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fll 88 |(l! J journal and Messenger
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Th; , counts Court Law.
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bill as it
, , ti , re i"jnactt»utor aud amend
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l/,d on ...... , tnU jw other pur-
r> *' 1 The (**nen»l of the
3ix - *• ,in enact, That, trora and
" lel 1 lle ,iL " , C j . coui'ly Ourt, wl.ij.
i. two terur <»' 1,1 till
*UII be held a* uu* piwnrowl by aw, j
, which .hall be ,
\n, I- (jti-rftr.-vte ions, v blch shall be
b 'Tat tiniw M "ear equ»-«ti*>Uut between j
//l-iiii-anuual a* practicable—
v! time to be fixed by the County Judge
« :(i ailverti.-.'d in one of the public ga
/ (tw , )r at tho most public places iu the
iptv. as kx»ii a- po-isHMe alter the pas
, re of thin act. The aaid court, at its
~ ~/-«miiial se-diona, shall have the name
intlictioii a* DOW rioed in criminal
r , and iu civil cases, where the
ount involved in over fifty dollar*. The
rimiietiou of the c-iurt at the quarter j
-ionnebail heeoiittued toeriiuinaioases,
f Ito civil canes without limit a« to!
giuoutit, arising out of the relation «t ,
nuter and seivan!, whether suite for'
« ip't>, applicatlulls to enforce performance j
or nr other purposes; also, applications >
i,.t the eviction of ra, iutruders j
. I tcuautn holding over, f>r the parti
t 'i of personal propir’y, tor the trials us !
I -lessory warrant*, or proe* ediugs under
ire.-s warrants, aud luiheaecurjmn cases;
t! • proceedings in such < ases to tie In con- i
iiniiy toexisliug laws, and section 24 ot
■ h■( of wbicii this act is amendatory’.
; led! be the duty of the Judge ot said:
urt, w hen rcpn-i-ted in writing so »o do i
,* majority of the justices of the fofbri- 1
Court, to « all extra sessions fur the de- J
‘■ry of the jail.. And lie rosy call extra .
r iotis for the trial of the civil ca :cs last
'ici'ilioil ; but, at such extra sessions
there shall be uu Jury trial in civil cases
uuless demanded by out of the parties
thereto; iu which ras*- the ludro *<h*l!
eau-e a jury of five to he inuncilately
u m moued to try the same, fu ail other
,i » s the proceeding* shall he the *»*iue m
;,< 1 11 1 semi-annual and quarter steal. ns as
•io«- provided by law (hr the send annual
esbious.
r-Ks. fi. lie it further enacted. That the
Tudg‘ of said court stiall draw tunes for
i,oili semi-annual and quarter nes lore, in
1 1". same manner as they are now drawn
or the semi-annual eobbions. Ihe juries
odrawn shall serve tor the term next af
•*r bcingdrawn, aud at any called sessions,
which may he held previous to the next
term : hut the (titles uow drawn shall c*»u
duue to servo, as now required by law,
until this law ahull be carried into effect; !
iu I all civil cases now uudisposed of, in
the monthly sessions, not embraced iu i
Ike special cast t. r»dei led to iu the first :
non oi Una ad, aiiail ue transferred to I
ti n semi-annual sessions.
. be it further enacted,' hat the!
it i iniaot, in crimiual cases, shall have '
Hie .-.ante rigid, of challenge to the jury as ;
pr.iciicwi iu tUe Superior Court iu like J
cases. '
|
-m-x 1. Be it further euaeted, That the
f.i int ing shall be substituted iu lieu of
. iit-u 6,0f the act oi which tliia is amend
•lory : “ i hat. be couuiy Judge, or his
• i-ishall keep a strict accouut of all
H'aaud forfeitures; out of which he shall
pay himself, and the officers of said court,
pro rata, all costs w hich have accrued in
raid court, known as iusolveut costs ; the
icuiainder, if any, after such payments,
fall other moneys, except his Coots,
which come to his hands, as County Judge,
nr lus clerk iu bis olricial character, he
ill pay over t<j the County T reasurer,
ami it p irt recei|»ts and distturreiueuts to
the brand Jury of tUe superior Court;
rmvided, that it the hues aud forfeitures
ot not s.atlcn iit tn tue couuty oi Musco-
K’ t’to pay said insolvent coals, the same
ball hi jn.id out or Hie Couuty Tj'easury,
• such ('art thereof as may he ius;>ected
•I apprtAt and by tlie t fraud Jury of the
d'liuty ami provided further, tLat no iu
tiolv cut costs shall be allowed for more
t li two witiie-ses to the same material
nit iu said couuty. He shall also keep
b index of all court contracts, aud a list
all oeitiflcates aud discharges grauted
linn, which shall be sulked to the lu
xation ol any one interested therein;
>nd lie shall li ewise provide u seal for
the said Couuty Court, to l»e used w heu
necessary by hiuisult or the clolk aud un
"i such seal is provided the private seal o!
[her may b.* used; aud shall inspect, re
' -c, aud passU}M)ii all jail fees arising un
d- r his jurisdiction, before the same are
l aid by the inferior Court. The county
•bulge shall receive one dollar for each
ntt com fact which he may approve,
riix. •>. Be it further enacted. That the
special hailif! of said court shall give bond,
ii- now provided by law, for the tntthful
discharge of his duties, in the same man
•r as the sberift'ot the couuty. He shall
uve ail the power iu the execution of the
ies of his oftlee as Ibe sheriff, aud be
•jecl to the same pains and
. 'i orders and processes shall be directed
i:im as w ell as the sberitf, and he shall
‘Svc dm same power t«» sell pco|teriy uu
r executions or orders issuiug from court,
tlie sheriff now has
■See. h. He it further enacted, That the
1 uuty Solicitor shall 1>« the oollecling
l, r for ?»ni County Court. He shall
■ot all tinea, forfeitures ami bonds,
l *’ J lay over the same to the County
who shall disburse them accord
i" the provisions ot tots act. Aud
4 said Judge tail to pay out money,
oired, he may be ruled ia the bu
ourt, as Justices of the J'eaee may
law be ruled.
Be it further euaclcd, That the
-licitor shall tako his oath of of
r; County Judge, or the Jus-
inferior CourL
r 11 Be it further enacted, That the
" >ut| ty Judge, at auy time, may hear and
‘ -lie the cases of alt j>ersous charged
u Crimea upon accusations drawn up
' ti.e County Solicitor. without a Jury ;
l f iiieu. the person or persout ao accused
i luo(>eD court, declare that he, or
' 1 "- or they, waive au indictment or pre
eminent by a grand jury, end arraigu
aud trial by a ;*slit Jury, which de
-1 l!, "u<iii shall be eutertuiued on the ao
-1 uiution, and also on the minutes of said
bounty Court. Either party, in a civil
***. Msy ap|>eal from tbe .iudgroeot ren
]cre«i at tbe quarter and special sessions
Q like maimer as appeals are now allowed
tbe semi annual ae sious.
