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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XL1I.] MILLED SEVILLE, GEORGIA, 0 C T 0 B E R 4, IS71. NUMBER 10. l\jt Jf eber a I fclnion, 13 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IS MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., BY BOUuHTON, BARNES & MOORE, (Corner ot Hancock and Wilkmson Streets, i $2 '-- 1 Advance, or $3 at end of the y< ar. S. iV. BOUG22TON, Editor. ADVERTISING. fBANSIEST.—One Dollar persquare of ten lines for . j^M-rtiun, and seventy-five cents far each subse- M t eoutinusnee. Tribal® 3 of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit- , •iceeding sis lines, Nominations for office, Com- ■juicatious or Editorial notices fur individual benefit, Aj-cred as transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. SheriffSales, per levy of teu lines, or less, $250 “ Mortgage fi fs sales, per square, 5 00 (.haMoui for Letters of Administration, 3 00 '• “ Guardiuusbip, 3 00 Application t°r dismission from Administration, 3 00 “ “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00 “ “ leave to sell Land, 5 00 “ for Homesteads, i 75 y : • ■ Debtors and Creditors,.... 3 00 ,sa.ss : Land, &c., per square 5 00 suable property, 10 days, per square,.. 1 50 . Notices,30 days, 3 00 •• of Mortgage, per sq., each tima, i 00 plicatioaSTor Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75 bSFT IP THE FALLEN, Lift np the fallen—who can tell How hard they struggled ere they fell ? And though the way is dark they go, They would not always have it so. For there is scarce so vile a heart That does nut have a better part Which longs at times for higher bliss, Or sighs tor other than it is. O ! lei not then a crushing frowu Fa!! on the frail ones that are down ; Since they, perchance, would gladly rise Hut for the weight ol scornful eyes. If in their hearts hope lingers yet To dull one arrow of regret, Dare not to point the dait anew That may sometime be aimed at you. For you no syren may have sung, Nor yet have been a lying tongue ; So, standing, ponder lust you fall. And be yourself the scorned of all. Li ft up the fallen—pity them ; Christ taught to love, and not condemn. And still He leaves a shining track To light the wayward wanderer back. ( O A \f istf A r, I TIES. TSIE tl t tniOTII CAVE OF KENTUCKY We rode in the dark posi wagon. We two through the pitch dark night; We laughed, and sang, and chattered Like magpies, till dawn of light- Hut then how we hushed, my darling ; We saw that there were three; For Cupid, the imp! had stolen A ride, love, with you and me MACON CARDS. i> BROTHERS, Third 5t., ISacon, C-a., MANUFACTURERS OF Harness and Collars. les AXO DEALERS IN. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Saw.-ol Laud, See., by Administrators, Executors t , r (ijardians, are requited bylaw to be field on the £r-i Tuesday inthe month, between the hours of It 1 jr. the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court i; use in the County in which the property is situated. X ee of these sales must be given in a public ga- x ue |u days previous to the day of sale. Notices lor the sale of personal property must be pvt; in like manner 10 Jays previous to sale day. .Vines to the debtois and creditors of an estate Ei'i-t al-o he published -10 days. ‘ Xotie that application will be made to the Court of 1510 Ik s a Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &c., must be publish- 1 two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship, ., must be published 30 days—for dismission from A Iministraiion monthly three months—fordismissiou {.- an Guardianship, 40 days. Kales for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish- eil monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa pers tor the full space of three months—for compell ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where lioud has been given by thedeceased.the full spaceof Publications will always be continued according to Saddle, Harness and Shoe Leather, these, the legal requirements, uolessotherwise ordered. 1UV HIDES, WOOL AND WAX. I «r.,rvf Book and Job Work, of al! kinds PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIN OFFICE. BALD W I N COU N T Y NEW LAW FIRM, Crawford & Williamson ATTOB.1V27S AT X.AV7 1 , AND NOI.1CITOKN IN BAfliltRlFTCV, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. \\'ILL practice their protession in the counties t ? eomp.-sing tin* Ocmulgee Circuit—the counties t Hancock and Washington, and in the U. S. Circuit and District Courts. CHAS. P. CRAWFORD. WM. VV. WILLIAMSON. Feb 1!, 1871. 29 ly SADDLERY HARDWARE, Septa, 1871. C 3m f r j.) f' IS { \T i . n ]) I? f; \| iffBW Task:. rilHE l XDERSIGNED have formed a co-partner- JL ship for the practice of Law, under the firm of SANFORD & FIRMAN. They will bestow prompt attention upon all business entrusted to their care in this, and the surrounding counties. Office on Wayne street over Stetson’s Store. D. H. SANFORD. F. C. FURMAN. Miliedgeville, Jan’y 5th, 1871. 