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—• —— ” —' *4i>*nnah BFtrMw Rftn "ATUROAY, JAHUHV * —"BBe-qj NAMIrfU THK APHI.IC. BY wtu. Wallace makn t Y. In namlti* her sppls she lost an<t woo, Win th* •alley summer fm in ul at the sun, For making if ruth a plaything; The rose* ha>l shut themselves up every one. The rhailoar wen* clipped like the carta of a unr. Ami the lillica had all gone balding. Like a bee in the threat of a roae she feede, Conutiuc the mu k* pimegrauate seeds, And piayiusat otld-aml-even; Ue will come or not come, ahe tells her bead*, Repealing lovo’a avo, iater and creeda, ►even, eight, nine, ten, eleven. But after a feat on delicate rnak. Lit' 1 i4nk whlte seeds in a pora. graiate baak, The atara cam-t out in the gloaming; The low moan broke 1 ke an app e ot duak Through the leafy cluster* of orange murk, And the lot aa;d Leon vraa coming. In gfdM dc Naples and n oire antique. At the vlne-covarod gate she tffered her cheek. Nor law It waa not lu the meeting The 1 iver ahe looked for. But women are weak, And a lover who cornea in a moment of pique— Two* the pomegranate reed did the cheating 1 BABY Altrril.MKl IC. Rosebud, dainty and f .lr to see, Flower oi all I lie Wor d to me, < ;otii*‘ thi* way on your dancing feet - Hay, how ranch do you love me, sweet ? Red little mouth drawn gravely down, Whip-h ow weari iga puzzled frown, Wire little heby Knee is rhe. Trying to mcaaure her love for me. **l love you all the day and the night. All the dark and the riinxhlne blight, All the candy In ev ry rto.e, All the dnllurr and more and more, fiver the I opr ot the mountain* high, Ah the world, way up to the sky. 7 Florida A (Taint. It ia tnmored that Walla, colored, will bi a candidate for Governor. We would vote for hint iu prelcretice to Htearns. Furman's electioneering band-wagon in now undergoing a coat of paint. There are rumors afloat that McLtn will lie a candidate fop-Governor. Tbitt is alty g' ther too BiUCth. We prefer iftearns. There have teen mqnrios of late an to the identity of ‘•Adrianna,” onr spin; fitly Jack Honvillo correspondent. Those who care fully read yesterday's Morning News are no longer in doubt. Kanduli has found out who Be is by this tiftie. “Adriauua” has not fair ly entered upon his duty of exposing Rdi ical villainy and corruption, and when he once geis settled down to work, our readers ny expect something lively. Mumps are not uuusual in Monticello. Fildes had them when he was a boy. When is Littlefield to take possession of tbe J., P. and M. Railroad 't It is about time be waa rising to the surface. According to the Monticello Constitution the planters of Jefferaon county say that the presAUt seaaou is altogether dirferent, in •me respect, to any of its predecessors aince the war. Heretofore held hands have been scarce, and considerable tact was necessary to secure labor at a reasonable price. Now labor is in excess of tbe de mand, anil the darkies are hunting homes, instead of tho homes hunting the darkies. This would indicate that tho planters in tend to contract their cotton planting opera tions. Tho Live Oak Times says three men have been in town during the week, passing backwards and forwards on the tram, who are running a thruo-card monte game. They are also siippo.-ed to he passing counterfeit money. Look out for them. From a Jack, wonville paper of a later date we Uam that two of these swindlers were arrosted at Mc- Intosh station, No. 3, Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. They are uow contio< din jail at that point under live separate charges They had just succeeded in cheating u pur kciigur out of (175, and had leaped Imui the train, bat wore chased and captured. The third coufederate of this inlamous gang is now thought to ho iu that city. Lloyd Brown, colored,who brutally cut his wife's throat recently m Jacksonville, will hang ou tho 4th of February. A Calhoun county man has raised a bunch of nine oranges, ail bu 1 one touching each other, which weighs nearly thirteen pounds. Tbo Monticollo Constitution understand < that a colored mau was arrested on last Sat urday who furnished unmistakable evidence that he wan an enterprising and thrifiy thief, lie wan fouud in possession of a couple of oxen, a horse, a mule and a wagon, and the animals and the wagon were all stolen from different partu s. Hu hails, wo believe, from Thomas county, Georgia, and cau bo tound by inquiring friends at tbo Jufforsou county jail. A negro edits tho looal department of the Feruauuin* Observer. It would be an im provement if sensible colored men edited tbo entire sheet. The sumo paper says : General VC p. Barite*, of Marianna, is prominently Spoken of as tipi Peuiocratio nominee for UovWuor. Gen rttai Jlarues served as Lieutjjuaut jGtfonel of tho J^s^tegmiMitofl'^rjil, as a man of sound morals and solid pans. Stood qualities for a Governor to have. The Lake City Reporter is glad to learn, from investigation, that tho majority of our |)Laute' will engage in tho culture of rice the coming sojhou . This crop is one of tho most remunerative tho farmer can plant, and requires much less labor and attention thau the cotton crop. Many who have nevt r planted tills profitable crop will this year undertake its culture. Our farmers will do well to ignore cotton and turn tl4.br atten, turn to riuo and sugar cane. Their past sad experience skould teach them tho advantage .'I the change. Lake City clamors for a reading-room. Mr. Codriugton's excursion was a success, l>n Christmas, iu JVnsacola, two colon <1 women amused themselves with razors, in tho fotuiwing manner, according to the Gazette: “J'lie razor should properly ho tho implement of tho bearded sex, in whos < behalf it was devised, to reap the hirsute harvest of tho cliiu ; but it was misappro priated to other ami feminine uses on Christmas morning, when a negro woman was terribly slashed down the breast by Another with the barbarian instrument, an 1 would possibly have bled to death but for prompt surgical assistance. Thu stroke was transverse to tho ribs, or her lungs would have been cut through. As it was she re ceived a dreadful wound about eight inches in length and to the hone. Later another woman, also a negro, had her throat cut with a razor, but not effectually, for the wound was superficial, and did not touch tho vital couduits.** Lake City Importer: Attorney General Cocko, iu his protest to the Supreme Court of tho I’uitml States, iu the railroad case lately decided, says “that tho four million dollars of bonds wore issued illegally an I fraudulently’," and be protests against the people of the State being made liable for their payment. His opinion is worthy of respect Throughout the laud, uud he surely knows whereof he speak 4, No, tho people have not been far wrong in tin? past, when they insisted that the whole matter was but <t tiiejc to place a burden upon the people for the sake of benefiting a few office,hold, crs. If the railroad as the property of the (State is luu as spine other institutions have been, the people Lave not only been oj - pressed with this additjoual debt but the load will be but additional uterus of perpet uating the iHiwvr of those who cai<,;,milling for :Ue welfare of the people. Lake City Reporter: On Wednesday morn ing last, as ihu eastern bound train was going under good speed, about one nub from town, tbo engine r.n off the track and was overturned iuto tho ditch, where it lay on us side when we saw it; and although feveral of the passouger coaches were sorne whai damaged, none o( the passengers were Butt. How tho engineer and Jireinau •escaped is luisraculous, vit we hear tncy were uninjured. The same day we hear that the westward bound train, when near Baldwin, ran off the track without serious ■fi.tuiage, and after gctijug tho traiu again upon the track and starting, the engi neer, when a few miles this side of Baldwin, discovered a bridge oa tire, but too lato to sstop the train. So he ran at usual speed, stud the whole train passed safely over. The workmen on the road, coming up in a very short time, fouud the bridge burned and tli > track fallen iu. These recall to our memory file fact that, while numetous accidents have Bwo reported for the last few years upon this toad, we remember none that occurred during tuo time to a traiu iu motion that caused injury to a passenger or to the em ployees. We ass to) 1 that the road-bed is • E a very bad ooediti .0. tud •hat there is Siot a spare bar of iron for sixty miles. Tallahassee Sentinel: A few days ago ege of our citizens, who has been down in Wa kulla oouutv 0:1 a hunting expedition for a few wee*'*, returned, 3/1.1 among other in teresting accounts of the trip states the fol lowing. which is about as good a. some fish atones we have heard : Early in the morn ing this gentleman started out from the camp to procure water from one of the many wprii gs iu that section, pd, after pr eced ing a short distance, came to oge located iu a secluded spot and surrounded by dense fo liage. Fashing his way through the under grow th be touched tho s| tjug, and, feeling tuirsty, threw himself upon tiva ground and commenced drinking. Suddenly he was startled by a rustin g of the leaves and the -mapping of twigs near by, and presently h-age bear made bis appearance. Quietly raising bis bead, our friend, not danug to move and not being armed, kept big posi tion and waiter] to see what turn affairs would t*k. Ht be*/ship slowly approached the water within throe feet of our friend, and, after eyeing him a few gjomeut*, pro ceeded to drink. Our friend began to feel caur i easy ou noticiug the bear a > good-na tured. and, wishing to become better ae riitaiuned, reached out bis band and gently rapped him ou his nose. The bear, not seeming to be in a quarrelsome mood, ■muffed his baud, looked at him a mono nt, and then, waggling his stumpy tail, “walked off on his ear.” Our frieDd says be shall take another huut shortly, when we expect to bear of something else. Mr. Irby Roberta,-otTa of The oldeat and most highly respected citlgeus of Marlon county, ia dead. According to the Ocala Banner, the finest oranges iu Florida are growu by Mrs. Till