have learned new lessons
in the hard school of adversity, and it needs to
know the sentiments of all its citizens.
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^PHI 1 *! 9 i*rz*njbt I
Nbab Bybon, Houston County, Ga.,)
December 11th, 1870. /
Editors 2 degraph, and "Messenger r I am
gratified to see the name of-young Johnson,
Esq., announced by the citizens of the Fifth
ail'd Sixth Districts as tf candidate for tax col
lector of Houston county, Georgia. Mr. John
son is (he right man in the right place. . --Ho
entered the Confederate army nt the commence
ment of the war, and continued, to’do his duty-
as a soldier until he Iost : A leg:at tlj8 ba(tlo of
O ral Harbor. Since the war he has struggled
manfully to support a wife and eight children,
and haAsucpeeded in. supporting them decently
by using.almost superhuman exertiotS., t at v- ;
Mr. Johnson has never called upon his /ullow-
cifizens for help until now. Voters of Hous
ton counly, go to the election and vote for this
worthy ami needy man, and by doing so you
will enuble him to support andedneatehia chil
dren. i mil ms avdr ' A. Votes.
Claiborne Snead, and Mr. Walter A. Clark for
the Legislators.
The procession at Father Duggan’s funeral
at Augusta, Saturday, was more than a mile in
length, and was the most imposing funeral pro
cession ever seen in that city.
Tho dwelling house of Mr. Jas. Mathews,
naar Rome, was Butlerized last Thursday in
broad day light, and $10, a check for $600, and
a lot of jewelry and clothing stolon.
The Constitution, of Saturday, sayB:
Two colored man, Jim Spence, of Burtow
oonnty, and Wesley Otr, of Gordon county,
wore arrested on Wednesday for illegal voting
on Friday. Jnstiee B. D. Smith dismissed the
warrant because the prosecution was not ready
for trial. Tho negroes were re-arrested tbatsame
evening, while attempting to escape in the
“caboose" of a State Road car, and arraigned
before Justice E. A. Johnston. The accused
confessed that they, with about twenty-five
others, came down last Tuesday, with the lum
ber train, and voted for Harris and tho Repub
lican ticket. They expressed themselves as sat
isfied with the effort, and would not repeat it.
They had ouly been employed on the road about
three weeks. They were bound over. Blodgett
wanted the warrants dropped, pleading that
illegal votes were cast in all elections.
Dr. Fslligant, of Savannah, has given Christ
Church (Episcopal), in that city, the deeds to
four lots on east Bull street,
The Federal soldiers who were sent to Augus
ta, to manage the municipal election in the in
terest of the Radicals, are still there.
Dr.E. P Starr, of Savannah, was thrown from
his bnggy on Saturday, and his spine severely
in j urea.
The incorporators of the Americns and Flor
ence Railroad, met at Americas on Thursday
last, withT. M. Furlow, as chairman, and J. M.
Wimberly, secretary. A committee was appoint
ed by the chairman, “to open book of subscrip
tioa for the $200,000, required by said Incor
porating aot, before electing Directors, eto.,
after the Permanent President shall have cor
responded with Mr. Wadley as to amount of
subscription for stock in said Road the South
Western Railroad will make, how payable, eto.,
and then advising said committee of the reply
of Mr. Wadley.”
Says the Americns Republican, of Saturday:
Bad Advisees —We learn that at a meeting
of colored people held at Plains of Dara, on
Wednesday last, several of the speakers ad
vised their race not to work on the farms of any
of the whiles for lees than one-half the crops,
and the proprietors to piy the entire expense
of the farm and furnish their rations. They
also said they would not veto for any white man
for office, and if any their color did, and could
be found, they would kill them.
Christmas turkeys are scarce up about Athens,
bnt eggs are plentiful at 25 cents a dozen. Tho
Banner oomplains of the army of terrier dogs
in Athens, and says that Broad street is barri
caded with cotton bales.
The Savannah Republican, of Sunday, notes
tho following exports of cotton the day before:
Cotton fob Cobs foe Obdebs.—Messrs. John
H. Gardner & Co. yesterday cleared the British
ship Lillian, Captain Capstick, cs above, with
2,170 bales of upland cotton, weighing 1,028,9GG
pounds, valued at $161,132 85.
Cotton Direct fob Liverpool by Steam.—
Messrs. Brigham, Holst & Co. yesterday cleared
the steamship Acadia, (Br.) Captain Tannock,
foi the above port, with 1,750 bates of upland
c it ton, weighing 813,939 pounds, valued at
$124,702 42.
Cotton fob Liverpool:—Messrs. O. Cohen &
Co. ye-terday cleared the bark Odulia, (Spanish)
Captain Gastanaga, for the abovo port, with
I, 106 bales of upland cotton, weighing 524,463
pounds, valued at $79,731.
Cotton toe Liverpool.— J. H. Graybill, Esq ,
yesterday cleared the ship Anna Camp, Captain
Lincoln, for the above port, with 3,854 bales of
upland cotton, weighing 1,812,207 pounds, and
veined at $275,809 80.
The Brnnswick Appeal saysH. I. Kimball hns
bought out the entire interest of J. E. Conunt
& Co., late contractors, and is nowsole contrac
tor for the Brunswick and Albany Railroad.
