Newspaper Page Text
. "jl»rch 3.—The Senate is en-
1^-5 jjjila. The House Conference
T- I^tiT° Appropriations failed
>-«• appropriation involves 18,-
U* (Jonunittee was ordered. The
\ A “ abolishing the offices of Admiral
** Admiral failed to agree and a new
l^\nTordered. Wheeler, from the
8 f Conference on the Southern Pa-
made a report The House
’the litloof the company to
^ Texas Pacific Railroad. TheSen-
r «o the House substitute, with two ad-
s_one providing for a similar
r oja lands in Louisiana to enable
re!us? Baton Kongo and Vicksburg
“•'V jay to connect with the Texas
• 5° Lj,-, at its eastern terminns by
pJ and the other for a similar
tiethe Southern Pacific Railroad
T °*f Californio, to connect with the
r’-£ Railroad by way of Los A S elos Rt
t' ^loraac River. Wheeler briefly
i<te report and stated that by the new
' J1 ”w»nt of land would be increased
V ^ ST bv the Homo bffl (18,000,000
bet*** 11 four and six millions. He
' ^vevc that a project of such great im-
^-Should be longer delayed by such a
Stored to lay the bill on the table,
’ ^ negatived—the House refus-
l zL order the yeas and nays on it The
report was then agreed to by yeas,
* '^prospect of a big fight in the Sen-
! tts conference report—neither North,
r Sooth are satisfied. Tho defection in-
.V-i Tennessee, Kentucky and the
indnding Georgia and Alabama.
7-us (Jamaica,) March 2. — Vessels
• irna^sd, report a severe storm at sea.
Uarch 3.—Bismarck, tho Dnkes of
and Wurtemburg, King Leopold
j and Prince Charles of Prussia, en-
U. City with the troops. Bismarck re-
[ ore the procession entered the Are de
, -e A few French were on tho street
Infested their feelings by whistling and
I of derision'
kioixs, March 2.—Favre has notified
1 tof the ratification of tho prelimina-
Bismarck expressed his
;to exchange a formal ratification as
[% ;jr or had already signed tho treaty.
r Tou, March 3.—Arrived, Honsa, Bre-,
[iwaurk, Wyoming and Leo.
IjCigtos, March 3.—The Texas Pacific
J bill has passed both Houses and now
[mits the President’s signature, the re-
u the Committee of Conference having
[igmd to this afternoon. The text of the
j nbstitnte, a synopsis of which has re-
r bees published, was not materially al-
>. bet amended by the addition of several
lections. The main trank commences at
Texas, and extends thence by tbe
|td»et and eligible route to bo determined
d company, near tbe 32d parallel of north
it, to a point near Elapso; thence by the
Itibieet and eligible route, to bo seleoted by
ieospany, through New Mexico and Arizona
lpint on the Rio Colorado at or near tbs
*t«rn boundary of the State of Califor-
ihence by tho most direct and eligible
t to San Diego, California. The NewOr-
i Baton Kongo and Vicksburg Railroad
i&5V chartered by tho State of Louisiana,
|ti right to conneot, by tho most eligible
e, to be selected by said company, with the
jlTtus Pacific Railroad at its eastern termi-
>nd 6hall have the right of way
the public laud to the same
granted hereby to the said Texas
Railroad Company, and in aid of
(•'.motion from Now Orleans to Baton
.thence by the way of Alexandria, in
fe State, to connect with the said Texas Pa
li Mrotd Company at its eastern terminus,
tis hereby granted to said Company, its
i and assigns, the same number of &1-
i sections of public lauds per mile
State of Louisiana as are by this
|aated in the State of California to said
e Railroad Company, and said lands shall
awn from market, selected and patents
d therefor, and opened for settlements and
itions, upon tho same terms and in the
manner and time 03 is provided for and re-
I from said Texas Pacific Railroad Compa-
t said State of California; provided, that
1 Company shall complete the whole of said
1 vithin five years from the passage of this
lathe purpose of connecting the Texas
ide Railroad with the city of San Francisco,
5«thern Pacific Railroad Company, of
^taria. is hereby authorized, subject to the
•of California, to construct a line of rail-
•Urom a point at or near Tehachapa, to pass
**y of Los Angelos to the Texas Pacifio
‘tad at or near tho Colorado river, with tho
“rights, giants and privileges, and subject
fie same limitations, restrictions, and con-
os were granted to said Southern Pacifio
tad Company of California by the act of
^ 27, J8GG. Provided, however, that this
*•» shall, in no way, affect or impair the
Shof private or prospective of the Atlantic
Pacifio Railroad Company, or any other
riad company.
•salinations: Wm. Storey, Judge of the
•tanDistrict of Arkansas; H. T. Gargon,
®taor of tho First Texas District; B. Mc-
^*®n, Assessor of the First Texas District;
jfcey Coper, Collector of Customs at Cape
•tat, N. 0.
Executive session to-day.
taiTE.—The Cable Telegraph bill passed,
’■i in amendment making the maximum cost
•'dollars in gold for ten words.
Conference Committee on the Mobile and
■'■‘Uanooga Railroad bill reported unable to
•Fri, and were discharged.
Texas Pacific Railroad bill was adopted
63 goes o the President,
flotax.—Business being well np, was occu-
on the Pensions and other private bills, and
taing reports from the Committee of Confer-
taa. The House is in session to-night.
^rv Orleans, afarob 3.—The Legislature
c :;aned last night tine die. The Picayune
*1* the city and State are to be congratulated
3 *ha adjournment of the Legislature, which
^ taught upon itself, as a body, the contempt
podium of well thinking men of all political
tafr and persuasions.
,firemen are making great preparations
celebrating the anniversary of the Fire De-
•taient to-morrow. The Mobile firemen ar-
^■ithi3 morning to take part in the celebra-
i Ca uui8Toa, March 3.—Arrived, steamer Jas.
'•Jcr, New York; bark Lord Baltimore, Balti-
*?*! schooner C. T. Edwards, Baltimore;
**°°aer Iris, Savannah. Sailed, steamer Vir-
•S Philadelphia.
