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BURKE & a CO.'S rCBUCATIOSS. n.iic Trlecr iph & Messenger and Farm nWe .$1100 w ..y,, Tt vraph and ilessonger and V*ro and Homo 4 00 abu-Weekly Telegraph and Messenger ' "and Farm and Home 5 00 Southern Christian Advocate with Weekly 5 00 Cartes Weekly • • 4 00 This arrangement is where remittances are undo direct to the office of publication. Xhe consolidated Telegraph and Messenger represents a large circulation, pervading Mid dle Southern and Southwestern Georgia and Eistern Ahbama and Middle Florida. Adver tisements at reasonable rates. In the Weekly »t one dollar per square of three-qndrters of in inch, each publication. Remittances should be made by express, or by mail in money or ders, or registered letters. I ate Antnrnu. Steadfast still in bis place. Antonin elands eadly alone, brown of tbo hand and the face- lbe eickle across his arm is epottod with maty red, And the crow a of poppies is tom that circled about his head. Slowly he lifts bis look; AU is change around—a stain of clay in the brook; Tbs sombre fields are all reaped, and bare of the harvest sheaves: In orchards the last apples drop with sudden fall through the leaves. Tl;e gardens are listless with cold; Hi» clustering lichens creep out in crowds on the deep black mould; The lingering flowers droop faint as their faded petals fall; And the mortar crumbles away in patches from off the wall. The days are eilent and still; Through the thick air comes slow the shepherd's call from tbo hilt Giayclou ‘-skies lower and gloom all over the coun- tiy and town, Ercep’t for a streak of rod where the evening sun goes down. The r.ights are bitter and black; With mists for the riverside and mire for tbo mea dow track. The eerecchowl hoots in the woods, the eqnirrel drtMnsio his lair; And the brambles and fem grow white to its touch of the fiosty air. Autumn nigh swooning stands; Be watches with cloudy eyes the saddened change on the hurls; Till at last, without farewell—none knows if by night or dsy— Be lots fall his basket and hook, and suddenly passt s away. Autumn is gone indeed! Well, we n.u-t all go soon—loaf and flower and o, d— After the it, no ( 0 grow, the time to gaitie. •*.,*-♦ hi; Happy arc all they whose eyes are open both timed to see. Quicken the pnlses of Life. Languidly throbbing, O Lord, with the burdens of sorrow and strife; Help it to profit by change, as its seasons swiftly run, And reap it full ripened at last when the ripening time is done. It. K. Indictment of Congressman Bnller for Forgery. It will be remembered that daring last sum mer there wbs considerable commotion and comment over the alleged charge, that a Con gressman R. R. Butler, from Tennessee, had forged certain checks issued in payment of pen sions to s«rue of the residents of bis district, and of which he was the custodian. Since that time the authorities have been busily engaged in pre paring the testimony in the case, and to-day the Grand Jnry of the criminal court of this district brought in two indictments, tho first charging It. R. Bailor, of Tennessee, with hav ing foTgcd the name of Berthemy Farmer, wid ow of a Union soldier belonging to the Thir teenth Tennessee cavalry, upon a check drawn by C. Dewey, President of the Raleigh National Bank, in favor of said widow, for the sum of $173, being the arrears of pension to the 4th day of September, I860. The check bears date Octotober 25, 1869, and was never seen by Mrs. Fanner, but was purchased by O. H. Bel- vin, pension agent for North Carolina, and sent by him, on October 16, I860, to Mr. Butler, in Washington, by his |Bu'Jer'«) ins tni.s: ions. The check was negotiated by Butler at the bank of Jay, Cooke & Oo., October 29, 1869. The in- diotment contains six counts—the first charging Batter with having forged the endorsement with intent to defraud Mrs. Farmer; the second, with intent to defraud Jay Cooko & Co ; the third, with intent to defraud tho United States. The uther three charge bith with having uttered the check, with the forged endorsement thereon, with inteat to defraud, as specified in tho first three counts. The second indictment con tains a similar nnmber of count*, and is tho same in every particular, except that tho name of Rebecca J. Mtddron is alleged to have been forged. On the filing of the indie', ruont a bench warrant was promptly issued for tho arrest of Butler, and he will be arrested to morrow morning by the United States MarshaL The arrest of two members of Congress on crim inal charges this week are some of the sensa tions of Washington.—Herald. “Let ns n»e Peace.” Napoleon III and President Grant are fa mens for saying as nearly as possible the same tiling. The former said, twenty years ago, ‘•Tbo Empire is peace,” and forthwith plunged into the Crimnan war, the Cochin (China) war, the Chinese war, the Italian war, the Mexican war, and last, though certainly not least, tho Prus sian war. General Grant, on accepting the Presidency, said, * 'Let ns have peace,” and has kept just about as faiihfnlly tho implied prom ise of an inexpensive peace establishment, such as existed before the war. We have before us tho expenditures for tho War Department dur ing five years of actual peace under a Demo cratic Government and the famous year of "Let us have peace" expenditure under General Grant. Hero they are: — 1856 :. $16,948,196 89 1857 19,261,774 16 1358 ;..... 25,484,951 09 1859... .. 23,243,822 38 1360 -. 16,409,769 10 Total in five years $101,348,511 G2 Assuming the .average population during the above five years to have been .85,000,000, the annual cost per capita for (ho war establishment would have been a fraction lees than fifty-eight conts. Daring the year of grace 1870, under the "Let us /hice pe-ree” administration, tho expen diture for tho War Department was $57,655,- 675 40, which, divided by the present population of 40,000,000, gives an annual cost per oapita of over $1 44.— World. EmrjBATioH raoM England.—Mr. Edward Reed writes from London on December 2; “Im mediately after the Alabama question is set tled, and peace and kindly feelings are insured, thcro will be snch an exodus of the bone and fiiru-w of England to oar country as will aston ish even the most sanguine of us." Rsv. Da. Stone, of San Francisco, has been visiting all the haunts of the demi-monde in that city, nnder the gnidanoe of the police, in order to get material for a sermon on the so cial evil.