Blodgett’s Eligibility as Senator—
Aberman in the King Against Him—
Bollock I’refers Anybody to Aker*
man.
The Cincinnati Gazette’s Washington corres
pondent of the 8th writes as follows:
The question of Foster Blodgett’s eligibility
for United States Senator for six years, com
mencing on the 4th of next March, is agitating
the public mind, particularly as the friends of
Attorney-General Akerman are pressing him for
the position. They hold that Mr. Blodgetts
election was void, beoause it was not had in ac
cordance with the law of Congress providing for
the election of Senators, no vacancy existing at
the time legally warranting the election of any
body at the time it was consummated. If tins
position be correct, and the Republicans carry
the State, the contest will be again mode, but
this time between Mr. Blodgett and Mr. Aker
man. Governor BuUcx&wfll threw his enlire
weight and official patronage for Mr. Blodgett,
and i those who claim to know assert that he
would prefer any other Republican to Mr. Aker
man. This will necessarily create a conflict be
tween the President and Govenor Bullock, and
the issue will be determined npon Federal as
against Stale patronage. The contest now be
fore the Senate between Miller and Hill, and
Farrow and Whitely Hill be referred to the Ju
diciary Committee at an early day, and elaborate
legal arguments will be presented.
“Bnlncil by Chinese Cheap S.abnr.”
The San Francisco News letter tells the fol
lowing, which rends like one of the characteris
tic accidental sketches from the racy Overland
boiled down : : .
One day in ’40 an honest miner up in Calave
ras bit himself with a small snake of the garter
variety, and either as a possible antidote cr with
a determination to enjoy the brief remnant of a
wasted life, he applied a brimming jug of whis
ky to his lips, and kopt it there until, like a re-
pleted leech—which in no other respeot it re
sembled—it fell off. The man fell off likewise.
The next day, while the body lay in state on a
pine slab, and the bereaved partner of the de-
oeased was unbending in a game of seven-up
with a friendly Chinaman, the game was inter
rupted by a familiar voice which seemed to pro
ceed from the jaws of the corpse:
“■Isay, Jiml”
Bereaved partner played king of spades and
claimed “high;” then looking over his shoul
der at the melancholy remains replied:
“ Well, .what is it, 1 Dave ? I’m busy.’
“I Bay, Jim!” repeated iho corpse in tho
same measured tone: 'f ■ ! • •
With* leek of intense annoyance, and mat
tering something about “people that could
never stay dead more’n a minute,” the bereaved
partner rose and stood over the body with bis
cards in his hands. —1.—, - ? -‘
“Jim,”, continued,the mighty dead, “how
fur’s this thing gone ?”
“I’ve paid the Chinaman two and a-half to
dig the grave,” responded the beroavod.
“ Did he strike anything ?”
The Chinaman looked up: “Me strikee pay
dirt; me no bury dead ’Melican in ’em grave.
Me keep'em claim." Ni-m«Iferal
The cor pee sat up rigidly: “Jim, get my re
volver and chase that pig-tall off. Jump his
sepulchre, and tax his camp five dollars each
for prospectin' on the public domain. These
MoDgolyum hordes kev got to be got under.
And—I sayT-JimT ’f any more serpents .come
foolin’round here, drive’em off. 'Taintlright
to be bitin’ a feller when whisky’s two^ dollars a
^And the mortal part* pulled^on his boots.
Such; dear Tender,’ was tho origin of the coolie
movement.' : .vj>eiT>x^_'/'o 1 I
A Northmen Company has purchased the char
ter of the Florida Railroad Company, and have
bound themselves to complete tho track so far
as Ocala within six months from tho date of the
purchase. The iron has been purchased for the
rebd between Ocala and Waldo. '
December 8.—Official decrees are
published, appointing Bourbaki fo the first and
General Chauaey to tho scoond army corps, into
which the army of the Loire has been divided
Faladines refuses to command the entrenobed
camp at Cherbourg. Fighting is reported to
day sloug the left bank of the Loire between
General Chauaey and the forces repulsed by
him yesterday. It is reported Oliausey was
again successful fo-diy. It is said the Tours
Government will go to Bourdeaux, as tho Prus
sians might risk sending a force here. A por.
tion of personal officers go to-night. Gambetta
and ministry will not leavo until obliged. No
nows from Bourbaki, who hns a largo force on
the right bank of tho Loire. It is rumored he
is marching on Paris.
Touns, December 9.—An official announce
ment has been made that the government has
removed to Bordeaux. Gambetta will go to the
army of the Loire. The army of the Loire has
been divided with the supremo object of reach
ing Paris. Gambetta will return here and re
main with the archives. Gen. Chansey reports
that he fought Fredrick Charles yesterday, re
pulsing him along the entire line,
London, December 8.—It is said ttjnt tho
French Government will endeavor to enlarge
thescopoof the Conference on the Black Sea
question, but the attempt is discountenanced
by the London and St. Petersburg Cabinets on
the ground that it would enlarge the assemblage
of the Conference.
London, December 9.—Pryce Peacock, Arch
Deacon of Limerick, is dead.