9. 1 hat the semi-annual sessions
■ | ’he County Court for county of Paul
-1 nguhall be held ou the first Monday In
anuHry and July to each year; for the
* 0 J!ltv °f f aroll,ou the seooud Monday in
a, ui*ry aud July iu each year; forcouuty
Haralson, ou the third Monday in Jan
’lar-v’ and July in each year; for the couo
> of Polk, on the fourth Monday iu Jan-
't'iwcnM ■ mfS Jllcgseitner,
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By JR ose Ac Hurr.
and July in each year ; for the comi
ty of Richmond, on the third Monday in
April and October in each and every year!
and in all other counties as required »•'
law. For the county of Fioyil, the fall
term of the teiui -annual sessions shall be
held on tlie third Monday in October;
semi-annual terms of the county of For
s>th, ahull he held on tin* third Monday
iu May and Noyeinber, Thomas county,
first Monday iu March and September.
1 hat the semi-annual session of the coun
ty of Dougherty be held ou the fourth
Monday* iu February and August.
Wkc M». Be it further enacted, That all
parts of said act, of which this is amend
atory, having relation to monthly or spe
cial sessions of said court, except as here
in provided, be aud the same are hereby
repealed.
EdUare Journal and. M+monger :
Having been in Milledgeville during
the late session of the Legislature just ad
journed, and witnessed the extracrdiuary
ettorts there made by certain parties al
luded to, to misrepresent the tine< harder
of Gov. Jenkins, aud to prejudice the pub- j
lie mind against him. I determined to
write the accompanying two articles, aud
present them for publication. They were j
written at Mil edtjeville, on the 7th inst ,
hut unavoidable circumstances prevented
me from presenting them to you sooner.— ;
I trust you will publish them with pleas
ure- Fiat Justitia.
for <ho Journal and Meissen go •• ]
in: o. x.
Gov. Jenkins—Does Ho Sympathise
with the Masses, or the Common
People Y
Because Governor Jenkins, iu bis late
annual message, did not say anything
about ‘•Hiii.ixr " when he could etc no
way under the Federal anil tSlute Consti
tutions, w here tuy substantial relief could
l>e given to the debtor class, a few Jlepudi
atorsami persons who sought offices of
him for themselves, kin and friends, hist
winter and spring, aud failed in getting
them 'have been busy, ever since tbe tom
muucemont of th ■ present session, in try
ing to induce members of the Legislature
and others to believe that Governor Jen
kins has a cold heart—that he has no sym
pathy in common with tbe masses of tbe
people, and that he is an aristocrat, et<-.,
etc. And I have been sorry to hid that!
some good “relief men”—men who are not
Uepudiators, and who have not been (li.--
app' inted in getting office for themselves. 1
kin or friends—have been humbugged by j
this tirst named class. I need not impute i
motives to this Class of persons. But 1 j
will i-uy, that, if they were fearful that ;
Governor Jenkins might agatti sutler his
name to be used for tbe office of Governor
they might have saved themselves much
trouble by a little enquiry at the first of
tlie session, before they set out u|kjii their
w ork of detraction.
If these persons did not know anything
of Gov. Jenkins or ids character, and
knew jiotliing of the circumstances under
which he consented to become a candi
date for Governor last winter, by a liitle
enquiry they would have learned that tlie
ojfice nought him aud that he. did not seel:
the office 1 hey would have learned that
even though 175 or 200 members of the
Convention aud others urged him in w ril
ing, with all their proper names signed, to
become a candidate, t at still he w.thheld
bis consent. They would have learned
further that notwithstanding his be ng
thus importuned, and urged l>y many oth
ers, to let Ids name, be used, it was not un
til after Governor Brown (whose friends
were uiging him to sutler Ids name to he
announced) approached aud urged Gov,
Jenkins to run, ami assured h;m that lie
would have his cordial support, —it v.as
not until then that Gove nor J. g xe ins
ti ll consent and accepted the invitation u>
become a candidate. Huch conduct, with
good men. was evidence enough that Gov.
Jenkins would never engage iu a scram
ble for that or any other. But blinded as
they were, |I will not say from what
cause,l and not being able to appreciate
Governor Jenkins, and to feel sure that
whenever he thought he could not meet
the w ants of a large majority of the people
lie could not be induced to hold an office
had they but gone a step Birth *r, and got
some friend to enquiie of Governor Jen
kins liis views and purposes for the future,
they could have very easily learned, betore
they started out on their work of de
traction, that he had been already ludy
satiated with the honors of the office ot
Governor, and that he had, long before the
present session, determined not to hotel the
ojlice longer than the preedit term , even
f hough he cou/d do no toJhout a»g opposi
tion w hide ver. But these Repudiaiors and
disap(H>inted office seekers judge others by
tbemseives. They can’t understand why
a man should not cn e to hold office longer:
they can see no virtue in those differing
from themselves, and they have no respect
for those in the way of the accomplish
ment of their own purposes. Therefore,
while professing one thing they are after
another, and good character, virtue and
everything else that is estimable must
•rjve wav or be (’rushed, that their nid.c may
irin— ami hence a inole hill is magnified
into a mountain, and truth is readily
transformed into a Be, if it answers their
purpo-e.
But, say these persons, “ Charles J. Jeu
khiti is no aristocrat— Ue Is cold, lie lias
uot u heal t that sy in pat is s with the com
mon jteoplo—he lives in Augus,a—sympa
thises with the Banks, &c., <kc.’ How
absurd, bow ridiculous aud how untrue!
Why, Mr. Editor, I have visited Mil
ledge ville aud attended most of the ses
sions of the Legislature for the past 39 or
36 years. I have watched all the public
nueu closely,aud iu all candor andsiucerity
I must say, that among all the good aud
pure and benevolent meu; men of ability,
of warm hearts, and full of sympathy for
their fellows, and their kind, from his
public.action alone iu the Legislature of
Georgia, uone has ever made so deep au
impression upon me.asoue in full sympa
thy with his race, as Charles J. Jenkins.
When I first kuew him and observed him,
he appeared about thirty years of age, ami
was in the Legislature. And ever since,
whenever he was a member, I have ob
served that if the w idow and the oipban
needed a friend, Charles J. Jenkins was
their advocate, defender and protector.—
If the poor wanted help, lie was with
them too. If the oppressed, friendless or
unfortunate needed an advocate, his sym
pathy and charity was such that he was
ever ready to help and shield them, too,
or to temjier justice with mercy. Evtr
genial aud kind, courteous in his deport
ment towards hia fellow member** ut tbe
Legislature and very respectful to all, lie
was ever respected and loved by all, even
during high political excitements, and
when ascerbltyof feeling ran high iu the
Legislature. And often, when members
of the Legislature gave way to their pas
sions, and retorted severely upon each
other on the floor of the House, or the
benate, and there seemed no way to avoid
t personal difficulty, I have seen Mr.
feu kins arise, and with an earnessness
imi waimth that showed he had a good
| and sympathising heart, and with a dig
i u "‘i gentleness that gave full evj
| iem-eof good will and love for his fellow
; Nien, and that comm tided the adruiratioi
l nd respect of all, he would put iu a ‘"goo*
word." He would give his views of the
matter, suggest, and urge, that the gen
thmeu misunderstood each other, and
that there was no real cause for the feeling
that existed at the moment; aud before
or by the time he would conclude his re
marks, “his mission of peace" would be
successful, the fierce aiitmrouiatH would
calm down, aid if frieiidfluj* and a per-
r ect understanding wore not immediately
restored, no more of the matter would b«
heard either m the House or elsewhere.
