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.^pFebroary 17.—The steamer
’„t Now York on the 22d, when
; " ‘* 'jf c anessee is expected.
-.dal from Havana says that the
^ i7‘7r.Yf the Cineo Villas district, is
-■• rT ' V jiaj er.rliment have been present-
: ' r °'\'-i-£es Honso against Governor
itf •“
-■ mwace at tho Opera House of Chi-
:■",, Ivncfit of tho “Little Church
■■';, ! Corner,netted $1,900.
' . uliits are proposed by the British
; , y,-. ;r which will cost 50,000, OOO,
Vitii'iiry at a cost of 10,000,000 ster-
... - pacific, from Liverpool, was
, \l .yd Island, with twenty-six of
' i) iris, of Kentnsky, made anargu-
' . Senate Committee on Com*
' . ” the proposed national charter
Y -rinnftti and Southern Railroad.
. tJiaiis tho Constitutional grant to
• Amerce between the States don’t
.-roportions.
„ ' V catfirmed Trott ns Post Master at
: s ‘. v> jvb.aary 17.—The House is on
~: ”v appropriation bill, and the Demo-
.-’."ring the President for using the
' r< lections.
• ' , Ptbrunry 17.—Arrived, Etenm-
■ i'is. Abvsmnia and Pereiro.
— —M. Grevyhas been
• - r f ' National Assembly. The
J which Grevy received 519.
. ; - membership of the Assem-
. ’ , confirmed the election of
r.: from Paris. Rochefort,
•■ : : were present. Tho Chamber
; by troops posted outside the
■ V , 1: at recriminations have already
.... c n iLe Republican and Conserv-
t\ binary 17.—Tho Conference of
. tho Preach Representatives,
‘ ; .r ; are concentrating in largo
Loire. If the occupationof
. . ,-v. Gen. Ffllkenstein will be
■. Iho Germans continne to levycon-
V.’.c the French people.
,i February 10.—Sales of cotton on
i. 1 . t Savannah or Charleston^ for
, April—delivery, at 7J for middling
C •rntnna, from Savannah.
|i. February IS.—The Ap-
...mi'.tceof ihc House have agreed
• f.r tho New Orleans Custoui-
.T. Melton Turner, Minister to
, Morgan, of Florida, Consul to
: • : II. W. Foster, of Arkansas,
r..l for tho District of Louisiana;
C.:Iictor of Customs!, Wilmington,
cf r.'ytt and Kendr.rd against the
S..to;-, from Kentucky, will soon bo
: fore tho Supreme Court. Tho qnes-
;l r tho second section of the tbir-
latent, authorizing appropriate
i ; C r.gress to come into effect. Tho
: f the rmendment vested Congress
v.itntional power to enact tho civil
. ■ Knox against Lea, from Texas,
.1 in tin Supremo Court early next
ir.i lives tho confiscation of the prop-
r tl.o Confe derate Government, and
. : r q:u alien. A curious question is
: ,.i a collision in SanFranciscobarb*
’... ;•:. fcrcign Prinfce cm sue in the
.—Jones. -F Kentucky, presented a pe-
f.vjr of the Cincinnati and Southern
c -we nt into a commUfee on army
- The speeches were limited to
:r. Fhe hill appropriates $27,500,000.
:-.e rose- without action.
. r r.co if port territorializing iho
• f Columbia passed, and goes to the
,t vi •> will undoubtedly approve the
.: e: of tho dry was occupied by local
|. ■' to then adjourned..
x. . —Fenton presented a petition from
p Now Yotk merchants, a-king for tho
a of abuses in customs regulations.
:: Appropriation bill was resumed,
:amendment to strike from theLegislative,
-.five and Judiciary a clause inserted last
:' r S nator Drake, was proposed, which
hi .ted as evidence in the Court of Claims,
.. . l'.o-idcxitial pardons. Tho amendment
- as evidence any pardon or amnesty
i; i foro tho suppression of tho rebellion,
: the proclamation of President Lincoln.
... . ailment is not to apply to suits in tho
t Claims, arising under tho act of March
: provide for the collection of abandoned
and preventing frauds in its insurrec-
~7 districts. The claims opened by this
_t are about $10,000,000. Thoamend-
:: i es cot help persons pardoned by Presi-
lJi>hn<;on, after April, 1865. Tho amend-
"»rejected, 19 to 32.
hu-bnll reviewed a portion of. tho amend*
ft repeating the proviso of a law which
if a pardon evidence of the guilt of the
:• r.ling it. Conklin argued that a par*
;■ ttot a virtual confession of guilt.
•r .‘I'i'.ls amendment, that n pardon should
f vie ihe pardoned party from a court of
~ . ms carried by tho casting vote of the
hc.-ident. The debate was quite bitter,
1 =7md no disposition to give Southern
- generally moro generous considera-
■' ’-a heretofore.
.*• ‘ .f.ite went ii.to executive session and
proas, February 17.—Richard Andrews
- fhor of tho celebrated moon hoax,*is
-:* : p. d 71.