London, December 11.—A dispatch from Am
sterdam says a telegram from Luxemburg states
that the Prussian government has informed the
government of the Grand Duke that, in conse
quence of its having allowed a violation of the
neutrality of the Grand Duchy by the French,
Prussia is no longer bound to respect the neu
trality of the territory of Luxemburg.
Berlin, December 9.—The North Gorman
Parliament has approved the federal treaty with
Bavaria. All amendments proposed were re
jected.
Florence, December 9.—King Victor Eman
uel conferred the order of the Anuunciod upon
Serano Prim, Esparto™ and Zorrila. At an au
dience given to the Spanish deputation tho King
said, “I confide my son to the loyally of the
Spaniards."
Berlin, December 8.—The King telegraphs
the Queen to-day as follows: “Severe and suc
cessful fighting yesterday near Menng, and
more resistance expected. One gun, several
metraillenses and one hundred prisoners were
captured. The Sanitary condition of the army
in the field is good.”
The King of Saxony accepts the proposal of
the King of Bavaria, regarding the title of Em-
per of Germany.
Brussels, December 9.—It is rumored here
that Prussia has informed Luxemburg that she
will no longer feel bound to respect the neu
trality of Luxemburg.
Lille, December 8 —Abbeville has not been
occupied by the Prussians.
New York, December 11.—There is no pros
pect of the adjustment of the Crispin trouble.
Last night 162 strikers, heads of families, re
ceived eight dollars per week for man and wife
and a dollar for each child under twelve years
from the Crispin Lodges. John Martin, driver
of “ Johnny Reb” was ruled off the Fleetwood
course forever for foul driving. Tho famous
stallion Abdallah Chief is dead. His value was
fifteen thousand dollars.
Philadelphia, December 11. -A million and
a half of bonds for a European steamship com
pany have been placed to the credit of the oom-
pany. Some individuals subscribed as high as
$30,000.
Washington, December 11.—It is asserted
with much positiveuess that Schenck has ac-
capted the English mission.
Cotton Movements.
New York, December 11.—The cotton move
ments for the week were enormous, both in re
ceipts and exports. The reoeipts at all the
ports were 152,821 hales against 140,674 last
week—118,699 the previous week —122,133
three weeks since. The total reoeipts since
September (omitted in the dispatch) against
1,001,COG bales at the same period last year.
These figures show that about one-third of the
present crop has been marketed thus early In
the season.
Exports from all ports 102,544 bales against
58,380 tho corresponding week last year. Ex
ports from all ports for the expired portion of
the cotton year 629,371. bales against 403,918
last year. Stock at all the ports 424,812 bales
against 311,000 last year. Stock at interior
town3 95,612 bates against 77,897 last year.
Stock at Liverpool 400,000 bales against 319,300
last year. Amonnt of American cotton afloat
for Europe 139,000 balos agaiest 173,533 last
year.
Advices from the South during the week
hvao generally reported .the weather favora
ble for picking, and rapid progress Ins : een
made in gathering. The extent' of the crop iB
much discussed, but the number of bales will
depend somewhat upon the market value of the
the plant. If the present low price continues
to rule, then, undoubtedly, much ootton will be
left ungathered in the fields; but if an advance
should take place', picking will be cleaner, and
the amonnt of the crop correspondingly in-,
creased. ' r—* -
New York, December 11.—Arrived, Western
Metropolis, Londana, Terry and Cromwell.
• The Freacli Aak »a Armistice
New Yobx, December 12.—The Herald’s Ber
lin special of the 9th says that Bismarok denies
opposition to the bombardment of Paris. It is
reported that a oonnoil of war at Versailles, de
cided to bombard the city.
A Tribune special from London, the 9th, says
that Gambetta asks an .armistice, to enable an
assembly of the national convention. He asks
leave for Favre to pass the lines and consult his
collengnes and conduot negotiations. Confess
ing that the army of the Loire has been defeat
ed in detail, Gambetta declines the responsibil
ity of anothor struggle, or of making peace.
The National Assembly must decide.
Meung, December 8.—The Duke of Mecklen
burg has defeated the third French army corps
—capturing six guns and one thousand prison^
ers. A squadron of French gunboats ore pro
tecting the shipping at the mouth of the Loire.
Berlin, December 9.—An anti war riot has
occurred—caused by resistance to a draft of
married men. The riot was serious. Tho po
lice wore unable tb queli it, and it waa put down
by the military by severe measures.
Versailles, December !>.—Beaumont, Mass a
and Biougenoy haye bsen ovadnatia by the
French.”’” —irTci- V '• - U - ? Y!"*™
7T~ Concrcmtonal.
Washington, December 12.—Bout well was
before the Ways and Means Committee to-day
explaining his plans. The Committee will bear
parties iuierested in sugar on Thnrsday.
Rain'-y’s fir.-t vote was for Banks’ San Do
mingo resolution. -
The Senate confirmed Senator Drake aa Chief
Justice of the Court of Claims.
The Committee reported favorably on Por
ter’s nomination. Au hour’s discussion followed.
No action. Tho Senate seems to favor the
House bill, which some Senators thought would
leave Porter Vico Admiral during life.
Butler, in the House, said Porter had dis
graced the President and the Navy.
