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Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, DECEMBER 19, 1871.
George Wilkes on ike Sword and
Cigar.
The Herald of Monday interviews George
Wilkes of the Spirit of the Times in two and a
half col Qians. Wilkes is an ultra Radical, and
proposes to inaugurate the groat reform move
ment againsfGrant on “logical principles,” by
♦ovtng a candidate most unacceptable to the
Democrats—such as Benjamin P. Bailer, for
illustration. With Butler he will reform the
party as Lucifer might restore law and order to
Pandemonium.
Wilkes calls Grant “a sordid, grasping, greedy,
mouey-getting adventurer”—“a man of very
common abilities and gross nature,” who, at
first, wbb supposed to be a “good-hearted,
though ignorant soldier,” who would take coun
sel ; but it was soon discovered that his prevail
ing aptitudes were for kicking out of the traces
—turning his back on all recognized lights of
the party, and surrounding himself with people
us ignorant as himself—a low set of million
aires, speculators and money-getters, who co
operated with him in treating the Presidency as
if they had won it at a raffle, and intended to
make the most of their luck at all hazards.
Wilkes thinks Grant seriously meditates hold
ing on to the Presidency as long as he lives, and
unless he is disposed of now, oar Republican
system will pass away under bis rule. He says
Grant ought to be impeached, and has a private
impression that it will be done. At all events,
be counsels the reporter to look out for big
things in Washington this week, which will be
the first gun of the campaign.
It is a pity to see old cronies falling out in
this way. George Wilkes and Ulysses have bad
many a high old time to gether, and both are
horse men from forelock to pastern. George
Francis Train is another of the trio, and he,
too, is disgss'ed. Wilkes says that since Grant
has been Chief Magistrate of the American
people, he has done nothing but sit in the Exe
cutive chair and grasp pennies and slip them
into his poctee*. We think George is mistaken
here. We don’t believe Grant ever came down
to clutching coppers. We doubt whether any
grab fell short of a hundred dollars, at lesst,
and we understand that a fair return of bis
taxable values would prove that if ho had been
getting pennies night and day ever since he
quit hanling wood to the St. Louis market,
he never conld have accumulated his present
array of available asse's, which Mr. Gree'ey
says are not less than a million dollars. Wilkes
should correct that injustice to the President.
Another Stride In tbe March of Im
provement.
A new and long sought for desideratum in
the fields of science has at length been discov
ered, which is destined to save untold millions
to the country.
Professor Joseph Jones, of the Medical Col
lege of Louisiana, whose reputation and con
tributions to science are not limited to this
continent, has procured letters patent from
the United States for a chemical preparation,
which will preserve vrood for an indefinite pe
riod, and effectually protect the bottoms of
ships and piers laid in salt water, from the
ravages of the Teredo navalis a voracious in
sect, which not only perforates, bnt utterly des
troys the timbers of vessels.
The Professor, with his characteristic indus
try and sagacity, has spared no pains to authen
ticate the process under consideration, by the
severest tests, and the opinions of the most
practical engineers and learned sazans of the
country. Among these may be named Com
modore Maury, General Braxton Bragg, the
Faculty of the University of Virginia, and a
long array of other distinguished gentlemen.
Steps will bo taken to reduce to practice the dis
covery at an early day, and, not a shadow of
doubt exists as to the triumphant success of the
undertaking.
The preparation Is composed chiefly of as
phalt and carbolio acid, both powerful antisep
tics, which impregnates the pores of the wood
and even adds very largely to its specific gravity.
Numerous specimens of wood, both hand and
soft, prepared and unprepared, were sunken by
the officers of the ooast survey in the waters of
the Gnlf of Mexico where the marine insect
most abounds, and after an experiment -of
months, taken up again. The prepared were
found perfectly sound and free from injury,
while the others are honey-combed and almost
literally devoured. We have received by ex
press, quite a number of these specimens, which
may be viewed at this office by the doubting or
curious; and propose shortly to publish all the
particulars relating to this wonderful discovery.
President Wadley thinks favorably of the
compound, if the expense of application be not
too great—this is not likely to be the case, how
ever, as the principal ingredient—solid asphalt
or bitumen can be found in the Island of Cu
ba in exhaustless quantities, and i3 sold at Ha
vana at from two to six dollars per ton. Who
can estimate the saving by this preservative
process in the cost of railroad ties ana timbers
bridges, fence posts, roofing, and the multitude
of other purposes applicable to it ? It will cre
ate a new era in the architecture of the world,
and take rank with the greatest inventions of
the age. __
The Little Hyena Kicked Oat at Lash
The telegrams, this morning, tell ns that
Akerman has sent in his resignation as law
officer of the Washington Commune, and we
suppose his master, Grant, will aocept it. In
fact we judge the latter had demanded it, and to
hear was to obey with his venemoos little
henchman. Why Grant should turn Akerman
oat of his Csbinet,we cannot oonoeive—at least
if he has any gratitnde for dirty work cheer
fully and faithfnlly performed and a malignant
zeal in fowarding all his outrages against the
whites of the South. Never was more servile
tool found to do a tyrant’s wicked will, and jus
tify his gross assaults upon law and right
There is no parallel 5n modem history to Aker-
man’s swift and remorseless zeal in wrongdoing
at the bidding of a vulgar despot. Perhaps that
French monster, Fouqoier Tinvilk, may claim
precedence of him, bnt he only.
But if we compare Tinville’s record with all
its attendant horrors and the eclipse of civiliza
tion that shadowed the age in whieh he lived
with Akerman’s work in South Carolina, we
itate which to decorate with humanity’s crown
of execration. Let them go down to infamy
together—twin brothers in shame—equal sharers
in the curse that follows and crucifies all who
play their roles in history. We fbanlr Heaven
that Georgia, though credited with this man’s
citizenship, cannot he humiliated with the ac
knowledgement of him as a eon. . That cap, at
at least, cannot be pressed to her lip£
Imfeachkknt or Grant. —How a leading pa
per may get up a sensation about nothing is
illustrated in the Herald’s story of a probable
attempt to impeach President Grant. The im-
possibility of pawing resolutions of impeach-
ment in the present House of Btnwm-nt.H.i
and then of carrying them by two?thirds of 0&
8«a e is so apparent, that we conclude toe
°P b i personal ad
herents of Gnat to create a reaction in Ma fa
vor among the people.
Tax Southern Musical Journal is a quarto
monthly published by Lndden & Bates, Sevan
nth, at $1 a year. It is very handsomely printed,
and devoted to original music and musical liter-
store and iaMKfinee,
GEORGIA PRESS.
Columbus is feasting on fresh water trout—
fine, fat fellows of from one to three pounds,
and at from 25 to 75 cents each. They were
brought up from Apalachicola ip an iron tank,
which was kept supplied with fresh water.
Wm. Cash and John Foran have been ap
pointed police Captains of-jhe Columbus force,
vioe Barrow and St Clair, who go into the ranks.
