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The Gre01*2:1 a Weekly Telegraph and
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, DECEMBER 26, 1871.
The SUI« ladebtedDHi
The labors of the Legislative Committee, the
Stete Treasurer and the letters of ex Governor
Bollock, (one without date and the other dated
Albion, New York, Deoember 1st, 1871) leave
the qnaation of the bonded indebtedness of the
State in a muddle. November 9, 1871, Trees-
arer Angier makes this showing:
Bonded debt created before 18G8.... $5,912,500
Currency bonds issued in 1868 and
1870, lees $832,000 returned can-
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Gold bonds under acta of 1870 4,888,000
Total bonded debt so far as known
«t the Treasurer’s offioe $12,690,600
Of State aid bonds anpposed to be out, the
Treasurer names $194,000 endorsed for the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad ; $276,000
for the Cartersville and Van Wert; $3,300,000
for the Brunswick and Albany; and in a sub
sequent note to the Chairman of the Committee,
he adds $1,900,000 for the Macon and Bruns
wick ; $264,000 for the South Georgia and Flor
ida; $600,000 additional for the Macon and
Brncswiok and $300,000 additional to the Cher-
•okee or Cartersville and Van Wert, which would
make $6,833,000 State endorsed railway aid
bonds now ont—the bonds waned to the Air
Line Boad having beer letnrned cancelled.
But the Treasurer learns that when the $300,-
000 were issued to the Cherokee Boad it was
nt derstood that the $275,000 already out to the
'Cartersville nnd Van Wert were to be returned
cancelled. The Secretary of State, whose duty
it was made by act of Oct jber 2.>, IS, 0, to reg
ister all State aid bonds issued by the acts of
1868 and 1869, says that none were ever regis
tered in his office.
•Of the gold bonds out, Aoting Governor Con
ley accounts for . three-^millions as follows:
Cl-wn A Co. to secure advances and otherwise.
$1,750,000; Russell Sago do. $300,000; A. S.
Wharton, New York, do. $100,000; H I. Kim
ball, purchase of capital, $260,000 ; John H.
James, for Executive mansion, $100,000. The
Acting Governor shows, a'so, $2,000,000 in
ourrenoy bonds out to same and other parties
in New York less $500,000 which he says are
in the Treasury. We fail to see in the docu
ments any sooount of the $1,880,000 additional
gold bonds. Treasurer Angier reports that he
does not know what has become of them.
The letter of ex Governor Bullock, dated
December 1,1871, makes this statement:
The only bonds of the State marketable and
saleable, and for which the Stale is liable, issued
during my administration, are the bonds pre
pared, and executed by Governor Jenkins, the
quarterly coupon gold bonds and the semi
annual gold bonds given in exchange to the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad. Of the latter
the State should only roaognze them as bind
ing when the road is completed and in opera
tion to Culhbert. My views on that subject are
-embodied in my proclamation putting the road
in the hands of CoL Screven. The same is true
as to the indorsement given to that road.
The documents certainly go to show that
whatever Gov. Bullock don’t know about the
State indebtedness, the means of information
with the Stale authorities is quite limited. But
■we repeat, whatever State endorsement of railway
aid bonds may or may not be reoognized as
binding, is not a matter of opinion, but of
positive constitutional law, which neither Leg
islature nor Governor can set aside or amend.
If, at the time of the endorsement of these
.bonds, all the constiLutioual requirements have
been complied with, it is a valid and binding
endorsement; otherwise it has no force, nor
can the Legislators or Governor give it any.
'Repudiation Sure Enough.
The telegrams in our last informed us that
acting Governor Conley had vetoed the clause
in the general appropriation bill making provis
ion for the payment of the interest of the Geor
gia bonds, issued prior to 1868, and the validity
of which is universally recognized. Mr. Con
ley does this in the way of reprisals. The Leg
islature had prohibited payment of interest on
bonds subsequently issued until they could be
•examined and registered according to law. At
present, nobody appears to know how many
•bonds are out—who holds them and what for.
As a measure of self-protection it becomes nec
essary to ascertain the bona fide indebtedness
of the State and this bill was passed by the
Legislature for that purpose. Mt. Conley, how
ever, determined that interest shall be paid on
all or none, vetoed the appropriation alluded to.
Magazines.
Lippnfoorr fob January give a holiday num
ber with an unusual pictorial illustrations.
Scrambles Among tho Alps is continued. A
new serial tale is commenced called Aytoun. A
Christmas Carol; Shadows of a Christmas
Fire; Types of Castilian Vagrancy; Brown’s
Christmas Bundle; A Ituasian Family Wolf
Hunt; A Day of Flanders and our Newport
Storm Signals, are all timely and interesting ar
ticles and some of them illustrated. Terms
$4. J. B. Llppinoott & Co., 715 and 717 Mar
ket street, Philadelphia.
Tub Galaxy tor January continues the Eus
tace Diamonds, and Ought we to Yi«t Her.
McCarthy has a paper on Archbishop Manning.
Dr. Hayes on the Beal Gulf Stream. Fifteen
years a Shakeress; My Life on the Plains; the
Jews, and what they are coming to; the Mar-
guise by Geo. Sand, and numerous other papers
make Up the contents. Sheldon & Company,
677 Broadway.
Tub Firemen Exemption Law.—The law as
passed and approved by the aoting Executive
exempts sixty members of engine, forty of in
dependent hose, and fifty of hook and ladder
•companies. ''In January of each year, the Sec
retary of eaob company must report in writing
to the elerks of the various courts in his oonnty
the full names and companies of the members
each company desires to have exempt from jury
•duty as aotive members of tbs organization. The
law also exempts the officers of each fire depart
ment, to-wit: one chief, two assistants, one
Secretary and one treasurer. In case of death
or resignation of any member—whose name is
on the exempt list—before the 2d Wednesday
in January In each year, his place on the list
•may be supplied by any other selected by the
company, and his name reported to the clerk of
the court by the secretary. These provisions
apply to all the companies now organized, but
the total number exempted shall not exceed 200
in towns and cities of leas than 10,000 Inhabit
ants ; 300 in cities of not more than 15,000 nor
less than 10,000 inhabitants; 400 in cities of
not more than 20,000 nor lees than 15,000 in
habitants ; and 600 in cities of more than 20,-
000 inhabitants. All companies now organized
are entitled to recruit np to the full number al
lowed by the provisions of this act.
The Tribune protests against the Grant Sena
tors balking investigation of Badioal corrup
tion, and says:
At the very hour this debate was going on the
bank troubles here were dragging to light the
that Mr. Wm. Callender, the
United States Bank Examiner for this district,
hA8 been in the habit of borrowing Terr Urge
sums of money from the banka on whose finan-
6i*l condition it la his sworn duty to report
and suppressing the fact of suoh loans in his re
ports, whereon the public have accredited these
banks as sound ! From one he had received
$75,000, from another $15,000 or $20,000; in
each bis worthloss memorandum checks had ab
solutely been reported and counted as legal
tender; and it is feared that the end of this
wretched work is not yet reached.