, *-e South Carolina House of Representatives
jv* to-day passed a bill for funding the whole
; ag debt of the State in a new sterling loan
^ negotiated in London. The bill expressly
?®tae« that until all the present debt is paid
tate shall contract no new debt or liability
gT® 1 * the samo shall bo agreed to by a two-
vote of the people of the State.
JtatoH, MarchS.—Dr. Jas. H. Palmer, Com-
Jj*l Editor of the Advertiser, is dead—aged
Pjlsis, March 2.—Favre has gone to Versailles
to-day to demand the immediate evacuation of
Paris by virtue of the terms of the Conven
tions.
London, March 2.—A league is being formed
at Havre to prevent the return of German em
ployees. .-Mi;
Loxdon, March 3.—The French authorities
are endeavoring to make such arrangements
with Prussia as to hasten the evacuation of
Paris. It is believed that the Germans will
leave this evening or, at latest, to-morrow, in
consequence of great excitement in Paris.
Crowds, of Parisians, observing some Prus
sians in the Courts of Louvre andPIaoe da Car
rousel yesterday, attempted to use tone for
their expulsion, but were kept back by a line of
troops, and pieoes of doth were hung over the
gate to hide the Prussians. Conflicts are ex
pected if the Germans do not soon evacuate the
city.
Bordeaux, March 3.—A dispatch from Paris
of the evening of the 2d Bays the ratification of
the treaty of peace was exchanged to-day, and
that Favre has returned from Versailles. Paris
is tranquil. The Prussians evacuate the dty to
morrow.
Sr. Johns, N. B., MarchS.—Additional small
pox cases and deaths having occurred, compul
sory vaccination commences to-day.
Paris, March 2.—Some Germans who had
passed the line of demarkation, offering their
hands and saying now peace is condnded we are
friends, bnt were repulsed with the reply, we
are conquered but with conditions imposed by
Bismarck, we never can be friends. Some
disguised Prussian officers penetrated into the
city bnt were soon recognized, and their lives
being in danger from the people, they were
protected by the authorities and recondueted
into the German lines. The populace are less
calm than yesterday.
London, March 3.—A telegram to the Times
from Versailles says the Germans evacuate Paris
to-day. Prince Frederick Charles retires im
mediately behind the Seine. The Emperor and
Crown Prince leave in a few days for some
point on the right bank of the Seine.
London, March 2.—A dispatch from Ver
sailles says the French indemnity is payable in
three installments, viz: one milliard of thalers
in 1871, two milliards in 1872, and two milliards
in 1873. Interest is only payable on the last,
installment, from which the proportion of the
debt appertaining to Alsace and Lorraine, esti
mated at half a milliard of thalers, and the cost
of railways in Eastern Francois to be deducted.
A Paris dispatch of Wednesday night says the
Gormans occupy all quarters assigned them and
perfect tranquility prevails.
The Pall Mall Gazette expresses the belief
that the High Commission now in sossion at
Washington are avoiding all difficulties as to
the distribution of the Alabama Claims, and
will agree to pay a round sum of money, leav
ing tbe division of the same to the United
States.
Brussels, March 2.—The ' Belgium army
being placed on peace footings, the militia havo
been sent homo.
Tho Pence Plenipotentiary will hold sessions
at the Hotel do Ville. Brussels.
Havana, March 3.—An official account of an
engagement near Mayari states that one cap
tain and fourteen soldiers are missing. In the
engagement Bayamo, Oclasco, and Moaesto
Diaz, and thirteen insurgents were killed. In
the affair near Turas fifty-three insurgents were
killed, and the insurgent Captain, Clemente
Garcia, was also killed, near Trinidad. ' The
insurgent Carlos Cereoeno was captured.
The Spanish column also captured Major
Leopold Villigas, son of Gen. Villigas, and
killed seven insurgents. The insurgent leader,
Chicho Y<adores surrendered together with ten
armed men at Platopolo during the past fort
night. In the central department 53 insurgents
were killed, and over 4,000 persons gave in their
adhesion to tho Spanish government.
London, March 3.—The ministerial motion
for a select committee to inquire into the affairs
of Ireland passed the House of Commons by
81 majority.
Washington, March 4.—The President has
signed tho Texas Pacifio Railroad bill.
The Senate has passed the Cincinnati and
Southern Railroad bill. [Contradicted.] The
House agreed to the conference report on the
army appropriation bill. The report strikes out
the rider for the relief of Southern' loyalists,
but accepts the House bill for the appointmont
of threo commissioners. It also- directs the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay the Pacifio
railroad half rates, instead of reserving the
whole amount. ■ j
At midnight all the appropriation bills, ex
cept tho omnibus bill, were disposed of and
both of tbe old houses were in session this
morning, having taken a recess for a few bonrs
at daylight.
All appropriation bills were passed. The
statement in the earlier dispatch that the Cin
cinnati and Southern Railroad passed was in
correct. The bill failed in the Senate. The
following bills, passed by both houses, failed
to receivo the President’s approval: 1 An act
for the relief of purchasers of land sold for
direct taxes in the insurrectionary States. An
act in relation to the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad Company, of Alabama. An act relat
ing to telegraphic communication between the
United States and foreign countries. A joint
resolution relating to the rights of actual set
tlers upon cotton lands. An act for the relief
of Anna W. Howard. An act granting a pen
sion to Adam CorrilL An act for the relief of
Joseph Ormsby. An act for the relief of George
Wright. An act for the relief of Mary M.
Clark, widow of Leonard Clark.
The vote in tho election of Speaker of the
42d Congress resulted—Blaine 126, Morgan 93.
Bordeaux, Maroh 3.—Rochefort, Blanc, Mal-
lon and Trideau have resigned their seats in the
Assembly. Pyott refused to resign, but de
clared he would never enter the Assembly again,
until tho cession of French territory had been
rescinded.
London, March 3.—A colliery explosion has
occurred at Victoria, killing twenty miners.
San Francisco, March 4.—The Federal Court
in the trial of the Sheriff, for assessing the
miner’s tax on the Chinese admitted Chinese
testimony. The case will go to the Supremo
Court. It turns upon the unconstitutional!ty
of the tax under the civil rights bill, and In
volves State rights.