^ewart Gwinn, has been convicted of
-My and sentenced to 5 year’s imprisonment.
Louis, February 17.—The Impeachmont
'.!:ens passed' tho Arkansas Houso. The
- rst's special says Clayton will not yield.
!, :i ' rumored that Lieut.-Govemor Johnson
~ f ns a proclamation calling on tho people
"--sd by him.
fauiDnrau, February 17.—Vacancies' in
: : f..a!<ady trustees were filled by tho election
'***■ S. Stuart, of Va., and Richard T. Tay-
' c - La The Board meets in Nashville in
’•«yr.
HifiXA, February 17.—A vessel has arrived
Jj“ ij st end of Uio island, and reports hav*
'pf ta a hark rigged vessel off tho Haytean
;«i oa the 2d, with three masts painted black
^turning slowly—supposed to bo tho Ten-
Jk- York, February 17.—Arrived out, Eu-
t* aad India.
[-lULESTox, February 17.—Arrived—steamer
Adgsr, from New York; steamer Mary-
7;^Baltimore, schooner J. Clark, Baltimore.
. ^bxxAH, February 17.—Arrived, bark Garl-
w!? m ^ ew York; schooner James Vandrel,
S? -'Jifolk. Cleared, schonere Mary D. Has-
David Faust, for St. Mafy’s; bark Ab-
, £»cioa, Liverpool; ship Golden Rule, Amstor*
<5); l ark Hawkeyo, St Helena.
4 "^roxGiojf, Febrnary 18.—A for West stage
was robbed yesterday by highwaymen.
^f-Jsengers were uninjured.
i! "jiler in Now England exploded and two
**2* killed.
iF 5c ®alcarrying railroads of Pennsylvania
' i ' t Wmbined with tho coal speculators against
hiserg and consumers and prohibitory rates
^ght is the result.
, ,K, olation is pending in the British Honso
" Munsons declaring it the duty of neutral
'to impose terms of peace eagM&ts of
Pindenco of France. Tho resolution was
^", -d by tho Government, as inopportune
.^politic. The opponents of the Govem-
^ -•cuald not help feeling that the policy of
' ■''eminent amounted to a selfish isolation.
'^y Bulwer said there was mischief in tho
**e!fi
Mcl
* first**'
! peace to Europe and maintaining tho
It would irritate Prussia. _
February 17.—Tho Arkansas Sen-
refused to receive tho impeachment
ili * M ’ an ^ Anally, after much wrangling,
;^' J ^ 6 fi~thua defeating an official annonnee-
Governor Clayton’s impeachmont. A
'^*8e from Clayton was read in tho House,
^ steieg that upon tho advice of tho best le-
C j ent ’ tllat 110 conld not bo suspended, ho
, '«termined to retain charge of tho State by
nntil the artioles of impeachment were
Presented to the Senate and officially
e-jj ® C:cat °d to him, when ho would readily
H „,, er ‘ Tho message was rejected—42 to
■‘La Governor has tho approaches to the
executive mansion guarded, and will declare
martial law, if necessary. It is understood that
Lieutenant-Governor Johnson is preparing to
call out thfi military and proclaim himself Gov
ernor.
RicmloND, February 18.—Tho joint commit
tee of finance of tho two houses of the Gener
al Assembly met last night, and determined to
recommend tho payment of tho interest of tho
first of January coupons on what is known os
tho old debt of tho commonwealth, amounting
to about 32,000,000 dollars. The Legislature
of 1866 and ’67, funded tho accrued interest,
and neither bonds thus created nor tho interest
which has accrued since on tho old and new
bonds as well, are provided for in this arrange
ment. The committee arrange for tho appoint
ment of a commissioner to take charge of tho
assets of the State, out of which tho two last
named items of indebtedness shall bo primari
ly provided for.
■Washington, Fobrnary 18.—A tremendons
rain fell last night It is clear now, but tho
wires are slow. Congress proceedings unim
portant. At half-past ono, no commercial nows
from tho North.
Berlin, February 17.—Tho Emperor, by a
decree, suspends the state of srige during the
elections, end orders a temporary release of po
litical prisoners awaiting trial, without prejudice
to their future prosecution. •
Havana, Fobrnary IS.—Surrendered insur
gents gay that Ccspedes is attempting to eEeape
from tho Island.
Washington, February 18.—In tho Senate
to-day-Howard offered tho following:
Resolved, That in t! a present disturbed re
lations of tho Governments of the United States
and Great Britain, wo regard tho recent appoint
ment of the high Commission for discussing tho
subjects of difference between them as a highly
auspicious event, furnishing a well-grounded
hopo of a speedy, honorable and mutually ad
vantageous settlement of all important matters
of controversy, and of a cordial amity and good
feelingbetweenthe people of tho two countries.