The Tex m the Preen haspeede*
until the I.etfslatare Meets Is Aen*
awry.* lMaiMZhejter^eh$* ,
The publisher* in Atlanta apflie/TIn the sou
tberities to suspend the colleetdasififee tax u-
the press until the LegiRlitaroriteenrin: Jann-
qhis was proper. The Couititufcfn for itself
is not solicitous, but is a matter cf importance
to the press of the State generally., The sudden
collection of the accumulated taxes of years will
prove no slight burden upon many. We tbank
the authorities for this needed act, and in Jam-
nary we trust the matter may be looked into
*°We will publish the correspondence with, and
the order of, the Comptroller General, in our
next issue. It was received too late for this.—
Constitution. ' *• --fa*
Let our Atlanta contemporaries, for them
selves and the craft, embody the views of the
press on this subject in a memorial to the Leg-
wtt9| ni iiitr’tTj rrri 4 s? i
We suggest, with all due respect, that the op
position to the exemption from tax of the im
plements used in printing, does not seem to be
founded upon a comprehensive and liberal view
the subject. We need not set up as a plea a
fact which has passed into proverb—the gener
ally impecunious oonditiou of the brotherhood
of the press; for that, in itself considered, is no
reason why the tax should not be imposed. But
there are most abundant reasons in the very .ex
igencies of the State and the vast amount of
servioe the newspaper' press performs for the
government and the people without fee or re
ward, why the mere tcol-i they use in doing it
should not be taxed. A person who runs public
erands gratuitously may well be relieved from
toll.
Now to estimate the amount of servioe ren
dered by the newpapers to the government and
people gratuitously is well nigh impossible.
AU the communication between the govern
ment and people which is of much practical
service is performed by the newspapers with
out any compensation from tho government
and most of it with very inadequate compensa
tion from any body. All the proceedings of the
Legislature and the courts reach the people
through the newspapers without oost to Gov
ernment. Tbe State pays a few thousand dol
lars to print decisions, Jaws and journals which
are of use only as records. All that the govern
ment wishes to be known to the people and
which must be promptly known for all the im
portant ends of government, is communicated
in ninety-nice cases ont of the hundred without
a cent’s expense, by the newspapers. It is
hardly possible to estimate in dollars the value
of the servioe peiformed gratuitously as to’the
government by the newspapers, and therefore
in the cause of good government and of popu
lar intelligence the newspapers are entitled to
the most liberal consideration.
Bat it will be alleged that the newspayers
reap their compensation from the people. That
is not so true as it ought to be. Judging from
onr own experience for many years, the news
papers do not get back a tithe of their extraor
dinary expenses incurred simply in reporting
the legislation of the General Assembly by cor
respondents and telegrams, and yet how essen
tial are all these reports to the prompt informa
tion of the people. The expense is incurred in
a mere spirit of emulation and with a laudable
desire to keep up with the progress of the age,
but we cau safely say that eveiy session of the
Legislature is itself a heavy tax on the newspa
pers.
We say, then, that every consideration of jus
tice and an enlightened regard for the publio
service ought to have impelled the General
As-embly to let the exemption of printers’
tools in trade alone, and we hope there will- be
no delicaoy among the brethren of the pres3 in
Georgia in 9aying so with all plainness of speech.
In deciding to the contrary the Legislature did
not fully consider tbe subject in all its manifest
equities, and we doubt not when they oome to
talk it over again they will ignore the manifest
and fair claims of the press to this exemption.
Sonlta Georgia Conference.
[Correspondence Telegraph and Messenger.]
The “minute business” of the Conference
was finished by 12 o’olock on yesterday, some
thing before unknown in this body at so early a
period of the session.
Bev. W. A. Parks, agent of the American
Bible Society, was introduced and presented
the claims of this Society in an earnest and
forcible manner. He also gave interesting de
tails of tbe operations of this organization in
the South since tbe war. They have been un
usually generous in their donations, and ar
rangements are now being completed to supply
every destitute family, both white and black,
in southern Georgia. The agent is placing, as
rapidly as he can, a copy of the Bible on every
railroad engine and on every seat in railroad
coaches in Georgia. This task has been com
pleted on most all the roads in the middle and
northern portions of the State. He also gave-a
graphic discription of the labors of tbe Society
over the world. • So complete are their arrange
ments, and so rapid their movements, that they
print and prepare for distribution, three copies
of the Holy Scriplnres, every seoond of time.
Dr. A. G. Haygood, Secretary of the M. E.
Church South Sunday-school Society, made a
statement of the condition of the Sunday-school
publications with which he is conceded :
He furnished the following statistics of the
Nashville House Sunday-school publications:
Circulation of Sunday-school Magazine, 12,000.
As there are 300,000 children of Southern
Methodistsit ought to be 50,000 “Sunday-school
Visitor,” price 50o per year, 60,000. It ought
to be 200,000/ The semi-monthly costs 25c and
tho monthly 12o. per annum. The “Little
People” hoa a circulation of 43,000—should bo
100,000; the ‘lieaaon Papers,” 700,000. In
addition, the House has several hooka in press,
one especially adapted to the young between
15 to 20 years of sge, entitled the “Junior
Clerk.” Of the Sunday-school singing book
50,000 had been sold.
The Suttday-sohool anniversary on last night
was a great suooess—especially considering the
inimitable singing of an Indian song by Dr. J.
B. McFerrin.
The South Georgia Conference has 276
schools, with 1,742 officers, 11,558 pupils;
requisites, 19,081; volumes, 14,402.
These members contributed for Sabbath-
sohools in oharge, $3,243 69; for Conferenoe
Sunday-school Society, $436.
Bev. W. W. Hicks was announced as first
speaker. He took as his text “Pins. ” We have
chicqnepins, belaying pine, the ladies’ pins to
fasten their chign (chin) on, a house must have
good underpinning, for the whole depends on
it. He would name some pins which be wish
tbe children always to keep. He then enforced
the necessity of the Sunday-school which fur
nished a knowledge of the Word of God—the
strong underpinning of character—of persever
ance, of trust—in yourself, in your work and
God—and love to God and man. A synopsis
would give no idea of the humor, pathos and
of ttimea the thrilling eloquenoe, and the beauti-*
ful illustrations of the speaker, and we will not
attempt it.
Dr. Hieks was followed by Dr. Haygood, of
Nashville, in a short but impressive speech
The singing by the Sunday-schools of Oolum
bos was very fine.
An assessment of $900 was called for by the
Board of Education, to assist in the education
of young man in the ministry. The assessment
was ordered.
The oommittse on the Southern Christian Ad-
Tcoats reported on tbe changes recently made
in the editorship and oompli men tad Dr. Myers,
the late occupant, and oommended Bev. F. M.
Kennedy, the incoming editor. They also re
commended the rednotion of tbe subscription
price to $2 per annum.