We quote as follows from the Columbus Sun
of Wednesday:
Receipts of Cotton nr Tntebiob Towns —
The following table shows tbe net receipt, at
the principal towns in Georgia and Alabama,
from August 31, to Deoember 8, for the years
1870 and 1871:
Augusta
Selma.,
Montgomery...
1870.
1871.
...90,239
69,815
...17,192
11,451
..40,669
31.870
...57.175
31,233
..47,705
32 180
..37,854
20,484
290,834
196,984
This shows a decrease this year from last sea
son in six towns of 93,850. To this must be
added some 20,000 bales for the decrease at
Memphis.
The Survey of the Chattahoochee River
Completed from Columbus to Eufaula.—We
learn that tbe corps of U. S. Engineers, under
Capt. O. F. Trill, have completed the survey of
the Chattahoochee River to Eufaula, Alabama.
There are no obstructions that cannot bo re
moved at a comparatively small cost, and the
river made navigable the year round. Tbe actual
distance by tbe chain from Columbus to Eufau
la, is C2£ miles. Capf. Trill is ordered to dis
charge bis party at Eufaula, and return to Mo
bile. The estimate of the cost of removing
obstructions will be submitted to Congress, and
it is to be hoped that that body will give tho
necessary appropriation. If the citizens of West
Georgia and East Alabama will urge the matter,
they can without cost to themselves, have the
Chattahoochee made one of the best navigable
streams in tbe South.
A notorious chap named Dan Moses, of Sa
vannah, has been held to bail in the sum of
$1,000 for shooting a negro sailor on Monday,
and in the sum of $2,000 for cowhiding and
beating Tbos. Rawlinson. a cook in his service.
The first thing this Daniel knows, he will break
into tbe penitentiary.
Annie Thomas, a gentle gazelle of brunette
complexion and uncommonly thick skull, came
very near being roasted alive, at Savannah, last
Monday night, by trying to fill a lighted kero
sene lamp. Some one tore her clothes off and
thns saved her life.
The case of the United States zs. T. P. Robb,
Collector at Customs at Savannah, will proba-
bly commence to-day or to-morrow in the United
States Circnit Court, to be followed by that of
the United States against our pet, Kryzanowski.
Ob! Kryzzy, would we could be with thee, in
this dread crisis. But if the jury find that you
did Hodge the money, we solemnly promise—
not to siga a petition for your pardon.
On Monday afternoon, a negro drayman, of
Savannah, drove over two little children, one
four and tbe other two years of age. Both
were seriously hurt. Some of these sable Jehus
will get to look through a rope window yet,
free of cost. They average a child per day, as
regular as clock work.
The Eatonton Press and Messenger, of Tues
day, says:
Swedes.—On Taesday night last, about thir
ty-two Swedes arrived at this place. Seventeen
of this number are taken by citizens of our own
county, and the balance by persons in Jasper
county. Mr. Foss, the agent, brought one hun
dred and thirty to Augusta, all for Georgia.
Some stopped at Augusta and others went on to
Atlanta. Two or three of the number who left
their homes with intention of coming to Geor
gia, were persuaded to desert while over in
Charleston, S. G.
We are indebted to the Sandersville Georgian
for th9se items:
Several important real estate tradeB were
made in this market last week. There is more
animation in this department than we have
known since tbe war.
Quite a Dufebenoe.—In December, 1870,
we were paying in the Sandersville market 12$
conts for pork, or 10 cents gross. The beBt
country sides are now selling at 12$ cents, and
pork will scarcely bring 8 cents net. Truly the
good old times are returning.
Oub County.—The cotton crop is very nearly
gathered and much of it in market. The result
fully sustaining our former prediction that the
crop would not be more than half an average
yield. The late crop amounts to very little.
Notwithstanding this discouraging state of af
faire, we believe the county is in better condi
tion than for some years past. As remarked
once before, considerable economy has been ex
ercised, and tbe amount of debts contracted we
believe is much less than for some years previ
ous. Having seen their crops pass away leav
ing nothing to show for them exoept a lot of
guano, bacon and com receipts, the farmer de
termined as far as possible this year to steer
clear of these moths in the planter’s pocket.
Hence they will have a little money left from
even a half crop of cotton, whereas lastyear they
had nothing from tbe largest crop perhaps ever
harvested in the county. In addition to this,
the supply of provisions, so far as com and
pork is concerned, is ample for home consump
tion. Taken all together our county is in a
healthy and prosperous condition, despits the
disadvantages under which people have labored
the past year.
The Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, has
the following:
The Gbeat Outrage of the Ku-Elux Law.—
We give in another column a card of Mr. R.
H. Tatum, one of the gentlemen arrested in
x>i>aa county, dragged to Atlanta, and kept
imprisoned for days without even knowing the
offense charged against him. He was released
because no testimony was had against him.
Rearreated by Commissioner Oonley, his case
has been continued for the absence of ■ wit
ness that be will show is a hog thief and the
companion of negro thieves. Able to give any
bond, he ia refused bail and lies in prison
The despotism of Russia could not surpass the
tyranny of such a thing as this. The most
sacred and fundamental safeguards of public
liberty and private rights are set aside in the
name of law. And yet we have men in our
midst, bom among us, who support the ad
ministration that thus overrides right, violates
humanity and retrogrades the civilization of
the age.
Counterfeiter Arrested.—Yesterday polioe-
men M. M. White and R. F. Hutchens arrested
a man named W. D. Barbour, we believe stew
ard at the Saaaeen House, on the charge of
counterfeitering five cent niokle coins. He oc
cupied a room in the stables on Pryor street,
known as Wooten's stables, now in oharge of
John Phillips <fc Co. It is said that no one bnt
Barbour oecupied tbe room. Mr. Phillips called
on Barbour and found the door unlocked and
he out He saw the nickles and apparatus there,
and immediately notified the police. In the
room was found three small cruoibles, a die or
stamp, two files, two ease knives, one trimmer
for smoothing the edges of the ooin, a polisher,
a mieroaoope, a rude tin ladle, several rude
vessels of tin and copper, two blocks of wood
with round hole in oenter for rooeption of pre
pared plaster of Paris, bars of copper and nickle
partially used, and a number of nickles with
edges unclipped. While the impression was
less distinct than the genuine, yet, at a aransl
glance, would be hard to detect . The offloers
also found in the room several fine lamps, oil
cans, eta, which was claimed by Messrs. Car-
ley, Dock A Co., in whose employ Barbour was
at one time engaged. A letter from one of the
dealers in counterfeit money was »i«» found.