In the Senate, Morton introduced a resolu
tion'appointing a San Domingo Commission,
and appropriating twenty thousand dollars for
its expense's.
McCreery introduced a joint resolution ap
pointing a joint committee of two from the
Sonata nnd fsree from the House, to inquire
whether the late General R E. Lee had any
right or title to the Arlington estate, which
made it liable to forfeiture by his participation
in the rebellion, and whether it was not the
property of Mrs. L)o and her children, and if
so to adopt such measures ns will restore the
estate to Mrs. Lee,, with compensation for dam
age dono th9 property; and to to inquire into
tho expediency of removing the remains of
those who are buried on the estate; and also to
consider the propriety of restoring the Wash
ington relics to Mrs. Lee. Mr. McCreery de-
s’rod to make some remarks on tho subject, but
Mr. Edmunds objeoted, uniilthe resjluuon had
been printed.
Schurz introduced a resolution looking to a
general amnesty.
Sanlsbnry offered a resolution inquiring into
tho President’s reasons for sending troops into
Delaware at the recent election.
Executive session and adjourned. ^
House.—Rainey, the negro from fionth Caro
lina, wni seated. , .
Among the bills introduced were tho follow
ing: For abolishing the income tax; for incor
porating the American and European Steamship
Company, with a capital of five millions, which
may bo increased to twenty millions. It directs
tho Postmaster General to contract for carrying
the mails from Portland, Boston, New N York,
Philadelphia, and ports on the Chesapeake Bay
and Southern Atlantic coast, wi’h a compensa
tion. weekly, of nice hundred dollars, and a tri
weekly and daily service in proportion; for ap
propriating a quarter of a million for tho Louis
ville Falls; for preventing the purchase of per-,
sons os chattels, whether under the head of
territorial or otherwise. [Hit at San Domingo.]
The bill repealing tho tenure of office bill was
pissed—157 fo 25. -
Banks offered a resolution appointing a San
Domingo Commission, as suggested in the mes
sage, and moved the previous question, which
the Houso refused to second, by a vote of 66 to
82. A motion to table was lost, 67 to 117. It
was fiaally referred to the Committe on Foreign
Affairs, with permission to report at any time
after five days’ notice to the House.
A concurrent resolution adjourning from 234
December, to 4th of January, was adopted.
The bill abolishing the office of Admiral, im
mediately, and Vice Admiral npon a vaoanoy,
passed by a two-thirds vote.
A resolution, looking to a revenue reform
nnd the abolition of the Internal Revenue tax,
was adopted, UU to G.
Tho following is tho revenue resolution allu-
Hill, on the
ded to in earlier report: Resolved,- That the
true principle of revenue reform points to tho
abolitionof the Infernal Revenue system, which
was created ns n war measure to provide for
extraordinary expenses, and tho continuance of
which involves ths employment, at the cost of
millions of dollars uuu’ia’Iy, of an army of as.
sepRors. collector!*, snoervisors, detoatives, and
other officers, previou-ly unknown, and requires
the reprnl, at'tbo e irlicst, day consistent with
the maintenance of the f ii'h and credit of the
Government, of all stamps and other internal
taxes, nnd that properly adjusted rates shall be
retained on distilled, pp’rits, tobacco and malt
liquors so long es the legitimate expenses of
tho Government require tho collection of any
Rum from internal taxation.
Washington, December 12—Secretary Delano
refuses to allow, in accordance with the request
of Mayor Hall, of New York, that in the new
enumeration of the census that each dopnty
marshal be accompanied by a member of the
polico force, oa the ground that the law posi
tively prescribes that Federal agents only shall
bo employed for the requisite enumeration.-
In the House to-day, Banks, of Massachusetts,
offered a resolution that the President be au
thorized to appoint a committtee of five persons
to negotiate a treaty with the authorities of San
Domingo for the acquisition of the territory of
that Government, with authority to report to
the House the result of such investigation as
they may moke and the information they may
obtain, and that the report of said committee
shall be considered one of privilege. Afterdis-
cussion, the resolution was referred to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, with authority to
report at any time, provided that five days
notice has been previously given.
A delegation of the Richmond Tobacco Con
vention called on the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and presented resolutions and ex
pressed their views at length.
Richmond, December 12—The Masonic Grand
Lodge of Virginia met to-night West Virginia
and a largo portion of Virginia were represented.
Goveroof Walker represents a Norfolk Lodge.
The address of the Grand Master shows a grati
fying increase of the Order during tho past
year, nnd recommends the erection of a Masonic
Temple at Richmond It will be in session sov-
er-il days.
New'York, December 12.—Senator Cottel,
of New Jersey, declines re-election.
A large boot nnd shoe manufacturing house
whose recent workmen, now all engaged in tho
Crispin strike, will resume work to-morrow
with a fnll force of non-socioty men, many of
whom came from New England. Trouble nnd
interference by the Crispins are appro hended,
the secretary of one lodge having been arrest-!
ed and taken to tho Tombs for disorderly con
duct The Crispins aro using oveiy effort to
prevent non-society men from getting work at
anv establishments now on strike.
Boston, Deoember 12.—Gaston, Democrat,
is elected Mayor.