A resolution was adopted that by a committee
information as to the condition of obureh build
ings should be obtained throughout the bounds
of tbe Conferenoe.
The oommittae on books and periodicals made
their report, giving every aseuranoe of the con-
fldenoe of the church in the management of the
publishing interest at Nashville, under the oare
of Dr. Bedford. /J srl
Sundry resolutions were presented and adopt
ed. LsRiva.
Norwood vs. Blodgett. —The Sonata Com
mittee on Elections, Morton dissenting, will re
port in favor of Norwood and against Blodgett.
BY TELEGRAPH.
New Yoke, December 18.—Tbe Auburn (New
York) papers report Hop. William L. Seward low
from paralysis.
The- latest Mexican advices rsprsssnt that
■fnarc^ ttiaiDtiliis s fcartass attitude and speaks
oouftdqetiy of oraahing tho rebellion. The
Cabinet remains anntoegai Tbe people com
plain- that the opposition is directed men
against tbe Cabinet than Juarez. Tbe revolu
tion in the Western States is extending. Ex*
tra ordinary powers are given by J sales to tbs
governors of the States. Business is prostata
and all industries are paralysed. It u said that
in these States a protection ate or unauxution to
the United States is boldly discussed as the only
solution of the intestine troubles. No impor
tant engagements are repotted in tbe Central
or Western States.
A World special from the City of Mexico the
9ih says the revolution is probably a failure.
Only two States have risen. There is no popu
lar excitement Diaz is a fugitive, closely pur
sued. The oountry is only disturbed by rob
beries. V- Ew-aj-vO
A Herald apodal from tho Oily of Mexioo
11th, via Havana, announces that the Govern
ment has broken tbe book of tbe rebellion, but
give* no particulars. .“5?* ]
Nothing new In tbe Tweed affair. It is pro-
posed to arrest him from day to day upon dif
ferent allegations until tome fifteen indictments
are exhausted.
Henry T. Tnokennan, the well known scholar
is dead, at the age of fifty-eight.
The Aldermen of Brooklyn have had a meet
ing to devise measures to oheok the small-pox
Havana, Deoember 16—A special to the
Herald Bays that Cost anon’s grave was not des
ecrated. The glass covering of the niche was
not broken and everything about the grave is
in perfeot order—not having been disturbed by
the boys who were murdered for “desecrating
it." The lease of Samana Bay has expired and
the American flag was hauled down.
London, noon, Deoember 18.—A morning
bulletin from Sandringham announces that the
Prince of Wales slept well last night, and his
condition is in all respects satisfactory. Prayers
were again offered in all tbe churches yester
day, for his oomplete restoration.
Washington, December 18.—The Election
Committee in the. case of Cessna versus Myers
goes over the holidays. The oommittae refuses
to extend the time to Edwards in Bowles versus
Edwards, from Arkansas. The House is on the
regular call. The disappointed Republicans
claim that they are not represented on that com
mittee. The debate is acrimonious. In the
election oommittae of the Senate only Morton
favors Blodgett The rest favor Norwood, in
the contest from Georgia.
SktC Congressional.
Washington, December 18.—Senate.—The
New York salt manufacturers protest against
tbe reduction of the salt duty.
The whole day was oonsumed in the disous-
sion of the oharsoter of the Committee of Re
trenchment Bayard insisted there should be
two Democrats on tbe committee, and Sumner
denounced the exclusion of his wing from the
SHfibtvl W bqii^ii'a «S MtaM
The Senate is still in session. ii
House—No bills of general interest intro
duced under the weekly call. ... , . M ■MM
Holdeman introduced a resolution regretting
the severity of Thier’a government towards the
Communists. An objection was raised, when
Holdeman moved for a suspension of the rules
The vote stood 95 to 86—not two-thirds—apd
the House refused to suspend the rules.
A resolution sympathizing with foreign people
struggling for self-government was adopted
unanimously. --1 j
Columbia, December 18.—In the Ku-klux
trial to day, the csss of Hoyea Mitchell was
closed by tho - elaborate argument of Beverdy
Johnson, who expressed the utmost horror at
the outrages to whioh the witnes-es had testi
fied, but contended that the evidenee had not
shown tbe-,e outrages to be the remit of any
conspiracy nor convicted the accuse! with their
commission. The jury, after 38 minutes con
sultation, returned a verdict of guilty, on the
second count, namely: Conspiracy to injure
Jim Williams for having voted in 1870. The
defence gave notice of a motion for a new trial.
Ia the House of Representatives to-day the
report of O. C. Bowen’s investigating committee
arraigning the Governor and other State offi
cials for alleged fraudulent over-issue of State
bonds, was hotly discussed for four hours. The
Speaker rnled that W two-thirds vote was re
quired to adopt the report as the sense of the
House, because the adoption of its final recom
mendation would be a first step towards im*
peachment. The decision was overruled and
the report adopted as the sense of the House.
At six o’olock Bowen introduced a resolution
that R. K. Soott, Governor of the State of South
Carolina, be impeached of high crimes and mis
demeanors. He also introduced a similar reso
lution impeaching the State Treasurer, Parker.
The resolutions were laid over under the rules.
There was a large attendance and great excite
ment.
Washington, December 18.—The Supreme
Court in the case of Semmes vs. the City Fire
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., holds
that when parties fix a limitation by contract
within whioh an act is to be done, and the per
formance within the time was prevented by
war, and the time expires without its perform
ance, the court will not interfere to make a new
contraot, but will leave the controversy to be
determined by the local statute of limitation.
This in the Hartford is six years Judgment re
versed and a new trial ordered. The case is from
Mississippi.
Paymaster General Brice is retired at his own
request.
Major Alvord, the acting Comptroller, has
called for bank statements at tbe close of busi
ness on tbe 16th inst.
The Southern Claims Commission resumes its
session immediately after New Years’ day.
New York, December 18.—Tha report of the
committee on tbe Ooean Bank shows a surplus
of over half a million.
Annapolis, Deoember 18 -Paymaster-Gen
eral Bryce, testified that Ketchum was a healthy
man, temperate and not in the habit of taking
drags.
Boston, December 18—Loss on the Grand
Duke’s ball was over $5,000.
Paris, December 18.—Members of the Re
publican Left and Union Republicans had a
meeting in opposition to seating the Orleans
Princes. Gambetta presided.
Geneva, December 13 —Count Selopls Itahar
was chosen President of the arbitrators. The
body adjourned to Jane 15.
London, December 18 —The Eugenie ha-
sailed from Gibraltar for London. An unknown
vessel run down the French bark Costa Rica
from Havre for Buenos Ayres—seventeen were
lost. Tbe vessel passed on regardless of the
cries of tbe drowning.
The Queen has left Windsor for Osbom,
where she proposes to spend the holidays.
An offio'al disps’ch from Sandringham says
tbe Prince of Wales pastel a qniet night.