The Athena Watobman, of Wednesday, says
that the boose of Mr. Jesse Gann, near that
place, was recently burnt, together with all the
famitare it oontained. The family made a nar
row escape, sad would have perished ia the
flames, probably, but for the remarkable in
stinct of a dog: The faithful creature, seeing
the danger, not only set up a load and ferocious
barking, but by jumping against tbs door finally
tdedin awaking Mr. G., who had barely
time to save the children from the
A Tbbbsslb Climate.—The uelutohaly nar
rative of all the adults in an emigrant train
froien to death in Nebraska, raises the question
whether a oountry in which death is the penalty
ef being caught out doors in winter is fit to live
to?
Secret Associations and! tho Preser
vation of the Righto of Voters.
We take the following interesting remarks
upon these subjsots from the close of Hon. Rev-
erdy Johnson’s argument before Judge Bond,
in the Ku-klux oases, at Columbia, S. O., on
the 5th inst. He said: -y .
May it please your Honors, no man, as you
know, sir, aa preeiding judge, in the beginning
and throughout the contest—a oontest fearfully
desolating from the war which grew out of it—
was more solicitous than myself to maintain the
authority of the Union, and to deny the power
of any State, or any right independently of the
Constitution, or under any fight supposed to he
found in tbe Constitution, to leave the Union.
My voice and my vote was, upon all proper oc
casions, raised and given to maintain the au
thority of the Union.
Bat I had hoped that when those who had re
belled against its authority laid down their
arms that the war was over. I did not, in my
own mind, in my seat in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, charge the men who were engaged
in that fearful straggle upon the part of tbe
South with any intentionally improper design.
They bad been educated to believe that the
right of secession was a constitutional right, or
in the condition in which the Southern States
were plaoed at the moment the war was com
menced, that there was a right of revolution. ]
think they made a mistake—a sad mistake-
bat it was an honest mistake. Bnt, the war
over, mnch as I lamented the course they
had pursued, I always grasped the hand of
a former friend with the same pleasure with
which I had taken it at the time of my former
acquaintance with him.
The war is not over, it seems, now. Are we
in rebellion now, or does it rage within the
limits of South Carolina? They say there was
an organization within the State of South Caro
lina which looked to depriving some citizens of
the State of the rights secured to them by the
Constitution. I have regretted it. But is that
rebellion ? Why, in that sense, every crime that
is perpetrated is a rebellion. Every association,
whether called Ku-klux, a name, by the way,
which the President made classic by inserting it
in his message, and whioh will live in all the
future as one of the olassio terms of the day,
because of its being found in the message. All
the associations, provided they are in their na
ture secret, and I think your honor, tbe presid
ing judge, if not my friend, the distriot judge,
have once upon a time belonged to secret soeie-
ties, Masonic or political, societies intended to
promote knowledge, and societies glorying in the
appellation of knowing nothing; but they were
hard to put down. I know we found it so in
Baltimore, and they found it so in Louisiana
where many men were killed in the exercise
of the object of that Know Nothing conspiracy,
no doubt set on foot for tbe purpose of accom
plishing some patriotic end; but would that
have justified tbe Government of the United
States in declaring Louisiana, or Kentucky, or
Maryland, where those societies existed, in t
state of rebellion? or authorizing tbe Presi
dent of tho United States to send his troops to
put it down? I do not mean to be personal,
but you, sir, might have been the victim of the
first arrest. They were political, but the vice
of this particular society is that it is intended
to interfere with the right of suffrage, and no
man can remain a tenant who does not vote
as his landlord requests, and no man will be
employed as a farm hand who is not willing to
vote as his employer votes. I do not think the
right of suffrage ought to be interfered with.
But are these people the only ones who are
charged with this faot, if it be true, who are
acting upon that theory of not receiving or em
ploying a man who does not vote as they
vote?
How long may it please your honors, do you
think any officer of the United States, high or
low, would be permitted to enjoy bis office were
be known co vote against the party in power?
The moment it should become k own to tho
President the order would at one-' given
“Off with his head.” Do you mean to indict
that particular sovereignty, that party of which
you are honored members? Does not South
Carolina, in her present government, act a good
deal upon that theory ? Has it not been com
mon to all parties ? Whether wise or unwise,
patriotic or otherwise, as long as men are men!
and cannot raise themselves above tho low level
of party objects, the elevation of patriots, look
ing to the good of their country as the end to be
accomplished, and not the distribution of pa
tronage, so long will it be that there will be, in
some way or other, or in some mode or other,
an assumed right to interfere with the right of
suffrage.
The Great Architect of the universe, by His
wisdom and power, has so ordered that the
planets that fill the heavens shall revolve in
their prescribed spheres. He guards, by the
laws which He has impressed upon their nature,
against the danger of collision, which would
hurl them all into chaos and rnin. May it
please yonr honor, may our political planets
be suffered also to revolve in their respective
orbits, and may God in His mercy so guide
and instruct them as not to subject them also
to the peril of a collision, which may involve
all in rnin, disappoint the hopes of the world,
disappoint the hopes of the great men from
whom we have descended, disappoint the ends
of those who fonght through the revolutionary
struggle, and by their blood and bravery ex
hibited their devotion to liberty. Let Him in
His merpy teach ns to guard against such dan
gerous and perilous collisions, and enable us to
go on in onrreBpective orbits, distributing hap
piness and prosperity to all, exoiting tbe admi
ration of the world, and serve as a beacon to
guide and instruct the world in the best mode
of preserving human liberty.
Will Not Be Reconciled—Grant and
Sumner Refuse To Kiss and Make
Friends
Under date of the 10th, the Tribune’s Wash
ington correspondent sends these sorrowful
tidings. To think that the faithful should be
so unharmonious is one of the keenest griefs
that ever stabbed a loyal heart like ours. It is
very, very sad. Bays the correspondent:
The efforts to reooncilo the President and
the most prominent of the disaffected Repub
lican Senators have finally been abandoned.
Those who were most active in this movement
feel considerably disappointed at their lack of
success, and think that a good opportunity to
heal the most embarrassing dissensions in tbe
Republican party has been allowed to pass.
They orged that, in view of the late successes
of tne Republican party in the State elections,
and its acknowledged strength with the people,
the President ocmd afford to be magnanimous,
and make the first advances toward a recon
ciliation. Mneh of the bitter feeling, they
said, was the result of misunderstanding or of
mistakes which the President has since, by
his actions, if not by direct declaration, ad
mitted to be suoh, and done something to
oorreot; and now Gen. Grant, with a party
behind him such as never existed in this
country before, might forget the past with
out any danger of having his motives
misunderstood, and make friends of those who
have always been looked upon as the leaders
of tbe party. The greatest efforts, as is already
known, were directed to the bringing together
of Mr. Bamner and the President, but those
who approached the latter found him as im
movable as a rock. The President disclaimed
ever having taken part in any movement to im
pair the influence of the Massachusetts Senator
i n the Senate or elsewhere, and said that be had
no share in the removal, last spring, of Mr.
Sumner from the chairmanship of the Foreign
Relations Committee; bnt he thinks that Mr.