man, ot Bumter county. The Fernandioa Observer is now edited with a shot-gun. Purman is entirely too quiet to be a suc cessful candidate for Governor. It requires a band-wagon and noise. We trust Purnam will take the bint. The Semi-Tropical, for January, comes to band witli anew and very finely executed title-page which is really a credit to design er, engraver and publisher. Tlie only fault we b&ve to fiud with the editor is that be encourages old man Koloo Robinson into the belief that he can write poetry by pub lishing his awful attempts at rhyme. It is plaiu to us that Harriaou Reed knows a good • eal more about railroad bonds than he doe* about poetry. We trust somebody will get out so injunction restraining Holon from sny more attempts at verae making. The liail ft-l eries on Lake Monroe are yi- i ins w ii. < The editor of the Cl< ar Water Times Te xt Vi and ■ii the 3 I in-t. splendid boquet of roses and geranium, gathered from plants glowing in tbe open air. Orange county is moving in the matter of a brass band. Orlando raises oranges that we : gh a pound apiece. The Hanford Journal says that seventeen large boxes of orange and lemon trees ar rived on the Katie ou last Huaday from Italy for Gen. Sanford. TLey will immediately be planted on bis Ilelair grove. Tbe freight alone on tbe importation was over (400. Tbe trees were bearing at the time they were taken up in Italy. A shooting set ape between two negroes, resulting fatally to one of them, occurred at Lake City the other day. Ocala seems to be on the improve. Dr. Babcock, of tho Jacksonville Press, has been presented with an easy chair. Mr. J. I>. Cargill writes to the Clear Water Times that be is fifty-one years old, and that be has visited and sojourned iu twenty-one of the United States, and that only in Flor ida could be have enjoye I the luxury- of eating, on the first of Jauuiry. a ripe watermelou, taided by lunisblf m tho open air. Wo aro truly glad to know that Colonel N. K. Haw;.er has purchased the .Veto South. He is a Republican, but at the same time a gentleman, a combination of qualities rarely met with in the Kouth, and especially in Florida. We trust his uew venture will be entirely successful. The Ocala Banner says that a son ot Mr. I ortuer, Senator from the Twenty-third District, has invented a corn-slteller, and a machine fur pulling up cotton stalks, and for cuttirg loots and potato vines. He evinces iaie mechanical abilities. Pensacola Gazelle : We have seen no im ported oranges that will compare with those from the grove of Dr. John A. Brosuaham, at Gull Point, near Pensacola. Their aver age of weight shows their superiority by a large percentage. Dr. Brosuaham has sold liia crop to Giovanni, aud there the native oranges of West Florida may be seen and bought. They are of firm pulp and ex quisite flavor and are, we think, the finest oraugos we have ever seen. The size and age of the trees that produced them, their thrift and productiveness, aro sufficient to establish the fact that our soil and climate are suited to orange culture. Dr. Brosna hani Ims, we understand, a large number of young trees ttiat will in due time add to the crop of the parent trees of the grove. The same paper says ; Seamen who have gone down to tbe sea in ships for a lifetime may not have happened to see before what they see to-day iu the harbor of Pensacola— more than a hundred gallant ships moored iu a fleet, There are more iu other ports, but scattered along miles of quays, they do not present the imposing coup deceit ot an armada—such as rides within rjflo range of the beach front of Pensacola. The (lags of many nations, from Norway to the Mediterranean, show their colors; the tugs aro ceaselessly bust ling about, towing ships and timber; nearly a thousand stevedores are at their work, and mingling with them aro near two thousand seamen of varied nationalities. All this 1 inks like business—and an enthusiastic citizen requests us to state that there is more foreign tonnage iu Pensacola than there is in New York. THE CLEWS ACCOUNT. The .WvMsnge of the Governor Submitting Ihe Mneiul-Klbbee Keport. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] Wo submit herewith the Governor’s message sent to the General Assembly yesterday, iu transmitting the exhaustive, lucid and valuable report of Messrs. Thos. L. Snead Kibbeeupon the of Georgia with- Henry Cpww*^ ■* 1 \ i ggjs£[ .’■‘SPffJafA, Ga., January ICtli, 187(1. j Jo the General Assembly : I have the honor to trausmit herewith the report of Messrs. Thomas L. Snead anil Charles C. Kibhee upon tho account of the State of Georgia with Henry Clews & Cos., of Now York. It was hoped that this re port would be ready for transmission to the General Assembly with the annual message, but the preparation aud receipt of it were unavoidably delayed. The tirm of Henry Clews A Cos. acted as financial agents of the Stato during the ad ministration of Governor Bullock. Acorrect state/pent of their transactions as such agents hs been diligently sought, but hitherto without success. In the statement of account heretofore presented by them they have claimed a balance duo from the Htato of $170,043 05. It was reasouably be lieved that this statement was incorrect, and the balance so claimed was not allowed. The correctness of this opinion is clearly shown by tho investigation made by Messrs'. Snoad and jfibbee, As early as the month of December, 1873, Mr. .Snead, of New York, was engaged to examine tho accounts of Henry Clews & Cos. He met with difficulties, however! first, oti account of the opposition to the investi gation upon the part of Mr. Clews, himself, and then, because of the bankruptcy of said firm, and the litigat on consequent there upon. In the month of Mav, 1875, Mr. Snead was given free access to the books of the company, aud obtainod important informa tion for the State in regain to tae condition of the treasury. In the summer of 1875, I succeeded in en gaging the services of the Hon. C. C. Kib bee jointly with Mr. Snead, who made the investigation, of which the result is con tained in their report. From a brief sum mary of this result, preseuted iu their re port, it will be Been that, instead of the State being indebted to Heury Clews A Cos., as claimed by them, in the sum of $170,043 05, the latter owe the State a balance on account of $170,227 42. The report is the result of a laborious and pains-taking investigation, and is both com prehensive and satisfactory. It Las en tirely removed the necessity for any further inquiry into the acsount o'f the State with Henry Clews & Go. The authors of it are entitled to adequate remuneration for their services, apd 1 recommend such an appro priation therefor as the General Assembly uiav deem just aud proper- James M. Sjf/Tjj. We regret that the pressure upon our columns, through the publication of Mr. Gill's speech, renders it impossible for us to give more thau the recapitulatory remarks of th>. report, reserving for fu tore issues a fuller review of this inter esting document. RECAPITULATION. Iu the accounts hitherto submitted by Messrs. Henry Clews & Cos., against the State, the State is charged with a balance due of $170,043 05 on the 20th dsy of October, ]B7l. In the account appended as an exhibit to this report the State is entitled to be credited with the sum of $170,228 42, with interest thereon, from the 10th day of November, 1871. This difference in the two accounts is due to tbs fact 1. 1 tiat we have deducted fyo/n the account of said firm, for bonds um presented...... *171,000 e 0 ! 2. F >r note* paid Tcun car com ply 3*2,919 22 3. For good ci upon:) uupresented 33,2*0 <0 •*. For B. *SL A. K. K together with the interest charged there on, aud hive reduced the commission and interest account as heretofore explained, iu the body of our report, and as wi.l more fylly appear iu the account here with submitted. Ju making out the ac couut we have departed from the form iu which it has been hitherto presented, and we have not consolidated the various accounts, but we have arranged each charge against the State, in the order of its alleged payment, and given the State credit for sale of bonds at tho reported <1 ites thereof. , ith the exception of the “redemption bond books, we have had access notonly to all the books of the firm of Messrs. Henry Clews & Cos., but also to their private correspondence with Governor Bulloek, H. I. Kimball and others, and with these aids, we have subjected each separate item of the account to careful examination. With confidence, there fore, we submit, as the result of our labors, the opinion that the State is not indebted to Messrs. Henry Clews & Cos., in any sum whatever, but on the con trary. said firm is justly indebted to tbe State in the sum of $170,227 42, with interest thereof from the 16th day of No vember. 1871. Respectfully submitted, Thomas L. Snead, Chas. C. LETTER FROM JUKnON YILLE, Billy, Bobby and .Marcella*—An Inez. stapled Trio o( B.