Biegg, groom to the prince took typhoid fever
to-day. ? j
Dublin, Deoember 18. —Prooessions or assem
blies in Londonderry are forbidden. No trou
ble ia apprehended from tbe Ga'helio inhabi
tants, but it is feared the boys of Londonderry
may make offensive demonstrations.
New Yore. December 18.—Arrived, Herman
Livingston, Virgo, South Carolina. Arrived out,
Colorado. ni tsnem>
(i .•vyafc.V-r Congressional.
Washington, December 19.—Senate.—The
House bill in relation to steam boilers used on
Western rivers was passed. It exempts steam
tugs from oertain restrictions. ’
The Committee on Elections made a formal
report in favor of seating Mr. Norwood, from
Georgia- | Fy
Soott nominated Cassidy as an additional
member of tbe Committee on Retrenchment.
As indicating the character of tbe debate, the
following from Logan is telegraphed :
Logan said it seemed to be aasamed by cer
tain Senators that all who supported Trumbull’s
proposition were trying to injure the adminis
tration. He bad no such desire; yet he bad
voted for that proposition, and would do so
again because he believed it to be a proper and
a wise measure. Ha understood that he was not
in good standing with a certain set of men who
assumed to control and guide the party; but it
matured very little to him whether he was or
not. He was responsible to his ooaatituepts
and to nobody rise. These men affected to be
tbe apeoUl champions of tbe President, but if
be, Logan, was President, and they attempt
ed to aid him in tbe same way, he.
would think it wise to get rid of their assistance
as soon ae possible. It was almost impossible
to act an independent part in the Senate now.
These three or four men—perhaps five—who
undertake to manage the party eaH a caucus on
any man who ia disposed to ba independent,
and threaten to read him out for one who would
not aet up to his- oonvictions, end ran tbe risk
of being readout. I don’t believe, said Logarr,
that the President fears investigation, but
you have made the oountry believe he does.
I don't believe that the Secretary of the Treas
ury fears investigoltoh, b$t yoa-hATf to*de the
oountry belfstatlMNa dwa ~ * dbfc* believe,
that any of tbe departments of tbe Government
fears investigation, but you have made the coun-
try bWiavs they do. As to ttta iNf> ytaWtoaotthia
oommittae it i peculiar. ?h ,tiie.Benate di-
on thill guesdon of U*§ pw
it cornea to the appointment of this oommittae
seven members of it axe taken from the thirty-
fire and only one from .the twenty-four.—
Of course there was no .design.in .thU.—-
[Laoghter. ] The committee is composed of
honorable men, because Senators are all
honorable men. ([Laughter ] But I fear that
tbe making up of the committee in this way
does not reflect much credit upon ns twenty-
four. [Laughter.]
Senate.—The ©o^amittae as nominated, with
the addition of Oupridy, was elated. #
Tbe resolution of TrumbnlT^with privilege to
send for persons and papers, wa<adoptt'.cL J This
is a triumph over the ultra-administration men.
Daring the debate Sumner said the Senatorial
eaneqa was a mere, .matter qf convenience and
binding upon mo one. .Adjrirued.. j iQI
Cotton Movements for the Week.
New York, Deoember 17.—The cotton move
ments show receipts at all portb 120,918 'bales
against 105,830 last week. 122,126 the previous
week, and 104,740 three weeks sinoe. Thqtotal
reoeipts sinoe September are 1,118,547 bales,
against 1,372.557, the corresponding period of
Jhe previous year—showing a decrease sinoe
September-lst,of 254,010 bales.- Tbe exports
from all ports for the week were 107,473 against
117,598 the same week last year. The-total ex-
porta for the expired portion of the ootton year
are592,609 bales, against 765,168 for the same
time lost year. The stock at all the porta is
406,472 bales, against 468,256 the same data
lost year. • The stocks at interior[towns are 71,-
435, against 104,846 last year. The stock in
Liverpool is 458,000 againBt 385,000 last year.
American ootton afloat for GreatBritain 147,000
agaiDSt 310,000 last year. Amount of Indian
cotton afloat for Europe is 283,051, against
188,000 last year." The weather south has been
oold in many sections daring the week, although
there have been Borne complaints of rain.
Xew York Market.
New York, Deoember-17.—.Cotton was very
active during the week with an excited market’
At times there was a sharp advance whioh was
partially lost at the close. The sales for tho
week reached 150,000 bales, of which 122,000
bales were for futore deliveiy, and 18,000 bales
on the spot'and to arrive. Of the spot cotton
exporters iSbk about-5.700 bales, spinners 9,500
bales and speculators 3,800 bales. •
Washington, Deoember 17.—The Southern
Claims Commission will resume its sessions
immediately after New Year. In the meantime
they will take up two or three hundred cases
all ready for decision, and prepare them for
consideration by the House Committee on
Claims, if that committee shall desire to haye
them submitted during the present session.
Under the operation of the present lawthe com
missioners are only authorized to make one re
port each session, and that at the commence
ment of the session ; but the pressure on mem
bers of Congress from persons whose claims
were not included in the first report is so great ‘
that a change in the law may be expeoted.
These: claimants to whom awards have-been
been made by the commission are pressing for
immediate aotion by the Committee on Claims,
anil hope to get an appropriation for tha amounts
allowed them without-the further delay of ref
erence .to the Appropriation Committee—it
being suggested that this is not a standing ap-
propriation for regular service of government
that enstom’requires to be examined and re
ported by that committee. There is no expec
tation that the Claims Committee will be mnoh
delayed by any farther examination of the cases
submitted—they being undersiood to be satisfied
with the investigations made in regard to them
by the Commissions. Unless the act making
the appropriation should otherwise provide,
these claims which were allowed will bo settled
by the accounting officers of thq Treasury, and
Under the ordinary rules of that department a
a number.of claims that were expected to appear
in the first report were purposely omitted with
a view to their further investigation.
The extension of time to the Mexican and U.
S. commission, dees nbt permit the presenta
tion ot new claims. The Spanish $nd Ameri
can commission has done nothing yet, on- ac
count of the difficulty of getting evidence dur
ing the disturbed condition of Cuba.
New Yobk, Deoember 17.—The International
parade to commemorate the death of Rossell,
and others, came off to-day., with about 2,000
participants—among them Gen. Ryafi, O’Don
ovan Rossa, Olafliu and Woodhull, the French
League, the ^Printers! Union, Bricklayers’ Un
ion, and others. A catafalque with six ooffins
decorated with red flags bore tho inscription,
“To tfte martyrs of the Un iter sal JtepxebUrs." The
banner captured on laat Monday by the police
bore the inoription: “The spirit of the Com
mune expands as the ax of the executioner falls
upon the necks of its martyrs." On another was:
“The world our countrg—to do good our relig
ion.” Another was: ''And they had all things
in common" No disturbance prevailed.