Snmner has done more to injure him than any
other one hundred men ever did, and, in per
fect harmony with his character, as generally
understood, is too obstinate to make any move
toward peace. Tbe President is reported to feel
most sorely a remark attributed to Mr. Sumner,
and extensively published last summer, that
General Grant was “the lowest man who ever
occupied the Presidential ohair.” Mr. Sumner,
on : the other hand, feeds indignant at the
treatment whioh hs has reoeived at the hands
of the President, or of, those who are supposed
to represent Mm; bnt while he asked no one to
assist in retaining him to his old committee,
and while no position whioh oouid be oonferred
on him wonlq make Mm approve mnch of the
President’s policy, generous treatment at the
hands of those Senators, who in understood to
represent General Graft's wishes, would doubt-
leaa have removed some of the feeling on both
aides. Bat, when the Senate was carefully can
vassed and only seven of thche who stood by
Somner last spring were found ready to vote for
Ms restoration, though it was thought Rat a
majority would favor ft, if they believed It oouid
be daaia, it waaaoon that foMfinr effort waa use-
other Senators together were not so gree-, and
have now also been abandoned. There are, as
yet, no signs of a breaking out of fresh hostili
ties ; and, aa it ia not understood that any of
the appointments now before the Senate will be
strongly opposed, a truee may ba expected for a
while at least
BY TELEGRAPH.
WA8JHN0TON, December 14.-r-The British
American Commission has disillowed the claims
of John Holmes IJnnna vs. the United States,
for property destroyed in New Orleans, and of
A. R. Walker vs. United Slate*. Walker
claimed that he bad made in vestments-inpro
perty in Charleston, S. O., whioh was destroyed
by act of war by the United -Sttttorr These
disallowances are based upon the view that the
United States is not responsible for tU acts of
rebels. .
Attorney General Akerman. Jias resigned..
The President has accepted his resignation add
will nominate George H. Williams, of Oregon,
to-day.
The Senate is considering the eight hour
labor bill. The House is on the apportion
ment bill. Committees doing nothing. V. ,
Richmond, Ya , Deoember 13.*7The business
report of the Immigration Convention was
adopted. This evening P. Y. Daniels, Jr.,
President of the Riobmond, Fredericksburg and
Fotomao Railroad, resigned, and it is stated the
road will soon pass into the hands of the Penn
sylvania Central. John M. Robinson, of the
Seaboard and Roanoke roadwaseleotedto fill
Daniels’ place temporarily,-
New York, December 14.—Tho Grand Duke
Alexis sent $5,000 here for tho relief of the
poor.
Comptroller Hurlbut took possesion of the
Union Square National Bank to-day and ap
pointed B. F. Beekman receiver.
Salt Lake, Deoember 14.—Several Mormons
have been arrested as alleged murderers of Dr.
Johnson in Ootober, 18CC. Dr. Johnson was
called out professionally and murdered in the
streets at midnight
London, Deoember 14.—Dispatches to noon
to-day indicate slight improvement in the con
dition of the Prince of Wales.
Sandringham, Deoember 14, 5 A. m.—The
Prinoe of Wales is lesB restless, and'there is no
inorease of exhaustion. He has had some sleep.
London, Deoember 14, 2 p. m.—There is a
slight change for the better in the condition of
the Prince. He was comparatively quiet last
evening, and his rest last night has proved ben
eficial.
Sandringham, December 14, 8 A. M.—The
Prinoe of Wales slept daring the night. There
is some abatement of the graver symptoms.
12 m.—The Prince has been tranquil this
morning. The gain of last night is maintained.
New York, December 14.—Arrived, Thurin
gia, Henry Chauncsy. Arrived out, Java.
Congressional.
Washington, December 14.—House. — The
Secretary of the Treasury called for a report of
the number employed, tho amount of salaries,
the amount paid as rewards, and moities, and!
other fees and contingent expenses at each
Cuttom House during the fiscal year ending
1871. The apportionment bill was resumed in
the committee of the whole. An amendment
was adopted, that hereafter no State be admit
ted with a less population than is required for
a member of Congress. The bill then passed
without division. It provides that the House
shall consist of two hundred and eighty-three
members, distributed as follows: Maine, 5;
New Hampshire, 2; Vermont, 2; Massachu
setts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Connecticut, 4;
New York, 32; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania,
26; Delaware, 1; Maryland, 6; Virginia, 9;
North Carolina, 8; South Carolina, 5; Georgia,
9; Alabama, 7; Mississippi, 6; Louisiana, 5;
Ohio, 20; Kentucky, 10; Tennessee, 9; Indi
ana, 12; Illinois, 19; Missouri, 13; Arkansas,
4; Michigan, 9; Florida, 1; Texas, C; Iowa,
9: Wisconsin, 8; Colorado, 4; Minnesota, 3;
Oregon, 1; Kansas, 3; West Virginia, 3; Ne
vada, 1; Nebraska, 7.
Senate—Mr. Trumbull gave notice that he
would to-morrow move to discharge the Com
mittee on Finance, from consideration of fine
salt and coal, for the purpose of proceeding at
once with the bill in the Senate.
A bill authorizing fall days’ pay for eight
hours’ work retroaotive, was referred to the
Committee on Finance.
Argument upon Trumbull’s amendment to
the resolution organizing a Committe of In
vestigation and Retrenchment, was resumed
and continued with much acrimony to five
■o’clock, when the amendment was defeated by
a vote of 24 to 35.
The following Republicans voted aye: Alcorn,
Fenton, Logan, Patterson, Robertson, Schnrz,
Sumner, Tipton, Trumbull, West, and Wilson.
A resolution organizing a committee without
instructions or power to send for papers and
persons, was adopted without division. Ad
journed.
Washington, Deoember 14.—Sohenck has
not resigned. Akerman’s resignation takes
effect Janaary 10. Williams has been nomina
ted for Attorney General.
Tbe House Committee on Commerce have
beard the delegations from steamboat men in
session here. The committee promise to in
vestigate tho matter.
The President has recognized Angel Marti
nez as Consul of Mexico, at New Orleans;
Denis Donohoe, Consul of Epgland, of Mary
land, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Ken
tucky, Missouri, with residence at Baltimore;
Degrenier de Foublanquive, Consul for Louisi
ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, with residence at
New Orleans; Edward Beschan, vice Consul of
the German Empire, at Wilmington, N. O.;
John Jay Philbrick, vice Consul of the German
Empire at Key West; Hermann Badger, Con
sul of the German Empire at Mobile.
New York, December 14.—The cetton firm
of Wm. P. Wright settled to-day on the basis of
seventy-five cents in the dollar. They will re
sume shortly.
There is excitement in Brooklyn on aooount
of small-pox. It has broken oat in jail. A
corps of physicians has been detailed to vaoe
nate the citizens.
A World speoial, from Geneva, states that all
the members of the board of arbitration under
the Washington troaty are expected to arrive to
night and meet at the Hotel de Ville to-morrow.