Vnd is one like this an Aristocrat, os a
heartless and unsympathetic man 7 No
/non of truth who will examine the rec
• ltd- and who knows any thingof Gov.
Jenkins past life, would do so much
wrong as even intimate such a thing. If
; education needed a fostering hand, he
1 was ever ready to upheld and promote its
advancement. If scheme! of Internal
Improvement, ca'ruinied to develop the
resources and promon? the growth and
welfare of Georgia were presented, he
vas b< hind noiio in assuming the respou
j -Ability of adopting and currying on the
• a:nc. And if ite <-hf nseter and credit of
i the State had to he Maintained by taxa- !
! lion, in days past, when taxation waa ;
very unpopular, none w ere more fearless
than he iu levying that tax.
In fine, Mr. Editor, although while In
'be Legislature, in past days. Gov. Jen
kins could not love me, and w r as even at i
Mines a stumbling block in iny way. and
>n one or tw’ooccasions gave me a “stone"
•when I asked for “bread," yet such was ■
bis intelligence, his liberality, hi? evident
unselfishness uu indifference as to w betber
u good thing whs popular or not) In his
ready and cordial support of all things
calculated to elevate oor people aud pro
mote the growth ami prosperity of Geor
gia. such was the admiration and regard
T had for his character ab a pure and good
aud hone t man—and as tbe friend of the
widow amd the orphan, the poor, the
needy and the unfortunate, thatevcu in my
vrath, cud while I would, at tbe momeot,
have hurled him out of the Legislature If
I could—yet in those moments I never felt
1 hke stigmatizing him as an Aristocrat, a
j cold hearted man, * uting iu sympathy
j for his fellows, or for the poor and friend
j less, because I knew it was not true. And
|as time w ent on aud I became calm, aud
1 surveyed the whole grouud, and knew his
'motives of action when he offended me
! most, I justified him; because I felt that
had I been situated as he was I would have
pursued the course lie did. And w’ith
these recollections of the past, with no m
timacy, and scarcely ever meeting with
him—w ith no personal favors to thank him
for, and no expectations in the future—
none voted for him or saw him placed in
i „he Executive Chair more cheerfully than
! did—for I felt that in him Georgia had
a Wise man, a Prudent mau, a Good mau
■ and a i rue man, at the helm of f-tate.
i And have I been disap|K>iuted? No.—
| Have the people of Georgia been disap
! pointed! I think they have had no cause
,o be so. They knew him to be a grea
•tickler for the Constitutions and for Law
and Order. They knew that in past days
while party feeling ran high and when all
of hi« parly associates deemed it their priv
ilege to “ resort to measures of expedien
cy"—even to the leaviug of the H 11s of
tiie Legislature to defeat the party meas
ures of their opponents, —although warm
ly attached to, and being a lavorite with
lis political friends, Charles J. Jenkins
preferred to separate from and displease
tor the moment, these good apd true
friends rather than violate what he believ
ed to his duty, under his oath, as a mem
ber of the Legislature. They knew, too,
'.hat upon the subject of Repudiation, al
though Georgia was threatened with a mil
itary Governor aud with military rule iu
ease she failed to repudiate her debt crea
■d for the purpose of carrying on the war,
Governor Jenkins, as a m-tnber of the
Convention, feeling that tbe demand was
wrong aud unauthorized, that it was de
moralizing and injurious to the State, and
that its effect would be to rob many good
men who had faith iu aud credited their
t tate, and widows aud orphans, who held
her bonds and treasury notes, while others
cowered bes re these threats, and yielded
their just ground, he refuted to yield, aud
when the yeas and nays were called, all
) who were present will remember how dis
tinctly and clearly, when bis name was
called, he responded, “ No!” The people
of Georgia knewtbflr man,and thus know
ing him, they asked no pledges as to what
he would or would not do. But after his
election, new questions sprung up in the
Legislature that were not discussed among
the people when he aud the Legislature
were elected. Had he not as much right
to judge of their constitutionality or right
fulness. as any member of the Legislature
who voted for or against them ? And, as
an honest man, is it not as much /tta duty ,
m his position to maintain what he believe*
1 to be right, as any member oj the Legisla
ture'' Then why, all at once, should he
i be denounced as a “ cold-hearted man.” as
| “an Aristocrat.” or as ” one who has no
! sympathy with the common peopi* '
merely because he unobtrusively says
nothin?, and will hold out no false lights
to the people;and eveu bis honest motives
called in question by some miscreants,
merely because he rets upon his own eon
ti itions of right and only opposes the views
of others when sworn to act as n sworn of
ficer ? _
Fiat Juktitia.
Milledgeville, Dee. 7, lb6b.
The Late Bishop of Florida.—An
exchange says that Bishop Rutledge was
a man of very low stature and extremely
attenuated frame, but us uo little pluck
when he conceited h , ?’'»*!f under a call
! of duty, having in him a spark of the old
i revolutionary Are. Although a solitary
' nun ot most retiring habit*, he was t-apa
; ble both of feeling and Inspiring affection.
| Daring his last sickue-a. whtle the linger
j ing torture of a cancer in the mouth was
I eating out hialife inch oy inch, it is said
I that an old family sen autos his who had
I been permitted lo live in Charleston, htr
i ingout his own time, and whom theßish
i op had not seen fur years, heard of bis af*
: fliction.
At his own expense, this devoted freed-
Diau at once traveler! to Tallahassee, pre
sented himself at his old master’s bedside,
audannounced his determination to stay
by him aud nurse lum as long as life
should last. Touched by to beautiful a
devotion on tbe part of one whose face
! he had almost forgotten, tbe Bishop—
most of whose little competency was loet
during the war—altered his will and be
queathed to his faithful freedman a por
tion of the little that wan yet left.
A son of the Mexican Emperor Itur
bide, died iu New York on Tuesday night.
Hacon, Ga., Wednesday, December C(>, WOO,
Dolbaar Commercial College.
The following letter was received by a
young geutlemun of this nei . .boi uood,
j who designs attending a cotiise of studies
lat the Dot bear College, New Orleans, one
of the bebt Commercial Schools, and one,
: Hie least expensive in the whole country
1 ft will explain itself Any information n,
; regard to the institution can be obtained
' by applying at this office.
Nkw Out, KAN'S, Dl.< . 3,
| -Vr. Jftnrg />. Everett, J fa c<in, Go: -
Dlah Bik:—We have yours of November
20. The reports about bad morals ~i this
city are started and circulated by in; ;i.
ted, itinerant agents of Northern
newspapers, and their h lug correspondents
and our people are, to much in the habit
of looking to the North for everything
good, aud to the fc-outh for everything
trad, that it is useless to con trad it a faire
hood, although you may present a thou -
aud facts to prove it such. They will im
mediately fctart some new falsehood, and
our jieopie, who hunt for an excuse to p.it
ronire everything Northern, aud th r ..y
oppose everything fJoiutieru, . ih, v an
*.ut thought, send their spr- and «i*ugb
tere to Northern institution cud subs •’•lbs
to Northern papers.