*tea—Exit Billy, the Mloaoaa llonaer-on Borloi ■ Hole— Tke Identical Komene** of Radical Ar- Btmcntk—Last t all ol tbe Roll-**me Kish or Son Fitli—Oar by Use the Voter* llhoe—Line*, bat not ( lose Lines. IBpeial Correspondence of the Morning News.) Jacksonville, January 17, 1876. Florida’s uncaged lunatic. The monstrous example set by Chief Jus tice Randall in bis unswerving fidelity to dishonest (practices is adhered to with unvarying exactitude by the entire crew of bis fellows in iniquity. The owner of & newspaper, stolen by a crazy fanatic, whom we wilt continue to designate as liil.y, bav.ng succeeded in regaining posses sion of his property, produced a critical agi tation in the scheming brain of the superin tendent of public illiteracy. So Btily re paired straightway to Tallahassee, and ad ore-sed his abettor, Marcellos L. Stearns, thus: “Sellus, how do you expect me to avenge me of mine e’nemies if I lose the Fernaudina Obsercerl" Marcellue, w,th paternal unction rejoin and; “Goandsteel the paper agaiu. Bob Archibald wiiJ so arrange it that you can hold on uutii after the cam paign. I’ve bepn a fa'her to Bobby; picked him up out of (be gutter, in fact; you snow we made him a Judge before be had been admitted to the bar two months. Bob by’s my slave, and so is Randall for that matter. Emboldened by these a-surances, Billy proceeded to Fernaiidina and tflrc'.ed a lodgement. Being doubtless a believer iu the skepticism that Daniel never would have come forlh from the lions’ den alive if he had not chloroformed the animals, Billy’s first care waa to block up tbe avenues with something (hat did not smell exactly like chloroform, but which answered the same purpose. He then decamped from Fer naudiua n iver to return, and with a wink of wonderful sagacity greeted Archi bald, who said; “All right, Billy, but gaudam that Savannah Hews," which was certainly elegant language for a Judge of a judicial cir cuit to use, aud for a clergyman to assent Ao. After Billy’s departure lrom Amelia Island tbe Observer made its appearance, beariog unmistakable traces of h s conduct, reeking with filth. Had Bil - confined htmseif to dirduess simply, it would have elicited no comment, but when he asserts that he was assailed as soon as bis back was turned, we invite the reader to a slight retrospection. It will be remembered that when the world stood aghast at Bidy’s crimes he first tried to silence investigation into his felonious career by referring to his character as a minister. Finding that this plan would not bring about a respite be after wards talked of a “little white face flecked with woe,” and subsequently empha sized this supplication by imploring mercy for the children " who would bear his name. Although recognizing that no one with a particle of man hood, honesty or shame would have resorted to such a diabolical subterfuge for his own protection, it had the effect desired by Billy of rendering our arms poweriees. We war not against women and children nor any one’s family, however little resjßbt he may show for them himself. As little credit as we allowed Billy, for reason we never dreamed that his hopeless imbecility would lea I him into a misapprehension of tho motives for ireatirg him with comparative lenity, aud we shall hereafter pay the same attention to him that we would to any other uucouvicted felon, whenever the interests of the public demand it. He is a sempiternal poitroqu, a galvanized hypocrite, destitute of sanity, sobriety and principle. The Fer nandina Observer is now iu the hands of the sheriff, which, according to the modus ope rands prevailing in this region, is equiv alent to Billy Watkin having it himself. SO GLORIOUSLY SAD, The Republican party narrowly escaped losing another voter ou Saturday evening. The habit of driving furiously through the streets,so common among African jehus,has its legitimate outgrowth iu a serious acci dent every uow and then, and yet the reckless practice is not miti gated by any of these terrible ad monitions. Two vehicles came in contact suddenly, and one of the drivers sustained damage to the extent of two broken ribs caused by the buggy shaft of his vis-a-vis plowing into nis frame. His sufferings since have beeu most intense, but he is said to be in a fair way for recovery, and will probably diminish his confidence in his power to bump against a pointed wooden substance without injuring it moieur leeg. THE CHAIRMAN’S REPORT. The terrified but mercenary apologists for tfie disreputable deeds of their crony, tlie Judge of the Fourth Circuit, have adopted their usual method of dubbing robbery by another name, Allowing all that they assert in reference to tho irregularity ef the report we will not permit them to detract tit-Pl the undeniable prodf~cTi' Archibald's knav ery, which the euavrwsMi htvega tor ward by/' raising issues not at all pertinent to tbo matter under considera tion. We insist upon the text—that Stearns’s puppet has been guilty of a most unblush ing and petty system of stealing, aud has been detected iu the act. The impossibility of glossing over the irrefragable truths that have beeu revealed is one of thelovelnst peculiarities of our position, and by what process of induration this degraded official contrives to still expose himself to the gaze of an outraged people, is one of the over powering riddles to which carpet-bag despo tism is constantly giving birth. A FINAL WARNING. The gentlemen of the State Fair Commit tee are urgently notified that unless such explanations are spet dily given as shall con vince us that they have no settled design of converting the concern into a Radical politi cal machine, we shall strip the mask away so rapidly that the wearers will be blinded. We would bo culpable of au unpardonable dereliction of duty to the enormous constitu ency iu Florida, represented by the Morn ing News (larger than that of any other journal), did we stand calmly by and" fail to protect them lrom imposition. A PISCATORIAL WONDER. A regular hullaballoo ia tlie water came to the notice of the master of a vessel lying at th t bar on Saturday, and the commotion impelled him to man the schooner’s yawl and investigate the disturbance. He soon harpooned a mousterof the deep, or ratherof the shoal, which required tour boats to draw it in. Jt was brought to the city yesterday by a steamer. Its di mensions are those of a small whale, being—length seven feet.breadth fif ty-four inches, weighing above twelve hun dred pounds. It is pronounced by experts in ichthyology to bo of the sun-fish species, and lias prominent eyes, a small mouth and large tail, it will perhaps be placed upon exhibition. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED. Lloyd Brown, the negro fiend who, with a little razor, in August last annihilated a part of his wife’s throat, and the whole of her life, has been sentenced to be executed on the 4th proximo, by hanging by tbe neck uutii he is dead. I dislike to see black murderers going this way without being accompanied in their journey by some of the white skinned scoundrels of Radicals who have inculcated the notion into the woolly heads of this besotted race that they can commit murder, rapine and violence with impunity. COMBUSTIBLE SHANTIES. It has been tbe custom for two or three months past for various parties to rent a va cant lot within tbe tire limits of the corpora tion, and erect a rookery for the purpose of transacting business on an ephemeral ami diminutive' scale, in total disregard of muni cipal regulations to the contrary. Tne at tention of the Council has been called by a number of citizens to this flagrant violation of tne city ordinances, and some determined action will doubtless be taken at their next regular meeting. SNEAK THIEVES. A curious hallucination has taken posses sion p/e that if some of the guardians, instead of drivi g around drunk in the night, would devote a moiety of their sur - plus moments to the laudable pursuit of ferreting out tbe active Radicals who de prive denizens of tbeir wearing apparel, they might earn tbe thanks of this com munity. A sneaking wretch entered Ochus’s boarding house Baturdav evening, and bagged a half-dozen overcoats, together with other articles. fire at febnandina. Darby's saw-mill, located at Old Towu, a suburb of Feruandina, was destroyed by fire last week. Tbe property, I believe, was owned by Mr. John Darby, who valued it at fifteen thousand dollars. Insurance un known. Tho destruction <vas the work of an incendiary, it is thought. THE FLORIDA SUN. Mr. N. K. Sawyer has purchased the es tablishment of the New South, and wi 1 shortly commence the publication of a tri weekly newspaper under the title of the Sun. “Welcome the coming, speed the going guest,” Adrlanus. A Boy's Experience at Cat Taming,— A respectable working woman was re turning home one afternoon, says a French journal, when a very little child, apparently a prey to the wildest terror, clutched her gown, crying, “Take me away, take me away!” Looking at the little fellow more closely she perceived that he was covered with deep scratches, “How did you get these I” she inquired. “From the cats!” he exclaimed; “the four cats!” It then appeared that the child was being trained to act the part of a dwarf in a miniature circus, in which he was to imitate Bidel, the lion tamer, on a very small scale, by exercis ing his sway over a number of cats, stained to resemble tigers. To this end the unhappy little fellow was daily shut into a cage supplied by the locksmith to his cruel guardian, with four cats, whom he was directed to whip into submission, but who, after the manner of their kind yhen unable to escape, nearly tore him to pieces between them.—London Pall Mall Gazette, CITY AFFAIRS. Wednesday. January 19. 1807— JANUARY I—lB7. Interesting Sketch of General Lee aad Family. As one new Southern holiday rolls round from year to year, the thoughts of our peo ple almost unconsciously revert to the great soldier and greater man, whose birthday e love to honor. In this spontaneous feeling of admiration for Robert E. Lee, and in this hearty reverence for his character, we honor ourselves, for we thus show our ap preciation of those noble princioles which tilled the soul and pervaded the life of our Southern hero. Our second Washington, equal in most respects to the Palre Patriae, Gen. Lee was in other respects his superior, and the two together, fruitful &g the South has been in great names and great deeds, are tbe noblest gifts that she hag made to the country. Though the occasion, and the feelings it inspires, might prompt me to dwell on the character and life ot General Lee, yet I have no such intention in this article. My object u more specific, and is limited to the purpose of presenting some facts, now I believe for the first time published, in connection with the Lee fam ily that may interest our people. I avail myself of the appropriateness of this anni versary of his birthday to group together some curious, and, to most persons, new circumstances in the genealogy at Gen. Lee, winch may enhance the pleasure and the pride we feel in contemplating him as the list examplar of an honored family. Much has been written of Gen. L<-e’s ancestry, beginning with the first Richard, who came over to Virginia with Sir William Berkeley in 1641, down through his schol arly son. the second Richard, and his grand