—Sr. “ Go on now—go on now!’ MACON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER TUo Canada War. Tho Washington correspondent of tho New Orleans Time3 says: There never was such folly embodied in a State paper a3 that which relates to the Cana dian fisheries. What are the facts? I am as- snred by an honorable Senator here, and I Know that what he tells me is the truth—that after the installment of Secretary Fish, tho Canadian Government, on invitation, sent n commission to Washington, not to propose a re vival of the old reciprocity treaty, for new com mercial complications mado that impracticable, but to _ negotiate certain commercial relations in the interests of both countries. This com mission proposed in writing,- and the paper is Brill on file in the State Department, to enlarge their c-nals, so as to cjrry, without hindrance, the lake tonnage, and give ns tho free naviga tion of their waters, together with the same right to their fisheries that they enjoyed, if we, in return, would! moderate our duties on certain articles, such as coal, salt, lumber and cereals, that are as oppressive to us ns .they are embar rassing to the Canadas. This was followed up by urgent entreaty from the entire West and South. The response made by the President, through Secretary Fish—and I speak from the records, and tell you that which I know—was, that while these commercial relations might be for the benefit of the two countries, there were certain political reasons that had to be considered. The President was advised that a growing feeling in favor of annexation in the Canadian provinces depended on their beiDg kept out in the cold. And as annexation was desirable, no such com mercial relations is those proposed could be en tertained. In vain did the Congressional delegations urge upon this booted and spurred Executive, that feelings of kindness necessary to annexa tion could not be cultivated through acts of un- kindness ; that onr experience at the South had taught that violence and abuse only widened the breach unhappily existing. In this these wise Representatives and Senators were second ed by Secretaries Cox and Belknap, but without result The President tried his coercive measures, and the result is an appeal, through bis mes sage, for power, that if granted, would undoubt edly fetch on a war. The navigation of the St Lawrence depends upon canals that belong exclusively to the prov inces; while the fishing grounds being theirs, they have (he right to use all means necessary to their protection, as much so as to the solid rocks about Quebec. The annexation that could not be accomplished through such wise moasures, is openly sp.ketrof as to be the result of .conquest. Yon see how adroitly Butler fingers the skull of his’excellency. This is a military government, with warlike tastes and proclivities, and as General Grant came in on laurels won from the Sontb, be hopes to be continued on laurels won from England. We are in a sweet condition for a war. It would call for more space than my letter is en titled to, for me to dwell on the hard times, heavy taxation, a vitiated currency, and a de moralized service, that so illy fits us for a fight. But in addition an eminent Republican, some what out of favor just now, said to a circle of friends the other night: “Idoubt whether Grant would renew his laurels in a war with England. We have no coast defence worthy the name; no fleet that carries an available gun, and there would be some difference hetween defending ourselves agairsi tu«> well-trained soldieis of England and crushing oat the decimated and weary ranks of Lee’s army with overwhelming numbers. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING YOL.LHy—NO 26- The Death of Airs. Slidell—Interest ing Reminiscence. The cable announces the death of Mrs. John Slidell, at Brighton, England. All who knew this elegant and accomplished lady will sincere ly regret her death. Mrs. Slidell was born in New Orleans, of French parents, and was as thoronghly French in her education and man ners &3 though she had baeu born and raised in Paris. The Philadelphia Ago, in announcing her death, remarks: She was much younger than her husband, ap pearing more like his daughter than his wife, and was affianced to him, according to French usage, without beiegevt-n intimately acquainted with him, and married him when she was very young, the third time she had ever seen him.— But she was a true wife and mother, and her household was characterized not only by ele gance and refinement, but by every' mark of domestic happiness and pecca. Mr. Slidell’s house in Washington—called by some the “se cond White Honse”—was the centre and foens of tbo most refined society of the capital, dar ing Bachsnan's administration, and guests were woloomtd with a heartiness and treated with a hospitality unusual in what is called fashionable society. The family was a mo3t agreeable one, the two daughters, Mathilda and Rose, who where then aged, respectively, about fourteen and sixteen, and who were as unpretending and modest as though they were not the highly edu cated and admired daughters of a millionaire, contributing greatly to its a tractions. Mrs. Slidell was a lady of rare social accom plishments, and was most entertaining in con versation. Her faculty for making her guests feel at homo and happy in her house and pres ence was remarkable, and enabled her, petite as she was, to outshine her rival, political as well ns social, the more magnificent Mrs. Douglas, who, though an exceedingly well-bred lady*And well schooled in the art of entertaining, lacked the sparkle end genuine bon hommie of the vi vacious and thoronghly accomplished little French womin. Do what Mrs. Douglas would, Mrs. Slidel would draw the elite of Washing ton ar.d the country to to the “second white house,” and both these ladies, by the way, as pired to the mistresship of the first white honse. Now, however, Mrs. Douglas has be come Mrs. Williams, the wife of an army offi ce*, „rwi Mrs. Slidell has passed away from earth, leaving a host of admiring friends in both hemispheres to mourn her early death, xox she was in tho prime of life and womshond. Her