That we deem it of high interest to those ends,
that the Commission should take into considera
tion tho fact,that tho possession by Great Britain
of tho Northern portionof tho continent of North
America, stretching from tho Northern bound
ary of tho United States to tho frozen ocean, as
in its very nature an obstacle to the permanent
harmony of tho two Governments, and a stand
ing incitement to porsons anxious to involve
them in war; and we therefore earnestly recom
mend that the Commission may, in any settle
ment suggested by them, embrace tho cession
of so much, at least, of such British possessions
as lie to tho westward of Hudson’s Bay and the
main .channels connecting it with the Arctic
ocean, and tho outlet of Lake Superior, with
the right to free navigation through tho naviga-
ble waters to tho Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Tho suh-Commitieo on Customhouse Re
trenchments were with the Collector to-day, and
took further testimony. Several inspectors are
supposed to have been examined.
The Departments close on Monday end Tues
day at-12 o'clock, and all day on Wednesday.
No Southern nominations to-day.
Confirmations: E. H. Isabel, Pension Agent
at New Orleans: McKinny, District Judge of
Florida ; Rives, Collector of the Fifth Virginia
District; E, P. Smith, Agent fer tho Chippewa
Indians.
House.—The Conferenca Committee on Con
sular and Diplomatic Appropriations reported
and Iho report was adopted. •
The Amy Appropriatians bill passed.
The New Idria Mino case was discussed tho
balance of theday.
Senate.—The Judiciary Committee was dis
charged from tho further consideration of fe
male suffrage and tho recognition of tho Chris
tian religion.
Tho Judiciary Committeo reported adversely
to bills establishing a Western Judicial District
for North Carolina; also, relative to a District
Attorney for Louisiana; also, a bill repealing
several acts relating to tho tennro of office.
The Senate had a short executive session and
adjourned.
Richmond, February 18.—Tho following is
the plan relative to the State debt, agreed upon
by the Joint Committee cn Finance of tho Legis
lature, First Section: now bonds aro to bo
issued for tho principal of the State bonds out
standing, April 1st, 1861, tho aggregate being
thirty-two millions, tho now bonds to bear date
July 1st, 1871; to run thirty years; to be cither
coupon or registered at the option of the hold
er ; interest to be paid semi-annually, begin
ning January 1st, 1872; coupons to bo receivable
for State taxes; tho interest is to be paid regu
larly on tho sterling debt, included in the thirty-
two millions, but newLonds aro not to bo issued
therefor. Second Section: bonds or certificates
are to be issued for the interest accrued,
or which may accrue to July, 1871, and all the
assets of the State, including what may bo re
ceived from West Virginia, to bo mado over to
Commissioners and employed by them, first in
payment of tho said accrued interest, and
second for the payment of the public debt.
The Legislature to-day passed a joint resolu
tion to adjourn to March 17th.
There was a heavy wind and rain storm in
this'vicinity. It is snowing and blowing down
barns and trees.
Bordeaux, February 18.—Tho Assembly has
conferred executive J powor upon Thiers, with
powor to select his council of which Thiers is
President Favre continues ministe# of for
eign affairs. Tho Chamber showed a disposi
tion to postpone the consideration regaidiDg
Alsace and Lorraine. Thiers insisted upon its
present consideration, saying tho Assembly
must, on its own responsibility, clearly declare
its wishes upon tho subject
Tho English, Austrian and Italian ambassa
dors visted Thiers, and officially recognized tho
now government.
Bobdeaux, Febrnary 18.—In tho National
Assembly to-day, tho President read a letter
from Tbeirs announcing bis appearance with
tho new Minister in the 'Assembly on Sunday.
Bochcfort protested against tho display of a
military force around tho Chamber daring dis
cussion. Upon the declaration of M. Keller in
committeo yesterday, Generals Chausey and
Billot each declared a defensive war could, if
necessary, be successfully prosecuted. The
number of deputies in attendanco to-day ex
ceeds 600.
London, Febrnary 18.—In tho debate in tho
Hoi^e, tho general prevailing tone was that
England’s weak hesitancy had lost her tho re
spect of tho belligerents, and invited an early
war for her existence.
Lord Lyons telegraphs to tho Foreign De
partment that the French Assembly having
voted almost unanimously for the appointment
of Thiers as chief executive, ponding tho deci
sion of Prance upon definitive institutions, he
has announced verbally to Thiers the recogni
tion of tho Government by England. A letter
from Dunkirk of tho IGth says tho 22d French
army corps has passed there and will embark
by sea for Bordeani. Tho small-pox is raging
in tho north of Franco—is especially violent at
Lille.
Paris, February 16, via London, 18.—
Notes of the Bank of Franco for twenty mil
lion franc3, printed on parchment have been
issued. Those for twenty-five million francs
are to be withdrawn.
Many members of tho diplomatio corps have
returned to Paris.
Tho German Crown Prince, Frederick Wil
liam, is known to be opposed to the entry of
the German army into this city.
Coal is arriving plentifully, but there is no
gas.
- Tho journals say if tho National Assembly
consents to dismemberment, tho Parisian dele
gation will protest and withdraw.
Rothschild goes to London to convey tho
(hanks of the people for contributions of food
by the former city.
New Yore, February 18.—Tho rlearner Iowa
has sailed for Brest, with 14,000 tierces of beef
for the French Government.