Berijn, March 3.—The Empress has received
the following from King William
Vebsazxes, March 3.—I have just ratified the
conditions of peace, which the Bordeaux assem
blyhas accepted. Thus far the work is com
plete, which was done through seven months of
battle achieved, thanks to the valor, devotion
and.endnranco of our incomparable army and
the sacrifices of the Fatherland. The Lord of
Hosts has everywhere visibly blessed our enter
prise, and by bis mercy has permitted an hon
orable peace. To him be the honor—to the
Fatherland thanks. [Signed] Wilhelm.
Washington, March 4.—Five members of ths
new H°nsG are negroes—only one foil blood.
Among the House bills which failed to receive
the concurrence of the Senate are the follow
ing; To revise consolidate and amend the
statutes relating to the Postoffice Department;
to aid the execution of laws in Utah Territory;
anti-polygamy bill; to extend time for presen
tation of claims for bounty, onder act July 1866;
joint resolution in relation to the contest be
tween the people of Cuba, and the Government
cf Spain; Act to authorise the President toae
tauVr /n&OK L&f.
tf T> &»•> s&tr if/ .sjs-o j iSr
cept the resignation of the Judges of the Uni
ted States Courts; Act for the better security
of the Agricultural College Funds; Act for the
protection of settlers on pnblio hinds of the
United States; Aotto enable honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors and their widows
and orphans ho acquire homesteads on public
lands; Aotto prevent cruelty to animals in
transit by railroads, etc.; An act in relation to
additional bounties; Joint resolution to regu
late hours of labor of the government workmen;
Act to amend the bankruptcy act; Act increas
ing all pensions twenty per cent. ; Act to char
ter the Cincinnati and Southern Cailrway.
About thirty nominations were left uncon
firmed. Among the confirmations, all for the
District of Columbia. Nominations: Story,
Federal Judge for the western Distrist of Ar
kansas ; Baldwin, Attorney of Western Texas;
Merrill, Assessor Second District of Louisiana,
and some minor post-masters.
The bill repealing the duty en coal failed in
the Senate. The bill appropriating $20,000 to
the Sisters of Mercy, of Charleston, failed in
the Senate.
Forty-second Congress.—Senate.—The fol
lowing new Senators were sworn in and seated:
Messrs. Cragin, West, Hitchcock, Caldwell,
Davis, Kelly, Ferry, Logan, Frelinghuyaen,
Anthony, Wilson, Morrill, of Maine, Wright,
Windham, Cooper, Sanlsbury, Robertson and
Stevenson. Objections were made to Gold-
thwaite, from Alabama. His credentials were
hud on the table. The name of Vanoe, from
North Carolina, was not called. The creden
tials of Foster Blodgett were laid on the table
to await investigation. The credentials of Ham
ilton and Reynolds, claiming seats from Texas,
were tabled. Adj owned to Tuesday.
The House was organized by the election of
the Republican caucus nominees. All claimants
presenting themselves were seated. The House
adjourned to Tuesday, after passing a resolu
tion to adjourn the first session of Congress at
noon Wednesday.
The ease of Hart against White <£Davis, from
the Circuit Court of Louisiana, about to come
before tbe Supreme Court, presents the ques
tion of liability on a note, the consideration of
which was the transfer of slave property, made
before the emancipation. It will be contended
by tbe plaintiff in error, the Court below hav
ing deoided adversely to the validity of the pa
per, that the subsequent emancipation of the
slave property did not in any manner affect the
rights of the parties tp the transaction, and that
the holder of the note must recover.
The oommissionforthe examination of quar
termaster and commissary churns, and for the
use and loss of vessels wherein Southern loyal
ists were interested, will hold its sessions only
in Washington. The provision allowing the
Commission to move from point to point In the
South is stricken out.
Synopsis or Weather Statement.
WabDep’t, Office Chief Signal Otfickr, >
Washington, D. C. March 4,187L j
The barometer, wbich was falling over the
country yesterday, showed a decided minimum
fromNew Jersey to Virginia, and a more deci
ded one over the State of Maine. These areas
of low pressnre have moved respectively east
ward and northeastward, .the lowest barometer
being 29. - Eighty is now found from one to
three hundred miles east of Long Island. Light
runs and snow prevail on the adjacent coasts.
Elsewhere the weather is clear and fair, except
ing the Eastern States, which are still covered
with clouds. The pressure has risen on the
South Atlantio, and has varied on the Gulf and
Lakes. Cloudy and threatening weather is re
ported from the Rooky Mountain station, and
the low barometer continues without material
change in the northwest. Light and fresh
winds have very generally prevailed. Proba
bilities : Fur weather and fresh winds will prob
ably prevail on Sunday on the Gnlf and Atlan
tio, and fresh winds on the Lakes.
•RnT.Trr.TT, March 4.—In tho House of Rep
resentatives to-day, Mr. Justice, Republican,
introduced a resolution to appoint a committee
to investigate alleged charges of a disgraceful
nature made against E. W. Jones, Jndge of the
Second Judicial District of this State. The
isolation received the unanimous vote of the
House, and a committee was appointed to
investigate the charges, with power to send for
persons and papers. The charges grew out of
a newspaper account of the occurrence of a
magistrate’s court in Washington county,
wherein Judge Jones was the defendant, and
is charged with drunkenness and an assault of
his paramour, a negro woman. The session
the Impeachment Court to-day -was consumed
in the examination of Jas. E. Boyd, the most
important witness thedefenoe that has yet offer
ed. His examination was not concluded when
the Court arose. :t -
Richmond, March 4.—The thermometer hero
stands at 34, having fallen 28 degrees in 18
hours. Heavy snow for two hours to-day, which
melted, however.
The Governor to-day signed the bill charter
ing the Washington and Richmond Railway.
In the House an. amendment to a bill was
adopted authorizing the sale of the State’s in
terest in tbe Richmond and Petersburg Road to
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
Company. . „
New Orleans, March 4.—The firemen’s cele
bration was a success. Weather clear and pleas
ant.