St. Louis, December 17.—Two steamboats
after cutting out of the ice bolow this city yes
terday and to day succeeded in opening a pas
sage, and navigation to the South is-now re
sumed.
New York, December 17.—The bark Mary
Stetson, from New York for Aspiuwall, wbb
abandoned at sea.
Memphis, Deoember 17.-—James R. Driff,
clerk of the post-office^] drew $25,000 in the
Louisville Library Lottery.
Columbia, S O., Deoember 17.—IntheKn-
Klux trial on Saturday, the argument in the case
of B. H. Mitoheil, aoensed of conspiracy, -was
opened by Mr. Chamberlain for the prosecu
tion. Mr. Stanberry replied for the defense,
taking the ground that the aotions.of violence
proved were not in connection with any organ
lzition. Tho argument will be resumed on
Monday.
Charleston, S C., December 17.—The small
pox quarantine, established here some week-*
ago, against vessels arriving/from-New York
and Philadelphia, has been discontinued.
Arrived: Steamer Georgia from New York.
London, December 17.—The Prime of Wales
passed a quiet day and was satisfactorily pro
gressing towards recovery. Parliament meets
on the bfccond week in February.
THE GEORGIA PRESS
The Grand Jury of Fulton oonnty have found
a true bill ngarni t iFqstajfjB!odgett[ for larceny
after tru t.
Tbe Atlanta pspers note the death, on Satur
day, of Frank, a young con of ex-Governor
Brown. 1 A &A (CTr'JUtHtiQ JAS
We clip these items from the Atlanta Consti
tution, of Sunday:
High Handed Measures.—We learn that J.
A. O’Neal, Thomas WiUon and McKenzie Nioh-
olaa, of Dade comity, have been arrested and
brought here without a warrant: Hon. E. D.
Graham endeavored to find out if any bad been
issued, but to no effect. Commissioners Smith
and Conley aver that they did not issue one 1
What means this? Has a warrant been issued
since Mr. Graham made inquiry? We learn
that warrants have been issued against Hon. B.
H. Tatum and J. W. Blevins, of Dade county,
for alleged violation of the Civil Rfjfhte Bill.
The Ku-klux Cask —The following persons
were ordered disobarged this morning, in the
trial before United States Commissioner John
L.-* Conley: B. Haney, W. L. Stewart,'W. Amos,'
J. Moreland, J. G. Hale, J. W. Blevins, W. P.
Sharrock, T. W. Sharrock and Alfred MoBryar.
The announcement was made in open oourt.
Yet, one.of the_ officers refused, to. allow the
parties to pass ont. W. P. H. Tatum and G.
W M Tatum were bound over in a bond of
$2,500 each, to appear at the next term of the
United States Distriot Court, to answer to the
charge.
Jaa. Warner and William Yanoy, two negro
barbers of Atlanta, being short of enslomers
hashed each other with razors on Saturday, by
way of keeping their hands in. And then the
police canto to the front, and “the bugles sung
twioe.”
Ax iron safe belonging to MoOluakey &
Witherspoon, stock dealers .of Atlanta, was
blown open. Saturday uiornllg about fi o’dotk,
and $300 developed therefrom. No trail.
Savannah shipped 5,379 bales of ootton, val
ued at $483,620 14, to Liverpool, Geneva and
Barcelona, on Saturday.
Augusta and Athens both had slight snows,
AuoDK^fs flash on fndMlktav'ftto fetal
of that city have bntohered 1,200 hogs this sea
son. ,
Thru have been Y,596 Arrests by the Augus
ta polios for the present year, against 1,332
jost year. Of this number 921 were brunette
majority for the favorite color.
TKawhiti^ AngnstaiamS
ger and stranger. "l.
there >4 few-i no stile g|df-,Vh!d i a|
a dog with a ball of fire foT ahead,
the beer that it’a a monkey or a snake, next
time.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of Sunday days:
The Hancock Bobbebt.—On last Thursday
we gave anacoount of the arrest, by Mr. Thomas
Turner, a conductor on tbe Maoon and Augusta
Railroad, of Russian Warren, a negro who had
committed a robbery in Hanooek oonnty. On
yesterday. Mr. William 8. Diekson, the gentle
man whq was nobbed, oajjhe to for the
thief andctajtad hjrnjHjift toSpim^Mr. Dick
son says"he was roobedof four thousand five
hundred dollars—three thousand five hundred
of whioh was In silver, and one thousand dollars
in gold. The robbery was committed in the
afternoon, just after dinner, whan Mr. Dickson
and his wife had left the plantation. The money
was kept in a large tin box in the house. When
Warren got possession of the box he made his
escape without being detected, and carried hia
plnnder to the woods. There the box was bro
ken open and rifled. That night Warren took
the train at Warrenton and was arrested by the
conductor, who had ’’been asked to keep a look
out for him. When arrested, the negro had
only one hundred aqd eighty dollars in gold and
silver npon his person.
A fire at Savannah Saturday night, burn
ed the two story frame buildings on Bryan
street, occupied by Appel & Son, clothiers, and
Wm. ST.'Davidson; wholesale fruiterer, both
were destroyed. Davidson lost from $800 to
$1,.000. Appel & Son were fully covered by
insurance. The houses were fully insared.
The Methodist churoh at Cave Spring was
damaged to the amount of $200 by fire, last
week. * **
The Rome Courier says the wholesale hard
ware trade of that city has increased 40 per
.cent, . within the last three months, wholesale
drygobds iflitto, 25 per tent., drugs, 30 per
cent., groceries, 33 per cent. The nail factory
is now turning out 120 kegs of nails per day,
against 40 or 50 last year.
We quote this item from tbe last Blakely
News:
Shooting Affbay.—On Tuesday night iast,
Dr. H. H. Christian and Captain. Julian Ban
some had a little pass at small-arms on the pub
lic square in Blakely, in which both were pain
fully, though, it is thought, not seriously
wounded, each receiving two shots,
Tho Houston Home Journal, of Saturday,
says:
Horrible.—Last Tuesday a negro man and
hia wife, living on Warren Harris’ plaoe, about
ten miles north of Perry, locked np their three
children in their cabin and went off to Fort Val
ley. They were gone all day, and when they
returned they found the house burnt to the
ground-and the children oonsumed in it. It is
supposed that the children played! with the fire,
and that the house caught accidentally. It was
in a field some distance from any other house,
hence no one knew that it was on fire.
We find the following communication in the
last Dablonega Signal:
Blaibsvillk, Ga., Nov. 30. 1871.
Oar community was aroused on la-it Thursday
night by the sudden and unexpected appearance
of a squad of men; who represented themselves
as belonging to the United States army, in the
upper portion of Cheetoa Distrlc''. They pro
ceeded, on their arrival, to arrest and handenff
a number of our best citizens, without produc
ing any warrant or - authority whatever—con
fined them in a miserable place, whioh they
have established since they came here—which
they are pleased to term a prison, but use it for
no other purpose than to extort hundreds of
dollars from our peaceable and law-abiding citi
zens by threats and intimidation. They refused
to allow them even the semblance of atrial, but
foroed them to pay the enormous sum of $150
each, in cash, or spend twelve months in prison.