Madrid, February 18.—Tho Spanish elec
tions occur on tho 8th of March, and shortly
in Porto Rico and Cuba.
New Yore, February 18.—Arrived, steamer
City of Manchester, from Liverpool.
Charleston, February 18.—Arrived, schooner
D. V. Streaker, Baltimore. Sailed, etcamer
Manhattan, New York.
Savannah, February 18.—Arrived, ship Rich-
•ard Third, schooner Seguin, Baltimore. Cleared,
brigs Tempest, Boston; Mystic Myogues, Porto
Rico; bark Glenaloos, Aberdavey; ship Arrc-
bella, LiverpooL
Liverpool, February 1-8..—Arrived, Emma,
Monsoon, St. Lonis, St. Paul, of New Orleans;
Essex, Galveston ; Warren, Savannah.
BLOXDE STEl'CK.
A Wealthy Nashvillian Who Wanted to
.Marry a Ballet Queen.
A blonde actress has been revealing (« a Cin
cinnati Enquirer reporter. The reporter writes
of tho revelations as follbws:
“An actress of this class, who quite recontly
appeared in this city, met with some rather re-,
markable adventures, in.the way of what is pro
fessionally speaking, termed ‘mashes’ during a
Southorn tour. In Charleston, S. C., for in
stance, a gentleman of wealth fell in love with
her, and followed her from city to city for sev
eral weeks, finally bccominghopeless of making
a conquest, ho relinquished tho siege in Macon,
Ga. In that city another desperate ‘mash’ was
made, and tho mosheo imitated his predeces
sor in following the masher, and with equal
success. .Other similar experiences ensued un
til tho company arrived in Nashville, Tenn.,
where the worst mash of all was made, tho vic
tim being a gentleman of culture, high social
etanding, and tho possessor of a very fine in
come. Without any unnecessary preliminary
nonsense tho gentleman, whom we will call Mr.
A., proceeded with every available resource
to storm tho fortress. Ho was not one of those
. gushing youths who failed to find words of suf
ficient foreo to properly portray tho unquench
able firo raging in their Jioscms, bnt be was tho
fortunate possessor of a very extensive, and, in
feet, inexhaustible amount of fluent English lan
guage. Of course, his love made him bashful,
and somewhat interfered with the proper and.
distinct portrayal of his passion at tho first at
tempt, butevon thenhosucceededinmakinghim-
self understood, end cn making a second attempt
subsequently in Louisville, whither he followed
tho adored blondes, a formal offer of marriage
was effected with but little difficulty, and ap
parently with very strong hopes of its being
accepted. From Louisville be followed, and
there renewed his proposal before several other
bloridcs, and tho “Original,” thinking that ho
wa3 jesting (for this time Only), accepted the
offer and gave him permission to secure tho
license and minister. Ho “took her at her
word,” and did so, returning in less than an
hoar fully and legally armed to consummate tho
match. The Monda did not faint, as it would
of course have been her imperative duty to do
so oa the stage, bnt she was frightened, and an
intimation from a friend that in Kentucky she
could be forced to marry the gentleman under
tho circumstances did not materially allay her’
fears. Like any other woman in possession of
her reasoning powers, she set her mental facul
ties to work and soon concocted a scheme for
obtaining possession of the license, which she
immediately consigned to the flames. Even
this pointed and certainly sufficiently positive
refusal did not cure the gentleman of his desire
to wed the blonde, and when she came to this
city ho came also, and remained two or three
days, at the end of which time he returned
home a “wiser, if not a happier man,” fully sat
isfied she was not for him to win. The blonde
said she glad for his sake he had gone home,
for he was a fine gentleman and she conld not
help respecting him, bnt she conld never feel
for him that devotion requisite to happy wed
ded life, and consequently it was better he
shonld forget her.
Nearly a Horrible Accitlcut.
A marvellous accident nearly caused the death
of the living freight of the steamship England,
from Queenstown 12ih nit., for New York. She
had about 200 passengers, and among her car
go an immense amount of bleaching powder in
barrels. On the fiith day out, as detailed by
tho New York Herald, the crew working below
wore suddenly driven on deck by the presence
of offensive,suffocating fames. The last to reach
the deck fell eenseless, their eyes almost pro
truding from their sockets, their mouths wide
open, and with death imprinted on every linea
ment of - their countenances. Next, x the
head wind drove the Stygian fames into
the saloons, and the passengers, in a panic,
fled to the deck, gathering forward where
the wind gave a breathing place. Attempts
failed to throw overboard the noxious cargo,
which had caused the trouble by tho shifting
and breaking open of some of the barrels,
the contents of which, uniting with the water
shipped in a gale, developed the poisonous
gases, and the efforts to lower firemen to the
engine rooms to replenish the fires under the
boilers were also fvtile. In the meantime every
bit of metal about the ship was fast turning a
sort of white or pearl color, and the men who
had to handle shovels, bars, or anything that
this sediment, as it were, had accumulated
upon, soon had their hands so badly eaten that
they cracked open and rendered them power
less to longer work. Finally the ship was put
about and returned to Queenstown, under sail,
where tho powder was thrown over by means of
grappling irons, and the passenfiers wore trans
ferred to the Italy, which sailed on the 25th.—
Boston Post,
Subornation op Perjury.—Speaking of tho
trial of Bowen for bigamy, tho New York Sun
says:.