sons, Thomas and Henry, where the line divides, the latter culminating in our peer less hero, who, by bis marriage with a wor thy desctudent of the older line of Thomas Lee, agaiu united the fortunes, the honors and the dignities of the original house. This wide field I shall not traverse, except so far as to enable me to accomplish a sin gle purpose, which is to show the relation ship between Gen. Lee and his accomplished wife, the close alliance, for several genera tions, of the twu families, and the wide dif fusion of the Lee blood. These circum stances have resulted in connecting most of the prominent men of Virginia for a century or more with this distinguished family. General Lee waa singularly felicitous in his ancestry, both ou the father and the mother’s side. If it be true, as Burke says, that “they who never look back to their ancestors, will never look forward to pos terity.” General Lee is little likely to bear this reproach. Though the most modest aud least pretentious of men, he could not but be proud of the men and women of social rank, fine intellect, high culture, purity and honor that had adorned tbe generations of bis family. If among Ameri cans the motto of “ noblesse oblige" has any place, surely it influenced him. Descent from the Lees, the Ludwell’s, the Carters, the Randolphs, the Blands, and the Spots woods, c tried with it the instincts and the sentiments of the gentlemau, and so he could scarcely fail to inherit the good and great qualities of his progenitors. Inter marriages iu every generation of these familn s so interlaced their households that it is difficult to trace their ramifications. So widesoread is this net work of family kinship that it is doubtful if the Lees escaped connection with any of the better tamilies iu Virginia in the last century. A genealogical table of these family con tions exists, but I shall only repraduce so much of it hero as shall show the curious succession of marriages that brought to gether in happy wedlock the sixth cousins, Mary Guslis aud Robert Eduiard Lee. The common aucestor of the Revolutionary Lees aud our Confederate hero, was the second Richard, through his two sons, Vionias aDd Henry. Thomas was the father of the pa triot brothers of the last century, while Henry was the grandfather of “Harry Lee of the Legion,” and so the great-grandfather of the soldier of our day. Ibis, of course, makes the latter the third cousin of his elder namesakes. Thomas Lee,(the older ot the brothers, inherited “Strattord House,” the homestead in Wostmoreland, and in this mansion were born his six patriot sons. His oldest son, Philip Ludweil Lee, succeeded in tho residence, and by the marriage of his daughter Matilda to her third cousin, “Light Horse Harry,” Stratford House left the elder line and went to the father of our General. He, however, was not the sou of this marriage. It gave birth to Major Harry Lee, of the United States army, who inherited the literary tastes of his revolutionary cousins. He was the elo quent defender of his father’s memory, and wrote a life of Napoleon, which he did not live to finish, aud died at Paris in 1837- After a widowhood of about three years, Henry Lee, as yet but thirty-seven years old, married again, tfiis time a Carter, aud settled down in House.” There, in the same rqom in which Richard Henry Lee first saw the light, was born, otrJanuary HI-, 8v77, Robert E. Lee. Of the career of this favorite of Washington, we need say nothing further. His merits as a soldier aro shown by Washington aud Greene’s esti mate of him ; his literary qualification a are proved by his admirable “Memoirs of the War iu the Southern Department;” aud his eloquence is attested by his speech in Con gress on the death of Washington, which enshrines the beautiful phrase—as true iu sentiment as perfect iu rhetoric—“ First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” His second wife, Anne Hilt Carter, the mother of our hero, was wor thy of such a husband. She was the great granddaughter of Robert Carter, the head of the most opulent and the most aristocratic, perhaps, of all the Virginia families called “King Carter,” because of his immense landed estates and his one thousand slaves; aud ou her mother’s side she was the great granddaughter of Sir Alexander Spotswood, Royal Governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1723. Let us come now to Mary Custis, who, in 1831, became the wife of our General Lee. She was a bloo I relative of his, and des cended from an aucestry little loss honored than her husband’s. A curious circumstance in the genealogy of this pair is the fact that two of their progenitors, one in each line, were soldiers of Marlborough in the low countries, and fought with distinction in the battle oi Blenheim. These were Sir Alexan der Spotswood aud Colonel Daniel Parke, Jr. The former was wounded iu this bat tle, aud had brought thence to Virginia a cannon ball which, when spent, had struck big coat. At Chelsea, in King William county, used to hang the portrait of Spots wood, taken in his military dress, with Blen heim Castle in the background. Colonel Parke was aide-de-camp to Marlbor ough, and had the good fortune to carry the news of tho victorv to Queene Anne, who ordered £SOO to be paid him for this service. But the bold soldier suggested to the Queen to keep her money, and to give him her miniature iustead, which she did, set with diamonds. lineller’s portrait of Parke, arrayed iu crimson velvet, with Her Majesty’s picture round his neck, came to his great-great-graud daughter. Mary Cur tis, and hung on the walls of “Arlington House” till the Federal advance into Vir ginia in 1861. With these long preliminaries, I offer the following genealogical diagram, which will interpret itself to those who choose to trace out the relationships. It warrants the two fol lowing statements : 1. Mrs. Robert E. Lee is the sixth cousin of her husband through her mother. 2. She is the eighth cousin of her hus band’s half-brother, Major Henry Lee, through her father. Philip I.udwcll —Lady Berkoley. Miss Corbyn — Richard Lee Bftss Uariifon — Philip kurftiW/. Jane Ludwell —D. Parku, Jh. William FitzhugU —3fii Lee. Henry Lee— hi. Bland. IJintnae Lee—Hannah *Ludu'cll. Frances Parke —John Custis. * , r ‘ —> II II Miss Carter—//. Fitzhugh. Henry Lee— Lucy Grimes. Miss Stcptoe —Philip L. Lee. 1). Parke CustiS— Til. Dandiidgw. *1 I t J ' * I I II Anne Randolph — 1 Vm. Fitzhugh. Gen. 11. Lee,Jr.—\unc 11. Carter. General H. Lee, Jr — M.L.ljee. John Parke OustU —E. Calvert. x I ) j t , G.W.P. Chmtis—M. L. Fitzhugh. Gen. It. E. Lee (Half-brothers.) Major //. Lee. G. W. Parke Custis— M. 11, FUahtnyh Mary^Custis.— {Oth cousins.) ) f'Sth cousins.)— Mary Custis. [ln each half of this diagram the first line represents parents; the second, brothers and sisters ; tho third, first cousins ; tho fourth, t hird cousins; the fifth, fifth cousins ; the sixth, seventh cousins, etc.] Names of persons in the direct line italicised. Without further use of diagrams, I beg my readers to accept, on my pledge of veri fication, the following list of some of the re lationships in the Lee family: 1. General Lee was third cousin to Richard and Henry Lee and bis brothers, his peat grandfather being brother to their 9. Charles Lee, United States Attorney General in Washington’s time, was General Lee’s great uncle, being his grandfather’s brother. 3. General Lee's fourth cousin, Matilda Lee, was his father's first wife. After his father’s second marriage to Anne Hill Carter, a curious cross marriage united her brother, Bernard Carter, to General Lee s half-sister Lucy, so that General Lee's mother wag sister-in-law to her own step daughter. 4. General Lee was third eousiu to Theader tek Bland, Jr., Colonel of the cavairy regiment in the revolution in which lti’s father rose to eminence. Richard Bland, the Virginia antiquary, was the g.-eat-greai uucle of Geueral Lee, berng br< tberto his great-grandmother. 6. General Lee was fourth cousin to John Randolph of Roanoke, his great-grand mother being sister to John of Roanoke’s grandfather. 7. Genaral Lee was fourth cousin to Stilh, the historian of Virginia, his great grand mother being Stitb’s first cousin. 8. General Lee was fourth cousin of the brothers, Peyton and John Randolph, his great-grandmother beieg their first cousin; aud of course is the fifth cousin of Eimund Randolph, the son of John. 9. General Lee was the fifth cousin of Thomas Jeferson, his grandfather being Jefferson’s third cousin. 10. General Lee was sixth cousin of Thom as Mann Randolph , Governor of Virginia, nis grea -grandfather and Randolph’s grand father being first cousins, and of course is seventh eousiu of Randolph’s son, George ”• Randolph , Confederate States of War. 11. General Lee is sixth eousiu of Chief Justice Marshall, his great-grandfather and Marshall's grandmother being first cousins. Hiving now finished my main object, I might well close " this already long article, did I not desire to expand a sentiment, already touched upon, at least so far as it affects General Lee ; I mean the transmissibility of qualities aud characters fro n generation to generation; or more specifically, how far what may be called “gentle blood” the honor and character of those who inherit it. It would be a bold thing, I thmk, to assert that “blood tells” in the lower animals, but not iu the human race; or at least that physical and mental qualities may be inherited, but not moral and social ODes; that one mav possibly get from hie parents geuius, will and ambi tion, but not geutfemanly taste, nor love for the good, nor abhorrence of what is mean and low, Dor social pride, nor honorable aim*, nor unselfish generosity. To denv tho equal possibility of these, it 'seems to me, is to deny one of the plainest facts beforo our eyes. All instruction and improvement are progressive, and if individual education is a laborious, tedious, yet finally successful training, owing muen to surroundings, is there anything impossible in the similar training ot the family ? Or can it be denied that the ground work and first impulses to honor and duty, to elevated tastes and noble