St Louis, December 12.—Wetzel & Co.’s
drug house -was burned to-day.
Bordeaux. December 10.—The people of this,
oily are very patriotio and are sending a large
number of ree.rnits to the front, and are equip
ping and drilling more. Gambetta, in a fele-
praphic circular toPrefechiof Departments from
headquarters, says:'General Chauaey continues
to resist the attacks of Prince Frederick Charles, "
and are taking many- prisoners, and inflicting
heavy losses on th« enemy. From this you may
know how false are German dispatohes, which 1
s'ate that the afmy of the Iiotrels crushed, Geno
Chausev. with, only : half that army, still resists-
successfully the Germaxtadvanees. ™
London, Deoember 10.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette. in an ably written leader, argues against
the declaration of Paris treaty of 1856, because If
may transfer the carrying trade almost entirely
to the United States. ] 'J DM- -I j mm
Three Russian vessels are building and nearly
completed in the Samudas ship-yards on the
Thames. They are said to be merehantile, not!
naval ships. ."-’.•‘H?.-* J
Address from Hes. R. H
Nitnntion.
To the People of Georgia: The relation I
have borne to you during the last fifteen years
will justify, if not demand, this address.
I began life with the distinct resolmion never
to enter pnblio or pdliiical station, but to limit
the gratification of Rmbit'on to professional suc
cess. This resolution was based npon the as
sumption that the integrity of tho government
would not be disturbed, and was departed from
only when that integrity was brought into ques-
tion.^ Entering polities with none but the most
unselfish and patriotic desire to aid in preserv
ing our constitutional union, I was ciught in
the current which quickened into revolutionary
madness on the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise, and have Bines been'born*' olorg. every
hour vainly hat earnestly endeavoring to arrest
its wild rush fo onr ruin.
Through all its three stages of secession, co
ercion and reconstruction, I have been the zeal
ous and consistent antagonist of the revolution,
and regarding as I did the first stage as an
error, the second as a crime, and the third as a
monstrous usurpation, I would not, if I could,
disguise from you the fact that the conscious
memory thatl opposed all, and am,. in no de
gree, responsible for the oonsequenoes, of any,
has been to me a well-spring cf joy through all
the horrors of the past, and will bo a source of
strength in all the straggles of the future.
Whatever else be lost, this consciousness of self-
sacrifice and devotion to what I believed was
right is a treasure of exhaustless wealth which
no power can des’roy and no misfortnne can
take away.
Tho revolution, at lesst in its woik of vio
lence, let us hope, is at an end. Leaving now
ont of view the material and moral devastations
sustained, it is cur duty to ascertain and fix with
all possible distinctness, and without passion,
the changes wrought by the revolution in our
political framework; for these changes, though
wrought as results are now to beoome causes,
and, in their time must Voik results, for good
or evil, over all our country for, perhaps, gene-
raiions to come.
Tho tangible, permanent results thus wrought
by the war iu the character of our political in
stitutions are embodied in what axe known as
the thirteenth, fonrteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution of the United States.
It is historical accuracy to say that the thir
teenth amendment received the assent of the
original constituency of the Southern States;
and the two other amend men! a did not receive
that assent. Nevertheless, all these amendments
have been proclaimed, by the power having ju
risdiction of the question, to have received con
stitutional ratification, and to constitute puts of
the national fundamental law.
Tskiag this, then as our starting point, the
first question is, What are the specific changes
wrought by these amendments ? H
The first changes I notice are, perhaps, the
only ones which the popular mind seems to be
aware'of as accomplished at all. The amend-
mends, in the order named, establish, with a
qualification, the freedom, civil and politioal
equality of the races—all races and colors.
The only badge of bondage remaining in
America is the qualification alluded to—being
the disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth
Amendment upon a portion of the white race in
the Southern States.
But, in truth, these changes in the relative
status of the different races are the most insig
nificant effects in these amendments. Not only
has tho civil and political status of the negro
race been changed, bnt, what is inexpressibly
far more, the jurisdiction over the civil and the
political status of all the races in all the States
will be held to have been transferred by these
amendments from the States severally, to the
General Government. This effects "a great
change in the character of the General Gov
ernment—greatly increasing the Itaiimal and
as greatly lessening its Federal features. In
deed, language cat*not express ideas more in
tensely National than aro the idsas covered by
the words “jurisdiction over the civil and po
litical status of the ci'izrns.” Thtse powers
being conferred, it will bo diffienlt to say what
power has not been conferred. White State
governments may remain as convenient regu
lators of limited local interests, it will be held
that, under these amendments tu the now Na
tional Constitution, the General Government
has acquired revisory powers over the entire
State government, and over all the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial departments of the
State governments.
In view of the thorough changes thus wrought
by these amendments in the whole character of
the general and State governments, the next
question becomes of exceeding great impor
tance. Have these amendments become in fact
fixed parts of the National Constitution, and
will thev be so held?
AT to. giving this subject not only a careful,
but most anxious consideration, I hRve been
driven to the conclusion that these three amehd-
ments are in fact, and will be held in law, fixed
parts of the Constitution, as binding upon tho
States and peoplo.es the original provisions of
that instrument.