sister, Mrs. Beauregard, died daring the Tlte Bowen Bigamy. Bowen, it appears, was married to Miss Ta- bitha Parks, on the 31st of January, I860, in Wakulla connty, Florida, ar.d lived with her some j ears. Subsequently a change came over the scene of domestic bliss, end on the 4th of February last, Mrs. Bowen, then residing in Louisville, filed a petition for divorce, which is still pending, charging her husband with adul tery. In August last, he visited her in Louis ville, it is stated. On the 12th of that month the records of on Indiana court show, it is sta ted, that a pttition was filed in the name of Ta- bitha Bowen against the B[on. C. C., and sn an swer was filed on the same day, and in thirteen days afterwards the decree was made; but as Mr. Bowen was married to Mrs. Petigru King on the 31st of August, it would appear that the marriage took place prior to the decree of di vorce. In this Indiana oase the petitioner charges the husband with cruel treatment and a failure to provide for ter support. It is further al leged that Mrs. Bowen (No. I) asserts that Bow en employed the counsel. OS BOTH BIDES in this (Indiana) cape, that she did not eign or swear to the petitition, and, further, that the decree in this case was passed on testimony ta ken prior to the filing of the bilL So mnoh for the allegations on that Bide On behalf of Mr. Bowen it is alleged that this whole charge of bigamy is the work of politi cal malice, and comes from interested motives. It is asserted, in his behalf, that the records of the Indiana Court will show that he was legally divorce! - before his marriage with Mrs. S. Petigru King, and that the docu ments lo prove the fact are on- the way to this oily. It is also alleged that ho was not legally married to his first wife. Report of the President and Super intendent of the Central Railroad and Ranking Company. From the Savannah Fews. Omen of O.-R. R. & Banking Co. of Ga.,) Savannah, Ga., December 1, 1870. j To the Stockholders : In" the last Annnal Re port the Board informed you as to tho “terms and' conditions” upou which the Southwestern Railroad had been loased by this company. Up to the date of that report it was deemed best to keep tho accounts of the two roads entirely separate, but from the 1st of December, 18G9, tho accounts have been blended. Wo have, however, as far a3 practicable, endeavored to separate the two, so as to give a tolerably cor rect idea of the earnings and expenses of each, which may be stated as follows, viz: Central Railroad earnings for the year ending 80th ult ..,.$2,308,284 38 Central Railroad Bank earnings for the year ending 30th ult,’.. 132,029 16 Southwestern Railroad earnings for the year ending 30th ult.... 1,324,179 60 Total earnings of both Roads and Bank $3,764,493 14 From this deduct; Central Railroad Ex penses, all kinds.$1,535,544 73 Central Railroad Bank expenses of all kinds 29,797 51 Southwestern Rai 1 * * - road expenses of "all kinds 906,107 47 2,465,449 71 Leaving net $1,229,043 43 Of this sum there has been expended and appropriated the ■ following amounts; Interest on Central Railroad Bonds...$ *05,160 00 Interest on South western Railroad Bonds 48,370 00 Dividend Central Railroad in June. 233,340 00 Government (ax on same 11,G67 00 Dividend Soulhwes- tern Railroad in June 157,912 00 Government tax on same 8,205 £9 Dividend Central Railroad this day. 233,340 00 Government tax on same 5,833 50 Dividend Southwes tern Railroad this day 157,952 00 Goxernment tax on same 5,858 05 Rent A. & S. Rail road 73,000 00 Rent E. B. Railroad * 14,000 00 Bank in Liquidation 5,858 05 Right of way and new depot in oity of Macon 34,027 59 Appropriated for new r t ils 250,000 00 1,292,770 23 Leaving a balance of $ 6,273 20 after paying for all expenditures an acoonnt of tho two Roads and Bank. These expenditures are large, bnt it has been the policy of the Board to improvo your property, and with that view tho work that has been of a thorough and substantial character. Under the lease of the Southwestern Railroad it became, to all intents and purposes, an inte gral part of yonr Road, and under tho usual plan for working long lines of railway, would be managed under two divisions, bnt in this case it is thought best to retain the two General Superintendents, one especially for the Central and the other for the Southwestern Road, and thus, to some extent, leave tho management as before the lease. This, however, conid not be done in reference to the accounts, embracing the Earnings and Expenses of the two Road*, which necessarily centers at and emanates from the principal office at Savannah. This brief explanation is made in order that you may un derstand why it is that there are Reports from two Gen’l Superintendents. The only difference being that, in addition to tbo general condition of the Road and rolling stock, the Superinten dent of the Central makes a report of tbo earn ings and expenses of the two Roads, while the Superintendent of the Southwestern Road con fines bis report to the physical condition of the work under his charge. In tho practical work ing each is expected lo see that onr patrons are properly served, and that their subordinates perform their respective duties. This plan, to some extent, reqnires a separate accountability from tho subordinates of the two roads In other words, while all are accountable to and governed by instructions from the principal office in all matters having reference in any way to accounts and the payments of money, each Superintendent retains his prerogative in all other respects over his subordinates. For detailed statements and exact informa tion respecting the condition and all operaliions connected with your own and leased roads, for the past year, you are respectfully referred to the annexed reports of the General. Superin tendents and the heads of Departments under them. In thi3 connection the Board wish to call spy oial attention to the question of using steel instead of iron rails for fnture renewals This question has been referred toby onr Road Master in bis last two reports, and, as will be seen, has recently been carefully examined by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Powers in connection with Mr. Scattergood. The result of this examina tion, as stated by them, is clearly in favor of the use of steel rails