24 ly T. W. WHITE, jlttaf' at ^Lam, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., T^riLL practice in this and adjoining counties. > 1 Applications for Homestead Exemptions, un- tier the new law, and othei business before the Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. Miliedgeville, Oct. 12, 1868. 11 tf W. G. McADOO, Attorney I Counsellor at Law, Sole Asrcnts, Sept 2, is71. 2VZAC03X, GA. 6 oin E. J. JOHNSTON, Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, six.vxiR\rtrAB.E, FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, Ac. Particular attention given to repairs on Fine and Difficult Watches. JF.TVEI.5iV REPAIRED. Corner Mulberry and 1 2d Street?, opposite > new Court House. J Sept 2, 1871. MACON, GEORGIA. 6 6m 9III.LRDGEVII.I.E .GEORGIA. Will give prompt attention to business entrusted to him in any part of the State, and will regularly attend t Courts of Haldwin, Hancock, Putnam and WJI- kinson counties. Mule.Igeville, March 25, 1S70. 35 tf TAILOH.IKTG ! npHE undersigned has removed his TAILOR SHOP To Wayne Street, Up Stairs, over Store of MESSRS. C. fl. WRIGHT & SON, Where lie is prepared to cut and make gentlemen's c 'thing in the LATEST STYLES, and respectfully edicts a share of the public patronage. Old Clothes made as good as new. He will also clean aud repair old clothes making them look as good as new. OP 1 Alt work warranted. FRANK FOARD. Miliedgeville, Jan 23.1870. 26 6m Application for Letters Dismissory. GEORGIA, Baldwin County. r P T WINDSOR, Administrator of Richard V. * . Jones, deceased, having made Ids final returns and applied for Letters Dismissory : This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to appear and show causo on or before the first Monday in November, 1871, why such letters sliou.d not be grauted. M. R. HELL, Ord’y B C. July 14, 1871. 51 3m ‘T’XUSr S»X-XO]F s . R I’. JARRATT has opened a TIN SHOP at • the Neir Store of Messrs Brooks 4* toiler son, °b Hancock street, where he in prepared to do all kind? of Tin work to order and repair old Tin ware, &c. lie also has the Celebrated Non-Explosive Estrella Oil, AND LAMPS FOR THE SAME. This oil is safe and is rapidly taking the place of Kerosene. G-un, 3?isto! and Clock Work done by J. A- Jarratt. Miliedgeville, July 3,1871. 49 3m AC-EWC? Savannah Bank and Trust Co., STA COW. CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS, ALL PAID IN ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON, Exchange Rough! aud Solil, Deposits received, on which Interest will be allowed as agreed upon. I. C. PLANT & SON, Agents. Investments made for parties m Rout’*. Slock*, Sec., for a small commission, by I- C. PLANT & SON, Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m* VV. R. 8INGLKTON. W. C. SINGLETON. T. J. HOST. SINGLETON, HINT & CO., Wholesale and lietail Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats. Trunks VALXSES, UMSP.SX.iLAS, &c., 49 Second Street ) aud £ MAC 03V, GSGEGL&. 3S Cotton Avenue ) Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m LANIER HOUSE. . IV. 1IINSIVANCER, Proprietor. Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia. The above named Hotel lias been recently refur nished aud fitted up for the accommodation of tran sient as well as permanent Hoarders. Persons will find it to their interest to stop at this House, as its central location makes it a very desirable place for merchants and families coming to thecity for business, or lor u sojourn ot pleasure. An ELEGANT SAM PLE ROOM has been fitted up for the special use of commercial travelers. The table always supplied with all the luxuries of the season, from first markets, and can be surpassed by none in the South. o-.i'i'-bus to convey passengers to and from the Hotel aud ail trains, free >.t charge. N BIXSWANGER, Proprietor. October 18,1870. 12 6m STAND FROM UNDER!!! If you want Good Bargains for the Cash, call at the Store of c. it. a,I use «y Co., \\7HERE you will find Goods, consisting of every- t » tfiing usually kept in a first class Family Gro cery Store, as cheap as the cheapest aud as good as the best, and all we ask is a trial to convince uny of our friends and the public generally of the fact. Store on east side ef Wayne street. C. W. GAU8E & CO. Miliedgeville, Nov 28, 1870. 