Such people become williug v.i-* 1 •?! , and
simply get wbat they (»ay h,r, w hen they !
have task-masters aud sectional tax pa h- :
er=> placed over them. * THov m-e ti
cnemlce of tbe South
As to morals, about ntm !•?( of tiios* F
hav e kuowu.wbo have been .-ent for years •
to Northern colleges have returned sots, j
aud tbe balance were entirely unfit for |
any business pursuit to enable them to ob
tain a living, while of the thousands who j
have graduated at f/nucollege, I have nev- j
ir know u of one, in thirty-five years of its ,
> xfstenee, who has become a a pauper j
or n criminal- nor do I-know of one who •
Is now out of profitable employment.
Htudents for this col lege arc always plac- j
cd with good families —one, two, three or j
four iu a. family, who take an m'crc t hi j
them.
They are never herded together like
sheep and swine—three or four hundred
In a pen. as is the casetu Northern colleges.
Ours hsve the society and comforts oi'a
borne.
Respectfully,
Kurtn Dobeka b. President
Dolbear (kmimercial Collie,
“ Fail * in tbe Lexicon of Youth
Which Fate reserves to & bright Manhood
Tbere : s no such word as Fail "
Amlin tbe history ot Dyspeptic Mail
there ue«d be no gloomy future full of
hypochroudriaca! fears, for one draught,
of tbe wonderful appetizer and healer.
Plantation Bitters, will scatter the cloud:,
ot despondency, and Hope “ tell her hat
ter lug tale’’ again. For Heartburn, Dys
pepsia, ludigestiou, Heaviness, Languor,
Headache, and Low Spirits, this is tbe
only remedy. If you are suffering from
Dyspepsia, or auy of its attendant evils,
use Plantation Bitters, and you will tmd
there is “nosuch word as fail,”
A telegram from Cincinnati to the
Chicago Republican says : .
“ The Fenians of this city are unques
tionably making active preparations for
another attack on Canada at anfeatdy day.
A. pm mirum (military organizer h> e bt"?!i
here for several days. A military body for'
tbe examination of field and line officers,
lias also been in session during tbe past
week, and forwarded to New York several
recommendations of prominent military
ofticers of this city and Coviugtou for com
missions in the army of Irish liberation.
A meeting of M'ese and other officials was
held Friday night to act on important dis
patches received from the Feuian senate
uow iu session.
Rome. —The telegrams says that none
of the anticipated civil disorders having
occurred in the Imperial City, in conse
quence of the withdrawal of tlie French
troops. The Pope has abandoned al! idea
of leaving tbe holy city.
862 r The world annually com.umes
about five and a half million bales of cot
ton.
RaijTCA I. Lies. —We find tbe following
in the Washington corre-qxmdenoe ot the
Philadelphia Press:
Au arny officer, uow in this oily, from
Georgia, states that seventy-five outrages
upon frcedineu, many of them deliberate
murders, are uot only left uupunished.but
the perpetrators are. going at large, exult
ing in their barbarity. Two revolting
case? in Boutb Carolina have just been of
ficially reported. Iu the one a local court
tried a Union soldier for capturing a rebel
train during the war, aud sentenced him
to be hung, and iu the other a aon of the
Mayor of Columbia deliberately killed u
negro on the outskirts ot the town. Mho
was carrying home a load of corn. 'I he
young knight of tbe Palmetto accused tin:
negro of having stolen thecoru, which the
latter stoutly denied, wheu h.s ■white op-
tried to ride him down,which being
resisted be killed the poor free dm an on tne
spot. He rode back into tbe town aud
surrendered himself to tho local courts aad
was honorably acquitted 1
W imb Belling in France.—There
still exists, among even well informed
French people, a tradition that iu Eng
land, a husband commonly nuts a l><»Urn
round his wife’s neck, leads her to Smith
field, and sells her to the highest bidder
A laborer named Martin, aged thirty, at
Vire (Calvados', recently w r ent still fur
ther. He not only sold his wife and a
cupboard together for five francs to a
young man, named \ antler, but assisted
the latter by force to take posession of his
purchase. For this grave offence the two
meu had just been tried at the Court of
Assizes of Caen. The hearing of the case
took place with closed doors, and the jury
having returned a verdict of guilty, hut
with extinuating circumstances, Martin
was condemned to eight years barn labor,
and Vautier to five years’ imprisonment.
ArtietclAl Stone.—Oneof our Cincin
nati exchanges mentions the invention of
an Englishman on exhibition in that city.
It says;
We yesterday witnessed a wonderful
process of turning sand into stone iu the
,hurt epace of teu minutes. We have not
space this morning to describe fully the
scientific steps by which the result is ac
complished ; but the Imjtortant fact ir
and very important it is to our builders
and enterprising property holders—t Lat
with tbe aid of liquified boulders any kind
of sand ia formed iDto a plastic mass that
may be moulded into any shape.and har
dened almost instantly so that it will riDg
under tbe blow of a trowel like a burnt
brick, fttoue thus produced is imprevious
to water, and durable as the generality of
building atone.
fgf The San Francisco Flag is reliably
informed that there are over 5,000 persons
in San Francisco who believe in spiritual
ism and openly declare their belief.
*3u A young 'man h-fnmi’iegin so.
Louis rece t!y \vr.,t- to Mr. Greeley, of
jibe New York Tribune, to u-e his
j once in oi-i! ining a siiuciimi for Idm. In
j reply iherei t, 11-n.i • wrote : “New
j.Yurk is just en: ui.mi the interesti i;
| proee-s of- r .r,:-v.' out 3>D,OA) peop (
1 whom war .v.\ * !;*»vc
driven iiithc;. L : - 1 rhe to receive
j nnu employ none i • t y are no; .
! Alim I»ickiu-on :■ ennye-ted j
' her rlgiit ' :"•» .col r-vd : r *olee to'
a whisper by ri Hi :«» ";e pr nie and '
lecturing afierwonN.
j .
T’.iere a-e c Ur r.- ’• Nev
I York wliu-h.hi nigo ; •„ ,u e o iir fun of:
i water. Tiie cni lren are s.mieUniea iui- :
| prkioDed by . -t J. o ..
'Seuator t in, M-i- other d.>v, |
: went in strong for Giuale stiffrage. He i
said the elections reid sr-r ie i loat there j
must l>e pro go- - -uia lie i.Kenniii to le|
•u toe .an. The Hibe us were • el ied j
to laugh, thonah ■ • * ;f ru’d.—
TDey .j in’tbelie' o ue »v_ : ne i
intis led ile
The rfo i-e. ( .niu.i’e? -n Elec-j
tion? have agreed >'r , l i-i ; provi- 1
diugthi’ lli :’-;if. ; s' • r;- • :U • ( :
ions wha!! bo held on “le sd :v in ?.i! •
r-.tates, viz : OnTuss.Dy a' ’“• first
' load; j in’SoT • < v.
try secorid y r i:-e••;.:>'itr. T,.U V, the!