on our main line between Savannah and Macon, and probably on the Southwestern Road between Macon and Fort Valley. The Board will, therefore, act upon these recommendations, as far as the available means of the Company will admit, in giving or ders for rails in future. Upon all other points the Board feel that it is quite unnecessary to one* u>j ••marks in explanation of the reports referred to The Cashier of the Bank, by his balance sheet and report, shows a very satisfactory result in that department of your sorvice, bnt we are yet in want of a much larger cash capital to enable the Company to enlarge its sphere of usefulness to the community, and at the same time increase the business of the Road. Snch a capital the Board have sought to provide, by the sale of securities held by the Company, but the scarcity of money daring the past year has prevented any considerable sale, whioh could not be made except at prices which were regarded as entirely too low, and hence it is that we remain in but little- better condition, in this respect, than at the beginning of the year. Should the financial condition of the country become more favorable for the Bale of undoubted securities, the Board can but reiterate the recommendation made in the lost report upon this subject. Having had applications from various points in the interior of the State for Branches of the Bank, the Board have established three agencies. One at Mac-on, one at Colnmbus, and one at Albany. The two last’have not yet commenced business, bnt the one at Macon has been in operation since early in October, and it promises to be of very con siderable advantage in the transaction of our business. The Agent, Gen. W. S. Holt, from his long connection with the Southwestern road, understands, folly all matters connected with our road operations, which, with his experience as a bank officer in past yeara, fits him, in an eminent degree, for the position he occupies, and with the aid of Mr. J. T. Boifenillet, as his Cashier, the Board feel confident that your in terest will be protected. Dr. J. F. Bozeman has been appointed agent at Columbus, and Captain J. W. Armstrong at Albany, both gentlemen of experience and sterling ohameter. Having in view the necessity for a connec tion with the water at Savannah, to facilitate the import and export of articles by sea, the Board have for gome time had unde/ consider ation the inopt feasible plan to accomp’ith so desirable an object. Recently finding that the property known as tho Vale Royal plantation, containing about 270 acres of land, was for sale, the Board authorized its purchase, provided it could be had at a stipulated price. Negotia tions were therefore commenced for its pur chase, and it is now your property, at a cost of $S2,000, a little more than it was expected we should have lo pay, but in view of the advan tages to the Company by owning the property, it was deemed best to make the purchase. The possession of this property gives the Company not only a way to carry our track to the water, but a most eligible site for a ship canal, or ba sin, up to the main line of your road. The construction of such a basin would nearly double the river front, and thus greatly enlarge the capacity of our port. Such a work would cost a large sum of money, but it is believed to be only a question of time when orir commerce will require its construction, and tvhen that time copies it will pay to mak- the investment. At present, it is only proposed to carry our track to the river, and make some necessary improve ments for the accommodation of vessels, not involving any very considerable outlay of money. The negotiations referred to in the last report as then pending, in reference to onr interest in the Montgomery and West Point and Western railroads of Alabama, resulted in the Georgia Railroad Company taking one-half of onr in terest and of the interest of tho Southwestern road in the two roads of Alabaua, and also as suming an equal liability with our line on ac count of these roads. Therefore the line via Augusta now has an equal property interest, and equal privileges with ns f«r all business from Montgomery and beyond. In these nego tiations the Board has been governed by tho most liberal views towards a competing line, asking only just and fair dealing for a business that wo have at all times been willing should be open to both upon an equal ownership with us by the other line. Acting upon a suggestion in the report of De cember, I860, the Board, in connection with the Directors of the Southwestern Railroad Company, by a committee for that purpose, made a contract with Messrs. Strothers & Son., of Philadelphia, for a monument, in accordance with a design that had been approved by the two Boards, to tho memory of the late Richard R. Cuyler. The completion of this monument has been delayed much longer thin was expect ed when the contract was made, bnt the Board are now happy to report that it is completed and erected as contemplated in “Lamel Grove.” It is executed from red Aberdeen gxmite, with the simple inscription on one side, “The Central and Southwestern Railroad Companies in mem ory of Richard R. Cuyler,” anden the opposite, “A tribute to distinguished ability and unro- mitted faithfulness in tho admfairation of great trust.” The Board again take pleasuie in bearing tes timony to the zeal and fidelity with which the officers and employes have discharged their du ties. Respectfully submitted, Wm. M. Wadiey, President. Report of Superintendent. SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE, CENTRAL R. R.,) Savannah, December 1, 1870. f Wm. M. Wadley, Esq., President: Sir—In making my report for the fiscal year ending on the 30th nltimo, it now becomes my dnty not only to embrace tho earnings and ex penditures of the Central, but also of tho South western Railroad, which has been leased to this company, which may bo stated as follows: Central Railroad earnings $2,308,284 38 Southwestern “ “ 1,324,179 60 3,632,463 98 Central Railroad ex penditures. .,..