deeds may be hid away as seeds in the heart, and thus, while blooming under the culture of each generation, be transmit! and to the next, and so perpetuated for ever ? Now in the oase of our model man, is it too muoh to conclude that bis manifold vir tues sprang from inheritance ; that a great and good ancestry did hand down to him a proclivity to gentility, honor and virtue ; that he was a gentleman, because he was a “gentle".man; that such a character is not likely to grow up in common life and with out special tendencies ; in short, that be could i ever have become the cynosure of all eyes, Robert E. Lee, “in scipso lotus, teres atque rolundus had he not been blessed with au smeedry of fine intellects and noble hearts, men and women of gentleness, truth and honor, alike sources aud models of vir tue ? This much, I think, the facts warrant, aud here I leave them. W. S. B. Savannah, January 19tli, 1876. * The I.nte Tragedy in Einuahiiiii. Our correspondent at Eden writes us that at tho Coroner’s inquest held upon the bodies of Mrs. Cochrane and her little daughter, who were so brutally murdered at that place last week, the jury returned a verdict charging Prince Roberson and Paul Campbell, negroes, r ith the crimes. These negroes, as the readers of tho Morning News have already been informed, were brought to Savannah on Sunday last, and are now in jail. The evidence against them is only circumstantial, but it is believed that before the trial additional facts will be de veloped which will leave no doubt as to their guilt, LETTER FROM HAINURIDGE. Its Present Surroundings and Its Future Bainbridge, Ga., Jan. 17, 1876. Editor Morninq Hews : Believing a letter from this section will be interesting to many of the readers of your excellent paper, and possibly tbo me dium through which our towu will be gen erally and more favorably (and I may add more truthfully) Known to many, I shall ask a brief space in its always well-filled col umns. This corner of Southwest Georgia is so little known and is so removed from the thoroughfares of travel that our merits as a place ol winter resort for persons desiring quiet, comfortable quarters, at reasonable figures, cannot be more widely spread abroad than through your universally read paper. Our town, the lovely little “Oak City," embowered all winter among its green trees, which stand peerless, oven when compared with those of the famed “Forest Cit.y,” is attractive, with all its poverty of architect ure. It stands elevated from the pure pine forests which environ it on one side, and the beautiful Flint, with its romantic banks, on the other. The health and cleanliness of the town are w 11 looked a(ter by the proper authori ties, and we claim its entire exemption from fogs, aud malaria in winter and spring, and that the climate is peculiarly adapted to those suffering from pulmonary complaints and rheumatism. The Sharon House, taking its name from its genial host, is well situated, with broad southern frontage, has many well ventila ted, comfortably furnished apartments in the “new building,” removed from all offi ces, dining-room, 4c., go that tbe invalid guests may enjoy that quiet so essential to their comfort. Mr. Sharon is thoroughly up to his business, having been prior to tbe war the successful proprietor of the Curtis House during Apalachicola’s palmiest days. He spares no effort to make his house a success, and spreads a bountiful table, hav ing access to unlimited oysters of superior size aud flavor from the Gulf. tVe cannot omit to mention iu this place the lady of the house, who seems to 'take much real eDjoymont iu promoting the pleas ure of her lady guests—adding a touch of refinement and home-likeness to the house, which nothing but a lady’s supervision could do. We will add in this connection, that they have now with ihem several Northern and Western guests. Among the number, Mr. VanNarrell, wife and children, from Omaha; Captain Coyi and wife, Detroit, Michigan; Drs. Sparrow and Cotilon, Brooklyn; W. Fort, Wisconsin, and others, and 'several more expected in a few days ; these all ex press themselves well pleased with their ac commodations aud the town generally. We have many natural attractions near at hand, much enjoyed by visitors. Wonder ful lime springs, in whose clear and myste rious waters huge fish are seen; bits of 6wamp where the magnolia and the bay twine branches, and the jessamine and wil low vines trail and climb, aud where the buu light never shines ; and, then, at the end of a lovely drive of two and a half miles, is our beautiful Lake Douglass, aroun 1 whosa Eeliucid waters the great oaks spread their ranches aud rear their majoßtic heads; and the graeelul Spanish moss festoons, form ing bowers, where many a dainty repast is spread. There are several fine steamboats making regular trips to and from Columbus and to Apalachicola, Fla., bringing oysters, oranges, etc. The passenger accommoda tion is good, and excursion tickets to Apalachicola are to be had. The trip down this river is one of continual loveliness, not surpassed in attractions by those other Florida rivers so far-famed; and the points of interest in the bay are numerous, afford ing tourists ample opportunities for familiariz’ng themselves with the Gulf coast attractions. Our church facilities average those of other small towns, the four usually popular denominations being repre sented. The Presbyterian congregation have a tasteful new house, which adds much to the beauty of the towD. Two large, well-kept livery gtabies afford accommodations of all kinds, and tbe many excellent drives about tempt the pleasure seeker to try them. We are glad to note new evidences of prosperity in town and county. Retrench ment and reform aie the order of the day. The people have learned some wholesome, though bitter lessons, from the adverse year, which they will not readily forget, and seem determined to make every force avail able this bright new year, and keep out of debt, read the Morning News closely, and with God’s help come out of this a bright and prosperous people. Flint. And Patti has paid *12,000 for a fur cloak! May we ask what fur ?—[Buffalo Express .] No, she’s Sable to pay for it, so mind your own affairs and let er-mine hers.—[A. Y. Commercial Advertiser .j Wh-otter fussovera furriner. — [Philadel phia Chronicle . j Our lips are seal-ed, but we know what the little minx would say in making up ermine about such wild catalogues of her wardrobe. — St. Louis Jlebublican. The Waste of Pins.—There are now eight pin factories in the United States, which make 47,000,000 pins daily. In addition to these the importations of pins reach 25,000,000 daily. As these are all easily sold, it is safe to say that 72,000,- OCO pf pins are lost daily, or 50,000 every minute. Where they all go to is the wonder. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Nominnry or the Week’* Dispatches FROM THE NTATE CAPITAL. Proceedings of the General Assembly. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Atlanta, January 19. In the Senate, President Simmons pre sented a petition from the State Grange praying the continuance of the Agricultural Bureau. On the reading of bills the third time the following were passed : To authorize the Comptroller General to collect the debts due the State from the lessees of convicts ; also, to amend section 860 of the Code ; alao, to amend section 888 of the Code; also, to give to equity alone jurisdiction of suits to the receiver of homestead property which has been sold; also, to amend section 383 of the Code ; also, to provide a mode of taking bank stock. After considerable debate, the bill to con solidate the offices of tax collectors and tax receivers, was referred to a special commit tee of five. Senator Harris introduced a memorial from the Lee Monumental Sooietv, asking a contribution from the members out of re' spect to General Lee, this being the anni versary of his birth. The Senate then ad journed. IN THE HOUSE. On the call of the roll of counties, eighty new bills were introduced and read the first time—fifty-nine local or private, and twenty one public bills. Or. Thomas introduced a bill to regulate the sale of poisons iu this State; also to pun ish foeticide aud criminal abortion. Mr. Warren—To make it criminal to pur chase goods at cash sale, and dispose of them without paying for them. Mr. Kilpatrick—To make the offense of horse stealing a capital offense, unless the jury recommend the culprit to the mercy of the court. Bacon, colored, of Liberty—To make it a misdemeanor to plant a crop without erect ing around it a lawful fence. Mr. Williams—To regulate the manner of granting of license to sell intoxicating liquors in Muscogee county; also a bill to include the county of Muscogee in the pro visions of an act making it penal in certain couuties named, to buy aud sell farm pro ducts between sunset and sunrise. Mr. Hall—To make it a misdemeanor to purchase farm products from laborers who are indebted to their employees for Bupplit s without the consent of employer. Mr. Duncan—A bill to provide for A STATE CURRENCY. This bill provides for the issuing of Treasury notes in an amount not to exceed eight million dollars, receivable in payment of all taxes, redeemable in six per cent, bonds, payable twenty years from the issuing of the currency. The bill further provides for the lending of the notes on certain conditions. Mr. Irwin—To amend section 4127 of the Code. It provides for the assessment of jury fees as part of the cost. Mr. McGill—To exempt from taxation by county aud municipal authorities of practi tioners of laiv, mediciuo or deniißtry. Mr. Miller, of Ware—To exempt from taxation persons having lost an arm or leg. Mr. Pain offered a resolution for the ap pointment of a joint committee to report by bill or otherwise. AMENDMENTS TO THE OONSTITUTION. Referred to the special committee on the Constitutional Convention. Mr. Livingston—A resolution to appoint a committee to revise the road laws. Adopted. Mr. Lawton prosented a memorial of the Lee Monumental Society, requesting con tributions from members. On motion of Mr. Black, the House then adjourned out of respect