Pabis, Deoember 14.—It is reported that the
Orleans Princes have determined to take their
seats in the Assembly at an early day, and mil
act with the party in the right centre.
Liverpool, December 14.—Arrived: Cotton
ships Asia, Robinson Crusoe, Harvest Queen,
Rowantree, Draupner, Gieurallerob, Sabine,
Vesuvius, Arevooa, Brazos, Montreal, Leonidas,
Holtke, Unbidia, Squire, Fire Queen; total
cargoes, 21,894.
Savannah, Deoember 14.—Arrived, steamship
Tonawanda, Philadelphia; ship M. Mosher, Bris
tol ; bark Wm. Stephenson, Barrow. Cleared,
steamship H. Livingston, New York; barks
Tiger and Laplata, Liverpool; brig Hiram
Abyff, St. Johns, Porto Rico; schooner W. R.
Beebee, Satilla, loaded for West Indies.
Washington, Deoember 14.—The Southern
Claims Committee have made a report They
threw out the claims of aliens notwithstanding
naturalization since the war. An applicant
olaiming loyalty mnst prove it * Voluntary
residence in an insurrectionary State during
the war was prima faoie evidence of disloyalty.
The whole number of claims presented was
1,099—aggregating $26,500,000. The Com-
missicners report npon 580 oases, 256 of whioh
were rejected. The claims favorably reported
aggregated $1,656,000, of wMch the Oommis-
aionere cat down to $344,000.
The Senate unanimously confirmed Williams
as Attorney General. j
Cheyenne, Wyoming, December 14.—The
bill to repeal the law in Wyoming giving vom<n
tbe right of suffrage has passed the House, the
Governor's veto notwithstanding.
The repeal bill was lost in the Council for
want of the requisite two-thirds vote.
Mncraxs, Deoember 14.—Allen Pinkston
states that after a severe fight two of the men
who robbed the Express oar on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad some two months ago were arres
ted on Monday last, near Verono, Missouri, by a
detective. During the past two months the
Southern Express Company has had a number
of detectives on traok for these man. Gneof
tile number is still at largest) gluge Hi. id {aril
Chicago, December 14.—Hess, formerly bnsi.
neas manager of the Crosby Opera Home, who
attempted suiolde a few weeks ago, died lost
ht from the effects of the wounds.
Tew York, December 14.—It ternraoted that
the Bank of the Commonwealth is hi trouble.
The Bank of North America is called
r aiding in looking up money.
Tbe World's London Correspondent says; .1
have the Mghmt medical authority dm giving
assurance that the Prince of WlhsotHlUinwr.
London, December 14, ldr. jt-yAn offlaiai
bulletin just received from fianArfegUam, an
nounces that the Prince of Walea passed a quiet
afternoon and evening. The symptoms have
rrwnatnrat riaoa maraten.
Panama, December 3 —The coffee crop, of
Porto Rico to small, and prime aro high.—
the case of the Prinoe. Hopes of recovery are
freely expressed. \ M. L
Livxbpool, Deoember 14.-—Arrived, ship Ara-
minta, from Savannah, November tot, with
2,210 balm of cotton.
General Assembly of Georgia*
PROCEEDINGS OF THURSDAY-
Reported for the Telegraph and Hesaonger.l
- Senate.—The Senate mot at 10 o'clock, A. m.
President Trammell in the chair. Prayer by
Rev. Mr. Warren. ' —1. "'
, The roll was called. Present: Messrs. Black,
Brown, Burns, Cameron, Candler, Erwin, Eatea,
Griffin, Heard, Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle,
Jones, Jordan, Kirklamd, Xibbee, Lenar,
The efforts to bring General Grant and Beetiaa troubles are imminent In Peru. The
Senators together were not to gree*, and editor of the Noetonel, at Oolva, wu axreatod.
The paper waa refused transmission. by tbe
through mails. Smallpox prevails in Chili.
London, Deoember 14.—The report that Par
liament would be convened in January is oon-
tradioted.
2:80 r. m.—No farther change to reported in
thews, Nichols, Normally, Paddy; Heme; Sim
mons, Smith, Steadman and Wellborn—-27.
The journal waa read and approved.
The special order of the day being, the report
of the Committee on the State of the Republic,
it was taken up and read. sdl io -Jtenvl
Ur. Smith offered the followingxii, • " J
Resolved farther, That we are for the perpe
tuity of the Union, the Constitution, and the
atriot enforcement of the laws; the politfoal
equality and protection of ill its citizens: the
right of every man to express his political and
religious opinions, and vote as he pleases, with
out intimidation or molestation; an economical
and honest administration of the Government,:
both State and Federal; the faithful payment
of all honest debts, both State and. national, t
Mr. Reese said that he favored the whole re
port and the resolutions of the committee, par
ticularly the second and third resolutions.—
These resolutions reach the true causes of the
confusion and lawlessness whioh have unfortu
nately prevailed in some portions of the State.
It is not true that the people of our State are,
as a body, lawless. It is true that there are in
dividuals in every part of the State ready at all
times to produce confusion and violate the
criminal law. The reason why tho eriminal
law has not been vindicated and violators of the
law punished, is mainly from the inefficiency of
prosecuting officers, and want of confidence in
judicial officers. In my own judioial circuit,
the Northern Gircnit, while we have had a faith
ful, industrious, incorruptible Judge, we have
had practically no Solicitor. In that circuit,
criminals of every kind have escaped, from the
ignorance and weakness of a prosecuting officer.
The same is notoriously true in other circuits.
Some of these prosecuting officers, besides be
ing weak and ignorant, have sold out to viola
tors of the law. Besides these principal causes
of crime, the shocking abuse of tbe pardoning
power has produced a most deleterious influ
ence on the publio mind. When desperate rob
bers and murderers have been convioted by the
Court and sentenced to death or the penitentia
ry, the late Governor has exercised his power
of pardoning. Men accused of the highest crime
have been pardoned before trial. I ask, what
could the honest, law-abiding portions of the
country do to support the law and punish crim
inals, with such impediments in the way t T
maintain, as a truth which cannot be success
fully controverted, that the mass of the people
of the State are willing to execute the orimiual
law. I maintain, when faithful, capable prose
cuting officers are appointed to office; when
men are appointed to administer justice over
our people who are able, honest, and possessing
public confidence, law and order wtil prevail.
I pray for the return of that good time, and I
believe, Mr. President and Senators, it will
soon come.
Mr. Burns spoke of the flagrant abuse of the
pardoning power, alluding to the case of a man
by tbe name of Long, who had been guilty of a
most, unprovoked and unjustifiable murder on
the person of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of that county, and who, after conviction and
confinement in the penitentiary, was pardoned
by the Executive. The failure to enforce the
laws has depended largely upon the inefficiency
of prosecuting officers.