18 tf GEORGIA, Baldwin County. To the Superior Court of said County. r jCHE Petition of William McKinley, LaFayette A Carrington, John S. Thomas, Arthur I. Butts. Samuel Whitaker, aud sixty other associates, shews tbut for promotion ot agricultural and tliu kindred in terests, we have formed ourselves into a society to be known by the name of “ The Farmers' Club of Baid- ''un County,” with place of business at the County court House in MUledgevuie, and doing no business ou credit, or capital, except little cash contributions froia time to time, foi cash current expenses. We pray for an erder of corporation for twenty years by our Society name aforesaid. McKINLEY & BARROW, Attorneys for Petitioners- A true extract from the Minutes. S.J KIDD, Clerk. kept 0,1871. 6 4t IP. HIDICJIX.3.T, Manufacturer and Dealer in FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTRESSES, &C. Paper Hangings, Window Shades AND CORNICES, GOZ.B ASJB BLACK UViLNUI KOULDIITO. Fuii 'assortment of Metalie Biirial Cases and Caskets. Also Coffins in Rosewood. Mahogany &• Walnut. Ail orders filled with dispatch and at the lowest prices. 39 Third Street, MACON, Ga. Jan. 14, 1871. 25 ly ~ ZDEJNTSE’iS CHERRY STRESS, Opposite Carh n t &. Curd, Macon, - - Georgia. B. F. DENSE, Proprietor. 34 igin March 21, 1871* Baiduin Sheriff Sale. *ILL be sold before the Court House door in Mil- ledgcville,on the first Tuesday in OCTOBER next, the following property, to wit : One acre of Land, Not No. 2, in Square No. 21, in ie City °t .Miliedgeville. Levied on as the property J; 111 K. Strother to satisfy a fi. fa in favor of L. N. Ml away. Property pointed out by plaintiff. Lev- •eUun by John Gentry, Constable, aud returned to me. . O. ARNOLD, Sheriff. August 8, 1871. 6 d CIBBEDGE & HAZLEHCRST, BANKERS & BROKERS, IfflACOd'J, GEORGIA, R eceive deposits, buy and sell ex change, GOLD, SILVER, blOCKt,, BONDS, and Uncurreut Funds. Collection* tlnilc ou All Accessible l’oint*. Office open at ail hours of the day. March21, i871. 34 ly< EMUCKY Flax BAGGING, very low, 45 inches wide, lor sale by C. U. WRIGHT Si SON. Sept 20,1871 « 3t A Rc-Tcuchinif of an Old Subject, With Interest in:; Descriptions. A person who has lately visited this well known wonder of the world gives a very interesting description of it, from which we find that three trips are made daily through the cave : one on the long route, starting at 9 a. m., ex cept Sundays, and two on the short route, at 9A a. m. and 3 p. m. Cos tume is furnished at the hotel. A gen tleman wants boots or heavy shoes, cotton overhauls, a jacket and cloth cap. Man}’, especially young men, who wear boots and soft hats, go in their usual clothing Ladies wear short dresses, either made so or tucked up for the occasion. When trimmed with lively colors, the effect is beauti ful, especially if the party is large.— They usually wear gauntlet gloves, to protect their hands while holding on to or passing the rocks. The bell rings precisely at the hour, and all must be ready, or wait for the next trip. The entrance to the cave is one hun- ered and ninety-four feet above the level of Green river. Here all collect; the guides examine everything min utely ; every one, man, woman and child, is furnished with a lamp ; the rules of the cave are stated, one of which is that no person shall take out of the cave any rock, stone or specimen whatever, and another is that no one shall take a compass into the cave, and the guides are specially charged to see these rules enforced, and if any one is refractory, to immediately return, which of course brings back the whole party, as strangers would be lost there in ten minutes without a guide. The wind blows through (he narrow en- j trance with considerable force. It has | been said that the cave breathes, mak- I caught. They have rudiments of eyes but have no optic nerve and are there fore totally blind. In shape they re semble a catfish, but rarely exceed S inches in length ; they are perfectly white. Among the curiosities of the cave is Martha’s Vineyard, where grapes can easily be imagined hangingon climbing vines; Satan’s chair, formed by a union of stalagmites and stalactites, and the Infernal regions, near at hand, are not accessible except by a slippery walk, on which the tourist generally slips up, leaving his imprint on clay, for his Sa tiric majesty to measure. There are over one hundred and fif ty avenues that have been explored, and probably many more will befound. The total length of all the avenues is estimated at over a hundred miles.