The legal ratification of the thirteenth amend
ment is conceded by all. It mnst be also con
ceded—-is conceded—that the ratifications of the
fonrteenth and fifteenth amendments have been
proclaimed. By whom ? I answer by the po
litical departments of the general government
having the Jurisdiction so id proclaim.
But it is said the ratifications were not free or
real, bnt forced and nsnrpatory, and that there
fore, the-Supreme Court-will declare the procla
mations bf such ratifications to be null and void.
I reply; the Supreme Cortrt has only judicial
power, nnd the power in question is political
and not judicial. Again, this judicial power of
the Supreme Court is itselfliimledjtq cases aris
ing under the Constitution—that is, to ques
tions ari ing in ths construction ci the Consti
tution after it is mado, and not to the making
itself. The political power makes the Constitu
tion and the Judicial power construes it. Tee
political power having proclaimed these Amend
ments to be part of the Constitution, the judi
cial power can have no jurisdiction to review or
reverse that proclamation, jrat can holy decide,
whet the amnedments so proclaimed mean.
The facts necessary f;> ratification, as recited by
the political power, must be accepted as true by
the Judiciary, and cannot be ever judicially
questioned; for the judicial is no part of the
amending power. There is a vast difference,
in this respect, between the making of the Con
stitution and the passage of laws under it after
made.; --’/<! "tit y!«.i
But, I am asked, can usurpation beoome law,
finding a people and oonrts ? I reply, yes, easi-
y, verily, and often. As efforts the most pa
triotic failing, becaom rebellious, so usurpation
the most glaring, succeeding, becomes law. A
majority of human governments have no origin
wye iu usurpations. Indeed successful usurpa
tion is the strangest expression of power, and
* :w itself, in its last analysis, is only power.
In plain truth, human experience has discov
ered but one remedy for usurpation. Tb*t rerne-
>.ls prsvsntis*—not curative ; m&itaey—not
Vit It is the sword. To apply this remedy
t this com, the South w*£ tuufcl*. end the
Keith unwilling. Oonoediaw three
Mnoadmente were usurpation, they wsreeuoeese-
fol, end have beoome law—fondianijntai law—
opaitsiand
javai snips. utrpin}--ntirefirtSajl*, *»
It is now considered impossible for Pans to
receive assistance from outside provinces. With
the failure and retreat of the army of the
Loire all hopes in that direction are lost The
Germans look upon the capitulation of the oity
as s question of time, and it is announced that
King William only awaits the event before re- ,
turning to Berlin. './r | a ***°
* The garrison of Belfort continue * vigorous
defence, and their heroism and endurance ex
cites warm admiration. ‘ * I
The German'advance on Havre has turned
aside-to-Dieppe, which was probably occupi.
M&erin’l f rnt'x* .0 s'MiW |
London, December 12.—A report from Gen.
Chausoy," datedThursday evening, says: Fred
erick Charles again attacked us to-day along the
whole front SVo held onr positions throughout
the day. All tho corps wore engaged from St.
Russian Emancipation.—Anew book ba.s been
printed in London cn the results of ten years of
serf emancipation. The result has been some
what similar to that American emancipation.
Tho writ, r says tho Russian serf hates w ork ai-
Buffalo, Deoembar ll,'—The Board of T^radej
have passed a resolution that the beat interests
of tho country demand a restoration of the spe.-
cie atari dard of values.
Mecklenburg telegraphs from Meung on the
10th: The enemy violently attacked ns’yoste^
day, but were victoriously repuked by the sev
enteenth and twenty-second divisions, notwith
standing their inforior foreeh . in, • 8 " ’'V' 1
ii -i- , T —, nmrm .if .... ns vjgnr.ts. _ B augency was ocenpiod on the 8;h, and
most as,much,as a West India negro, au5;th£i£fc_ .Thirty, have, been Jockod_ up. .-'Whither fine. Verson to-day^
cie standaid of values.
Ban Fuanclco, Deoember 11.—Tho police
, gTs? 1 .. ,, , ,
are arresting all known thieves ns vagrants.
fore agricultural products have fallen off. Ho
had the same confused notion of the American
negro, too—that the government owed him forty
acres and a mule. The writer thinks under a
comprehensive system of education, such as is
now being inaugurated, emancipation will bear
all the good fruits designed by its originators.
Governor: Holden suggests that North ,Oar :
olina should cancel its di bt cf $30,000,000 by
giving its notes for $15,000,090. • r ,: .
Sirawberrics aad flowers abundaafca
London, December 10.—War nows meagro
and unimportant. Arrived, steamer Cuba.
St. Johns, December 11.—The Coble Com
pany’s steamer is here for coal. She will depart
r to-morrow for a renewed attempt to repair the
**^rrwfftr*r*7!~7777~i-~'-.> ,3gr^~r 1
’"■New York,-December 12.—Arrived, steamers
Scandahaviap, General Barnes, and Georgia.
Arrived out; Villa do Paris..