Mr. Smith favored the resolution. It de
clared the truth in every respect. It was not
intended to be political, and he did not desire
to ia politics with any of the legislative
proc ouings. It expressed his sentiments, but
be would readily withdraw it unless it should
meet with a favorable reception by the majority
of the Senate.
Mr. Nichols considered the resolution de
cidedly political and hoped it would be with
drawn; he could not support It as it stood.
Mr. Jones favored the resolution. He took
an oath to support the Constitution and he
could never object to the adoption of a resolu
tion which endorsed that Constitution.
Mr. Wellborn thought the report ought to be
endorsed by all good citizens of all parties. It
was so designed by both parties, to report
such principles as would be readily reoogoized
and acquiesced in by all good men. He thought
the amendment was a firebrand well calculated
to excite politioil and party questions, bnt
after the explanation made b; its author he was
satisfied that it was offered in the Bpirit of
kindness and he should favor it.
Mr. Brock spoke against the resolutions at
length. He believed them impolitic and dan
gerous, and spoke of their probable results, it
adopted, at least now. He said the resolutions
do. not express the tenth in regard to his
distriot
Mr. Hinton replied to Mr. Brock ably and
eloquently, step by step reviewing the report
and resolutions, and challenging contradiction
to any of its allegations. He insisted upon
and illustrated each one of them. He was
glad that tbe representations of the Senator from
the 38th, in relation to his distriot, were excep
tional, and aminadverted upon the willingness
of that Senator so to represent them.
Mr. Wellborn reviewed and replied to the
speech of Mr. Brock, and disenssed the resolu
tions. He had not intended to speak upon the
sabject, supposing tbe report would readily be
endorsed by all good men, but felt bound to
support it in view of the spirit in which it had
been reoeived by some Senators.
Mr. Brock replied.
Mr. Erwin called the previous question on
the report and resolutions, whieh being sus
tained, and the ayes and nays being called, the
vote stood
Ayes—Messrs. Black, Brook, Brown, Burns,
Cameron, Candler, Estes, Erwin, Griffin, Hill
yer, Hinton, Hoyle, Jones, Jordan, Kirkland,
Kibbee, Lester, Matthews, Peddy, Reese, Sim
mons, Smith, Steadman, Wellborn, and, by per
mission, the President—25.
Nays—Messrs. Bruton, Crayton and Deve&ux
——3.
So the report was adopted.
Mr. Lester asked to be discharged from the
committee on the management of the Western
and Atlantie Railroad, on the ground that the
oommittee would doubtless hold a long session,
and his affairs' would render it impossible to
give proper attention to it without great per
sonal inconvenienoe.
The President stated that in making the ap
pointments be had done so with an eye single
to the fitness of each Senator appointed on the
oommittee and to the interest of the people of
Georgia, without any solicitation whatever from
the Senators appointed or any others, and having
so exercised the duty he was unwilling to dis
charge any member.
Tbe Senate, by vote, consented to the dis
charge of Mr. Lester. Mr. Candler was ap
pointed instead.
On motion the Senate adjourned until to
morrow at 10 o’clock.
House.—The House met at 10 a. sc—Speaker
Smith, presiding—prayer by Rev. Mr. Jones.
Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
The case of Mr. Sargeant was resumed.
Mr. Phillips concluded his able speech in
favor of the majority report, and was followed
by Mr. Bryan, who eloquently and ably favored
the minority report.
Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered s snbsti
tute for the majority report declaring, that
after dose investigation it appears that Mr.
Sergeant is net obnoxious to tbe fourteenth
Btoeadraspt, and that he is entitled to his seat
as member from Coweta county.
Mr. Pou advocated the adoption of the sub
stitute, and said that Mr. Sargeant waa willing
to take tbe test oath.
On motion the whole matter was laid on the
MMIrtfroh vm not-fw --t-g Tbut ' iy-fu rr« ?-
The committee to whioh was referred the
,tehaige that T. G. Campbell, Jr., Representative
from Molatoeb, had drawn more mileage
he was entitled to, reported that said member
had drawn unintentionally $35 too muob, and
Mensmdtd that ha be required to refund said
amount Adopted.
Mr. Phillipe, of Eohols, offered a resolution
condemnatory of the course of Hon. Benjamin
Conley in refusing to reoognixe the extension of
the present General Assembly, which was on
motion-laid on tbe table.
.The bill to roinoorporata Gainesville tinder the
name of the ‘.‘town of Gainesville” was taken up.
Hr. Simmons, of Hall, moved to strike out
the 14th section of the bill, whioh legalizes the
subscription of the 'city of Gainesville to toe
Gainesville and Dahlonega narrow gqage rail
road company.
Two letters and a memorial favoring the biU
as a whole, won rand.
|£r. Riley earnestly advocated the passage of
ifcf till, twilndmg the 14th section.
Mr. fUramnns. of Hell, was equally earnest
ia the advocacy of bis motion.
On raStonaf Mr. Gnerry, tbe bill waa laid
<m( 6b# tsJtAp*
Os marten the House adjourned nntil 10 a.
m. to morrow.
) Mr. Scott, •rAnpoleon, Ohio,
>rom the T:'^C { ahia } 1
In view of the attention which is being di
rected to the finances of the State of South Car
olina, It may not be amiss for ns of the State of
Ohio, the home of B. K. Scott, to aajr » w«d
That veMO'oas statesmm has had a great deal
to say on Wall street for some days pest; and
bia .savings there have been very well advertised
—better, probably, than he expected. He has
also had a word or two to say in Ohio, without
the benefit of so great a publishing, and with -
out any desire for it. We dislike; however, to
see his modesty rnin him; and will do him tho
favor of advertising an item or two that can do
no harm to anybodyelae, and may be of great
advantage to wm- - v x g • 1 •«» jk i 1
It is generally understood in this region that
lb. Scott, of Napoleon, Ohio, was not an overly
wealthy man when he espoused the cause of the
United States “against all foes, foreign or do-
meetio." £ careful cyphering, according to the
moat approved rules of arithmetic, show the re
ward of that enthusiastic espousal to be about
M follow*: Twqjeara aervioe as Brigadier Gen
era} .United States Volunteers and Chief of the
Freedman’s Bureau for South Carolina, at about
$3,500 per year,‘$7,000; three years’ loyal and
meet valuable service as Governor of the State
of South Carolina, at $5,000 per year, $15,000;
making a grand total of the reward of loyalty to
the extent of $22,000, which is not too much
for the extraordinary loyal services which have
been rendered to the Government by this sol
dier and statesman. And to show that this dis
tinguished son of Ohio is a finanoier as well as
a statesman, we venture upon the ventilation of
a few figures, just to show what prudent use he
has made of the twenty-two thousand above-
mentioned.