A novel feature of tho proceedings was the
testimony of John Wilkinson, who swore that
he belioved ho was married to tho woman known
asMrs. Parke Bowen,or Tabitha Brnmbelow, and
that Judge Henderson performed tho ceremony
in 1860. She wanted to bo married, and have
C. jC. Bowen’s name, which ho assumed. She
offered witness $200 as compensation, and he
took the money; he did not remain with her,
and never saw her again until yesterday in
Court. Wilkinson said he bad no particular
business, hut played cards and kept a faro bank.
Judge Henderson, having been recalled, tes
tified that he nover saw Wilkinson before now,
and did not marry him to Tabitha Parke. This
witness also swore that in 1860 ho was clerk of
the Circuit Court and Judge of tha Probate
Court in Tallahassee; he identified the certifi
cate of marriage issued to Tabitha Parke and O.
O, Bowen by him as clerk and as Judge,.per
forming the marriage ceremony in accordance
with tho laws of Florida. He recognized Mrs.
Bowen now in Court as tho lady whom he mar
ried to Bowen. At this time they lived a3 man
and wife for twelve months to his knowledge.
Mr. Wilkinson having left the Court room, was
sent for, but could not ba found.
Certainly ona of the most bare-faced cases of
subornation of perjury that could bo conceived.
John Quincy Adams fob the Presidency.—
Pink, the New York correspondent of tho
Charleston Courier, says there is a qniet bnt
nevertheless steady movement devolving itself
more and moro among tho Democrats to nomi
nate John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, for
the Presidency next year. This is the Adams
who last week, made such a bitter speech against
England; too bitter, in fact, for some of those
Democrats who insist upon regarding John T.
Hoffman as ihe coming man, and who fear that
events are so shaping themselves that they will
be compelled to nominate this ambitions but
able young Adams, whoso father represented
this country in London daring tho civil war.
The more that speech is read, the more friends
Mr. Adams gains, and with the present compli
cated estate of foreign affairs, which have all
the appearance of becoming more complicated
before another year has passed, it is confidently
believed that not only will this rising statesman
be nominated by the Democrats, but thousands
upon thousands of Republicans will help to elect
him, and assist in placing in the White House a
man who has all the acquirements of a first-class
statesman, aniwhose very name is a happyral-
ljing cry for patriots throughout tho Republio.
The Planetary System.
From the Hartford Times.]'
Mercury, supposed to be the nearest planet
to the Sun, (though the existence , of another
and still nearer planet has been, and is, sus
pected by some of the astronomers,) is the body
which, of a 1 the gljpbes in the solar system, is
possessed of the swiftest motions. Wo see
Mercury at sunset; at certain seasons, when
conditions are favorable, 'shining like a small
silver star, a minute point of light, close to the
sunken sun. It is rarely seen under anything
like favorable conditions, and is always too
near the Son to admit of fall and satisfactory
observations.' Seen from our earth, this tiny
speck of light seems close to the sun. Bnt
its actual distance from the great luminary is
35,000,000 miles. Of such a distance none of
U3 can form any adequate idea; we cannot take
in and realize the fact. Bnt if sneh-is the dis
tance of the nearest planet to the sun, what
shall be thought of tho enormous gap which
separates him from some of his attendant
“outer” planets? What shall he safd of the
distance of Saturn, that sublime and beautiful
world, rolling forever in its own golden light,
made donbly beautiful by its eight moons, and
encircled by its brilliant and mighty rings, at a
distance from the sun of four hundred and sev
enty-five millions of miles ? Or of Uranus, the
next of the outer planets, whose four moons
rise in the west and set in tha east, whose year
is equal to S3 earthly years, and whose distance
from the central sun is one billion and seven
hundred and fifty-three millions (1,753,000,000)
miles ? Wider yet the- mighty system extends
—spaces, far vaster than even this inconceiva
ble gap, aro traversed by tho magnetic influ
ences of the great central light-giver; and he
holds within his domain, and subject to the
grasp of his attractive and unfailing force, the
lonely far outer planet Neptune—a world bo re
mote, that the sun must appear, viewed from
that far globe, like a brilliant day star. Nep
tune describes, in his yearly course around the
sun, a circle bo vast that tho mind itself shrinks
back, baffled, from the attempt to conceive and
comprehend it. “His yearly course”—yes;
but the Neptunian year Is equivalent to one
hundred and eighty years of the years of earth!
With the one exception of the satellites of
Uranus, all these planets and'their moons have
an axial mo! ion eastward, in the direction of
their journeys in their orbits. Tho inference,
sustained by a number of iho facts, some being
of great significance, is that all of these plan
ets once were in and of tho sun himself, form
ing parts of his body and substance; and that
they have been thrown off successively, in the
course of the slow shrinking and condensation
of the sna, by centrifugal and other forces,
some of which aro obscure. Modem science
locates the sun in space, and calls it a fixed star.