London, March 4.—The German troops have
all left Paris. The evacuation terminated at 11
o’clock on the 3d, (Friday morning,) in accord
ance with terms of ihe Convention.
A dispatch from Havre, of the 3d says the
Mobile and National Guards have been disband*
ed, and the trenches around the town are being
filled up.
Gladstone is sick.
Savannah, March 4.—Arrived, stemaship Te-
cumseb, Liverpool; James J&rdin, Liverpool.
Cleared, steamships San Jacinto and Huntsville,
New York; Tonawanda, Philadelphia; schoon
ers Hatlie and Ellen, Brunswick.
Wasaington, March 4.—The Conference Com
mittee on the Rigollette’s Bridge failed to agree,
and the Bridge remains as now.
The Secretary of the Treasury has given no
tice that after the 30th of April, three per cent
certificates of $5,000 between the numbers
861 and 1099, and of $10,000, between num
bers 795 and 1070, will cease to bear interest or
be available as a reserve. These certificates
aggregate $2,000,000.
New Yore, Maroh 4.—Inocencio Casanova,
in a card to the press, denies that Consul Hall
ever wrote to Die State Department that he (Cas
anova,) was ever connected with a filibustering
expedition. He was arrested about the time of
the Comanditario Expedition, but was released
for want of sufficient grounds for indictment.
His recent voyage to Havana was on legitimate
business, viz: The sale of an estate in Cuba,
owned by his wife and the Cuban gorerument.
The Commercial Advertiser says Albert
Frank & Brother, stock brokers, are defaul
ters to the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars to the Union Bank and several bankers
and brokers.
San Francisoo, Maroh 4.—The citizens of
Ban Diego held a grand jubilee in honor of the
passage of the Southern Pacific Railroad bill
last night. The success of the measure is hailed
with great satisfaction on this ooast
The bark Lenox Prop&site tailed from Port
land, Oergon, yesterday with wheat for England.
Sheriff Jackson, of Trinity county, was con
victed in the United States Court last night,
ohsrged with having collected foreign miners’
taxes from Chinamen, contrary to the taws of
of the United States and the Constitutional
Amendment. An appeal will be made in the
case to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Brussels, March 4.—A dispatch from Lille
to Le Eoho da Nord reports a serious disturb
ance at Angiers, an important city in the
French Department of the Maine et Loire, in
which several persons were killed and wounded.
The measures for placing the Belgian army
army on a peace footing have been carried out.
London, March 4.—The Royal Commission
condemned the iron-olad Water Witch, whose
engines worked by haudraulic power. The iron
clad Hotspur was approved by the samo board
as a ooast defence ship, bnt deotared unsuitable
for ocean voyages.
Vebsalles, March 4.—Emperor William re
viewed Hie German Landwher Guards, artilery
and pioneers, in the Bois de Boulogne yester
day. Prince Frederick William, General
Moltke and Count Bismarck were present All
restrictions as to persons passing into and out
of Paris are removed. The Emperor goes to
Berlin on Monday.
Florence, March 4.—It is officially announc
ed that toe treaty of commerce with the United’
States, signed by the Minister of War, will soon
ask of Parliament credit for too manufacture
of arms, and .the construction of defensive
works.
A Dead-Letter Auction.
What Gen. Doan Platt Saw In Ninth Street.
Washington — The Irishman who Bid a
Quarter—A Dnmbroundered Auctioneer—
Looking for a Bootjack,—Going, Gone.
Washington Correspondence of the Cinclnnat
Commereial. * ^
While walking along Ninth street toe other
night, I observed a red transparency, with white
letters upon it, to too effect that on auction of
dead letters was going on. This seemed to be
such a curious business that I entered the low,
dingy room, half commission store and half
auction mart, such as these gentlemen of the
mallet most affect. I found under toe dim,
stinking gas that pervades the national capita],
a motley crowd of clerks, boarding-house keep
ers, strangers, Irishmen, and a few negroes.
On a counter, with his head almost touching
toe ceiling was a blear-eyed, bald-beaded man,
who seemed to be in a perpetual state of influ
enza,' selling toe articles enumerated by the
catalogue, in a slow, sleepy way, that seemed
greatly to aggravate his audience.
I stood looking on for nearly an hour, and
was struck with the odd sort of things people
send through the mails. They were mostly to
kens of affections, in some shape or other, and
ran from a pair of suspenders to a pair of
breeches. The amount of baby stuff was really
astonishing. As the rude auctioneer held up
each article in the dim light, and coarsely cried
it off, I could not help bnt think of toe fingers
that had worked, andtho heart thathad throbbed
over tho token of affeotion, and remembered
that it had faded of its destination, and now was
being sold for filthy lucre to this motley crowd.
Two-thirds of these evidences of remembering
love came from women. The fact is, daring my
stayididnot see one that could be positively
ascribed to a man. To woman’s busy fingers,
and to a woman’s heart could the work be at
tributed, and also to a woman’s ignorance or
carelessness, probably, in addressing, is due toe
fact that the work miscarried.
How many were dead to whos3 remembrance
these little things appealed! How many were
scattered in the world’s wide ways, never to be
heard of again by those who reached oat from
their hearts for loving recognition 1 Each me
mento told its story—an old, old story perhaps,
but yet a touching one. I saw a child’s shoe—
a little half-worn bit of tarnished morocoo—sent
probably from toe coffin of the little three-year-
old to some grandmother, to tell in mute elo
quence that the busy little feet were quiet now
forever. “What a small, worthless thing, and
yet large enough to cany the grief of broken
hearts and a tearful memory that can never die.
And it had miscarried, and was now tossed
aside by the rough auctioneer, appealing to a
rougher crowd.
The crowd was in an uproarious hnmor, deci
dedly hilarious over tho event, and chafed the
auctioneer, who, in turn, replied in toe liveliest
manner for one in such a chronic state of cold.