<lay on which the ui.tlr-rttv ' ;»m North !
cm St.ite »; !'... ‘ •= ’■■■j[f
I.N* t-n .• a. ; Havana at,
the hu-t account, having an iiit nc-.it in ;
the ex-hoiiiVdeia e .s;<.;,uior llari.et Lane,
which was ,ra sieric *, &* .ur readers j
j know, somewi.jre uiioub Galveston.
f£k» If- n. Join. *T »<; m 'rembev of Cm -
| gresci fB nftl '• : ! s e--.m"'er•.* al ?<n
(
j hei, laying his damages at :?,V. 0 id. This
HaakesSrJS.uOO nowr pen.ib-i- j • rii,■?f that
I. ' °
! paper, on similar . nits.
tigi- L" niauy ri! < in Western New j
| York the .-mow > two Bet di-ec.—
Bailroad travU is much delayed. The!
. We.dafd Canu! ; * Ca lu.B is frozen over. 1
! Tliursday was the coded day of the sea-|
[ coniu New Yo: : C.;y.
ECi. Tiie Boston Po-t s;ij.s : “If the r<3r
hellion of Siiays ia Massackttsjtts, and of!
the \\ hisky I’eopie in I\-nusv!vaiiia, has J
been punished, as it is now pro: .o-ed to 1
punish tne re. e!s of ;:.e South, i.otii Mas- j
lachusetts a oi Beil':.-\ 1 vaair mignt row j
ue mere Territories, in 1.-u of states."
Thk Wortc ok th ; Leoislatctie. —
Both Houses of the Go .eiv | Assembly of
Georgia, say? tlie I'ediivs! Union complet-i
*/l the business bt-fur them on Friday last, i
and adjourned at 12 m.
The list of Acts we publish shows' what j
has been done, v* e are so crowded tins i
week that we cannot publish all tne cap-1
lions Os acts approved by the Governor i
Overt!) c-c Imndrad mu have' been ap- j
{.roved by (lie Gover ' r
The stay Law, vas vetoed by the Gov
ernor, but was pissed by a coustitat.onal
)nttjorify, an I is th trefofe a law.
TheApi>roji iatiou li: 1 only calls for
a million of dollar-! It is a l.ugf thing
for the time . nu.l'-he • j.-nuj will set I iis
grip on their pbckifis next Fall, when
taxes have t(> lie !•..• ’.
(Stale Aid (o Railro <d- h;sl • • n a vcr\
popular idea at tne c !?; ami great proa
{verity is promised even • y w tn nil the
Roads asking ad siia'd no c > istruoted.
Well, v;e !>o|.e so.
We will, when more t leisure and k -
crowded, take occa ion :> revn-iv . e of
the measures and short comings of this
Legislature,
Heavy Winnings ai Farj.-’The
Herald of the l itii su... <:
It is rumored, and apparently on good
authority, that Hon. Ben Wood, State
Senator, in a trial of skill with Congress
ni n elect Hon. John Morrts-ey, at tiie
scientific game of faro, on Wednesday
night last, realized the handsome win
nings of £140,000 The cm.leal took place
ac the head(juarters ot Gi.iig; • n• i Mor
ris.-ey, on Twenty-four. . -.ic-t.
PheityGdod le Phi< • l.lphia Lod
ger records the following •• strange and
significant fact.” We imj a m*od thing
even if it comes from the ot ur side:
“For sometime n.wt liiere iias been a
diecusr'ion of a i :y i..,u nfe i-. greatiy
prolonged bv Kleening with tiie i ea.l to
tbe North. This -.henry, according to the'
Gold Hiii, (.'aiifonin , I' ewe, finds confir
mation in tne r'range fact Muuuie m ist
of those Aiuorioau p »«itici;tns who for
years past have ha i tiie;r heads to tiie
South are now quit iua.l,”
Boston Politic -Tlio Ct-'orcd People
2\ .x-hiV
Bobtov, Decernbtz ll.—The result of
the city election yt- t. iday. it u under
stood, is not acceptable to tiie police au
thorities.
The Mayor elect, if: i sad, lias deter
mined to fully .uve liguie tlie conduct of
the police and detec ivc departments bc;h.
of which a"e kuo .vii t«>iiave been conduct
ed in a m >st disgra -ei'u! m at tier for nine
time pact —the o-jtef of tno !<ew Mayor
being to place them <m a m-.-rs nonest ba
sis. Money making rather than rogue*
ou,i.i.. c , :>• a«u*gea > nave become too
ooinmon for uie puohc c;e<i i and witty,
aim there is a ci.a Cos t ut rc .-.••l joo# ami
jobbery, will soon unaeigo a titoiough
vcutilatiun.
It was interes;; lg and a ausing yester
day to see the negroes of ti e wards three
and six. laborio'r !'•" tiie saccess of the
*
ers had promised then, [tlie maiot-rj repre
senUtivys in the city coutn ils, but iiiey
were rejected at ibe nomi *au g cu a cases,
and hence the wn.tli of the < ■ -i nun
?.ntl their atteinpiid u i.i u.m; at the
Jgjlls. The Ceu-c: "H c.dl r c % and ‘topic,
there is little qui-ffiou. cu -d l; j iffi
iniblieau vote materially, umi the end is
uot yet.
The colored non have an idea that tluy
are no longer liewcrsof w >.t ai i di nveis
of water to the R n iblid.ui-, ami they a--1
sert that they will not. ilitherto ilieiri
vote has e mstituted at lea.-, a tier.l of the j
Republican mab and v in th!- city. The j
Republic*t) oss, as c Hnparetl witli la.-t;
vear, is about one In; iu l vm.ca, while \
on the democratic Mde there is a gidu of!
niue hundred.
fssTAt arecHit-raii.M. • hi ner, incom
plimcnt t* the fraternity, tbe ; a-t was j
given: “An honest iwyer tlie noblest |
work «*f God.” B itan •" i farn er in tiie:
back part of tliel.ou'Craihf.-s,, ’iledtheef- 1
feet by adding, in a loud voice, “and about
the scarcest.”
The Russian tehgraph line is grow
ing in length, passim: timer.::: patiiless.
wastes and deserts, through vast regions (
where the human voice was never heard
before, to bring the civilized cues o. toe
earth together.
TheTkialof Mollis Tbesbel.—lt
will he remembered that George Trussel,
one of the owners of she celebrated horse
Dexter, was killed by his mistress iu Chi
•-agosome months ago. A Hunday dis
"atedi from Chicago says •
The ttial of Mollic Trussell, for killiuj'
i?r paramour, George Trussell, wastouedu
•1 iast nCriit ifisnit nine o'eloek, with a
! veixlict of manslaughter, lix.uji her pun
i ament at .out year in the penitentiary.