Its diameter, even now, is nearly four times as
great ns the distance (233,000 miles) from the
earth to the moon. Recent developments by
tho spectroscope prove that the component
parts of tho sun are hydrogen, sodium, magne
sium, iron, chromium, nickel, and a variety of
substances known to earth. Tho relation be
tween the sun and the planets is that of parent
and children. Our moon and tho satellites of
the other planets, bear a similar relation to the
planet they attend, that tho planets bear to the
sun. It is argued by Mr. Proctor, an English
astronomer, that Jupiter and Saturn, beyond
denial, and probably Uranus and Neptuna, aro
not themselves inhabited worlds, but tnat they
still furnish heat, and probably some light, to
their satellites—the latter bodies, Mr. Proctor
argues, being tho abodes of rational beings,
probably more advanced than the people of
earth. That Saturn is subject to strange
vicissitades of shaped is now an incontesti-
ble fact. The elder Herscbell first made this
phenomenon the subject of accurate observa
tion, nearly seventy years ago, and- later
astronomers have at intervals of 40 and 20 years
confirmed his revelations of a strange change
in the form of the ringed world. It retains its
globular shape for years—so far as astronomers
have detested—and then puzzlingly assumes the
so-called “square-shouldered” aspect, which
they describe as a shape like a lengthened ob
long, with rounded ends. What are we to think
of this astonishing phenomenon ? Cloud-masses,
however vast and dense, would not explain it
Are there, then, internal forces at work in the
body os Saturn, of such super-earthly energy
that they make their tremendous effects visible,
to observers on our globe, across a gap of near
ly a million miles? Saturn’s density is less
than that of water. Of course tho conditions
of life on such a»globe—if it bo inhabited—
mast bo v/holiy different from anything with-
which we are acquainted. Bnt these tremen
dons internal convulsions forbid the idea of life
on such a planet. Nor are the reasons much
less cogent which aro addneed up by Mr. Proc
tor to disprove Iho existence of life on Jupiter,
vast as Jupiter is. It i? on tho satellites of
these giant planets, according to this astrono
mer, that the being3 live (if there aro any such,
and our little world should not be the only inhab
ited planet) who have a nearer acquaintance than
we enjoy with the vast orbs we call Jupiter and
Saturn.
If. these planetary worlds were thrown off by
the Sun’s motion on its axis, and these world-
births occurred at different epochs, the San all
the time retaining nearly its axial position and
tho planets going off from, or near, the Sun’s
equinoctial region, that would constitute a com
bination of circumstances stroDgly tending to ar
range these successive planatery worlds in a line
along the’-zodiac. The natation (or vibratory
motion) of tho Sun’s pole around a small ellipse,
of 14 ° diame’ter about the pole of the ecliptic,
in a long period might tend to break the paral
lel of their orbits a little, and such seems to
have been the fact; the centrifugal force, act
ing upon them in one direction, and the Son’s
gravity affecting them in tho opposite way,
would give to each the motion in its orbit which
makes the respective year of each planet; and
no one can doubt that if they were thrown from
the Sun, they must retain the whirling or axial
motion wliioh gives to us of Earth, and to thq
other planets, our and their respective days.
La Place was an undevout astronomer; but
he was not mad. The poet’s line fails in his
case. . His “Nebular Hypothesis” has become
an accepted fact. It brought before the world,
a philosophical presentation of the theory.of our
world and tho other planets—the theory we
have just referred to, and in a sweepingly brief
and general manner explained.
Beyond all this system of the snn and his at
tendant planets—l system .extending billions of
miles—is the vast, tho limitless universe of stars,
each system having, like ours, its central snn;
and some, perhaps most, of these suns ore far
larger and moro splendid than ours. Such
among many is Sirius, that effulgent and splen
did star of our southeastern sky, whose fathom
less distance does not wholly hide his strange
and beautiful colors, his splendor that Egypt
worshipped,-his untold glory.
We live among the stars and amidst star sys
tems; yet we see fewer than 10,000 with onr
unaided vision,—with the telescope more than-
twenty millions!
There is at present in Montreal a widow of-
22 who is the mother of nine children. She was
married at 16, and before her seventeenth
birthday presented her lord with twins; the
following year she-produced at one birth three
boys; tho next year she had twins, and repeated
tho performance the following year—making
9 children, tho oldest being barely four. The
children are all living and doing welL
Harrison connty can boast the meanest man
in Indiana. A farmer in the north part of that
connty ho3 his aged father living with him, and
employed at low wages. Last week the fanner’s
child died, and naturally enough the old man
attended the funeral of his grandchild. The
dutifal.son, in settling with his father- a few
days after the fnneral, docked him for the time
he had lost in attending the child’s burial.
In Boone county, Indiana, the delightful task
of teaching the young idea how to shoot has
been temporarily suspended, for reasons set
forth in the following official document: “Jan
uary the 15 1871.—theare was a scoole-moating
held at No. 3 towship and the persons that was
present voted for tho scoole to be disinist. . Don
a cording to Law.—Director.. for he wamt Do
ing eny good an the measles, thearefore we
want the scoole^top.”