to the memory of General Lee. [From Another Correspondent.] In the Senate, a petition was presented from the State Grange, asking that agri- have tho fostering care of the State and the continuance of the Agri cultural Bureau. On a second reading: The bill authoriz ing the employment of convicts on public works of Harris and other counties, was re ferred to the Judiciary Committee. The bill authorizing the granting of one new trial in all civil cases when there is proper application. Same reference. The bill making the Judges of County Courts and Clerks of Superior Courts Ordi naries in case the Ordinary is disqualified, had the same reference. • The bill making improper use of money in the hands of judiciary officers a felony, had the same reference. The bill organizing anew judicial oircuit, to be known as the Apalachee, had the same reference. The bill regulating legal advertising by Ordinaries, Sheriffs and others, had the same reference. The bill prescribing the time for the pay ment of coats in tho Supreme Court, and fixing salary for Deputy Clerk of said Court, had the same reference. The bill consolidating the offices of Col lector and Receiver created considerable discussion on the part of Senators Reese, Winn and Cooper, and the bill was finally referred to a special committee of five, whom President Simmons designated to be Senators Reese, Winn, McDaniels, McAfee, of the 39th, and Deadwiler. The bill providing a plan for the taxation of shares of stocks in banks and banking as sociations organized under authority of the State or United States, also created consid erable discussion, but under a suspension of the rules, the report of the committee was agreed to, and the bill passed. The memorial from ladies of the Atlanta Lee Monumental Association, asking Sena tors to donate a half day’s pay to a mon ument for Gen. Lee was presented by Senator Harris in an eloquent speech. Senators Blake and Arnow supported the appoal in appropriate and patriotic ad dresses. Senator Kibbee’s voluminous bill reorgan izing the Treasury Department was read a second time and referred to the Finance Committee, and reported favorably on. The following bills passed ON A TRIffD BEEPING ? •Authorizing the Comptroller General to collect debts due the State from lessees of convicts; regulating fees on grand and petit jurors of Worth county; changing the line between Appling and Wayne; giving jurisdiction alone to Courts of Equity in suits for property set apart for homestead purposes; amending section 383 of the Code of 1873; amending section 860 of the revised Code. On motion of Senator Black, the Senate adjourned in respect to the memory of Gen eral Lee. THE HOUSE was flooded with new bills on first reading. DeLoach—For the relief of T. W. Davis, late Tax Collector of Bryan county. Shellnut—To amend section 1646 of the Code. Long—For the protection of farmers of Charlton county. Thomas—For the relief of Mrs. Catharine Williams', of Chatham county, for taxes from 1870 to 1873; also, regulating the sales of poisons; also, punishing foeticide. Warren—Repealing the laws requiring the Treasurer of Chatham county to pay in solvent criminal costs to the Solicitor of the Eastern circuit; also, making it a penal offense to purchase goods and sell or dis pose of the same before payment. Magill—Exempting from taxation, by county and municipal corporations, of law yers, doctors and dentists. Padgett—Repealing the act creating a Board of Commissioners for Echols county. Jones—Amending the act prescribing tffe mode of granting liquor licenses in Burke, Jefferson and other counties, Miller—Exempting from taxation persons who have lost an arm or a leg ; also, amend ing the act incorporating Waycross. Fort —Amending the act preventing hunting in certain connties by applying the same to Wayne county. Worthen—Fixing the compensation of Tax Receiver, Tax Collector, Treasurer, and per diem pay of jurors in Washington county. A resolution was introduced appointing a committee of one from each Congres sional district in the Senate and two in the House to report by bill or otherwise, amendments to the constitution. Referred to special committee on constitutional con vention. King, of Camden, and Smith, of Lowndes, are on the committee of one from each Con gressional District, to revise the road laws of the State. Blance, of Glynn, introduced a bill am* ud ing the election laws of the State. Chastain—Changing lines between Lau rens and Johnson counties. Bacon—Creating a court for the ratifica tion of contracts in Liberty county, to be known as the Board of Commissions ; also, establishing free schools Bix months each year ; also, amending the fence law of the Btate. General Lawton presented the same memorial that the ladies sent to the Senate and made a splendid speech in behalf of its request*. His references to Lee were chaste and eloquent. Speer, of Griffin, also spoke eloquently, and Black, of Augusta, moved adjournment in honor of Lee. . The gal eries of the House and Senate were thronged with ladies and gentlemen. The Senators and Representatives gave half a day’s pay. The Governor has his nominations ready for Judges, and they will be confirmed to morrow. Atlanta, January 20, 1876. Senator Blance moved the reconsideration of a bill to provide for the adjustment of the rights of parties iu cases where prop erty set apart under the homestead aud ex emption laws has heretofore been sold. A lively and earnest debate ensued, par ticipated in by Senators Blance, Peavy, Cain and McDaniel. Senator Gilmore moved to lay it on tbo table, but on the call of the previous ques tion a motion to reconsider prevailed. Senator Brimberry offered a resolution calling on the Governor to furnish informa tion in regard to Treasury matters when the State was a second time put under mili tary rule, and at a later period. A motion to accept Governor Brown’s free ride on the State Road, after much discus sion, was voted down and the invitation de clined. The same action wag taken by the House several days ago. BILLS ON THE FIRST READING. Arnow—A bill to induce emigrants of in telligence, and agricultural classes, and merchandize and artisans to come to Geor gia rom other sections. Brimberry—A bill to exempt from road duty employees of State institutions. Lester—To amend section 327 of the Code of Georgia relating to the eligibility and disabilities of Ordinaries. Robinson—To regulate tho pay of jurors in Laurens county. Wilcox —To change, declare and define the line between the counties of Irwin and Wil cox. Perry—To make true bills by grand juries of Calhoun, below felony, returnable to tho County Court. McDaniel—To amend the limitation laws of the State relating to liens on property set apart under homestead aud exemption laws. Reese—To regulate the law of insurance in Georgia: The Senate, in executive session, con firmed tho new Judges already telegraphed and Thomas F.ason, of Montgomery count. , Solicitor General of the Oconee Circait for four years. The appointment of Clarke and Peeples gives general satisfaction, as sunebody had to be disappointed. Several county Judges will be appointed to-morrow. IN THE HOUSE. Bills on a third reading: To exempt from taxation cotton, corn and other produce in the hands of producer after April 1. Re committed-. To reduce the pay and mileage of mem bers of the Assembly. Recommitted to the Finance Committee to report in tho gen eral appropriation bill. McKinley’s bill to repeal the amendment to the constitution ireducing the homestead was, by a special order, taken up. Speer, of Griffin, raised the point of order that having been passed at the previous session the Assembly could not entertain the bill. Bacon, of Macon, oppflsed the idea in a long, heated and eloquent speech, during which the galleries were crowded. General Lawton and others made able speeches in support of the bill, and Sneaker Hardeman drew the discussion upon the House, who sustained the point of order by 72 yeas and 89 nays. Many passages in the speeoh of Lawton and Bacon were unusually eloquent. The debate excited great interest and occupied about two hours. THE JUDGESHIPS. The Governor appointed and the Senato confirmed Cincinnatus Peeples Judge of the Superior Court and Richard H. Clarke Judgo of the City Court. Disappointed candidates are numerous. THE HOMESTEAD BILL was up in the Senate. An earnest discus sion was had, and the bill laid on the table for the present. , IN THE HOUSE, Speer, of Griffin, denied the right of the present session to repeal the homestead act of last session. Bacon, of Macon, is mak ing a speech in reply. The galleries are crowded, and great interest in the result is manifested. FROM THOMASVILLE. [Special Telegram to the Mortiing News,] Thomasville, January 18. The municipal election passed off quietly. Two hundred and twenty-four votes were polled. K. T. McLean was elected Mayor by a majority of sixty-four. THE FREEDMAN’S BANK. Washington, January 18.