There was an Irishman who bid a quarter of a
dollar for everything. He never bid any more,
but the moment an article made its appearance
he cried, “I’ll give ye a quarther for it now I”
And, like ell repetitions, this came to be fnnny
after a time. At last the auctioneer produced
about two yards of a dismal-colored stuff, when
the Irishman, as usual, bid a quarter, and before
any one else cohld add a bid, the auctioneer
knocked it down and tossed it to our Hibernian
friend, saying: “There, Paddy, take that for
your quarter, and quit bidding.” The Irishman
caught the stuff, looked at it a second, and then
aaotidmod: ) ■
“ Be jahers, an’ I thought it was silk.”
“I told you it was Alabama woo], you bog-
trotter.”
“And did your mother ever believo anything
you ever told ?”
“ No, but my father did.”
“Oh, bejabers, but he was the father of lies
you know.”
This last remark, touching toe paternity of
the unhappy auctioneer, brought down the
house in roars of laughter, and Paddy went on
bidding his quarter for everything that came
up, with great eclat.
At last the auctioneer unrolled half a dozen
silver spoons.
“Now, gentlemen,” ho said, “I don’t know
whether these are silver or not”
“Pass them down and let us look for our
selves,” cried several in the crowd.
“Don’t you do it,” earnestly cried an old fel
low, who up to that time seemed to have been
ip. “Don’tyoudo it; Ben Butler may
be about.”
This brought out another laugh, which was
increased when-the auctioneer turned and said,
gravely, “No, gentlemon, I am responsible for
this property.”
This reference to too spoons is a favorite joke
of the crowd, I suppose, all over the United
States, and it is more especially so in Washing
ton. _
“Now, ladies and gentlemen, I offer yon a val
uable lot, Nos. 61 and 62. Here is the pocket-
book of a lobby agent sent to a member of Gon-
gresa; here is a ring returned to her lover by a
blighted maiden, who married a mail contractor
and died of a broken heart; here is a silk ban
dana yon can wipe your eyes with while weep
ing over the blighted maiden; to this I add the
agis wash to remove stains.”
“Will it take the dirt out of Porter ?” said
ib.” '
“Or the spots out of Butlers character?
asked another.
“Yes, gentlemen, and the had taste oat of
your dirty mouths after this blackguarding.
How mnoh?”
“I bid a quarther,” said toe irrepressible
Pat. 7
‘Td like to knock you down instead of toe
lot that I will knock down to the next bidder.”
And so the valuable lot went for the sum of
thirty cents cash. y
“Jim get me a glass of ale; this is a dry bus
iness, said the eloquent man of the mallet to an
assistant. The ale was procured, and as it went
down his tbroat one of the crowd cried, “Going,
going, going,” and as toe last drop disappeared
shouted, “Gone.” The auctioneer set down toe
glass, and after the laugh subsided asked grave
ly, “Who said gone ?” -
No one responded and he continued, “If the
gentleman who cried ‘gone’ will call at the post-
office to-morrow, with toe necessary affidavits,
he will hear—”
“All about the Chorpenning case,” interrupt
ed a shrill voice.
I left while toe crowd were yet laughing, and
the auctioneer looking about him as if in search
of a brick or a boot jack to throw at the of
fender. ' ‘
Noble Beneficence—On Washington’s birth
day, Mr. Peter Cooper, of New Pork, entered
his eightieth year- * The venerable-octogenarian
celebrated it by sending a check for $100,000
to the trnstees of the Cooper Institute, so that
they might establish a lending library for work
ing men. He further provides that an addi
tional $50,000, shall be ready whenever it is
needed to make more complete toe good work.
How it lifts one’s heart np, to see wealth put to
such noble purposes. The silver hairs of such
a man, evoke an added reverence when we see
them crowning a heart which has never forgot-'
ten the days of its own toil, and the generosity
of whose beat, seems measured only by the in
crease of its store.
The inhabitants of Illinois' appear to turn
their attention to politics at an early age. Mr.
Giltam, an Assistant United States Marshal,
writes to the newspapers that in Woodstock
township, Schuyler county, there are twenty
pairs of twins under sixteen years of age, all of
them Republicans exoept eighteen pairs. The
principal productions of this enterprising town
ship, acoording to Mr. Gillam, are Democrats,
twin babies, railroad ties and barrels.
Scenes Outside Paris.
A foreign'paper of recent date contains the
following graphic account of the scenes arocad
Paris. Its correspondent says :
“To-day I have ridden more than half round
Paris. Laguy is swarming with German
tradesmen,' hungry for business when once
they can get into)Paris, which is not yet allowed.
Every road is thronged with the “inhabitants
of the ooontry surrounding Paris,- pouring
out of the city in which they have so long
been immured. You see sad sights at every step.
Families gazing hopelessly at their shattered
homes, or women timidly asking permission
of the Germans to be allowed a corner in their
own house wherein to shelter their children. _
have seen a French nobleman, visiting his own
chateau, asked as a guest, by toe German ooeu-
panta to drink a glass of his own wine, and prof
fered a shake-down in one of his own bedrooms.
I have seen delioate ladies, with jewels on their
fingers, grubbing, in toe fields for frosted
vegetables, while the nursemaid stood in the
rear with the sobbing children, and the father
mooned about, picking np scraps of firewood to
Warm the damp hearth in toe wrecked chateau.
I have seen toe stupefied father gazing dreamily
on the battery emplacements cumbering his
fields, and at the shell-craters behind them, as
if toe solid works were spectral apparitions and
would melt away and leave the easy furrows, if
he only looked long enough. Faces have passed
me not good to look upon. Dark faces of
French ladies inside carriages, with tightened
muscles, and eyes flashing full of silent passion,
as the German sentry stopped them in the ra
ined village, in toe rough Teuton manner, and
demanded their papers. There were lurid
faces of men, too, with knitted brows and
suppressed indications of angry despair work
ing in eaoh feature. Yet the picture - has
its other side, thanks to French adaptibility and
light-heartednees. A family finds its wine-shop
empty, und the roof off. In a couple of hours
things are patched up somewhat; and the buried
bottles are unearthed; and a brisk trade over-the-
counter is going on. Another family turns np
in an omnibus, with impediments, including an'
assortment of babies and green umbrellas, only
to find its home tenanted by Saxon soldiers.