The latest form of eccentricity the young
King of Bavaria has shown is a determination
to edit a journal advocating certain reforms in
music.
There is no better remedy for cold feet than
to slap the leg briskly just above the knee, af
ter raising the foot. Tho increased circulation
induces immediate relief.
I have for years been opposed to Calomel,
and since 1839 have used Simmons’ Liver Reg
ulator as a Vegetable Remedy, and can confi
dently assert that it has exceeded my expecta
tions, curing cases of Dyspepsia and Liver com
plaint that were thought almost hopeless. '
Grenville Wood, .
Wood’s Factory, Macon, Ga.
Snow in New York.—Last Wednesday morn
ing Now York woke np to see all her street rail
ways blocked with snow—the heaviest fall of the
winter.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Dally Review of the Market.
O'mCE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER,?
February 18—Evening,'1S72. j
Cotton.—Receipts to-day 129 bales; sales 369;
shipped 627.
The tone of the market is wholly unchanged.
There is a good demand for good cotton, at 13)4,
bnt tha inferior grades aro neglected.
BACON COTTON STATZHEHT
Stock on baud Sept. 1,1870—bales.. 2,334
Receipts to-day. 129
Received previously. 90,226—90,355
92,689
Bhipped to-day. 627
Bhipped previously. 76,7S9-77,S66
Stock on hand thin evening
15,823
Trade was quiet and' dull all around to-day and
confined mostly to the supply of a local consump
tive demand. We still quote:
BACON—Clear Sides (smoked) 14V ©14V
Clear Rib Sides (smoked!..-... 13% @ 14
Shoulders 10)4 & H
Hama (sugar-cured).... ... SO @23
BULK MEATS—clear sides 13 @13)4
Clear rib sides... 12)4 @ 13
Shoulders 9)4 @10
OBAI3 ai«i> HAY.
CORN—'White.
Yellow or Mixed
1 05 @110
1 15 © 1 20
MEAL 7.7.Y.7.7.” 1 00 @ 1 10
GIUTS
OATS
WHEAT—Per bnehol.
FIELD PEAS
HAY—Northern 2 00 @ 2 25
Tennoase Timothy 2 00
HerdsGrasa 2 CO
Tennessee 2 0C
1 25 @ 1 80
75 © 1 25
1 40 & 1 60
1 00 © 1 25
Markets—Evening Report.
New Yore, February 18.—Cotton quiet and
steady; sales 8100 at 15)4.
Flour 5@10c. lower. Wheat firm; winter red and
amber western 1 58@1 61. Com steadier at 82@84.
Pork 22 50@22 62J4- Beef steady. - Lard heavy.
Groceries firm. Navals steady.
Freights quiet.
Stocks steady. Governments strong but doll.
State bonds steady. Gold 11)4@11)4. Money 4@5.
Sterling, long 9)4, short 9)4.
Money closed with -great' ease; prime discounts
6@7. No quotable ebango in States or Govern
ments.
BANK STATEMENT. - *
Loans increased over three and a half millions;
specie decreased nearly a million; deposits two and
a quarter million; legal tenders increased half a mil
lion
Baltimore, Febrnary 18—Cotton, middlings 14)4;
gross receipts 755; exports coastwise 200; sales 475;
stock 14,645
New Orleans, Febrnary 18.—Cotton, middlings
14) 4014%; net receipts 4,749; gross receipts 5.035;
exports to Great Britain 2,943; Barcelona 1,511; Yera
Cruz 464; coastwise 1416; sales 11,700; stock 288,806.
Bcston, February 18.—Cotton, middlings 15J4@
15) 4; not receipts 106; gross 3,110; sales 400; stock
C,5Ui).
Wilmington,February 18—Cotton,middlings 13)4;
net roceipta 314; exports coastwise 2SG; stock 3,999.
-Charleston, February 18.—CottOD, middlings
14)4; net receipts 936; exports to Great Britain
2924; Spain 212; sales 30?; stock 32.199.
Savannah, February 18 Cotton, middlings 14V;
net receipts 2C02; exports to Great Britain 2106;'
continent 3405; sales 100; stock 100,345.
Mobile, Febrnary 18—Cotton, middlings 14)4; net
receipts 3,823; exports to Great Britain 6,032; to
continent 1800; coastwise 680; sales 2000; stock
77,000.
Norfolk, February 18.—Cotton, estimated not
receipts 1000; stock 8167.
Augusta, February 18.—Cotton, middlings' 13@)4
13)4; sales 418; receipts 576.
Galveston, Ferfcruary 17.—Cotton, good ordinary
12)4@12)4; net receipts 1212; exports to Groat
Britain 8445; sales 1200; stock 54,775; net receipts
of the week 8891; exports to Great Britain 14,379;
coastwise 1481; sales of tho woek 6350.
Galveston, February 18 Cotton steady; good
ordinary 12)4@12)4; net leceipts 1879; exports to
Groat Britain 1551; coastwise 6; sales 400; stock
55,008.