— The owners are adverse to explorations, probably they think they have cave enough, and further explorations might find another entrance, which, perhaps, would be better than theirs. There are several other small caves near by, of which Diamond cave is much the best; indeed, for the mineralogist and the man of science it is far ahead of the Mammoth cave. There the work is done, while in Diamond cave, formations are making every day. It was discovered in 1857 but was closed up during the war. The rotunda is seventy feet in diameter and sixty feet high. Here are Cleopatra’s needle, the serpent’s head, the closed lily, elfin grotto, a mammoth stalag mite, seventy-five feet in cireumler- ence at the base, aud tapering as regular as a sugar loaf, and hu man hand with the finger pointing into an under cave fifty feet deep, hon ey-combceiling, Falstaffcourt columns, Andrew’s cascade, Wright’s avenue, the dining room, where refreshments are taken, gothic gallery, with ISir ing a respiration once a year, the spiration in winter and the expiration ! John Franklin frozen in the ice, mag- in summer. The cause for this is appa- • nolia liower, a perfect resemblance, rent. When the outer air becomes ; stern of the Great Eastern, lion and colder than fifty-nine degrees—the tem perature insi ! e the cave—it rushes in ; when the outer air becomes wa.n.er, the colder air of the cave rushes out. These currents of air are only lYic in the narrow passages; when on< emer ges into the wide portions ot the cave there is no current. The proportion of oxygen and nitro gen are the same as in the outer air, but the proportion of carbonic acid gas is less. So says Dr. Charles Wright professor of chemistry in the Kentucky School of Medicine, he having made numerous analyses and tests. No trace of ammonia or ozone could be detected by the most sensitive re agents. From the great quantity of the nitrate of lime which absorbs water rapidly, the air is almost destitute of moisture, and to use Dr. Wright’s language, “ animal mat ter, mummifies, instead of suffering pu trefactive decomposition.” The remarkable dryness of the air enables persous to undergo a greater amount of exertion without exhaustion than they could in the outer air, and for diseases of the brain, partial insani ty, etc., the cave is one of the best places. There can be no doubt but that the cave was made by the solvent action of the water. The rock is lime stone, (carbonate of lime) and the car bonate acid inthe water slowly changes it into bicarbonate of lime, which is soluble in water, and it continued to be dissolved until a sort of channel was foimed, when the running water greatly accelerated the decomposi tion That water once ran through the cave is easily seen, and it is easy to tell the direction of the current, and to some extent, its rapidity, by observing the deposits. The earth in the cave is im pregnated with nitrate of lime, from which saltpetre has been made. In 1812-15 saltpetre was made in the cave as the war prevented its importa tion. Notwithstanding that the vats and machinery forits manufacture were pu t down sixty years ago, they are still m almost perfect state of preser vation. The Star Chamber is the finest and by far the most interesting place in the cave. To feel its full effect one should take a guide and go alone. In most, perhaps all the other places, aj large party is best, as the number of. lights and thepicturesque dressesmake . a brilliant display when the place is j lighted up; but here one should be alone. The Star Chamber is about five hundred feet long, seventy wide j and sixty high. The ceiling isofb'ack : gypsum, resting on a very high back ground. The sides are of limestone aud ! jrayish white. According to Prof. Wright, who an alyzed the drippings, aud also exam- J ined similar appearances iy accessible ! portions of the cave, there has been above the ceiling a solution ol Glau ber’s salts, which has*caused the black gypsum to scale off in small spots, showing the white lime stone behind, which white spots look likestarsin the sky. The darkness of the cave is so black that it can almost be felt. When the guide withdraws his little light from the scene, gradually, a thunder storm seems brewing, that only needs the lightning to make the il I vision com plete. In the chief city, the floor is covered with rocks ; and several monu- lioness, aurora borealis, Pope Pius IX., curtain gallery. Lot’s wife, and a vast number of other stalactites in every conceivable form and richly colored. It is well worth seeing. Josh Billings on Marriage.—Sum marry for love, without a cent in their pockets nor a drop of pedigree. This looks desperate, but it iz the strength of the game. Sum marry because they think wimmin will be scace next year, and live to wonder how the crop holds out. Sum marry tew git rid ov them selves, and discover that the game was one that two could play at and neither of them win. Sum marry the second time tew get even, and find it a gam bling game—the more they put down, the less they take up. Sum marry tew be happy, and not finding it, wonders where all the happiness goes tew when it dies. Sum marry they can’t tell why, and live they can’t tell how.— Almost everybody gits married, and it is a good joke. Snm marry in haste, and then set down and think it care fully over. Sum think it carefully over fust, and then set down and marry.