Of course we will pay no attention to tbe or
dinary expenses of himself and family during
this long period, for they are domestic affairs,
and are none of our business, except as Govern
ment money pays for them; and we may rest
assured that Government money, after it came
into Scott’s hands, never paid for anything that
he could avoid. So we can take it for granted
that onr worthy Sonth Carolina Governor, start
ing ont in onr great oivil war withont a penny,
did not expend a penny during that war, or the
revulsions that have followed it, even for the
maintenance of his family. So we give him the
advantage of $22,000, the whole of his pay and
emoluments since he began to be a Brigadier
General, including all the time that he has furn
ished discipline for the State or South Carolina.
What has he done with that $22,000? He
has been in the State of Ohio since the expo
sition in the publio press of South Carolina
bond frauds, and has invested his $22,000 as
follows: He is buildiag in Napoleon, Ohio,
where he expects to live after his South Caro
lina contract has expired, a $10,000 house for
his sister. He has taken stock in a new Na
tional bank in the city of Toledo to the amount
of nearly fifty per cent more than his whole
pay as an officer of the army and Governor of
South Carolina during the whole time that he
has . occupied those positions. A prominent
business man and capitalist from Canada, well
known to capitalists in this vieinity, visited
Williams county and other adjoining oounties,
since Governor Scott was here, for the purpose
of purchasing timber land with a view of get
ting ont large quantities of ship timber. He
found that all the available timber land of the
country round about had been purchased only
a few days previously by Governor Scott.
It has also transpired that, daring his visit
here, he left in (he hands of some of his friends
fully $35,000, to be invested m safe real estate.
That money is to-day in the hands of business
men in this vicinity awaiting investment.
And this makes' about $100,000 which Mi.
Scott, of Napoleon, Ohio, now acting as Gover
nor of South Carolina, has invested, within the
last two months, in this immediate vicinity,
out of the $22,000 which has comprised the
whole of his pay and emoluments since he be
gan to be a government officer.
The paltry sum of $100,000 is but a bagatelle
in comparison with the $9,000 000 extra fraud
on the South Carolina bonds, it is true, but Gov.
Scott denies baving made anything bnt of the
bonds, and, as far rs his Ohio speculation is
concerned, we give him the benefit of the
donbt. We will charge him only the $22,OIK)
which has come to him in the shape of pay and
emoluments—which is all he claims to have re
ceived—and credit him with the $100,000 he
has saved out of it to invest in Ohio, at one pop,
within the last month.
We would merely suggest that it isn’t fair for
one man to have all the money; and that the
Governor, baving feathered his nest, ought to
stand aside and give some other loyal man a
chance.
Democrats, Beware!
Under this head the Atlanta Sun, of yester
day, has the following:
Yesterday we published an extract fiom the
New York Times, announcing that the Radicals
of Georgia had determined to ran James Atkins,
of thiB city, for Governor.
When the leaders of the party were caucus
ing here in seoret, they nominated Mr. Atkins,
andiwe stated the fact, but we were authorized
by certain members of the caucus to say, that,'
afterwards, it was determined not to run a can
didate, and to take no part in the election.
We now learn, reliably, that in seoret con
clave, they have determined to run Mr. Atkins 1
This determination has bdhn communicated
widely by their secret organizations all over the
State; and the plan is to keep it secret from
the Democrats everywhere, as far as possible—
only the Loyal Leaguers being made acquainted
with the fact. The hope is that the Democrats
will suppose there is no opposition to Oolonel
Smith ; that he will be elected any way, and not
turn out and Tote the strength of the party,
while the full vote of the Radioals will be oast
for Atkins—thus snatching victory out of our
hands.
A secret circular, giving details, has been
printed and circulated in the State on Vie sly
among ihe faithful. It was not printed in this
city! It may have been printed at some other
] xiint in the State, and it may have been in
Washington, D. O.
Democrats, let the last one of you go to tho
polls nsxt Tuesday and vote! This is your
duty to yourselves, to your neighbors, to the
State, and to your country. Discharge it faith
fully and all will be w’elL
And theJJonstitution, of same date, Bays:
The intelligence we gave yesterday that came
from Washington that the Radicals meant to
eeoretly prepare and run a candidate has had
confirmation here. We ask our Democratic con
temporaries to give the alarm. Let every Dem
ocrat turn out The Radioals propose to steal a
victory out of Democratic apathy.
We call the speoial attention of all Democrats
within the range of our oironlation to tide mat
ter. They oan and must stamp out this dirty
Radical trick, by giving 8mith the biggest vote
next Tuesday ever polled in Georgia.
T *»* Part
11 Pmsato, X Vamte, B por -
The Past is past I with
it* errors and it* goodWorla, it?.?. '***>*
The agon,un%oy * l '**%'
Tho flowers lie dead along the path we k
The Past is past! inFolemn silence tin.
Alike the sunny and the rain*
_ w 11111 ? «d the rainy d» T
On the life-altar of the fond heart fire.r:
Full many an idol built on fett of ^
The Prat ia past 1 in certain still rotation
Deadening and looeening «, u
Each hope that bounds in glad
Erah vivid passion and
The Past Is past! and our young atives
Upon a flashing whirl o^iU a^tve-r.^
Its leasona leave ns sadder stronger
More alow to live, less prodigal of ' •
The Past is past! and knowledge, taught ^. I
To dun the future with its SKgwSBigHte
For many a bate and dark thing finds aZr’-
Amid the wisdom learn from
The Fastis past I and in ibat twilight Tall*,
Dwell alow repentance and the vain
Fear, for the future from those eludcS;
And hang around the path before Jg r >
The Past is past f and oh! how few denK„ •.
Or would re-live their life, had they tbe 5
Yet Nature eometimea weakly weeoeth 3y,V*®i
At memory of some wrong, or happier hg£
The Past is past! theie’s hitter joy in hm.
Its g ne forever, dead and buried deen^ 0
And on life’s lands are fl wing. “
To ahere the waters of the Dead Sea 6! fep
The Past is past! in faith and patience talisi.
Its lessons, let us lay them on our hearts •
The chain’s attenuated link* are b eating ’
Be earnest 1 use thePiesent ere it p ut g.
REPUBLICAN PIU ACHERS.
Some Letters About Washington I
— s tie ■ ethodiat question tnPol|i| f ^‘ !l I
[George Albert Townsend (Gath) in ChicimT I
luue ]
Revision of the Tariff—The Democratic
Caucus.—On these two subjects the Washing-
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes as
follows under date of Monday:
The prospect for a liberal revision of the ta
riff at this session grows brighter every day.
Mr. Roberts, at the oommittee, who has been
olaased as a protectiontst, states that he is un
hesitatingly in favor of revenue reform. This
leaves the oommittee with but three protection
ists ont of nine members. Mr. B orchard, of
Illinois, is also prononnoed in favor of liberal
revenue reform. - Aa soon as the oommittee re
ceives some statistical matter from the treasury
they will go to work on tho revision of the tariff
and internal revenue law.