Pack closer is the order with toe Teutons. Room
is made for toe new comers. The oorporal
takes the baby, while the mother tries what
Erbswurst sonp ta like; and tho old household
settles down something marvelously like
content The fibndescript appearance of the
French emigres is almost ludicrous. Some oome
out arrayed in the pink of sporting attire; others
in dress ooats. I met a young man on a ve
locipede.” ’ ' ~ ' '*
How Hie Senate Toted on the Enforce*
mentBill—Hessrs. Hill and miller*
The passage of this atrocious measure—whose
object is to drive Democrats from the polls, and
eleot Radical Congressmen by manipulating the
ballot box and toe free use of toe bayonet—
and its signature by Grant, has already been
notioed. In order that our readers, may see
how the vote stood in the Senate, and particu
larly toe record made thereon by the Georgia
Senators, we give below toe yeas and nays,
and also the absentees
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Ames, Anthony,
Boreman, Buckingham, Carpenter, Chandler,
Cole, Conkling, Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds,
Gilbert, Hamilton, of Texas, Hamlin, Harlan,
Howard, Howe, Howell, McDonald, Morrill, of
Vermont, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt,
Ramsey, Revels, Robertson, Ross, Sawyer;
Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stearns, Stewart, War--
ner, 'Williams, and Wilson—39.
Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Blair, Cassorly, Fow
ler, Hamilton, of Maryland, Johnson, Mc-
Creery, Miller, Thurman, and Vickers—10.
Absent—Messrs. Brownlow, Cameron, Cat-
toll, Davis, Fenton, Ferry, Flanagan, Harris,
Sill, Kellogg, Lewis, Morrill, Of Maine, Mor
ton, Patterson, Rice, Saulsbury,Schnrz, Sprague,
Stockton, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull,
Willey and Yates—25,
Mr. Hill, it maybe stated, spoke against the
bill, bnt for some reason, to ns not known,
failed to back his argument by his vote.
. . - i mm . . ' ■ - : •
An Important Decision for Confed
erates.
We find the following in toe Savannah Re
publican of Friday. The decision referred to
has escaped our attention, but if it is as set
forth by the Republican, its importance can
hardly be over-estimated:
Property op Confederates to be Restored.
The Supreme Court of the United States lately
retained a decision, in which the court declared
to bo null and void certain legal proceedings
taken before a court in Memphis in 1863. while
that city was in-possession of the United States
troops, against one Thomas A. Nelson, a citizen
of that place, but then a resident within tho
lines of the Confederate army. It was pro
nounced by Mr. Justice Bradley, all toe judges
conouring exoept Chief Justice Chase, who was
absent.
By this decision no sale of pioperty, mort
gaged or not mortgaged, belonging to absent
Confederates, made by virtue of a decree of
any court witiun any place held by the forces of
toe United States, conveyed any title to the
purchaser thereof. All'such sales and proceed-
■ings are null and void, and the property must
be delivered back to the owner thereof, pro
vided he was a resident in the Confederacy and
adhered to toe Confederate States government,
and tons unable to appear in court in his own
defense. This, on principles of international
law and under the laws of war.
Hospitality.—An Irish soldier who had been
abroad being asked if he met with much hos
pitality where he had been: “Oh, yes” replied
he, “too much; I was in the hospital almost
all the time I was there.”
ANOTHER GERMAN VICTORY.
By will Divine, my dear Augusta, I---'
The troops have had another buster;
Ten thousand Frenchmen sent below.
Praise God, from whom all bleeamcs flow.
WilneuxL
,f Now, my boy,” said the oommittee man, “if
I had a minoe-pie, and should give two-twelfths
of it to John, two-twelfths to Isaac, two-twelfths
to Harry, and should take half toe pie myself,
what would there be left? Speak up loud so
that all can hear.”
“The plate!” shouted toe boy,
Tee San Domingo Bbxaxeb.—The Herald,
commenting on toe attitude of Mr. Shmner,
says:
There is a possibility, if Mr. Sumner sticks
to his opposition, that this Sk Domingo busi
ness, insignificant and outlandish as it is, may
break up the Republican party. Squatter sov
ereignty in Kansas did as much for the Demoo-
racy in the days of Douglas and Breckenridge;
and that was a matter that ninety-nine ont of
every hundred of our people took no interest in,
Things of little moment are often the cause of
great effeots; and it would be too bad, indeed,
if so meagre a matter as the appointment of the
St. Domingo Commissioners should end in a
total disruption of toe great Republican party.
The Unexndrst Out or All.—One of toe
most galling stipulations exacted from the
French by toe Germans, as a condition of peace,
is that during toe three years allowed for the
payment of the indemnity, 60,000 Prussian
: loops will ooonpy Champagne, exercising the
right of requisition, and living at the expense
of the French Government. To a country so
impoverished as France is now, to give board,
washing and lodging to these 50,000 Germans
will be no joke—apart from the wounded
pride which must be inspired by the occupa
tion of territory by the enemy, even after peace
has been proclaimed. It is diffioult to see how
these fifty thousand Germans can remain in
Champagne, for so long aperiod, without breed
ing fnture trouble.—Sew Fork Express.
A Gentle Hint.—Emily Carisbroke, who has
already “officiated" at toe weddings of three of
her friends, and is still disengaged says it is all
very well for the gentlemen to propose toe
bridemaids, bnt that she wishes they would go a
step farther, and propose to them.
An irascible old gentleman was taken with a
sneezing in toe oars lately. After sneezing in a
most spasmodia way eight or ten times, he ar
rested the paroxysm for a moment, and extrica
ting Ms handkerchief, he tons indignantly ad
dressed his nasal organ: “ Oh! go on—go on;
you! blow your infernal brains out presently.”
HNANOIAL MB COMMERCIAL.
Bally Review of the Market.
OFFICE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, >
- March 4—Evening, 1871. j
Cotton.—Receipts to-day 128 bales; sales 161
shipped 196.
The market continues qniet and depressed. It
closed witha modest demand at 13jf—offerings still
light-
WM MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1870—bales.. 2,334
Received today. t 123
Received previously 92,817—92,945
95,279
Shipped today... 195
Shipped previously 80,971—81,166
iStxaai
rit att
Is for ale at
*** aM
.Miovai
fit lorn
’ it .rat:':
ALL POINTS OF IMPORTANCE
IN GEORGIA.