— Both ways are right, if they hit the mark. Sum marry coquettes. This is like buying a poor farm, heavily mortgaged, and working the balance ot yure days to clear oph the mort gages. But after all, married life iz full as certain as the dry goods busi ness. Kno man kan swear whar he will fetch up when lie touches calico. Kno man kan teiljist what calico has made up its mind to do next. Calico don’t know herself. Dry goods ov all kinds iz the child ov circumstances.— The man who stands on the bank shiv ering, and dussent, iz more apt to ketch cold than him who pitches his head fust into the river. If anybody asks you whi you got married (if it needs be) tell him you don’t recollect. “My Wife Once.”—At St. Louis, the other day, arrived an elegantly diessed and apparently wealthy lady from Cleveland, who wished to go a short distance in the country. Their being no stage at that hour, a gentle man was found who lived in the direc tion indicated, and was willing to favor the lady with a ride. The St. Louis Herald tells the remainder of the story: “But lo! upon being confronted with each other, they each positively declined having anything to do with the other, and the gentleman inconti nently bolted. Upon being asked why this was thus, he replied : Thunder ! I know that woman ! She was my wife once, and I wouldn’t ride teu miles with her for S500 ! The lady subse quently hired a carriage, and on the way informed the driver that she had found out something that she had want ed to know for a long time.” Further developments are awaited with inter est. A Romamtic Female Adventurer —Irene Robinson, niueteen years of age, who ran from her home in Peoria, III., two years ago, was found in New York, Saturday night, dressed in boy’s clothing. She had assumed the name of William Frank, and worked as a teamster, laborer, and canal boatman. She was last on a canal boat at Troy. memoVy'oT Tobl ‘° E. Lee—have been erected there by divers persous. Echo river is next to the Star Cham ber, the most attractive place ; it ex tends from Great Walk to Silliman’s avenue, a distance of three-quarters of a mile. It varies in width lrom twen ty to two hundred feet, and in depth from ten to thirty feet. It connects with Green River somewhere near Sil- liman’s avenue. When Green river is rising it runs towards the great walk, and when falling it runs towards that river. When the waters of Green river flow into the cave, their higher temper ature causes a fog equal to any seen on the rivers. It is in this river the eyeless fish are asked to be sent home. She ran away from home because her father wanted her to marry against her will. Women are not Ruiners.—The Troy Times refuses to believe that wo men are at the bottom of most of the ruin brought upon men, and nations, and adds: “ By the side of each one of these ‘ruined’ inen, history, by its silence at least, places millions of men who have not been ruined by women, and hun dreds on hundreds who have been sus tained and supported by good women; and unwritten and unwriteable histo ry might show thousands on thousands more.” VABIOl’S EXPEDITIONS TO COKE A AND THEIR KESCI.TS. The condition of affairs between the United States and Corea, and the probabilities that hostilities may soon be resumed, with more important re sults than have yet transpired, lends a deep interest to all information con cerning that isolated and comparative ly unknown people, and particularly to those events which have heretofore brought the Coreans into communica tion with the representatives of Chris tendom. Early in the month of October, 1S66 there arrived at the Chinese port of Chee-Foo a trading junk which had crossed the Yellow Sea from the Core- an coast, and whose pilot stated that he had conducted the ship Gen Sher man to Corea, in September, 1866.— He left the ship, after conducting it up the river about three days’ journey, because the Coreans had become fright ened at the appearance of a strange vessel, and might attack the crew of the Sherman. A few days later intel- igence was brought by liberated French prisoners that the Coreans were rejoicing over the murder of the crew, and praying their gods to serve all for eign intruders in the same manner.— When the United States steamer Shen andoah went to investigate the matter the Corean authoritiessent them a doc ument, stating the General Sherman had forced her way up the river, committing depredations and murder ing the inhabitants, whereupon the Coreans got out their army, and made fire rafts, and between the two the magazine of the Sherman exploded, not leaving one of the crew alive! In 1S66, a French expedition, having for its object the liberation of Jesuit pris oners held by the Coreans, made sad iavoc with the semi-barbarians, pene- person before trating into the country, and laying it waste. On their trip up the river very The Alabama Arbitrators.