But how many men are there in this county
that can be found who have the required
amount? They have two hundred and fifty
names on their list (so they say). Some of
the men conldnot pay the $150, but conld man
age, by selling the last oow they had, to pay
$10; this they readily accepted, knowing as
they did, that they were going right oontrary
to the laws, and making plunder their sole ob
ject. They did not Object to a small amount.
They got something like $2,500 out of that
district.
OUTLINE OF BI -*HOP BECKWITH’S SER-
MO-V.^y ?! | f| jffl ‘ w
Delivered on the Evenlnw or the 17th inst.,
In St. Paul’s Chapel, Macon, On.
An overflowing and highly intelligent audi
tory greeted the learned prelate on this occa-’
sion, and his discourse was a model of rhetori
cal graoe, and pulpit eloquence. From a few
meagre notes filled out from memory only, we
append the following brief synopsis of the
Bishop’s remarks:
Tbe text was taken from Mark, 4th chapter
and 26th and 27th verses: “So is tho kingdom
of God as if a man should cast seed into the
gTonDd, and shoald sleep, and rise night and
day, and the seed shoald spring and grow up,
he knoweth not how.”
The growth of God’s kingdom is likened to
that of a seed sown by the husbandman which,
aotad npon by the heat of the snn and moisture,
spriogs np and grows,, “we know not how.”—
So man's spiritual progress by tbe use of means
is developed in a mysterious manner. Who can
comprehend the growth of the natural seed?
Science, in unfolding the laws and operations
of the vegetable, animal and mineral world,
does tittle more than register or label the re
sults it delineates. It cannot enter within the
vail and explain the phenomena it desoribea.
Mystery, however, is not the antagonist of-
trnth, it is simply hidden truth. Examine the
firm ament .with the naked ..eye, and the field bf
observation is oironmscribed and limited. Soan.
it with the aid of a pOwArHl lens, and all the
starry hosts and whirling planets, and systems
of worlds, burst upon the delighted eye of the
beholder. Reason. can fix no limit to spaoe or
God’s operations. Mystery is only an evidence
of man's lack of knowledge.
What do we know of the growth of a seed?
First it dies, then comes forth a delicate Bpire,
and anon, bark, fibre, increased stature, the
bursting petals of the flower, and the ripe fruit
march into existence. But oan you explain this ?
You may talk learnedly of the effects of heat
and moisture and certain chemioal agents, bat'
how do these more than merely indioate the re
sults? Sap, we are told, ascends by capillary
attraction; where did capillary attraction oome
from? We note the effect of gravity and At
traction, but what do we know of them? We
think—but what is thought? Throw a ball; the
heart beats, the brain operates, the atm obeys,
and the act is consummated; but who oan lo
cate the sentient principle, and where doea the
intuition oome from? If res son can famish no
explanation, ahal! we be surprised at the myste
ries of the Kingdom of Grace ?
What are the conditions of the growth of a
plant? The seed possesses a living germ, which,
under the influence of rain and warmth, pro
duces a marvelous phenomenon. The kernel
bursts! fairly throbbing with life, works its way
through the solid earth, and appears upon the
scene in its inohoate loveliness, a very sacra
ment of nature, soon to expand into the stately
tree. But does the omnipotent God require
means or assistance for the conversion 'of the
soul ? No; that ia not the point under review.
Be doea- not need means, but prefers to act
tfcroagK this medium and his own natural laws.
Thus, in the kingdom bf graoe, the coming of
the new birth can be known and felt The age
of miracles is past God now establishes His
kingdom through the agency of means, just as
the seed is made to germinate and attain to
maturity. His spirit will not always strive. The
Word may be choked, and the messages of tbe
3h» speaker would be glad
if BHRnbsrfcwf aU-of&? denominations would
listen to his argument His churoh (the Epis-
oopal) does not believe in the power of the
means of grace to convert the soul. He that
eatath and drinketh unworthily eatefh and.
drinketh unto condemnation. OT themoelvts
the means are nought Faith is wanted.
to fleffne tbe ffi. uesBlty and Important of
rite ot baptism aha - Nieodamos inquired bow
it was possible-for a man to be torn again. The
Saviour answered bo mast be born of water and
the Spirit Ho oou&aot explain tha process;
but God emphatically. jMne the two, water and
Spirit, together. He that believeth, andia bap-
tissd; Shall be saved. If belief be neoosaary,
baptism is equally essential. la the wonderful
day of Pentaooet, when Pe er preached with so
muqh zeal and fervor, three, thousand souls ex
claimed in an agony of apprehension, men and
brethren, what shall pa do to be saved? The
Apostle responded, repeat, and be baptised,
every oae of you, for the Remission of year sins.
The external mesne we reweedful, also.
At that day a new era waa about tp dawn upon
the world SclvatttA was about to be preaohed
to the Greek e&i-GenBle alike. One man there
was of the apostles who was to be specially des
ignated and set apart for that purpose. This
waa Sanl of Tanas, a renowned Roman, who
had been brought up at the feet of Gamaliel,
and belonged to the atreighteet sect of tho Phar
isees. This eminent personage, when on a
special errand to Damascus for tire persecution
of the saints, encountered a great light by the
way; * and awe stricken, heard a voice from
heaven, exclaim, Saul, Sanl, why persecutes!
tbon me ? Smitten with sudden blindness and
utterly overwhelmed, he cried ont, Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do? This illustrious fol
lower of Ohrist was at that moment miraou-
’loualy concerted; yet three days afterwards,
Ananias, a devout man, was sent by the Lord to
minister to Saul, “for behold hepniyeth.” This
minister of God told him to arise and be bap
tised and wash away , thy sin. Did he mock him
by using such language? If not, then there
were still sins to be washed away, which had
not been removed at the period of his conver
sion, three days before. Baptism must be
coupled thus, with the whole plan of salvation,
and is indispensably connected with it.
There is one God, one father, one faith and
one baptism. Conld Paul have said this if he
did not mean it? We are justified then, in this
inference: No matter how important the spirit
ual part of salvation, the external and visible
rite is equally indispensable. . Luther says re
gard not the word and water of the ministers,
but observe the command of God. Baptism is
the.laver of regeneration. So mnoh for the
opinion of the Great Reformer. If you believe
God to be the spiritnal or internal part of re
ligion, then you should believe eqnally in the
external and ritual portion of onr faith.