A nioiion loi anew trial v.ts made by tiie
prisoner’s counsel. The verdict was gen
eral !y uncNpected, as tbe evidence conclu
-ively showed that Trussell struck herstv
- : ;i tirut ,*ud thrust h*" <>ut .|.>«>r before i
Hurt. .♦ him.
ir %, Ai N evv 'i ork Washington special
'ays: “Keprcsentativo Ashley has pre
pared a ri'olatkm oi iuquiry m • the al
.‘ryed charger aga;n. r t I’rvoi-Jciu Johnson,
which u. ihe firrt step toward »iui>**Heh
iheiß,
V%-- A boarder at otic oi our city board
jy I.uiisi \ t ,ys an, e *<diauge, ou being
j a-ke.l how tlioy l;\eu there icplßß that
h.chash ivw i direr d-jukdful. but the beef
i waa “bully " J fiu tlublous eudov: aicnt
Istl‘M.i (o attract :« uni boarder.
1 in: W'pr < n'.i Law —Among |he acts !
j s-sft by iht; Georgia Leglrlaturo ir cue
".'ctc- f ! up the right? of marrleti w omen I
The ;iiHed£CvHle Keooftler «a va It pro*'
vide: that all tho property -f the wife at 1
the * <>f her marnsg''. vrh- ther real :
~r . . v ,j,| n, .-’ia r pj o tior) ,'V.oIJ He
and r.'Mai’i tho • p-rafe property of the I
wife, f : l tb.d all property given to. in !
In.rrted or acquired by the wife daring!
rt'.c covet:!rc hall vret In at*d belong to !
the vif . and- ball not be liable for the I
payment of an v debt, dof«,',i» i .trs.-t l
■Of thc Jujl t aud.
, fl-af DL i dated, says tho New York
t'ii ;<-•>•'a ruu c-f Robert E. J_.ee, that, at
t r cut dintiei part# in Riohraoud, one
“t ‘ho piu-cb piof-ieed as a toast, "Tbe
j Fid Sen I lag ’ Col. Leo promptly placed
j his hand upon the glass, aud arose. “Qen
i demen," cit’d he, this will not do. We
j ara parol and prisoners. We now have but
r one fiag. and tb :: is the flag of >ur coua
:ry—the glonouc old ttars and stripes. I
| Can recognir:; no other, fight for no other,
and will drink to no other."
firs' Ibe ner 6uffrags bill for the Dis
trict of Columbia, has not bets presented
to tiie Trebidcat for his signature and will
uot oe until some tirn6 ui the recesr. If
sent bob-re the commencement of the re
cess it might i>o lest under the clause of.
the constituticu which provides if any
hill ..ha!! not bt returned hv the President ’
within ten days, Sundays excepted, after 1
it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be a law in a like manner as if !
he had eigned it, unless tho Congress by
rts adjournment prevented if. return, in j
which event it ■'hall he a lav By keep- !
iig it back until recess, Congress will be'
in ee.-sion agaiu before the expiration of
the ten days, allowed for its considera
tion.
“Perley," the Washington corres
pondent of the Boston Journal, bays ,
“The Judges of the supreme Court do |
not nyrte ',ll their Ktat««metita fv.(*> the de- I
ciddh of the court ou the iron-clad test!
oath, but their arc good reasons for believ
mg that a maiority of them have declared
it unconstitutional. Au opinion lias been
prepared, but not delivered. The person
al influence of Chief Justice Chase, who
sustains the o fib, may prevent any Imme
k >te formal decision.”
i Rolling TlxaswAßDS -Tbe lastiium
j her of tic- I'elegrapli, published at Wash
ington. Arkansas, haa the following :
1 Largo rt reams of emigrants continue
to poirr through our country on “their
winding way” fu Texas. Whlffi on our
way to Lfith Itock, we met no It. s thau a
hundred wagons loaded with tbe emi
grants to Texas. They are mostly from
Ke t Tenues ee, Alabama and Missouri.”
Ezif-TLie New York Tribune, in the no
tice of the arrest of John H ’irratt, says;
i “Judge Holt had rec untuetided that no
I prosecution should take place in Papal
j territo) ’ , uule.-". the criminal had made
| certain confer ions The arrest would
I seem to pro-e that thus confessions had
; been made; and it does appear from the
'nvidenceof the Maryland school-master
! that Surratt had owned to bis participa
tion in. the murder plot, throwing the
! oh; f rsrf.ponsihiSity for the deed ou Jef
j terson Davis'"
A Gloro-l'i; Woman.—A bankrupt
| merchant retniuiiiug home one night,
: siiid to hi. noble wife. “My dear, I am
ruined everything w« have is fit (he
; hands of ibe eheriff,"
After a lew moments of silence, the
-vi looked calmly Into his face, and said,
Will the elieriif sell .you?" “Oh, no’”
‘Will the sheriff sell the children ?" “Oh!
no I heu do not _av that we have
; lost everything. Ail that is umet valua.
i ble rematin io us—manhood, womanhood,
l vhii-ihood. We have loat but the result*,
•if ( ir skill aud industry. We can make
| anober iorlunt (four hearts and haudti
are left u.r."
5-5. Thciv no- In ihc t T i.if«<)
-i.t ('•ac-ei! f time 3, Hci Roman (.atholic
j churches and chapels, ii theologieaf semi
: naries. 1.401 academies aud echool , cou
’a; ing not far from 30,(M*! people. The
FcUdan Catholic population of the court- !
1 try '■? estimated at between foui and ■< \
j miff ion
> —The Galveston News chronicles the !
iecr ption of a large consignment of Louie- 1
I an» sugar direct from the plantation, end !
say? the fact is significant,
—The bankers of Loudon are hereafter :
to have a newspaper devoted to their In- i
tererte, and it is to he called by the appro- j
priale title of “The ktafT of Life.,’
—A litttle boy azked another little boy
in F'.or: and 111., to put his ou » log,
■ cd :ei !)!m see ho v near he could strike
i with an axe and not hit It. Part of the
little bay's foot va« chopped off.
Mother—" Here, Tommy, Is torne |
nice casLor oil, with orange Juice In It.”
Doctor—“ Now remember, don't pivo it j
all to Tommy, leave some for me."
Tommy (who has “been there”'—“Doc
tor's a nice man, ma give it all to tbe
doctor.”
The Virginia Legislature.— Rich
mond, Yd., December 17.—The Senate or
dered the engrossment of the bill amend- |
ing the usury* law It authorizes ten t>er ,
cent, interest.
The senate also coucuried iu the House '
resolution for a recess till January 3d.
TLe bdl incorporating the Virginia Ex
press Company with special privileges
finally passed both Houses.
The House to-day adopted the anti-re- ■
uiatiou resolutions reported last week, '
and iuatructed the Finance Committee to
re{»ort a bill modifying or repealing the
| u«ury law.
oi. -\o. 7i.
BYT E LE3RAPH.
TO TAK ROURNAL AND MtS.-l NOJ'R.
CONCESSIONAL.
Washington, Dec. 20.-At the so-, Ho
>f the Southern Republican Association,
>v the I3»h fust., r resolution atnl memo*
, nai to the follow h:g effect uah adopted :
hereae. i'exae, LouL-una, Ark m as,
I Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Uhi
i t liua, Virginia, South Carolina, au<l Flor
j Ha, warring with the United States, were
subjugated,
Resolved, first, ’\) , v t the Om crumc-nfs
of the state, named have vented to exist.