$1,535,544 73 Southwestern Railroad expenditures 906,10747—$2,441,652 20 Leaving a balance of $1,190,851 78 The expenditures are heavy, bnt are easily accounted for when you take into consideration tho quantity of rails purchased, necessary to replace those too much worn for further use, as well as the purchase of six new engines, and a very considerable addition to our stock of cars, all of which was necessary to keep our stock up to the standard required. A detailed statement of the earnings will be found in tables A, B and O. In tables D and E is shown the nnmber of bales of cotton and their destination. Tho amount of fertilizers, (guano, salt and lime), transported from Savannah, Macon and Augusta is shown in tables G, H and I—tho in crease from Savannah over the previous year, is, guano, 14,636,914; salt, 20,078, and lime, 91,907 pound®. From the other two points, Macon and Augus ta, wo mako no comparison, as onr previous re ports do not show the quantity shipped from these points. It can soaroely bo expected that so much will bo transported the present year unless prices are very mnch reduced* as it is believed that planters cannot afford so heavy an expense, with cotton at present low prices. A recent examination of the road shows the permanent way in good condition; still there is mnch to be done—considerable portions require now rails. In my last report I referred to tho use of steel rails as being tried on many of the Northern roads; from what information I can gather from those who have had an opportunity of testing their durability, I think the use of steel instead of iron rails cannot be too highly recom mended, and in order to demonstrate this fact, I append a statement, showing the comparative cost, estimating the life of iron rails to be seven years and that of steel 21 or 28 years. The life of a steel rail being twenty-one years and of an iron rail seven years, the following will be the comparative cost of steel and iron rails at the end of 21 years: Cost of 1 ton of Steel Rails $105 00 Compound Interest for 21 years at 7 V oent 329 75 $422 75 Copt of 1 ton Iron Rails 68 00 Compound Interest for 21 years at 7 ? cent 214 55 Cost re-rolling or renewal twice at $50 ?ton 100 00 (;oni[iunj infAmat on 1st re-roIliDgfor 14. years at 7 V cent ; 73 93 Compound Inierest on 2d re-rolling for 7 years at 7 per cent... ’ 30 28 Cost of 1 ton Iron Rails at end of 21 years 490 75 Cost of 1 ton Steel Rails at end of 21 years 434 75 Saving in 2t years by using Steel Rails $36 00 Present saving per ton by using Steel Rails 13 52 Or, it is as cheap to bay steel rails at a cost of $105 per ton, as to buy iron rails at a cost of $54 48 per ton. If the life of a steel rail is 28 years, and that of an iron rail is 7 years, then the comparative cost of steel and iron at the end of 28 j ears will he: Cost of 1 ton of Steel Rails $105 00 Compound Interest for 28 years at 7 per cent 593 12 $698 12 Cost of I ton Iron Rails $ CS 00 Compound Interest for 28 years at 7 per cent 384 12 Cost of re-rolling or renewal three times.... 150 00 Compound interest on 1st re-rolling 21 years... 137 02 Compound interest on 2d re-rolling 14 years 78 92 Compound Interest on 3d re-rolling 7 years.. 80 28 - ■' -• V $868 34 Saving per ton in 28 years by using Steel Bails............. .v... — $170 22 Present saving per ton by using Steel Bails.....;..-....... 25 60 - Or, it is as oheap to buy steel rails at a cost of $105 per ton os to buy iron rails at a cost of $42 40 per ton. The report of tho Road Master ehows that 34i miles of new rails, with fish bar fastenings', have been laid during the year just closed; it was expected that more would have been pat down, but from various causes, we have fallen short of that expectation; we still have in the yard of new rails sufficient to lay abont 91 miles, which, with those that have been laid'daring the year, will eqnal 44 miles. 'His report also shows tho decrease of stringer track, which we shall continne to reduce,-as we are able to re place it with new and heavy rails. The erection of warehouses along the lines has progressed daring the year as rapidly as could be done with economy, and the demands for more pressing work. • The wood and water stations mentioned as being erected at Nos. 4, 6, Millen and No. 14. main lino, and MoBsan on the Aagasta branch, will expedite the movement of trains very ma terially. It is intended that similar structures shall be erected at every alternate station along the line. The report of the Master of Maohinery shows the condition of onr engines at this time, which will compare favorably with any previous year. He recommends the purchase of three new en gines within the ensuing year, which will be necessary in order to keep np our motive power to its present capacity. The report of the Master Car Builder shows the nnmber of carB specially set apart as due to the service of Central Bailrad proper. In order to supply the means of transporting produce which we expeoted to get by our connections west, we contracted with the Dawson Manufac turing Company for an additional supply of box cars, and had bnilt at our own shops a nnm ber of open cars—the expected want of these additions to our rolling stock has not been felt, owing to the delay of the completion of the' bridge over the Alabama river, bnt now that connection is made to Selma and Yioksburg, it is believed that they will soon he brought into requisition. The Auditor’s Report shows tho total expend itures of all kinds, involving numerous accounts and calculations necessary to insure correctness, which renders that office one of very considera ble labsr. The Book-keeper’s report and balance sheet shows the financial condition of the Company, apart from the Bank. All transactions involving receipts or income, from whatever souroe are inspected by him, and ail moneys on acoonnt of this and connecting Roads are received by him and deposited in Bank. He also countersigns all checks for the payment of money. It will, therefore, be readily seen, that his position is one of great labor and responsibility. In consequence of tho extensive operations of our road, resulting from the lease of the South western road, and increase of business, after consultation with you Ideomed best toemploya purchasing agent, and Mr. Henry Yongo, a man of tried integrity and large experience, was se lected to fill that position. I cannot close this report withont commend ing the cheerfulness and fidelity with which the employes of this Company have performed their duties; had these been performed in their own interest, they