—Responding to a call from the Senate, the Commissioners of the Freedman’s Bank furnish the fol lowing statement of their operations since the assets qf said concern were trans ferred; to them: Their reports show a balance still due on loans amounting to $1,960,872, exclusive of accrued interest on unpaid loans and certain expenses con nected with said loans which plus $157,744. being the balance to their credit in the United States Treasury, constitute the re remaining undistributed assets of the company. Of the latter amount, how ever, $123,890 is necessary to cover the balance due on the first dividends. So far as the company’s indebtedness has been ascertained they say it would be use less to estimate the amount to be ultimately realized from the assets. Considering the cost of suits brought to recover money loaned, and the deterioration of property, they have been compelled to buy in, etc., etc., the actual cash receipts on hand aggregate $14,421,669. The liabilities of the company have increased, and are still increasing, act-, ditional errors involving $162,809 against the company having been discovered in the Lexington, Ky., branch since the first of January last. As far as ascertained, on tho 31st December ult., the liabilities aggrega ted $300,478,562, against $287,903,178, as per Erevious report. Of the liabilities $4,818,021 as been paid, leaving $2,956,694 upon which sum the commissioners are paying a divi dend of 20 per cent. The total amount of receipts up to January Ist, 1876, was $1,300,- 059, which, less receipts previously reported, leaves receipts sirice November 30, 1874, $1,033,47 7. The total amount of expendi tures from the latter date to January Ist, 1876, were $969,085, leaving a balance on hand of $6,439,199, to which should be added the balance on hand November 30th, 1874, $9,335,274. SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. Madrid, January 20. — With reference to the statement made by Secretary Fish be fore the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the American House of Representatives re specting the negotiations between Spain and the United States, it is semi-officially pointed out that the Washington Govern ment, not having yet replied to the Spanish note of the 15th of November, 1875, nor having officially communicated at Madrid the contents of the American circular note to European powers, all reports of a favora ble reply from Bpain may be regarded as destitute of foundation, * THE WHISKY FRAUDS, St. Louis, January 19.—Wm. McKee’s counsel asked leave to withdraw the plea of not guilty and file a demurrer to the indict ment, which was granted. After reciting the points of ths indictment the demurrer states that the indictment is not sufficient in law; that McKee is not bonnd by the laws of the land to answer the same, and a-ks to be dismissed and discharged and the indict ment quashed. The demurrer will be argued to-morrow, CAPITAL AND CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Washington, January 18.— In the Senate, Thurman presented the credentials of Jas. B. Eustis, claiming a seat as Senator from Louisiana, and asked that they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elec tions. After gome discussion, the matter was laid over until to-morrow. Banks’s amnesty hill excepts Mr. Davis, though Banks himself will vote to strike the exception out. The theory is that the bill eauuot pass unless the Re publicans be allowed to record themselves on the subject, but that the bill will pass after the exception is stricken out. It can not pass with the restriction. It is the only means of securing two-thirds for a clean amnesty. Iu the House, the Judiciary Committee reported an amendment to the Constitu tion, limiting the Presidential term to four years, aud persons who have held, or may hold the office, ineligible. It was made the special order for Tuesday. The retroactive teature eau only applv to Grant, he being the only survivor. Iu the House, the Judiciary Committee reported a bill authorizing the Court of Claims to take jurisdiction of the claims of all persons who were infants, married womeD, idiots, lunatics, insane persons, or persous beyond the seas at the time of the seizure of any abaudotied or captured prop ertv; provided, that such claims are already on file or shall be on file within two years. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. The same committee reported a bill au thorizing the Court of Claims to take juris diction ol the claim of Robert Irwin, of Sa vannah, Ga., for property taken from him. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. The same committee reported adversely on the bill to repeal capital punishment; also, a bill to extend the time three months for moving claims before the Alabama Claims Commission. Passed. The following bills were introduced : Riddle—To pay half customs in lawful money. Mci’arlaud—To allow planters to sell leaf tobacco without license, Cauuon—Penalty for mailing obscene mat ter, aud excluding lottery circulars from the mails. Hatcher—lmprovement of the Mississippi between St. Louis aud Cairo. Wilshire—To establish a judicial district for Okiatoma. Slomons—The improvement of the Ouachita river. Luttreil—To prevent naturalization of Chinese aud Mongolians. It went to the Committee ot the Whole. Waddell, of North Carolina, said he had been an uuwaveriug supporter of appropria tions for the Centennial Exhibition ever since it had been first projected. If it were supposed that the irritating discussion of last week would have driven Southern men away from the support of this measure, he sincerely trusted that the result of the vote would only add another illustration to the many already given of how utterly impossi ble it is for some people to understand and appreciate the spirit that animat* s the Southern people. Ho and his associates acquitted their Northern brethren of all responsibility for that discussion. They had understood it fully, lor it was trausparent. The motive whioh underlay the introduction of that subject and attach ing to that motive its exact value, they sim ply looked down upon aud passed by the whole subjeot. They would treat that la mentable chapter in American history as Noah’s sons had done in the hour of their father’s humiliation. They would avert their looks, and with backward step cast the man tle of oblivion over it. They wished dis turbers of the public peace to understand that notwithstanding the spirit ex hibited, they were too good pa triots and too sincere men to allow that spirit either to control them or to serve as an example for them. They wished to maintain the honor and character of the American UnioD, and they would do it if they were allowed. One element in the House had not been heard from iu that dis cussion—the element of the Southern soldiers in the late war, of whom ho was one. They had sat in silence aud taken the tire which the gentleman from Maine (Blaine) had opened on them with no other feeling than that of gratitude for having escaped from so terrible an enemy as he (Blaine) must hav i been during the battles of tho lato war. (Laughter.) If now, when that gentleman’s hair was silvery and his natural force perceptibly abating, bo could develop such intensity of spirit, how must his plume have waned in the forepart of that conflict which had occurred at a timo when he (Blame) was young, and strong, and hcaliliy? (Laughter.) That element had not yet spokon. It could not be goaded into the discussion. On tho contrary, it had exhibited a spirit which ho believed the American people would not soon forget. It had met a storm of hate aud persecution, as the swau meets tho billows, with breast of down. He know some gentlemen who had been engaged in the same cause with him who had not intended to vote for the measure before that discussion, but who now in tended to support it, so as to set an example for paftiotism. If there were any of them who still opposed the bill he appealed to them to unite with him in doing au„act which could only promote the honor and advance the - the interests of the country and the peace and happiness of the people. Without action the committee rose and adjourned. In the Senate, Goldthwaite, of Alabama, said he found on his desk this morning pamphlets in the Spencer case,. He felt some delicacy in presenting them to the Senato, as they were made up of newspaper testimony at best. He asked, liowovei\ tbat they be referred to the Committee on Priv ileges and Elections, which committeo had charge of the Spencer case. Cameron presented petitions from citizens of Pennsylvania in favor of a subsidy for tho Southern Pacific Road. A bill was passed to allow courts-martial to compel civil witnesses to testify on peualty of two months’ imprisonment •Davis’s resoiu'ion to investigate the Treasury Department was not acted upon. Washington, January 19.—The Secretary of War has returned. The Appropriations Committee have agreed to reduce the mis sions to France, Eugland and Russia from $17,000 to $14,000, and all $12,000 missions to SIO,OOO. The mission to Greece is abol ished. Morton read his Mississippi speoch, show ing that he took unusual pains with it. Ho usually speaks extemporaneously. Confirmations : Whitfield, Attorney for Northern Mississippi; six Consuls; Sibley, Postmaster at Huntsville, Ala.; Fitzhugh at Natchez, Miss. It was thought the Judiciary Committee would report Billings for District Judge of Louisiana at its first hearing in executive session, but the action on Whitfield’s case shows that this was a mistake. In the Senate, Sherman presented a peti tion of citizens o: Ohio asking for the con struction of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Wallace presented the petitions of citizens of Pennsylvania',for Congressional aid in tho construction of the Southern Pacific Rail road. The bill amending the charter of the Freedman’s Bank passed. Davis’s treasury investigation bill was dis cussed, but laid aside for Morton, who com menced his Mississippi investigation res olution speech, and before the conclusion the Senate wont into executive session and adjourned. Mr. Tucker, in the course of his remarks, speaking of George Washington, said that George Washington was the first great rebel in the country, and he ventured to say to the gentleman from Ohio (Garfield), who spoke the other day about perjury, that George Washington was in the view of law a perjuied rebel, for he was an officer in His Majesty's army, and he (Tucker) took it for granted that he swore to support the crown and then went into rebellion. Garfield—Did lie hold a commission in the British army at the time of the revolu tion? Tucker —No, sir. Garfield—Then I think he did not commit perjury. Tucker—Then you claim that his oath only lasted so long as he held his commis sion ? Garfield—lt ceaßed when his commission expired. Tucker—But he resigned. Garfield—Ho did not resign. J Tucker—He did resign. Garfield—He was not an officer at the time. Tucker—Why the gentleman does not know the history of his own country. (Laughter.) Garfield—Did he resign to take service against the crown ? Tucker—Oh, no ! That is another thing. Garfield—He was trying to get service in Great Britain before the war and failed. Tucker—He resigned and then he took service in the rebellion. When the gentle man was speaking of the men of the South, the other day, he spoke of those who resign ed and afterward took service on the Con federate side. Garfield—l did not speak of those who, having resigned, took service ; but I spoke of those who, being still under their oath, contemptuously violated it and struck against the United States. Tucker—lf you had so qualified your phraseology I should not have interrupted you the other day, for I know of no such person. The reason why I interrupted the gentleman the other day was that I repre sent on this floor a district and a little town where sleep the remains of one of the no blest Americans who ever trod this soil. (Meaning Robert E. Lee.) He sleeps in death, and no dishonor can ever, by impli cation or expression, be thrown upon that honorabla grave that the representative from that district will not rise here and repel it. (Sensation and some applause.) Washington, January 20.