The Democrats have decided not to call a
caucus for to-morrow night, and the considera
tion of the questions to be brought before it
will, therefore, be probably postponed till toe
middle at January. None of the anti-Grant
Republicans have as yet made any proffers of
oonfeream or compromise, or suggestion of
any Mad, exoept to advise that the “ one term’’
principle for the presidency be made a plank in
ail future national platforms,
ft—wtiA Sans-Stohs. — The 8un says to;
basks of the Seaeea Sand company credit toe
Pnaktoot with $28,000, fog whieh his friends
olein that be paid $10,000. That paper charges
that toaflaadfltam M« satriod toeXHstefat eC
voters from Maryland, aad >haa putoad through
the new territorial gswrunat internal im-
provment Bahamas caBtog for six milHoas of
dollars "S large part of which gocc for tiaad-
A clergyman by the name of Newman *
uTy called Dr. Newman by virtue of scWco- 1
plimentary degree qualifying him to pteseti I
for the souls of folks, has been getting8n t ||
tor to deny that he (Newman) ever trotyl
around the departments at Washington io J I
offices. His denial was swiftly followed n!
as many as a dozen people reportingatmyk'c^ I
with direct instances of this man’s nhfail
office-begging. Last year the Chapi&incr s I
West Point was recommended to bo vaciV I
by a couple of these preachers, in order it* |
one or the other of them might get into the plat I
It is currently reported here that the r»|
ommendstions of these clerical viators tj
complished the retirement of old Father hi
han, the engineer there, and that hiss^|
resulte d from the mortification of the blow. I
Mr. Gorham, the Secretary of the C^tl
States Senate, gave me an instance of clen«l
audacity only yesterday. A certain chipajl
came to him and said: “Mr. Secretary, asissj
the Chaplain of this body, and have been electetl
to fill the place for the period of this Cosgrtil
I wish to ask if you have any objection toil I
vancing my salary for the whole of that tin I
and I will use it to purohase Government bcsil
which I will put in your hands as security,!I
that in no case can you lose anything.” Gorin I
with much apparent simplicity, looked npttiJ
reverend investor, and said: “Well, Mr.—I
of course, being a clergyman, yon are apt cot J
see the whole situation in a business matter Oil
this. These bonds will bear interest white thl
are in my hands, and, as the government dal
not owe you anything, you can readily see tkl
it would not be exaetiy right for yon to takeivl
tercet from it. I am sure I have only to Rfl
gest this to your mind in order that yon cual
the full force Of my objections.” The clerpl
man went away sorrowfully, for he hid e|
pected great possessions.
THE CHUBCH-HOOKEB.
This next story is told here by the brothe l
in law of General Sherman, upon another riel
gyman. This clergyman was one of those vtl
went to New Orleans early in the war, depstel
by the Board of Methodist Bishops to hook J
church from the Southern organization of til
Methodist body, and transfer it, under Fedail
protection, to the Church of the North. Ibl
species of ecclesiastical grand larceny is pe l
fectly consistent with a certain grade of jo::|
co-religions morals. The attempt was a fates I
for the United States Courts came down cpsl
it. Bat the story, which I began to tell, ii|>H
follows: A certain lady of New Orleans Itl
whom onr clerioal ambassador had kites dl
introduction, and who sympathized wi'Atill
holy office and with his temporary perms
misfortune of being without a home it il
strange oity in time of war. offered the ml
end gentleman accommodations in her heat]
To the mortification of the family, towers.J
it was found that onr clergyman held a regrirI
daily levee, from fifty 'to a hundred persosl
daily calling npon him, as if it had beer ij
military headquarters. The lady sought ihj
advice of her friends as to what she should hi
and she was told that tha shortest way wasi!
best and frankest. So she was obliged tosj
to the clergyman that, when he first appea-iF
in the city, she had expected that it wonUk^
pleasure to entertain him, but that, under d
circumstances, it was no longer so, andi
hoped he wonld take the suggestion kindly u
seek other aooommodations. Instead of shoij
ing gratitude for past kindnesses, it is r
that this clergyman, smarting with resentnesjJ
went to the military headquarters of the ris
and reported his ho6t for rebellious ~
and had her house seized and confiso
Such a tale as this wonld appear to be ino
ble, but it is familiarly told here.
The President of the Western I’aW
Telegraph Company Interviewee j
A reporter of the Chicago Times reoentlyi
terviewed Hon. Wm. Orton, President of®
Western Union Telegraph Company, and'
print below what Mr. Orton says as to thep
of the Federal Government to oompel the t
graph companies to sell their lines:
Reporter—Oan the government oompri'J
companies to soil, should they refuse to* 8
voluntarily ?
Mr. Orton—Yea. Government has thap
so to do.
Reporter—On wbat legal basis? y
Mr. Orton—In 1866 there was a law pas* 1 ^
Congress which conferred upon telegraph cw -
panics, organized under State laws, sJl the rigs
of a corporation created by Congress, so f“1
it conld confer them. The law also j
companies the right to build their lines t
the several States, on certain conditions. ’
conditions were that the companies fil® 1
aooeptanoe of certain provisions of the
of which was that the government shooU Ml
the right to purohase any or all these ho*
the expiration of five years, if it chose w to
This term expires with the present year-
Western Union and every other telegraph '
pany filed their assent. Hitherto the
nies had been State corporations,
permitted to ran their lines through a®**"
Rate than their own by sufferanoe. ^
gave them the right to go where they P !6 7\Lj
any State of toe Union. Tha benefits ot
an act were too great to be lost. Therefore.;
risk of being bought out wra taken. *
thought, at that time that the government
ever dream of going into the business. .
Reporter—On what terms was the sale
effected ?
Mr. Orton—Five appraisers were to bee
three by the government Kid two by toe
panics. Their award was to decide then» .
Reporter—Them yon are at the mercy
government? * ~
Mr. Orton—Yee; it can appoint *PP
at any time.
The Macqm (Ga.) TkMBRAFB—
is very mneh pleased with the
James M. Smith, of Musoogee, now J
the Georgia House of Representatives,
Democratic nominee for Governor. .tel
nouneed “eminently honest, capable
ful.” These are rare qosHlieeJo be f*j*j.
politician in these days of edlefel p
and corruption. Bat will he he
chances are the! he will.—JY. T
Not eo rare as yon seem to think; Mr. H*
at least in this latitude. We here plenty *
sort of men in Georgia, tort xsrier the
workings of toe Radical system of
tion, most of totem am rigidly debarred
participation in governmental „
toe efcaMtt oC «ur eondtfsto’* election
happy to faforayo* tort that
order, entire* 8* amtetoty. ** *
mark exactly. .
A Co.—This aoteWWa, *** **
fire*an drive Gam their nut dm «*ner.
■ted to* Itmm «f toe w
mnod atom
beppytettetr
ward them In prieeely sty la ModwS
Georgia toprofcaMy tea mem
dition. and w* are s*re the proprietor
» etover sad aoeemmodating.
always be i
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