Second, Congress having provided no
government, the people have pasted un-!
der the authority of the President, a? '
commander-in-chief
I bird. The Pre-fjeht’s duty r< limited
1 to holding tlii- people In couti'd until the
will of Congress is promulgated.
Fourth, In calling bodies together for
framing cmvdtnuioi.s, the
fhiet transcends m po.weis. A govern,
merit thus instituted v luvalid.
Fifth, It is the duty of Congress to sub
stitute governments, touuded ou repub h
•**" •'Hncipleo.anJ Calculated to p,Ae t
lift, liberty-, property, aid natural rights
of if. Inhabitants, and to restrain and
pun!.h the evil and: j..cl enemies ol the
govcnimenf.
Six. Although ti: principle.’ of the new
F-tute-r governments are right tie refusal of
suffrage and eligibility to ufdcu to all oili-
Toiis, rtgardlecb of race or color, !s an c-x
--clualoo tuntil relieved by Congrccs} from
suffrage, and teom ollicee of trust, honor
sud profit, whether Federal, State, Terri
t -rial or municipal, of ail office folders,
under the Confederate or Ctat© power, or
authority proclaimed by Concrete or the
Executive ats inaurrecth ngry, whether
said office was civil of military; a'io. el!
persons who voted for ordinances of fpi'Pf I
slon, or gave it aid ai- J comfort
Seventh, This Association i scornmend*
the immediate oall of State Convention!!
to frame constitutions or ins.llutlcas, pro
claiming the eboihlibiuaen'.s a. alc gcue to >
Territorial government.
The memorial sets forth in six
closely printed pages, the history, or
igin. course and termination of the war,
describing In strong ter me, the past dis
advantages and present sufferings of tneir
party, and pleading they say, uA for our
selves and fellow sufferer a only, but fer
ourstii! bleeding country. The memorial
j concludes : We ssk for an early speedy,
I sharp, short and decisive action, and v/o
I ask it in ibe nanao and behalf of the mill
ions of devoted friends of the Union, in
i habiting the beet parts of th 6 continent,
| no oue of whom can claim that he enjoye
| the blessings of even a republican Goveru
| ment, or the security which the Constitu
tion of the Uuited fetaiea guarantees to
Its citizen:. Therefore your memorialists
herewith submit the resolution# of our
Association, aud respectfully admonish
Congress of the danger and increased
complications of delay. T my prav your
honorable body for imi «and itc action, In
accordance with tbe prim Pi j i announced.
Justice, Mercy, and the n tlo lal security
alike detnaud the reme* y The do u
ment iu signed Thomas J. Durant, Presi
dent, Daniel H. Brigham Secretary.
Senator Williams explained that the j.e
tition from which the Finance Corn mi: tee
had asked to be discharged, was oue ask
ing an Increase of salary to the female
employees. lie was In favor of higher
wages but warned clerk they were not
advancing their inTerests by writing
anonymous letters,
Johnson arose, and alluding to tlie nr
tic e in the Chronicle, stating that the
Treasure had found a resting place in the
bosom of the Supreme Court, stated tha*
the article was founded on fake facts
Grimes offered a resolution extending
the privilege of the Hcuatc floor to jsrtoin
jiersoiis named,
A joint resolution providing Govern
ments for the Insurgent States was taken
up, aud Ross spoke at lengah. It wa ic
terred to the Reconstruction Committee.
'Vlloon Introduced a joint i. solution
authorizing the I’rertdeut to prevent the
Indicting of corporeal punishment.
On motion of Henderson tho Pre .dent
was requested to Inform the .Senate
whether Federal troops had been 3ent to
tbe Interior of M esouri tiuce the first of
December, and whether it was done at
the request of the Executive or Legisla
ture.
Th 6 Nebraska bill was taken up, but
without aetiou.
Tho Senate went IntoE xecutlve re? 100
and adjourned.
In tbe House, Spalding made a personal
explanation regarding an asticle iu the
Chronicle
M illiame made an elaborate rej»ort In
Culver's case, and the speaker wa^ordered
to Issue a warrant for his release.
Doiane offered a resolution, which waa
•igi-etd to, that it shall oe unlawful for any
'officer of the Government to pay any'ac
count, claim of demand, against thcG v
! ernnaent which exirtsd ci acc. led prim to
April 13th, lifi], iu favor ol person : who
promoted, encouraged or aided the late re
bellion, or to anp person not known to fie
GliPO? ♦ fiarctc in favor
of its suppression, and that no pardon
heretofore ’ granted, or hereafter to be
granted, eball autiioiize such payment
Btcvensoffered a resolution, which was
adopted, that a committee of / be appoint
ed to report a bl l establishing a gyetem of
common tcflool for tne Dittricr, from
which no child of six years or more shall
be excluded, except for Improper conduct
The House went into eominUtee on tbe
President’* message and adjourned.
Cincinnati, LDr 20.—Flour quiet ond
unchanged. Whftky dull and unchanged.
H”gs dull and Irrpgffirf. dosing at 7a7 25:
rec* if ts 11,000 head. Pork dull at sl9 50
for the best brands of bulk meats. Lard
dull at 11*. Gold EMp
fi'a ,m.‘ cion, Dec. 21.—Liverpool ad
vices of yesterday, per cable, concur In
quoting cotton at 11!d, with mtlti *f 11 f,O
-
An arrangement hag hem made with
the post office department of France fir
an exchange of mall matte, by ineaU3 of
the French line between Havanna and
New .Orleans; by this arrangement New
Orleauo will make up aud receive malls for
France, Algeria, tuba, Mexico. Hayti,
Porto Rica, and St. '!homos.
The Senate confirmed only one civil
nomination.
It Is stated that Reverdy Johnson baa j
been retained In support of Andrew Btew
art and Fidgely s application to Judge
Chase for habeas corpus in favor of Dr.
Mudd, confined at Dry Tortugas.
l he Southern Senators now here express
great indignation at the memorial of the
Southern Loyalists, published this morn
ing, aud before leaving will reply to its al
legations.
The President gave audience yesterday
to Senator Roberts, of Texas on th** subject
3AILf JOUHHAL and MESSENGER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
DAfLI Month «1 in
il« Uitei- „ laO
r VZ ii l V- ’d.'Ur Isl * n.nn.i, wilt h« cbar*etf,
" h -AOa jt-ar in Hdvancw
A i ' IHlhiXi RATES at low as any
nine citv. J
<»f the pro|mwd treaty with the Comanche
Indiana. Roberta represented that, dur
ing the war the frontier was well protec
ts >hy law, all resident*of {he frontier not
being exempt from military duty, repor
ted there to escape service, tint siuee these
c» r ties have returned home, the frontier is
j ,c.t unprotected, and has been the scene of
i '*'il.'' nut rages hy w lid Coioanchee. With
j \ viovv u * arresting these outrages the
i 1 re3 i'-‘ *it has referred the matter to the
J I ndiau Bureau, requesting prompt action.
| I he Goveruorof i\ xaa requests to be made
1 !"<nj to this treaty, so us to impress the
< -’ <>rn inches with th* f acl that Texas is a
i ■ dr 1.. g. t which they seem uot to
' realize.