One more illustration. A oonviot is banished
for perpetrating crime and violating the taws of
the land. Whilst undergoing his sentence, how
ever, he repents end reforms. Will this loose
his ohains and restore again to him the rights
and privileges of citizenship? Not bo. The
elemeney of the government most intervene and
a free pardon be extended, ere he can return to
his native land. So in God'a kingdom; we are
condemned already, and rest under the sentence
of the Divine Law. Bat the Lord in His mercy
sends pardon and redemption through His min
ister, and the death and atonement of His only
begotten son. Let us cultivate, then, the inner
and spiritual life, but not negleot or despise tbe
externals, which are alike of God’s appointment
Bishop Beckaitb, towards the close of his
discourse, threw aside his notes nnd spoke
with much earnestness and power. Graceful in
elocution, and of commanding presence, few
men excel him in the pnlpiti
From Eafknla, Alabama.
Eufaula, Ala., December 15, 1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: •
As nothing in the way of a communication
from this city and section has appeared in your
columns for some time, please grant me the spaoe
to make a brief record of a few ucideLts of inter
est that have recently transpired here. In doing
so, it may hot only be agreeable to your read
ers here, but it may interest others living else
where. First, however, let me say a word about
railroads.
Eufaula fis now the terminal point of three
railroads—the Southwestern, Montgomery and
Eufaula, and Vicksburg and Brunswick; and on
Monday next the people of Eufanla will be called
upon to say through tbe ballot-box whether or
not they_irill subscribe $75 000 to the Eufaula,
Abbeville and Gulf (narrow g-iuge) railroad—
tbe Burvey of which, from this point to Green*
wood, Fla., (a distance of 86 miles) has just
been made by that excellent topographical en
gineer of your city, Maj. Gardner, and a corps
of able assistants. Tbe survey shows the prac
ticability of constructing the road, and, also,
that its cost per mile will be less than that of
any other road of the same length in tbe coun
try. There is no doubt entertained that the peo
pie of Eufaula will vote “for subscription” to
the road, as they see very clearly that it will
open a channel of trade through a rich and pro
ductive sections, populated by si thrifty and in
telligent people who have long made this city
their headquarters for disposing of their crops
and the purchase of their supplies. This ro«d
will be built at an early day, as it is one of v»st
importance toEufauta and the people of South
western Alabama and West- Florida. % .
The Montgomery and Enfaula road, I am in
formed, is already doing a fine business, both
in'the transportation of freight and passengers,
though it has been opened but a short while.
By this road, cotton is now being shipped
through to New York at tho rate of $1 30 per
hundred pounds. This is a heavy reduotion in
the price prior to the opening of the road. 1
hear some grumbling among the merchants
here, in regard to the running schedule on this
road, whioh they assert is injuring the trade of
Eufanla; but as the schedule was shaped to suit
the arrival and departure of the trains at Mont
gomery, so as to make close conneolion, the
evil complained of here cannot well be remedied
without injuring the interests of the road, and
hence we shall expect the present schedule to
stand until a change is made in the Schedules
of the roads with whioh it oonneots.: ’
Of the Vicksburg and Brunswick road, I have
only to say that the work on it is being pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. The road is now
in running order from here to' Claytop, the
county site, a distance of twenty-oue miles.
Trains leave Eufauia for Clayton, daily; Sundays
excepted, at 5:30 p. m., or immediately after
the arrival of the regular day passenger trains
on the Southwestern road. Tbe fare from
Eufaula to Clayton is $1. The construction of
.this much of the road is of vast importance and
convenience, at least to the people of Barbour
county, and particularly to the people of Eufaula,
during the sessions of the Circuit Court.
ZNOXDXNTS.
On Monday night last, the new and beautiful
opera house, recently built in this city by
Messrs. Kolb, Courio and Hayes, was opened
for the reception of tbe publio—Mr. Temple
ton’s first-rate dramatio troupe and the renown
ed Leon Brothers inaugurating amusements on
the new stage. The opera house is really a
gem of beauty, and has been finis bed tn costly
and elegant style. It will comfortably seat 800
persons; and so admirable is tbe arrangement,
that a fait view of the stage can be had from
any seat in the house. Tbe dome of the andi r
torium has been most artistically andclassioally
frescoed by those fine artists, Messrs. Schmidt
and O’Brien, who also painted a foil set of
scenery for the stage. The plan of tbe audito
rium, stage, ete., was the work of Mr. John
Harvey, the gentleman who recently resnoddled
Ralston’* hall in Maoon. These gentlemen, by
their combined talents, have gotten up a dra
matio temple inferior in no respect to any in
the South. Great praise is dec to the enter
prising and spirited proprietors above named,
for this beautiful and commodious structure for
the amnaement and recreation of their frieode
and fellow-citizen*. It la an ornament to the
oity and a credit to its bnildere. Yon greatly
need suoh an institution in year oity.
Another inoident of interest, particularly to
the firemen, was the celebration of tbe anniver
sary of Phoenix Fire Company No. 3, of which
Mr. A. J. Ramsey is foreman. By invitation,
the Cleburne Fire Oompeny .No. 1, another
spirited and dashing organisation of this city,
of whioh Mr. Joseph E. Walla, jr , is foreman,
participated in the exercises and partiestarly
the refreshments ot the occasion. Both com
panies turned ont in fell force and paraded the
streets with their engines, making a very im
posing and handsome display. Before disband
ing for refreshments there was, of ocoree, a
water-squirt teat ot the maehlnie hwth at
tempting to throw water over the spire of the
steeple on the new Baptist Church. Unfortu
nately, however, the arehitect was not thinking
of the capacity of fire engines when he pttabea
that spire, ana he pat it too high for tbe boys—
it baing nearly 150 feet from the ground. The
maobines, nevertheless, worked admirably and
sufficiently for all practical purjsoeee tn tt$ <4
fire. There ia also a hook sad udder nompsaiT
here, but owing to the fact that their tixtokand
trappings had not arrived at the time td the pa-.
rede, they did not torn oak Eufaula may well;
feel proud ot her Fire Department. It num
bers about 250 of her best young men aod citi-
aene, who, by their prompt action and etfleieney
,tiA Are which broke cut in the heart of the
city'some months since, saved a half million
dollars worth of property.
the,
«w 1
wich, of Lynchburg,
Shorter, of Eufeuta, uaugMur of
8hotter. The ttartirge eeretaoaT^,
Baptist church, winch had been v^„
decorated for the occasion—Bev a T
ton, the pastor, officiating. The
crowded to wituem the liremoo, ^ *t|
eye-witness, your correspondent
was beautiful sad impressive. A mi*
wedding sapper followed tbe marri^
restScaM of the bride’s father,
day between the houra of 4 and 7 »
reoegtion took ytaee-feo
bume Fire Company, No. 1, puttier in ^1
peerenoe in toll utitotavand each
faring bis individual aoncratnlaH~.TT*l
happy oouple.
congratulation to
The fair end fasanataJ v
has long been a special favorite at tu ?
burbes,” and it seeme thai she felt D Z,
honored tn being recognised as such. _ .
beautiful banner of the oompanv *1
bar hands. On this ueraeioa the eomi^l
seated her with several pieces »* -3v?v
of
a Italic. *1
plate as a wedding gift, and as a U^.’
dence of their esteem. The weddia,'^
hither from Montgomery and othsrpoim,
friends and relatives of the bride, md
sequence, Eufanla was unusually liv.i-Y*
few days. OoL Leftwioh has won a r *J J* 1
and the writer would express the earnest;
that it may ever sparkle as now the brickt’
ticular gem in his life’s diadem. £
business, trade, me.