* :
We have sold it five successive years, and know
-; -tffa5 'r.. . . v • ...v:-. ':’ IftAtfr P
it Is the very article for ■ t J -jJ i-x
Planters to
A Jewish Rabbi on the “Origin of Chris
tianity.”—The religious world has beon dis
turbed toe past week by two discourses from an
eminent Jewish Rabbi named Wise, upon the
“Origin of Christianity,” which contain some
remarkable points, not only from their intrinsic
character, but the manner in which they are
presented and reoeived. Rabbi Wise does -not,
as many havo done, deny toe existence of
“Jesus of Nazareth,” as he calls the Saviour,
but declares that he was a learned and enthusi
astic Jewish Priest, whose history and teachings
are repeatedly referred to in the Talmud. But
Jesus was a member of toe Jewish sect of Es-
seues, between whom and toe Pharisees there
was an irreconcilable fend. The Easenes were
enthusiasts, greatly given to mystics and mira
cles; after the death of John toe .Baptist their
leadership devolved upon Jesus; and in the
hope of driving toe Pharisees from power, and
establishing Jesus in the place of toe High
Priest at the Temple, toe “entry into Jerusa
lem,” as detailed in Gospel, was undertaken.
It was, in short, acoording to this authority, a
sort of coup d'etat, which failed because of the
support given to the Pharisees by the Roman
officials. These, discourses admit that Jesus
taught an advanced morality, and so far as pub
lished contain nothing to shake the faith of the
Christian in the substantial portions of Ms
religion. Thp only notice taken of Mr. Wise
by the Press thus far is an abusive paragraph
in a Catholic journal.—N. T. Cor. Aug. Conli.
Whom it is Proposed to Annex.—Tho Tri
bune admits as facts that the blacks are really
toe population of St. Domingo, and that they
are not a virtuous people. We quota:
The number of diseased children is very large,
and cases of grown persons being literally eaten
np by disease are not rare. An intelligent
apothecary from Santiago stated that two-thirds
of the medicines dispensed by Mm have been
for private diseases. Dr. Newoomb, of Cornell
University, charged by the Commission with toe
investigation as to the sanitary oondition of the
island, reports the existence of leprosy. The
evidence of the physicians in charge of the hos
pital shows that there is always leprosy here,
but the cases are few. The city is rich in its
cripples and monstrosities. There are big
headed children, children with a dozen or two
.fingers, and some without any, children with
joiHts as big as their heads, and with legs big-—
than their bodies, children overgrown, child;
undergrown, oMldren with feeble minds, or
without any at all, and all other capricious va
rieties, Bnt the most singular of all are the
spotted children; that is, white children turning
black or black ohildren turning wMte.”
Now (asks tho Now York Express) won’t this
be a nice population to incorporate into the
country at the cost of millions of dollars, and a
probable war, and mainly to promote specula
tion? "
“A shoemaker” writes ns that he is not only
willing to give woman her rights, bother “rights
and lefts.” That is his last joke. Witty man.
“Luncheon is an awkward meal,” Bays Mnu
Jenkinson. “I want to know what dishes I can
extemporize when a lot of visitors come in sud
denly about one o’clock, and stay to lunch!”
[It quite depends upon what you have in the
bouse. Parsley, onions, jam, cheese, bread,
something cold from yesterday, salt, mustard,
pepper, and achovy-sauce. If yon can’t extem
porize inn chean out of such materials ss these,
then neither you nor your friends can be hon-
PL)
Stock on band this evening
14,113
*
-<i
IlT'
•>JwJT
: ” 'qnv
The general market is very quiet 'and trade dull.
Prices all around unchanged. We quote:
BACON—Clear Sides (smoked) 14J* @ 14>*
Clear Bib Sides (smoked) IS % <3 14
Shoulders 10){ @ 11
Hams (sugar-cured) 20 @23
BULK MEATS—clear sides....... 13 ' @ 13)£
Clear rib Bidee 12% @13
Shoulders 9% @10
GRAIN AND HAY.
OOBN—'White... 1 05 @ 1 10
Yellow or Mixed 95 @1.00
MEAL 115 @120
GRITS : 1 25 @ 1 30
OATS............ 76 @125
WHEAT—Per bushel 1 10 @ 1 CO
FIELD PEAS 1 00 @ 1 25
HAY—Northern 2 00 @ 2 20 1
Tonnesae Timothy 2 00
HordaGrass 2 00
Tennessee 2 00
Morn ins market Report.
New York, March 4.—Flour very firm. Wheat
little higher. Com quiet and firm. Pork dull at
2175. Laxd in buyers favor atl2%@13.
Cotton dull and lower; uplands 14%; Orleans 15%;
saloa 2000. ■’• — .
Turpentine qniet at 54. Rosin firm at 2 60<§2 65
for strained. ,
Freights dnlL
■ Governments very strong bnt not active. Stocks
very active at lower prices. Virginias 65; new 62%.
North Carolinaa 48%; .new 27%.. Money easy at 4.
Gold 11. Exchange, long 9%; short 10%.
Liverpool, March 3 evening.—Cotton fiat and ir
regular; uplands 7%; Orleans 7%; sales 8,000;
afleat 5,0600; American 350,000.
London, March 3, noon.—Consols 91%. Bonds
Bonds92%. -
Tallow aciiva at 44s 9d.
markets—Evening Report.
New Yore, March 4—Cotton irregular; sales 3000
at 14%.
FJonr firm and 10c higher; superfine, 6 35; com
mon to good extra 6 90; good to choice 6 75@7 00.
Wheat 1@2 better; winter red western 65. Com lo
better, 86@87. Pork nominal. Beef quiet. Lard,
kettle 18%. Groceries qniet.
Navals steady. Freights shade firmer.
Money very easy at 3@4. Sterling 9%@9%. Gold
10%. Governments very strong au day; ’62s 12%.