could scarcely have been more zealous. Respectfully submitted, William Rogers, General Superintendent. THE GEORGIA PRESS. Poultry and game in Savannah sell at very modest figures. We quote from the Advertiser: Turkeys, 'clean or unpicked, from $3@7; geese, clean or unpicked, $2 25@4 75; ducks, $1 75 per pair; fowls, $1@1 60 per pair; doves, 25 cents per pair; partridges, 20 cents apiece; woodcocks, 75 cents per pair; eggs 45 cents per dozen. The Advertiser says: A large tract of land containing 277 aores and having a river front of 366 feet, hits recently been purchased by the Directors of the Central Railroad, at a cost of $82,000. The possession of this property gives the company not only a way to carry their track to the river, but a most eligible site for a ship canal or basin up to-the main lino of the road. At present, however, it is only contemplated to lay a track from a point wbero the Augnsta Road crosses the Central Railroad track to the river, to a point just west of the old mill site, to put up a substantial wharf along the entire front of the lot recently purchased, and to make snch other improve ments as are necessary for the accommodation of vessels. Doubtless in a short time whari sheds and cotton warehouses will be erected by tho company at this point, and as a necessary conseqnenoe of the great revolution in the mode of making through shipments of cotton, presses will also have to be erected there. The cotton will then be rolled from the cars, if so desired, directly into the cotton presses, and thence on shipboard with no drayage and no middlemen. A train left Savannah, yesterday morning, to run through to Vicksburg—800 miles. It will return loaded with cotton. Messrs. S. P. Myrick, of Baldwin, E. Tweedy, of Richmond, and William Phillips, of Cobb connty, have been appointed Trustees of .the State Lunatio Asylum until 1st Monday in De cember 1872. . A Convention of representatives of the rail roads constituting the through line from New York to New Orleans, via Montgomery, Atlanta, and Augnsta will he held in the latter city on the 4th of Janaary, to perfect a through, schedule over that route. It took three policemen and five revolver shots to kill a mangy eur that somebody said was ‘.'mad,” in Augusta, Monday. A youth named Haley was aoeidently killed at Augnsta, on Monday, by the discharge of a gun in the hands of James Shields. Ordination or Catholic Priests. . The Herald reports the ordination of ovef forty Catholic priests at Troy, on the 17th. The ceremonials were imposing: The candidates for sub-deacon, deaeon and priesthood advanced and formed a solid square m tne cot>*». nf tti e church. Presently tbo master of ceremonies oriea ™.- jggA vo ; ce "Prosternani se omnes," or “let all prostrati' themselves.” No sooner were the solemn words pronounced than the postulants fell forward to the ground with such a simultaneous movement that it appeared as if they were seized by the same sadden impulse. Then was witnessed A MOST THBHiLtNO SPECTACLE. There lay at fullleogth, withtheirfaces down ward, withont a movement, as if life had sud denly departed from the entire number, a band of young men who, by this most solemn of acts, PLEDGED THXia LIVES to the service of their God. There they lay avowing their own nothingness in the sight of the Lord, peifect examples of humiliation. It was a sight never to be forgotten by. those who were present. It wasno wonder that theladies buried their face3 in their handkerchiefs, for it was a spectacle to move even . THE COLD, ADAMANTINE BEAST of sinful man. Gossip About the Tribune and Tunes The New York correspondent of the Buffalo Courier gossips as follows concerning the stock holders, value, eto., of the Tapes and Tribune newspapers: '■> There are rumors current in newspaper cir* cles that one of the largest stockholders of the Tribuna has indulged in ’ouftlBo operations to snoh an extent as to have compelled the hypo thecation and probable sale of his stock. Al though the par value of the stock is only $1,000 per share, the market value is $%000; and if the hypothecated stock'should be sold,'it will pro bably bring more than that sum, and it might pass into the hands of a Demoorat. I am inform ed, on what ought to be good authority, that of the 100 shares into which the establishment is divided the present ownership is as follows: Mr. Sinolair, (publisher), 21; Dr. Ayer, of Lowell, 1G; estate of Mr. Clarke, (formerly fi nancial editor), 13; Mr. Greeley, 9; Mrs. Gree ley, 5; Mr. Ripley, (literary editor), 5; Bayard Taylor, 5; Mr. Booker, (foreman), 5; estate of A. D. Richardson, 5; Solon Robinson, 2; Mr. Fitzpataick, (pressman), 2; Mr. O’Ronrke, (en gineer), 2; Mr. Rankle, (husband of Mrs. Cal houn), 2; Theodore Tilton, 1; Oliver Johnson, 1; J. F. Cleveland, 1. It is said also that the stock in the New York Daily Times belonging to James B. Taylor is soon to be sold at executor's sale. Like the Tri bune, the Times is stocked at 100 shares of $100 each, the market value being now at leaBt $8,000. The ownership of the Times is vested in fewer hands than that cf the Tribnne, being, it is understood, as follows: Estate of Henry J. Raymond, 34 shares; George Jones (publisher and manager), 29; E. B. Morgan, (Cayuga coun ty), 15; estate of Jame3 B. Taylor, 13; A. V. Stout, 8, John Bonner, 4. The Northwest Passage.—The Honolulu Ga zette of November 9tb, says that the whalers were then coming into port, with good catches, and adds that “daring the past season some of the ships cruising in the Arctic, got so near the supposed situation of the Pole that their longi tude was scarcely worth working up. Wo pre dict that a whaler will be the first to discover and go through the long sought North-west pas sage. the search for which has cost the world so much money and so many valuable lives. The San Francisco Bnlletin says: A late number of the Commercial Advertiser, of Honolulu, relates the fact that one of the whale ships in that harbor recently captured' a whale, in the Arctic seas, which had in its car cass a harpoon. This harpoon was known to belong to a ship which was at that time cruis ing in the northern seas, on the other side of tho continent. The whalehad evidently passed from one open sea to the other by way of the Pole. He must have found open water, for even a whale must come up at short intervals to blow. It is certain that the Polar Sea is navi gable for whales, from one side, of the continent to the other. Bat, while it does not follow that ships conid follow the same track, the faot cited is one of considerable interest. Shipmasters may be able to navigate the Polar Sea when they know as mnch about navigation in high latitndes as this whale with a harpoon sticking in his back. High Spibit.