It is a little painful to turn from the eras.
plation of so pleasant a aubjeotas that to»S
I have jnst alluded, to speak of the dnwj
the tinws, scarcity of money, etc. Th*
plaint is general here among all cltuta in
gard to money. It is tighter than Diet *
hat band, and already one prominent bre?
firm here has had to succumb to the
The hope exists, however, that the rapii,a r |Z
in tha price of ootton, and the growm.-
tion of holders to sell, will soon relieve then,
sure, and by the time the Christmas hohfa
arrive, all will have enough p-oket ehsaa,
pay for a glass of egg-nog and, perohwos
turkey. Yours, R g g*
Arizona Diamond-Have We a g^l
moud Field at onr Doors*
It is known that the Aztecs occupied Ltol
in early days, and that they assured Ctmettil
his followers that the precious stones, of ttal
they had a considerable store, came from
far North, beypnds the limits of the empir* J
Montezuma as the Spaniards fonnd it jJ
ruins of those cities are scattered through 0*1
iral Arizona, and are outside of the greeter ns |
running in a semi-oirole from the ridm? ;|
Wiokenbnrg on tbe Hassiyampi, far to fcl
northward into the oountry of the Cdondl
Chiquito, around the Black Forest s&d hi
Francisoo mountain, and southeastwtrd utt|
Gila. East of the mouth of tbe Salinas is fo-J
a range of minor ruins on the hill tops m|
running water, supposed at first to have bea|
intrenobed mining camps, located in an ecta;f
country, or in a oountry subject to raids free if
hostile people.
^-In the vicinity of many of these camps, t^|
and other evidences of working for silvers!
gold are found, but in- others no trace of j
precious metals is found, and the inferenceil
the oocupants must have been seeking for#
thing else is quite natural. One of th-se 1
is loo*ted on a bed of lava which fljirtd
hundred miles to tbe southeast from tneo
silent, crater of mount San Francisco, 1
-twenty miles from water. The builders of li
camp were evidently cutting through tbe 1
and mining for something underneath it ~
ago Kit Carson’s men, in passing throng
Navajo oountry in New Mexico, and the e
portion of the never folly explored com
the Moquis, found on a gravelly plain 1
quantities of small red stones in the earth,!
ried out by the red ante of the oountry, anil
ried some of them away with them. Yeuufls
Fred. Henry, a well known Arizonian Ini"
fighter and miner, gave a number of these a
to a gentleman from this city, who had 0
them ground by a lapidary, and it proved toll
a genuine ruby, though not very valuable os
count of its dark oolor, the lighter hutd c
having tbe preference in the market. At
pale emerald, found ou the Hasiyampi, tci
Danied the rabies, and all tbe stones 1
now in the oabinet of tbe Wells FemiM
lege, Auburn, New York. Other rubteeofs
character have been brought here from time a
time by explorers, and have been seenijiiri-
oui jewelers in this city. The di&uotli
generally found in a oountry producing i
ruby aad emerald, and the opinion that it to
be discovered in Arizona appears-to hareb
verified. A Montgomery street jewelennfo:
us that a few months since a party of erph
in Arizona found among the ant hills sc
bright stones which took their fancy, and::
brought several of them sway. Someufii
stones were- scattered around and lost, acd?
far the finest—described as being of the silt
a common chestnut—was placed on an si til u
smashed into a thousand pieces, as a teste!
being a diamond, it beings popularfallucj-
a teal diamond cannot be broken by anye
•alio or mineral aabotanoe le-s hard tbasi
After this no particular attention was j
them, until one which had been sent to;
Rnd cut by a lapidary, was returned here c
fled to be a brilliant of the purest water,o’
carats weight, and worth from $300 to !
It was here shown to a Montgomery street;!*
airy, from whom wo have the above parcel. ’
Upon its being returned here with the at*
its character and value, the party gristly to
out for another trip, and retnrned to Arir:f
Nothing has 8’nce been heard from them.-"
Francisco Bulletin, Nov. 24.
What $krrmao Paid for One of I
Witnesses.
Tn the trial of J. W. Avery, at Gotambnj
C., on the 13th instant, the chief wip*
the Government was Kirkwood L. Ga- 1
deposed to his “Ku-klux” membership. ■
soribed “raids” and implicated the prieu-'-^
a satisfactory manner. The following is 1 7
of his testimony on cross examination:
I made disetaaores to Colonel
Oartersville, .Georgia. I went there to
I never talked to anybody else ebout * .
knew until I saw Colonel Merrill, last vet
Yorkvllle. -
Q —Where did you oome from when jo
to Yorkville about a week ego ? ,
A.—I came from Washington city. It -
there just to see the oity. I had no w
there. I did oall on Colonel Akertujn.
talked about matters in general. !<* \s
there to York. I had no basinew it > J
I went to see Colonel Merrill. G4 tt“ J
oome down here as a witness. HejMJ ^
ise me any money or reward. I ® ,
$200 in Washington from Col. AkeroW*
I suppose it was to defray my eI P® 3 f „,
to OartettvUie. It was sixty miles ire
X was living to Oartersville. It
that mnoh money. The olerkdidn
what he paid me the money. He jn 1
it oat to me end I receipted for it.
to Washington to get the money, t
there to see the city.
Tax Paw on the Beab —Mrs. M#ry C-*
Arne*, in a tatter to the Independent,
didrill
and
scribes the Grand Duke * hands:
His hands are simply huge, (
grip of n polar beer—at least they »
of beartog more handshaking th»
hands. I saw him go through jt «
lean ordeal the other evening- .
pettenee end grace, if not wita ,
It gnne a sturdy, mteenumental g*^
daintiest Ud-glered toad oatetretebec ^
Bat the fane at Ataxia told many ston** *
the tsani eei instant it looked P
next weary, (to next indifferent, « fl
would tetobtan again. “He 1*
and agreeable,” a young lady * ,
^tlSTr^Sto to he. the uglierib^
And if she makes the
1 Anrarioen toad her ontw*®-,. # i
strange that she sails this giant p)
^ ‘ ’ hand, and look* «' “ ,1
a Romanoff to**»
not “roy* 1 -
Oontoa Fwwnw —The *»«*“* *
oaiptssofar 1,U*,«*7 totss, ***^
>a| jftfe, Mm tone • totting ° f
Ifcs other figures stand thus •
.. 406.472
A. 71,433
.. 458,000
India* siqdi.-v>-->v»yy’ g ”» 06 i
n, JtmryGm.' Ahnanac joriSl* **
tstsalsadarof the age.
I down the
S54.0B- 1 h
1,403 s *