Liverpool, Febrnary 18. evening —Cotton closed
steadier; uplands 7)4; Orleans 7%@7>4; sales
10.000; speculation and export 2,000.
Cotton deliverable from Charleston or Savannah
in April or May, 7)4 for'middlings.
London, February 18, noon.—Consols 92. Bonds
91)4.
CAPITAL - - - $1,000,000.
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CATHERINE E. WEEKS,) Libel for Divorce in
vs. • I- Telfair Connty Supe-
JOHN A WEEKS. j rior Court.
*TT appearing to the Couit by tho return of tho
X Sheriff that tho defendant is not to be found, it
ia therefore ordered by the Court that services bo
perfected by publication in the Telegraph and Mos-
eenger in terms of tho law.
JOHN McDEARMED.
Attorney for Libelant.
A trno extract from the minutes of my office, this
27th day of January, 1871.
WM. P. CAMPBELL,
jan31-wlam4m Clerk.
Benjamin Pitts, ) Libol for Divorco in Dooly Snpe-
SalliePitts. f ricr c ' ourf * October Term, 1870.
F I appearing th-.t tho defendant in the nberre stated
case ia net a resident of the State of Georgia, bnt
resides in the State of Alsbjftna, it is
Ordered, that servise in said ea c e bo perfected upon
her by pubiica ion in a public gazette, in accordance
with the statute in such caso made and provided.
. C. B. COI.E, Judge S. O-M. C.
Georgia. Dooly County—I hereby certify that tho
above and foregoing is a true extract from tho min-
ut •
Given undtr rnyhandandsoal of eiSro December 10.
1S70. J. E. LILLY. Clerk.
-1am4m
At Chambers.
December 1,1870.
A VSLOCZ&aSBLTZQN.
GEORGIA:
By Rufus B. Bullock, Governor of. said State.
Whereas, It has been made known to this .De
partment that on the night following Chiiatmas last,
to-wit: tho 2Gth of December, 1870, a band of dis
guised men, said to bo nearly forty in number, vis
ited tho plantation of Coi. Waltemiro, situated about
fourteen miles below the city of Rome, and did then
and there cruelly whip and otherwise maltreat two
negro men, named respectively Lewis Garnett and
William Bredham, and did, at tho same time and
placb, cruelly beat and otherwise maltreat an aged
negro -woman by the name of Mary Benafee, and did
then and there, as is alleged, commit a raps upon
the person of three colored girls, named respective
ly Carrie Sanders, Delia Horton and Kato Bogan,
and did, then and there, maltreat CoL Waltemiro,
and lako from him his gun; and
Whereas, It is reported to this Department that on
tho night of the Gth of February, instant, a band of
disguised men, some forty or more- in number, be
ing at a point within a milo of the city of Romo,
shot and mortally wounded a colored man named
Joseph Kennedy, and cruelly beat tho wifo of said
Kennedy; and
Whereas, It is further alleged that the same party
of disguised men did, on the same night, cruelly
beat and otherwise maltreat an aged colored man.
named Jordan Ware, and take from him, the said
Ware, a valuable watch and gun; and
Whereas, It is further reported that about twenty-
one mounted members of the said disguised band
camo into the city of Romo and made threats against
sevoral parties therein, and rode through one of tho
principal streets of tho city, and wore seen in their
disguises by several citizens; and
Whereas, No specific charges have yet been lodged
against, or arrests mado of, any individuals known
or belioved to be members of tho said band of dis
guise men; and
Whereas, It is tho desire of all good citizens of
tho State that the.parly or parties engaged in tho
unlawful and barbarous practices heretofore recited,
by the commission of which shame and disgrace is
brought upon tho fair name and fame of our State,
should bo ferretted ont and have impartial trial be
fore tho Courts:
Now, therefore, to tho end that tho Executive De
partment shall have done all that tho law permits i£
to do toward tho accomplishment of this desirable
purpose: it is
Ordered: That a reward of FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS be, and is hereby, offered for tho arrest
and conviction of any person engaged in perpetra
ting either or all of tho outragesherotoforo recited ;
and a reward of ONE THOUSAND .DOLLARS
each, for tho arrest and conviction of any additional
number of persons engaged in tho violations of law
above recited.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of tho
State, at tha Capitol in Atlanta, this fifteenth
day of February, in the year of our Lord Eigh
teen Hundred andSeventy one.andof-the Indepen
dence of-the United States of America the Ninety-
fifth. , RUFUS B. BULLOCK. -
By the Governor: . -
David G. Cottixo, Secretary of State.
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•OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE, V
Atlanta, Ga., February 15,1871.)
ORDERED:.
.* By-his Excellency, the Governor of Georgia, that
the reward of One Thousand Dollars, offered in hia
proclamation of the Gth of January, 1871, for the ap
prehension mid delivery of one Charles'Cooper, with
evidence to convict, to the Sheriff of Fulton county,
for murder, ia hereby, withdrawn.
Given under my hand and seal of office.
DATED G. COTTING,
febl7d3Wlt " Secretary of State.
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