—A special dispatch to the New York Commercial Advertiser tells howSecretary Fish flopped his tail with great spirit into the face of a saucy nigger as follows, to-wit: Washington, December 16.—There is much gossip here with regard to severe snubs admin istered to the Haytien Minister by Secretary Fish. The former wrote the latter a letter, pro testing against the President referring, in his message, to San Domingo as the Island of San Domingo, as it infringed- on a proper recogni tion of Hayti. Mr. Fish returned the letter with a message that it was highly impertinent, ns no represen tative of a foreign country had a right to offi cially criticise or interfere with messages of the Chief Magistrate of the United States to his own people. When the country detects so much blood in tbo gills of Secretary Fish, as all this comes to, the country will think herself great and safe. That negro must have blushed till he was fairly ashy. One is glad to see snch evidence of a high national spirit displayed by the Admin istration in a safe direction. The Empire of Hayti is not likely to call the country to ao- connt for it. Mr. Lorenzo Day, of Chickasaw connty, Miss., having married Miss Martha Week, a lo cal poet comments: “ A Day is made, a Week is lost, But time should not complain— There’ll soon be little days enough To make the week again.” A Canadian lady having caught a trouble some rat in a trap, determined upon having some sport with it. She took the trap into the sitting room, called in a terrier, opened the trap, jumped upon a chair, and the fan commenced. Tho rat first whipped the dog, and then made way with a tame raccoon, whioh the lady called to her assistance, then fought a second dog and a broom for an honr and fifteen minutes, and finally escaped through the window. Free Trade.—Speaking of revenue reform, the New York Herald gives a hint that is full of danger to the Republican bops of holding fast its control over any of the Southern States. It is a hint that, once started in the negroe’s wool, will be apt to keep orawiing there for an indef inite period: The Southern States are ripe for such an issue. Teach Coffee and Sambo that he is taxed on his sugar and coffee and tobacco; that he pays the Government, as well as his baker and grocer, for every breakfast he eats, while iron masters and growers of wool are protected into the real ization of immense fortunes, and there will be revolution in the untutored mind which no Re publican can check. The negroe owes the Re publicans gratitude—a slender and shortlived virtue. Let the Democrats offer him a cheaper breakfast, and the work will be done. Impeachment of TIoltien. The following are' the articles of impeach ment nnder which Holden will be tried by the Senate of North Carolina, Chief Justice Fear- son, of the Supreme Court, presiding over the Senate as a Court of Impeachment: That William W. Holden, Governor of North Carolina, unmindful of his oath of office, did, in July last,, organize, arm and equip a military force not recognized by and in snbveraion of- the Constitution of the State of North Carolina; which military force, so unlawfully organized, was not kept under subordination to, and gov erned by, the oivil power, bnt was, by the or der of the said Willium W. Holden, Governor as aforesaid, made paramount to, and subver sive of, the oivil authority. That the said William W. Holden, Governor as aforesaid, did, ia tho mouths of July and August last, withont lawful warrant and author, ity, and in defiance and subversion of the Con-' stitution, arrest and imprison many of the peaceable and law-abiding citizens of the State, depriving them of their liberties and privileges, and certain of said citizens so unlawfully arrest ed and imprisoned, did cause to be subjected to cruel and nnusnal punishment. That the said Wm. W. Holden, Governor afi aforesaid, denied to’citizens unlawful/ restrain ed of their liberty by his authority, all remedy to inquire into the lawfulness therereof, and in de fiance of the Constitution, the laws and the pro cess of the courts, he suspended the privileges • of tho writ of habeas corpus, claiming that lie' was governed by a supreme law whereby he could deny the privileges of the said writ when in his opinion tho safety of the State required it. In view of tho matter herein set forth, com bining historical facts with statements contained in public documents and the records of tfie Po lio Departments and the Courts, the undersign ed, members of the Committee, who are a ma jority thereof, are of the opinion that Wm. W. Holden, Governor of the State of North Caro lina, beimpeached of high orimes and misde meanors. Destructive Fire in Tliomasville—In* cemliurism at lFork. Special to the Savannah JfeiesiJ Thomasville, December 18.—A very destruc tive fire broke out here-this morning, between two and three o’clock, by which a considerable amount of property was destroyed. It was first discovered in the store of Remington,McKinnen & Go., from which it very rapidly spread to the adjoining buildings. • The following ia a list of those who have suf fered any loss, together with the estimated damage and the amount of insurance: Remington, McKinnon & Co., loss about thirty thousand dollars; insured in the Under writers’ Agency, New York, for twenty thousand. Nothing saved. E. Remington & Son, loss two houses burned, valued at fifteen thousand dollars; insured for three thousand in the Home Icsuronce Company of New York. W. M. Smith, doaler in buggies and wagons, loss abont six hundred dollars; insured in the ffikna Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., for twenty-five hundred dollars. Most of the goods were saved. A. Ham sister, dealer in confectionery, lose about six thousand dollars; insured for three thousand in the Underwriters’ Agency of New York, and the Home Insurance Company of New Haven. J. P. Arnold, loss