Southerns steady with few transactions. Tennes
see's 64%; Virginia’s 65; new 62; Lonisianaa 69%;
new 6?; Levees .72%; 8s 83; Alabamas 100; 5s 67%;
Georgias 82%; 7s 90%: North Carolinaa 48%; new
27%; South Carolines 71; new 60.
Gold opened at 10% and advanced to 11%; closed
firm at 10%@U. Governments very strong, clos
ing at an advance of %o; 6s 81; 8e 76; 62a 12% 4s
12%; 5s 12%; new 11%; 7e 11%; 8s 11%; 40s 9%.
BANK STATEMENT.
Loans increase over A4,750.000;- Deposits' in
crease nearly $7,500,000. Specie increase -over
$750,000. Legal tenders increase nearly $1,000,000.
Specie ehipments $350,000.
Augusta, March 4.—Cotton flat; middlings 18%
@13%; sales 156; receipts 365.
Cincinnati, Ma;ch 4.—Breadstuff’s firm at full
prioes. Mess Pork and Lard doll, and holders un
willing to make concessions- Bacon drooping;
shoulders 8%; sides 11@11%. Whisky fair demand
at 84. ' - --•• ■ r
Baltimore, March 4.—Cotton dull and heavy;
middlings 14%; net receipts —i' gross 940; exports
salse 350; stock 18,710.
Flour active snfi firmer. Wheat unchanged, good
grades active. Corn, white southern 83@85, yellow
80@81. Provisions quiet. Whisky 91.
New Orleans, March 4.—Cotton qniet; mid
dlings 14%; net receipts 7922; gross 8451; exports
to Great Britain 6190; to Cronstadt —to Bremen
2971; to Antwerp 1288; oo setwise 2580; sales 8000;
stock 272,830.
Flour quiet; superfine 6 50; double 7 00@7 30;
treble 7 60@7 75. Com mixed 70; yellow 71; white
72. Oats easier; Bt. Louis 61@63; Galena 66. Hay
prime 24 00@25 00; choice 26 00@27 50. Meea
easier at 23 50; Bacon dull; shoulders 9%; dear
rib sides 12%;'dear sides 12%;: sugar-cored hams
18%@17. Lard firmer; good export demand; tierce
12%. Sugar quiet: prime 9%@10%. Molasses,
prime S0(tt55. Whisky, Cincinnati rectified 90@100
Coffee quiet at 14%@15%. • j
Sterling 21%. Bight % discount.' Gold 11%-
Norfolk, March 4.—Cotton dull; lew middlings
13%; net receipts 1389 bales; exports ooastwise
1210; sales 200; stock 4620.
Wilmington, March. 4—Cotton dull; middlings
13%; nst receipts 170 balae; exports ooastwise—;
gales 99; stock 4403. ...
Savannah, March 4.—Cotton dull and holders
anxioustoreatme; middlings 14;.netreoeipts2936;
exports ooastwise 2741; sales 800; stock 85,669.
Charleston, March 4.—Cotton dull; low mid
dlings 14%; net receipts 1449; gross 1510; exporta
to Great Britain —; coastwise 235; sslee 400: stock
32 841
"koBiLE, March 4 Cotton quiet; middlings 1S%@
14: net receipts 865; exports to Great Britain 4659;
Coastwise 1462; sales 1500; stock 75,863.
Boston, March 4—Cotton heavy: middlings 15;
net receipts 670 bslee; gross 730; sales *00;
stock 8300.
London, March 4, noon.—Consols 91%. Bonds
^Frankfort, March 8.—Bonds dosed buoyant at
tVyerpool. March 4, noon—Gotten dull and
tending downward; uplands barely .7%; 0*555?
7W@7%: ealee 8,000. February shipments from
Savannah or Charleston 7%.
AdadBlUmtor n skle.
I N conformity to an order ftoratoBOo™* of Ordi
nary of Baldwin county, I will sell, onthe first
Tuesday in May next in Clinton, Jones county, be
tween toe legal hours of sale, two lotsof land, each
902 acres, mote or less, and adjoining
lands of Haddock, Lester and others, it being part
of the land belonging to the estate of J. T. Godard,
^wSSr^Otoe Blanford land. Posses
sion to be given the 1st of Jaimary,^sTO^Tenns
^mar6 w2m Adm’r of Fettle of J? T* Godard.
-£.nq • i.V'M'q :•.{ r.v.-.i: wn sti," re:'*
David Dickaon, Eeq., of Oxford, aaya it 1$ iaoa
i to • yaj*
L-*vT*adp m■ wSfStt . •< . .... ■ - jeboiiol
fas- j *iaCF otft 7-7 r . hiv< V -.-jaqti,’ irui’i snort
htr3 i boii.U ia nr. iSar'-'f \V fra Lai
i .vast ;■-Rfaupr.gf’* iw- .,&w oacdT- jt/ti iioef if. : furosi
' | a til 20 LrJ-vioiiSoqVfi ctA ' •r’i'V’A Sfc.-v
pfcta'h l Lbsrji ,5 xv "• ' it -•
-
VHc-V.issaii. q xc-iio lls
ilacw jsii 1-j
Hi h o* -? >■ • > oscsti-Mfc
•li*; v. MsrttuYtJh teg)' ass
He ever applied, aad.
MS- ~ :'J«t " , .ii OuoO A no 5 •
> 1 3*0
w -trtfr
bc irxnr
1
Recommends It to Everybody.
,-afii ! fir
Vie sold over
',M &7 ili-
m .«a*cbiDm
‘.SMiHWKbiOt 80
TWO THOUSAND TONS
id or L
•jfcrt *>T
IN GEORGIA LAST YEAR.
- :J SOtiiLi
i w <*£**6
It baa been tried and always;
PAID THE PLANTER!
O'Send far a Pamphlet. An Agent may bn
found at almost every Depot, but information Can
always be bad of
F. W. SIMS Cb
3AVAXSAK, (U.
CHARLES a SIM8,'
AGSSTAT M400JT,
fiiis
;j 11ft? 1
5s
tifat eft V: vss
tawae* :»*£*«*
.-••• li. ■■ -JUV
« f-,ta#‘2tir
V" - - • WV* ; TttICw ^
/&&>*&**