— Tfie Senate Finance Committee will report favorably on the bill for the commission on the alcoholic liquor traffic, amended to inolude fermented and all kinds of liquors in the proposed in quiry. Thos. P. Ryan is appointed speoial coun sel to conduct the revenue cases in San Francisco. , The fog bell at Cherrystone light station, Virginia, will be struck by machinery during foggy weather—two strokes in quick succes sion, with intervals of thirty seconds. Judge J. J. Martin, Postmaster at Mont gomery, is here before the Finance Commit tee regarding the nomination of McGrew as Sixth Auditor. The committee reached no conclusion. Martin leaves homeward Wh night. In the House, the Post Office Committee reported unfavorably on the bill kf reduce tlrst-oian ma.; msttsr to ounce. On tho Centennial, Sterger, vania, and Felton, of Georgia, sp*H the bill. No Southerners vor to-day. The Wilson eulogies will take pliS| morrow. In the Senate, Edmunds offered two J lutions looking to the exactiou of due from the Pacific railroads. West introduced a bill to amend thffl aid tho construction of a railroad a graph from tho Missouri river to approved m 18G2 and amended in lfl , Morton resumed his speech, hufl conclude on account of a sore thrill The resolution to continue in joint rules for the government Houses, except the which regulates the colliding President and Vice President, wmnH Bayard then submitted a structing the Committee ou Rules Senate and the House of examine and, after conference, to repS whether any and what legislation is expM podient in regard to the matter. considered! in the twenty-second joint rule. Laid over, * Washington, January 20. to verify rumors regarding the Louisiana Sen atorship have developed the fact that the real obstruction to Pinchback at present is whether there is a de jure government in Louisiana, aud until this question is finally settled by the Committee on Privileges and Elections Pinchback will not get a vote of the Senate on his case. Should Kellogg appoint anew man, he will stand iu no bet ter position than Pinchback. The grand jury had under consideration" the alleged cotton fraud cases of Paikmarf, Brooks & Cos. Several prominent Treasury officials gave testimonv before the jury among them First Auditor Mahou, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Lockwood, A sist ant Cashier Guthrie aud others. Ex-Senator Sawyer has written a letter disavowing any * complicity in the matter. Sargent’s bill for a postal telegraph, t< allow lines in Post Offices ami to make Post Offices receive messages, allows combina tion of Postmaster aud telegraph operate! fixes the tariffs aud gives the governmen . business precedence. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRINCIPLES. Addresses by John IHcKeon nnil ( r^h McCloskey Before tlie Catholic The Support of Catholic School-* i rgcfl John McKeon delivered an address be-i fore the Catholic Union, in New York, an- Thursday evening. Among other things he said that in this Centennial year the torch of discord has been lighted, and Catholics are looked upon as dangerous to the State. I scorn the allegation. I, myself, and his Eminence the Cardinal, both natives and to the manner born, scorn such charges. We come here to speak as Americans, in defense of the faith wo hold. The American people are the fairest of all peoples when enlight ened, but in this matter they have been misled. English literature and English history', both hostile to Catholicity, are taken by Americans as authorities, in preference to others. We Catholics are looked upon here in America as the Turks are looked upon in Europe—as intruders.' After detailing the important part played by his coreligionists in every epoch of the country’s history, Mr. McKeon said: “Aud is all this to go for nothing? What is this war to be except a war against the * highest civilization of the aga? Ido not believe that the war will amount to any thing. But if it does come it will be a war in which there will be enacted such scenes as those we read of having occurred in Ireland in 1798. Presby terian, Protestant and Catholic united in that country in defense of political free dom, but here Presbyterian, Protestant and Catholic will unite iu defense of re ligious freedom.” Iu conclusion ho urged the Union to adopt some means of en lightening the public mind, showing tb it that Catholics would ask for nothing savo what was right, but would submit to 1 nothing that was wrong. t Cardinal McCloskey then came forward and, addressing the audience, said that he did not come there as a speaker, but merely as a listener. He could say for himself, and also, no doubt, for the audi ence, that he was not disappointed, but, on the contrary, delighted with the words of eloquence he had hoard, and the true Catholic ring they had about them. He was thankful for the good advice whioh the eloquent gentlemen preceding him had given them. Continuing, he said: “ I feel a deep of Cats lieaß a moil I fee| The fact work in itself, ]^T>f aether, makes you take greater interest in Catholic affairs, but, above all, it brings you in closer relation and binds you more closely to the head of the Church.” Cardinal McCloskey here al luded to the work being done by the Catholic Unions in Europe, in giving their sympathy and assistance to the'r persecuted brethren in Germany. “It has been said,” continued the Cardinal, “ that we are to have our turn. It will be an honor. I have often thought it wou'd be hard if we would be passed over. It would not be a blessing to be left out. We have rather to ba thankful for it. It would be nothing new to you nor to your fathers. It will do you no harm. Consequently, I say, if it has to come, let it come, and the spirit of the Catholic faith will take deeper root. But I think the only trouble is that you do not vote the right ticket; so, after all, it will only be a political row. But I give you this piece of advice: the fire has been lighted, and they hope we Catholics will furnish the fuel. Let us not be excited; do not throw fagots on the fire; go on quietly; give no offense; but, rather pray for them, saying with our Lord, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ They are the aggressors; let us stand on the defensive. Show your sup port of Catholic schools, stand firm to the great principle of Catholio education for Catholic youth, and God will bless you and give you a great reward hereaf ter.” [Loud applause.] The Indiana State Grange, adopted, at Indianapolis, last Thursday, the follow ing financial resolutions, which will not prove very interesting reading to the Wall street politicians : Ilexolved, That, in the opinion of this Grange, Congress should immediately re peal the law fixing the day for specie re sumption, and at the same time pass an act making the greenbacks a true legal tender, receivable for duties on imports, and interchangeable at pleasure in sums of one hundred dollars with government bonds bearing currency interest at not over 3.65 per cent, per annum, thus in creasing the value of greenbacks and bringing about an honest and practical redemption. Resolved, That the national bank act, giving to the creditors of the nation, be sides the interest on their bonds to which they are justly entitled, the additional privilege of the issue of paper money equal to nine-tenths of the bonds held by them, is a waste of the means of the peo ple, and should be repealed; and, as we are one nation, we should have but one money, and that issued directly from the Treasury without the expensive inter vention of the national banks. Barcook— How Grant Tries to Shield His Private Secretary. —Although there is no probability now that a nol. pro*, will be made in the Babcock case, there are reasons to justify the suspicion that President Grant has resolved to pa - don him, if qonvicted, and efforts have been begun and will continue to prepare public opinion for such action. Ex-Senator Matt. Carpenter and Emory S. Storrs, the latter of Babcock’s coun sel, are hoth here and sedulously working to create the opinion that it is impossible in the present state of public opinion for any one against whom there is a suspi cion of complicity m the whisky frauds to get a fair trial. Grant does not dare order a not. pro*, in Babcock’s case, but it is certain he has only been prevented from so doing by Pierrepont, and there is authority beyond contradiction for the statement that he did actually order the whole proceedings against Babcock stopped before the dismissal of Hender son, and that action would have been taken if the indignation over Hender son’s discharge had not frightened Grant too much.— St. Loui* Republican. In a London letter to the New York World is given an interesting review of the state of Methodism throughout the world, the total number of communicants being estimated at 3,704,193, giving, with their families, about 14,500,000 attend ants on the worship of the sect. The Tear Book, whence these figures are taken, estimates the membership of thefl Methodist Episcopal Church m United States at 3,000,000. The official statistics give the Church North 1,604,363: members, including ministers and pro bationers, and make the value of the property of the church in excess of #3l,* 000,000. lyou more to-