one honse valued at twenty- five thousand doll ns; insured for one thousand in the Georgia Home Insurance Company of Columbus. H. Wolf & Brother, loss about thirty thousand dollars in building and stock. The stook was in sured for fifteen thousand dollars in the Under writers’ Agency of New York, Liverpool, Lon don and Globe Insurance Company, the .Etna of Hartford, and the Hartford Insurance Com pany. The building was insured for three thou sand dollars in the Southern Mutual Insuranoe Company. Some of the goods were saved. Neptune Fire Company, No. 1, was on hand and worked nobly. Their efforts did much to arrest the destructive element. The Vigilant Fire Company, composed of colored men, was also present and worked ener getically. The members deserve much oredit for their active zeal, as it was chiefly owing to their strenuous exertions that the flames were finally arrested. The citizens generally, appreciated their efforts. Messrs. Sheffield & Cook, estimated loss on store and Btock ten thousands dollars; insured in the Georgia Home Insurance Company of. Col- umbos for six thousand. The office of the Southern Express Company was also burned, bnt nothing was lost except some “old horse” freight. The fire will prove a most disastrous blow to the business and commercial interests of Thomas ville. Fire Statistics of New York. — Fire Mar shal McSpedon, of New York, reports 856 fires in that city daring the past year. The follow ing were the principal causes: Carelessness in the use of candles, matches, pipes, cigars, etc., 206; kerosene, 116; children playing with fire and matches, 80; liquid gas, gasoline, 'etc., 41; spontaneous combustion, 24; incendiaries, 44. The total loss by fire in 1870 was $2,754,803; in 1869, $3,416,402; in 1868,' $4,057,376; da- crease in 1870 was $2,754,803; in’ 1869, $3,- 416,402; in 1868, $4,057,376; decrease in 1870 from 1863, $1,302,573; from 1869, $561,599. Of the 28 persons arrested during the year for arson, three were convicted. General Grant is a stockholder to the amount of $12,000 in the iron works at Lawton, Mich. New York Commercial Advertiser (Bad.) And of course Grant howls for “protection" —especially on iron—in harmonious ohorus with the tariff robbers and monopolists who lead the Radical party. We regret that the Advertiser does not give the name of the min who present ed Grant with this stook, and the office he re ceived therefor. Fashion Notes. Business Panto in Philadelphia.—Fourteen firms principally jobbers and commission bouses in the shoe trade suspended daring the fortnight White pearl~coIovfawn" and~grey silks a ^rS«»®W» °°™± are b11 considered “en regie” for wed-' heinng are said to be sure to be oheap this ding dresses. • ‘ j winter. Prices must eome down, as the fish- Deep mourning veils should always, be one .eneii have been very successful, and millions 0T6 The Norristown, (Fa.,) Register has a sub scriber 81 years old, who has taken that paper JH The bishop, the clergy and the j fifty-seven yeais, and another 87 years of age, congregation fell upon their knees and bowed a subscriber since 1801. their heads while the choir intoned tho Litany j ^ Sacramento paper says that wild geese are of the Saints, invoking the intercession of the go plenty in California that they give as much blesr.c-d in heaven in behalf of the postulants ; annoyance to railroad men as grasshoppers ia who had taken npon their shoulders so heavy a 1 summer burden. This;occnpied about fifteen minutes,.! K Bpeo5a i tra!n 6 f thirteen freight cars lately conveyed from Liverpool to London seventy- four tons of Mexican silver dollars, worth near- stained mother-of-pearl, iu perpendicular bands, posed in Connecticut to do away with the "two. The colors most popular are Solferino, garnet, State capital system and have but one, which Bismarck and emerald green.—Sun. ^1 probably be Hartford. The next thing to be done is to build a respectable State capitol, and the order to arise was then given. Statistics of Life.—The yearly mortality of t j y ,£500 000 sterling. the globe is said to be 33,333,333. This is at j ' ■ the rate of 91,544 per day, 373 per hour and 424 The New German Empire.—The revived Ger- per minute. One fourth o'f the population die mao empire enters history with an area of 204,- at or before tbs age of seven years; one-half at' 776 square miles; and the -population, which or before seventeen years. Among 19,000 per- was 38,521,700 in 1867 may now be safely reck- sans, one' arrives at -the age of one hundred oned at 40,000,009. Its area is thus moip than, years; opo in 500 attains the age of ninety, and four-fifths of the State of Texaa, and its popula- one in 100 lives to the eg-? of sixty, exchange. So says an tion a little grea’er. than that of the whole United States. the present concern being only fit for a 00 on try court-house in some one-horse Western Terri tory. Fos Schutlbb Colfax, Jr.—The Senators of the 41st Congress have on exhibition at Tiffany’s a tray, plate, milk-bowl, bread-bowl, napkin-ring knife and fork, all of silver, to present to tha smiling youth as a Christmas gift. This will enable. Master Colfax to eat his pap in style, just as all good little boys ought to do, but many are not able. The first coin made in the Philadelphia mint was the copper cent in 1798. The first silver dollar was made in 1798, and the first gold eagle in 1795. The corner stone of the new capitol building at Albany, N. Y., weighs twenty-eight tons, ' -i 1 ( and a half yards long, with a hem half a vard’v . ,. . J . . deep. Material, black Italian crape. y l UlD 8 *»■«* to martet - Chatelaine pins, formed by a Roman gold i , «*- : , , gauntlet and stained ivory hand, are among the marne .^ wo “ a “ 8 property law ia new ornaments shown by jewelers. England has gone into effect. A woman’s eam- A black velvet collarette, mounted with the ! “S 3 a ? e ^Mer her own; a policy of msn- fora iady s fuff dress, street or carnage «w-1 an ^. mM ^ge debts. These obvious deficiencies . Beautiful brooches, ear-rings, necklaces «md jurisprndenoe have bemi tong met bracelets of clear and opaque amber, exquisitely I*. 010 laW3 lnlW York and b ? ** ff 4 * * * * Na *-' carved, are becoming very fashionable. poxeon. A new style of lorgnette is made_ of white and One Capital fob Connecticut.—It is pro-