Revenue Ku klux. —The illustrious Mullihs,
of Tennessee, lately rejoicing in aRadical seat in
Congress, is now aa Internal Revenue Collec
tor. In the discharge of his “duty,” the other
day, Mullins and a poese fell upon one of Af
rica’s sable sons in Franklin county, and hanged
him by the neck twice to a tree, in order to ex
tort information about an illicit distillery. In
consequence of thus acting and doing, Africa
had Mullins arrested and, indicted, ’
beoome
binding spun States and
. It may have been orimirrat—was crim-
—. to aid in corhmHtfno a usurpation; it is
crime itself i*break (he law. A*a tW are we
bouncLqhw;arf),nojj3dlaiwb tfbvanqxa ailitw j
But, again, we are t*dd the Norths** people
will disoover their error, and a reaction will
take place whioh will obliterete there amend
ments. But U will take three-fourths of the
States to obliterate. Besides, I now believe the
following prepositions may he correctly assumed
concerning the Northern people : n -
1. Feeling that their prelection was in their
power, rather than in the ‘ urw. - tfa£jy Have ac4
been induced to Understand and learn the na
ture ot their government ft& theii fetters did.
What men da-not hpoiy t£fty 9ABpot love. Their
government the Northern people know. They
know Us poieeK'iii 'oce sense, ana; for that, they
lot# ft." °TbSy <Jb bW HhdeWtMiff-its federative
character, and do not love it.
2. The Northern people believe that, what
they understand to be the States’ rights theory
was the real source, and, therefore, the cause o#
consequences.
if our govern-
i t
- SL Th# iaefesse in population, the groat ac-
oiMSfeti® j>f• i W 9 tlth^he^n 1 fe I ful growth of
commerce ana trade, tho cIosCTlirtfermixtprQ.of
many States and people through the agencies of
railroads and other improvements, require, in
the opinion of the Northern people a strong
national government, and if these amendments
increase tho nalionnl powers of the government,,
they are not’ likely, on that account, to change
them. ' Wal eTtf hii.w of now Sam asm 1 -I
4. Add to these views the well-known fact
that the great body of the Northern people re
gard the freedom and the civil and political
equality of the negro as greet national, philan
thropic end religious results; end you must
agree with me that the hope of a change at the
North, whioh would obliterate these amend
ments, must be abandoned.
If we could not hold tho Northern people tu
the Federative system when wo bad it with all
A
sets
and blood to get rid ofh In* QCh , ia
of the Northern people hav* tl° rd >
gard, and do regard"
State rights, as words .i er ^’_ S€Ce -si'ir ^
identical meaning, nnd whet^th!* ifcc S
or wrong m their conviction tW»- r *2
abflity of its early change. h 6 18 110 prot!
■the conclusion, then, is iw
National Constitution with
powers of jjovormuenK estah?^? 0 ' 1
different relations hitweet 'hf ^ 3
Governments; and also a new sr E i? netsI I
^ane.,if Mt «^^ o3S 5
under it, government'
enjoyment of life, liberty and ,#ble ; fi> '
secure; whether 8t&t e8ma " Ilsh ^ I
elevated, laws more respected . foci, |
forced, and na’ionalprosperity andnJto 3 ^ fI -
lence advanced and*
magnetism of conciliated intereJ^ V ‘
sympathies” which so aisbmmSSl *5
tern can be imparted to ^©*^5
lems which experience alone mO**
ujmn which I do not now propose 4
But there are a few immcdffif * "Wwff
duties resulting from the abow 3 prts *J,
which I wilt oaU your attention prcc ^,1
1st. It is the duty of everv o,wr •
abide and obey the Constitntifnlnd'i*® 18
they exist, precisely as if h- h.d ™ o 18,3 **
establishing and enacting them, p
disapproved a proposed^* can f nr “;l anso *s
case for disobeying an retrfiYt i** 0 “
good and trust-worthy citizen E,tr J
can, and disapprove any how, apr 0 S e ’ ifi «
and every such citizen will hW;cr! 3wfc ®f;
isli'ig law and abide an accomntt; 0 j ey sa «•
the citizens’ opinion of thTkf^ H
the law itself, furnkhedthe mcLr-- 1613
gallon to obey, it would be impo^M^ 8 ^-
uniform rule, settled law, or Sr ,0 *“»»
2d. It was your opinion that tht 8 ^ eia ® ei »*.
was not prepared at once and
to understand and appreciate, Jg««l I
receive the great trust of suSrwe ^
wrong, wisely or unwisely, the new tw glie:
tal law has conferred upon him thTtiSf?*
excise that trust. It has, therefore, S '°»
duty as it is also onr interest, not orivt
mrt and assentto its exercise, bnt »C,T
ready protection and cheerfnl a^S^J
oolored man in its free, fall and ur,
enjoyment. I know, fellow citizens, 8S
eonour in these views and do not need m L
menition; but there is no subject on tS o I
Northern people and the government fijll
greatly suspect you fidelity; end, therefore JS I
will know how to pardon this repejied
- V W'foHj’Wt 'hat ihetimeS
nved when duty does not require, nor
seek, a eontmnanceof the divisions on fhAT
ciples and events whioh have led to o«7rS
condition. Their heroism in the field tmiU
domin the Cabinet during the war- Ihe’rfo#
tude under suffering, and patience safe vm,
since the war; and above all, the
that manhood which they almost nniversaliTn f
hibited in persistently withholding their twit I
under the severest threats, from aBehemerti*
proposed to manacle intelligence and siru.