Liverpool, Bee. 21. l p. m -Cotton
I Kales for the week, 110,000 bales. Hales to
| ‘by 10,000 bale, at 14}. Fives 72}; cousols
! 1 amis, Dec, 21.—At the grand banquet
i veu mUi w city, yesterday, lu honor ot
Mr. Rjgelow, Ex-Minister of the U. 8.,
nothing c.t political importance occurred.
Mr. Birolow returned hia thanks in elo
quen' .cords, for the brilliant compliment
ca-d mm on his taking his farewell leave
of the French people. Mr. Kellogg who
waapranen. Raid that tl\c new minister,
tren. D t, would flud theory questions left
to decide.
Fivltpcol, Dec. 21, l P. M.—The case
of Friolean wse before the oourt to-day.
Minister Adams would not sanction the
agreement made w-ith consul Moree, rein
ttv e to the disposal of the vessel* seized ••
.’ rate property, and the payment of
£1 >.OOO cl .lined by Frazer, Trenholui y
Cos , of Charleston, due them from tbs late
to-called Confederacy. An extension of
time >v\ given the I 8. to continue tb*r
ea?A.
Dunr.r*. Pec. 21. Seizures of .Feu lan
arnu. and munitions of war continue to be
irnde in various [arts of this Island. The
warl-kc spirit of the brotherhood Is evi
ftiH. dv ng mit. »nd the preparations to
nut and "’ !i a -iy rising they may attempt to
make, eontlnu -s to ho vigorously pushed
1 art.; Dec id—ll i* generally believed
I ti * al Lil « plan to iuorgauire the French ar*
-ay will temodiflcd.it being bo unpopular
-villi the people >t T rance.
-1G2.3A. a #c. 21.—Cotton sales to-dav
15,000 bales, middlings 32c. Sales for the
v/i&\: 1«;509; receipts 13,899 agttnsf !6,4!3 ;
expoits 3,933: stock 71,341.
Cleared steamer Carlhbban for Liverpool,
rchooner Hatty Baker, for Now York,
schooner T. D. Wilder for New York.
Arrived, steamship Hazel from New
York aud Norwegian brig Kirk, from Rio
Janlero.
New OitLEANe. Dec: 21.—After an ar
tillery esluie. Sherman domiciled with
Sheridan, awaiting Washington din
patchca.
lue freedom of G.xlveaton h.as been ten
dered Congressional excursionists. The
committee of reception and entertainment
couMHU of the Mayor and five Aldermen.
Washington, Dec. 21.—The whisky
delegation was referred hack to Collector
south of Baltimore, who Is authorized to
use discretion in releasing seized whisky.
VV ashinoton, Dec. 21.—i-ienate Finance
Commiitte is in session to-day, ongaged
mi the tariff question. The Committee
will hold daily tension during the recess
Colfax bus gone Northward oo a lectur
ing tour.
H * municipal c’ecilon In Georgetown,
occurring on the lih Monday In February,
la beginning to attract attention. Alfred
Lee, colored, is airca ly iu the field among
bln white couteutmta, who are H. Addi
son, present incumbent, Judge Dunlap,
James Oodilart and i\ illiatn King.
New York, Dec. 21.—Money iu unus
ual demand,. In consequence of the de
cline in Gold, Interest bus risen from 6 to 7
per cent. The stringency it Is raid cannot
last. Gold, atone time to-day was worth
j premium. Exchange lower; prime 00
daye Sterling. 9. bight CU&j. Gov
ernment securities closed heavy; Cou
pons 'Bl, 11014; do. ’C2, 108j@j do. ’64,
10510s ! 'l°' 'W, 1O510J; 10-4')’s, 9910100.
New York, Dec. 21.—Night.—Gold
13*i Fivt-j, 61 to 7. Cotton dull, sales of
1600 bales at .-4j to 35. Flour daclinlng.
cah* of 300 barrels Southern at sll.lO to
If 00. Wheat 1 to 2 cents lower. Corn
closed b»tter. Perk Ann, sales 6,500 bbls.
at to $20.75. lleef heavy. Lard
lower at 11J to 12}. Turpentine 74 to 78.
Roi in 425 to 10. Rice, 130 tie”cee Caro
lines at 3J to?}. Molasses quiet at 80t«>
86.
Wasii.'Xctok, D?c. 21.—During the
month ending 15th Inst., 1,665 land pat
ent* *”ere termed from the Commlseioner*
office. Dicing Nov,, 25,764 acre* «rere
disposed of.
Maja Ben. Perly Poore has Issued an
admirably compiled Congressional direc
tory.
1" Maryland, at the instance of the
mother, a negro child was bound out and
subsequently taken by the father, and
brought before Judge Bond of Baltimore,
v. ho anv,tilled the indenture. The father
w* > Kuhcequeutiy ludicted and held to
ball for enticing the apprentice from hie
home. <bs otlcere of the Bureau in Md.
advice on this » ar.c, Mating that there
many similar cases landing in the
hitater. The reply oft bo chief of the Bu
reau has not tiansp red.
:srt.u* York, Dec. 21.—Gold opened at
134*.
moon.—Gold IS4J; exchange 3*, 6’s 111*'
i’.i l-.'Oj; lo'o 9C;: 7' rs 103; new s’e 108. Cot*
ton fiat an J lower, middling uplands 344a
36. Flour declining; sales 2 HO bbls, Bouth
eru sll,lCalG. Wheat la2c lower. Corn
declining. Oats one i-eut lower. ] orl*
steady ; sales of 800 hbls, new mess $20 —
Lard quiet; ea’esof 3(K) bbls at U*al2{.
bt. Peters cburcii, Jersey City, wu dam*
aired by lire to the amont u f $*),000. The
ue« organ was nearly destroyed.
Advices per the J tva. «ute that the
bmk of France has gained 14,000,000f and
the ba: k of England r3l/>X> during the
week.
London, Dec 21.—Consuls 90; 5’572.
Cotton I J . j; salts 12,0Ci0 bales.
i-a!S FRAScreco. Dec. 2).—Gen. Rust
ing, of the Inspector and Quaitencaater
Department*, has arrived, via bait Lake,
having Inspect'*! the forts and posts on the
route.
An Idaho letter saye counterfeiting in
gold clust is carried on to en alarming ex
tent.
The FThII & VorcroM raining Cos. haa de
clared a dividend ors3oo per share, for the
las', month.
The citizens of Arizona have called on
Haileck for assistance against the In
dians
Philadelphia, Dec. 21.—a four story
building on the corner of 12th and Market
street was totally destroyed by fire laat
dight.
New York, Dsc. 23, noon.—Cotton
firm at S3 cents for middling uplands.
Liverpool, Dec. 2*J, 1 P. M. —Advices
have been received here that the United
Strtes gunboat Miantono nab, was at Gi
braltar on the 14 inst.
Vow* from the Continent is ujiimpnr.