—The Alabama claimants are much pleased with the composition of the Arbitra tion Board. Mr. Charles Francis Ad ams was their first, almost only, choice to represent the United States. No fairer-minded, or better-qualified En glishman than Chief Justice Cockburn could have been selected. King Vic tor Emanuel picked his best spare man in appointing General Menabrea. Switzerland contributes Jacques Staemfli, an ex-president of the gal lant little republic, experienced, learn ed and just. Brazil has yet to name her representative, but a wise and lib eral sovereign like Dom Pedro may be trusted to give the Board the ablest statesman at his disposal. Assistant Secretary of State Davis, whose fam iliarity with the Alabama claims is minute and extensive, will probably act as agent of our government in aid of Mr. Adams. His function will be to prepare the papers and expedite business generally. Since the notice was given nearly a!) the necessary doc uments have been furnished by Amer ican claimants, and are now on file at the State Department. Mr. Richard FL Dana, is currently mentioned as at torney for the United States before the Board, and this appointment will be generally approved. He will pro bably be assisted by other legal light. The English and the other govern ments participating in the work at Geneva will also have distinguished counsel on hand ; and nothing wilt go wrong for lack of law expounders.— Upon their meeting, which will take place, it is supposed, in November or December, the arbitrators will proceed to ac.opt rules for their own guidance, and we shall know whether they will desire the presence of claimants in them. In anticipation that the Board will do so, the Ala bama claimants in this vicinity are accurate surveys of the stream were suggesting that Mr. John A. Parker, made, and these were used by Admiral | president of the Great Western Insur- Rodgers in his recent expedition. As ance Company, shall represent them as the Coreans made a desperate resist-I a witness or counsel, if in either capaci- ance to the French, Admiral Hoze, an intelligent writer at Shanghai, says: From all this it must be concluded that the Coreans are a warlike people, courageous mid possessing the usual cunning of Orientals. They are clever workers in metals, and have a knowl edge of arms. They have a literature and a grand ceremonial, for in the books of the library at Kang-Hoa there were manuscript volumes containing pictures of the court processions and rites of worship, with descriptions of them. They have a taste for the beau tiful in art, as evinced in the marble tablets already mention, and no doubt when further search is made into their habits they will be found to possess a civilization equal at least to the Japan ese. When he submitted the report on the loss of the Sherman, to the United States government, he gave it as his opinion that if something efficient was not accomplished in the matter, our countrymen would be in danger of their lives when navigating the waters adja cent to Corea. When Burlingame de manded redress of the Chinese author ities for the loss of the Sherman, they replied that they exercised no jurisdic tion in Corea, and were not responsible for any acts committed there. On Jan. )0th, 1867, the United States steamer, Wachusets, commander Shufeldt, sailed from Shanghai to Co rea, with instructions to demand of the Coreans the delivery of any of the sur vivors of the Sherman, and also to in vestigate thoroughly. The river being frozen over, Shufeldt forwarded a letter to the king by a native messenger, from whom nothing was afterwards heard. On the 29th of January, a Coreau offi cer came on board, but nothing satis factory could be extracted from him. Shufeldt says that he has no doubt but that the fellow lied systematically, and that he acted in a very haughty and imperious manner. The captain of a Chinese Junk said that he saw the hull of the Sherman in the Ping Yong river, and that the Coreans told him thby had confined the crew in a “ go down” at Ping Yang so. When the Shenandoah sailed up the river in 1S6S, the Corean authorities requested him to ascend the river no further, and when a party were prosecuting the survey of the river, they were fired on from the fort. It was then thought best to dropdown to the mouth of the river from whence the ship returned to the Asiatic squad ron. The report of Commander Febiger expresses the opinion “ that none of the crew or passengers of the General Sherman are now living, but I do not think that the statements given by the Corean authorities as leading to the destruction of the Sherman at all prob able. A schooner of sixty tons, whose object was trade, would hardly dare to proceed slowly up sucU a river as the Ping Yang, destroying and robbing junks and murdering their crews. It is probable that they seized upon and