and turn loose ignorance ana vice to InmS
government and administer law, hara I
record of sincerity, devotion and tecw c f ho- I
or for the Southern people, which time
ever brighten and-discussion cannot sltec-tla. I
Let us, therefore, cease all quarrelling ore the
past and all threatenings fortha faters, tnd 1
manfully unite our energies to bring httkm. I
peritytoour country and good wSaaretwl
people. j
Touching the pending election I will addbrt I
one suggestion. It is of secondary faporina I
whom else you choose for yonr General Asms. I
bly; but it is of first importance that yrol
choose honest men. TVe ere suffering for ria I
and honest legislation. We can never get ntk I
legislation unle ss you elect members whom feed I
lobyists cannot buy. A hla;-k man who cemo! I
be bought is better than a white man wtoese, I
and a Republican who cannot be bought is bet-1
ter than a Democrat who can. The worst pet-1
sible condition for any people ii a body of ig-1
norant and venal legislators under the control I
of a band bf professional lobjfstS ftdbjc-l
scrupulous speculators. Nogoverom-ntmalf I
stable, and no country can be prosperous if I
these things meet not condemcathn It, sol |
correction from, the people.
December 8, 1870. Bzxj. H. Hun
John in Oregon.
The following disposition was made of Chi-1
namen in the Oregon Legislature: I
Mr. Hendershott, on October 21, ashed md I
obtained leave to introduce a bill—8. B., No. V
97—to enable the State of Oregon to have11
dead thing on Chinamen: I
“Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly c!l
the State of Oregan: f
“Section 1. No Chinaman shall be shewed m I
die in this State until he has paid ten doIii.il
for a new pair of boots withwhichto kichtial
backet- I
“Sec. 2. Any Chinaman dying under this Wj
shall be bnried six feet under ground. f
“Sec, Any Chinaman who attempts to dig #1
another Chinaman’s bones shall first procure tl
license from the Secretary of State, for
he shall pay four dollars. ,|
Seo. 4. Any dead Chinaman who shm
to dig up his own bones without
to the Secretary of State, shall be fined
“Seo. 5. Any Chinaman who shell be bo
without bones for the purpose of wilWjf *
feloniously evading the provisions of this >
shall be fined $500.
“Seo. 6. Metal Coffin, of MdhWMM^J
Graves, of Lane, are hereby
misaiouers, under tho provisions of t~$ K*i 1
the proper enforcement thereof
Seo. 7. Nothing in the Bnrlingims ri-y
in Amia’ queue bill shall be eousiwc.su
flict with the provisions of this set.
Tho rending of the bill cKatedf K, ‘_
JJarried ^FBU v.p. v
In Virginia, where the law file* «
fee at one dollar, there is a reaiiMsce
couple who many years ago called on »p
and requested him to marry them. I
“Where is my fee ?" said the ^ { ?SI
The parties who were to unite
did so at onoe, and found the jma. f
be twenty-seven cents.
“I can’t marry yon for that sum, -
irate old gentleman. .,
“A little bit of service will go » lo:
suggested the maid applicant. .
‘UHh, no,"said the parson; S*** *
for the sizeof the pill bnt for the goo#F
it will do yon.”
Tne lass, intent on m»ni»g
bit the parson was inexorah ,
turned sadly to depart J“ti
thought seemed fo strike theft” rjj
and she turned and cried, through
“Please, at*, if you cant
won’t you marry ua twenty-seven »
We oea came for the rest gj#
This frss too much tor ffie thsr*
riedthenf* *fnll rip,” “d tkey ueo
rejfcioing..^.
vbc f
A Young lady 'was bored to
ereniac.hv an immovable
poetry. Bhe finally told him
only one verse at that momsnW 0
Tennyson’s:
*3 ' “And ehe eaid. Tm vert^’
-i.v >: -aa He goeth not.’ She »« >
§•* V OBITUARY.
; Diedi la Pulaski county, G»i on w
1676. WiLua Oosa,iMsnfionor ^ ^,
Mobley, aged eleven months » nd ;
»»*£££'
andM. L. Bpeneer, sged OMjettJ? 1
Died, in Dooly county, on the
1870, Jnsjtns Rouzar; * on ° „ »
Graham, aged two years, emo 51011
dajftf To • ismt* mem .oile bm JJgl id
Died, in Dooly county, on UJ® ^
1870. Robert Wbtoteu). sen ot ■ ^
Floyd, aged four years aud eight E
These four lit tle children were oitr ^ -
death, hew H^has R been j>
tones and sorrows never coma iM>o* ^
lovely children, and Ob! with K y
joy,-dfcfwo-iook-ie4liafuluro. _ ^ 1
hopee and prospects!_ One nvg-J ^
•shadowed tho mighett eky- - .^e
resigned hearts, we consigned oar ■
the grave, and now can trrny w* ^
I Otfe are glad. they, have
snares; .withed 168
We *** 0
nSSSWwA
voting, . _ '
For surelv by such, hU prawe®
They are eparidias pff 1
Borne kighover earth» woe*
frown; V nonito'.
They are bright stars m th 0 ^ £,*«■
Shining withlovtre iO *bcm .
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