confined the official spoken of for their own protection, and that they were fired upon first, and by retaliation brought on the result.” No other steps were taken by our government until Admiral Rogers was ordered to Co rea. On account of the prolonged ab sence of Gov. Bullock, State Treasur er Angier gives notice that he will pay no warrants ou the Treasury with out |a resident Governor to approve them, except on the civil establish ment and special appropriations when the law specifies the amount. An interviewer of Judge Chase states that he approves of the Wiscon sin Democratic platform and hopes and desires the election of Doolittle. He believes that is all that is necessary for the success of the National Demo cratic party. ty his appearance at the Board would be desired or allowed. Mr. Parker having paid great attention to the Al abama claims, and done so much to hasten their determination in the man ner now proposed, would undoubtedly render important service to the cause of the claimants at Geneva.—Journal of Commerce. —— The Vagabond Sage.—An old man of very active physiognomy, answering to the name of Jacob Wilmot, was brought to the police court. His clothes looked as though they might have been bought second-handed in his youthful prime, for they had suffered more from the rubs of the world than the proprietor himself. “ What business ?*’ “ None, I’m a traveler.” “ A vagabond, perhaps V* “ You are not fur wrong. Travelers and vagabonds are about the same thing. The difference is that the latter travel without money, and thefoimer without brains.” “ Where have you traveled?” “ All over the continent.” “For what purpose?” “ Observation.” What have you observed ?” “ A little to commend, much to cen sure, and a great deal to laugh at.” “ Humph! what do you com mend ?” “ A handsome woman who will stay at home; an eloquent preacher that will preach short sermons ; a good wri ter that will not write too much ; aud a fool that has sense enough to hold ids tongue.” “ What do you censure?” “ A man that marries a girl for her fine clothing; a youth who studies medicine while he has the use of his hands ; and people who will elect a drunkard to office.” “ What do you laugh at ?” “ I laugh at a man who expects his position to command that respect which his personal qualities do not merit.” lie was dismissed. Grizzlies.—The Los Angeles Ex press of August 7th says : Last Thurs day as James Tweedy, a stock herder, was sitting astride a log, up in the Fort Tejou region, eating his lunch, four large-sized grizzlies came trotting down the canon, and one of them came quietly up behind him hit him along side the head, knocked him ofl the log, and then bit him severely through the back ot the neck and shoulder. The young man played dead and the bear probably thinking that he had killed him, went ofi’a short distance, but to make doubly sure came back and smelt around him again, and again started ofl'. When the bear had gone a distance of about fifty yards, Twee dy jumped up, mounted his horse which was standing close by, and road away. His injuries are painful but not dangerous. He has been in the stock business there for some time but thinks it not a good place, and talks of moving. In the same neighborhood on the next day, Wm. Thomas, son of Judge Thomas of Los Nietos, was sleeping in a tent, when being unac countably disturbed by a dream or something else, he got up and looking out saw four grizzlies coming toward his tent. lie did not stop to receive them, but mounted his horse and rode away, leaving them masters of the sit uation. That is undoubtedly a good place for a man without a gun, a horse, a dog, and a bottle of earthqurke pre ventative to keep away from. The grizzlies are giving stock-raisers in that suction a good deal of trouble this season. It some of oar Los An geles sportsmen want to have grand hunt for game worthy to be captured, Fort Tejon is the place to find it. Who pays the highest price for a home ? The woman who marries for one. DOW TIIEY STEAL. From time to time there come to us, from the Treasury at Washington— reports of the extreme care with which the business of that Depart ment is managed. The study ot the officials seems to have been to impress upon the people a profound belief in the vigilance with which their money is defended and their interests protec ted. In the making of paper for gov ernment bonds, Treasury notes and every species of currency ; in the en graving, in the printing, sorting and numbeiing—all the details are said to be so guarded, by watchfulness over operators and by the adoption of a wonderful system of checks and coun ter-checks, that it is quite as impossi ble for bonds or notes to be abstracted without the loss being promptly de tected, as for Babbage’s famous calcu lating machine to make a mistake in figures. But if the system of accountability is as perfect as it is alleged to be, so far as the process of making bonds and notes is concerned—which we doubt—it is painfully evident that the grossest negligence prevails in other respects. This negligence pervades almost every bureau connected with the Department. It is apparent in the losses sustained by unprincipled Collectors of the Revenue. It is ap parent in the enormous sums standing against them on the books of the De partment. It is apparent also in the looseuess with which the accounts are kept. The reports of Secretary Bout- well and Treasurer Spinner, respect ively, shows that, between the bal ance sheets ot these Treasury officials, there is a discrepancy of a hundred millions of dollars in the amount of the public debt. Frauds have been perpetrated in the Department that have been hushed up. Clerks have stolen money from it and have never yet been punished. Impressions* ot plates have been surreptitiously taken from the Printing Bureau, and the fraudulent notes or bonds so issued have come back to the Department and been paid. Bailey, the New York Custom House defaulter, stole, in all, from half a million to a million of dollars, and is still at large. A million of dollars was lost in the steamer Golden Rule, and although there is strong evidence in proof that the safe was broken open, the money stolen and the vessel cast away—the Treasury had no means of identifying the notes, and the matter has been hushed up. Paymaster Paulding, of the War department, was branded as a defaulter ior a large sum which has never been recovered. Paymaster Hodge, his friend, associate and suc cessor, lias stolen nearly a million, and is now a prisoner in Fort McHenry.— John W. Morton, Superintendent of the Money Order Department, of the New York Post Office, is a defaulter to the extent of a hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Two of Mr. Cres- well’s immediate officials, niter steal ing large amounts of money from the General Post Office at Washington, pleaded lunacy and thus escaped the consequences of their crimes. The enormous Chorpening fraud, which barely escaped being consummated through the scathing exposure of Mr. Dawes, was engineered through Mr. Cresswell’s Departmant by his confi dential friend and former law partner Earle. It has been recently reported that the accounts of the United States Mint in Philadelphia are “mystified.” Paymaster General Brice boldly char ges that if. the Treasury officials had made weekly reports to the War De partment of the balances remaining to the credit of the different paymasters of the army, in accordance with tho instructions laid down for their guid ance, the defalcation of Hodge could never have occurred. The Actiug Treasurer retorts, in the name and be half of his subordinates, that it was none of their business. The New York frauds, in which Re publicans and Democrats are mixed up shrink into insignificance when com pared with the frauds that have been perpetrated, not only in every Depart ment of the government, but wher ever the Radicals have held undispu ted sway. For months together, the President, instead of attending to his official du ties, lias smoked his Partagas at Long Branch, attended by his military clique and visited by bis political henchmen. The Heads of Depart ments, following the example of their Chief, desert Washington and leave the duties of their several offices to be performed by irresponsible clerks.— When the Hodge defalcation was made public, there was but one member of the Cabinet in Washington, and he had just reached there. Secretary Robeson was away ; Secretary Bout- well was away ; Treasurer Spinner was away ; Attorney-General Aker- man was away. And after this scan dalous manner the affairs of the Gov ernment have been managed, and the business of the Departments conduct ed. Yet this administration, indolent and reckless, and saturated with fraud and corruption, is held up to the peo ple as the best and most economical that has ever been in power since the days of Washington.—Baltimore Ga zette. Spot on the Sun.—There is now a large, pear-shaped spot on that side of the sun that is turned toward us. It is about 40,000 miles in diameter— which is equivalent to three-quarters of a minute arc ; equal to the angle subtended by thirteen and three-quar ter inches at the distance of one mile from the eye. It is a very good test of the vision, through smoked glass, requiring an eyesight of a little more than the average penetration to see it without a magnifier, f he spot is a little to the left, and about the same distance below the apparent centre of the 6olar disc

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Federal union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1865-1872, October 04, 1871, Image 1