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By Cushy, Jones & Reese.
DAILY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
Sickles.
I j.uMrtVdrv.T.v mominc—Monday**excepted —
General Sickle-, it . eins, has resigned
tin* Tchvpaj.h Buddimr. corner r*f Cherrv nr>d
in disgust with the f.i t that hi., official
MM. Suhwmptiori TEN DOLLAR*
services liave been r-j.-at. llj- Ci t ,-r, el '
.. )cur, Fl\ 1. Ih>LL.\Rs J,»r s.x month*. TWO
in )I.I.4Rs n }*TY rpVTSf r tiir - • t-ti
with in diplomat!. int re .. with!
ONE DOLLAR |r-r in .nth for a shorter
Spain; and he ha- l> -n, in f.wt, almost
period.
entirely ignored by L.'-, own Oovemn . nt,
Truue-nt liertivment, cue d..1!ar J.er square
while Lid relations with the Spanish au-
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1873.
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pointee would bo invalual
tiona of properly qnali
representatives of the United States to
foreign governments are of vast import
ance to tie country, not only in main
taining friendly political relations on the
ba;es of amity and justice, but in concil-
Cotton States Life Insurance
Company.
Our readers for the past few days have
been enlightened and entertained too
with the statements and appeals of the
representatives of several of the best and
mo-t reliable life insurance associations
to be found in this or any other State of
the Union.
li -•ui.-nU or other "dead matter" (to uio
the technology of the craft,) at a burden
some and useless expense. Our edition
of the Daily is so large, and the consump
tion of paper so v.ud that to print any
thing for mere show is out of tho ques
tion.
It is a fixed rule with us to reduce con
sumption to the lowest point, compatible
with a liberal provision for tho demands
of advertisers and readers. lVo want, in
tho first place, paper space sufficient to
present the reader with au ample daily
rexurno of current news in every depart
ment of life, and with an agroeablo liter
ary and miscellaneous melaugo—as much
of l<oth as tho readers demand and tho
conditions of our business admit. Next,
we require provision of paper space for
the regular advertising business of the
Tiuaun.
lieyond these, we will not use a square
inch of paper for the sake merely of vain
show—in increasing tho size of tho sheet.
Wo can’t afford it, and there is no seuso
or business in it. Tho first of these do-
mands does not vary materially, but the
second varies largely and calls for ex
pansion or contraction, as the case may bo.
Tho present siseof tho Tileorafii is a
favorite ono with us, and gives largo
> psico both for reading and advertising.
We r.liall not diminish tho formor, hut
the area of tho latter wo cannot regulate.
It must bo as much or little as advertisers
demand. But. in general, wo desire to
maintain this size, and it will be found a
very convenient ono to tho readers and
advantageous to advertisers.
Knrnlngs of tho Central Kail-
road.
In .peaking of tho business of this
groat highway for tho past year in a re
cent issue, the gross receipts were placed
at $".500,000. Tliis was nn error. Tho
figures should have read $3,500,000, just
one additional million. This would make
some difference even in tho best of times.
iating that friend hip and popular good
will which load to profitable commercial
and financial interchanges, andstrongthen
the dignity and prestige of their own
Government abroad.
But so far from being of any service in
these particulars. Sickles seems to have
played the part of a Spanish fly-blister
on tho Court and people of Spain, and to
liavo omitted no opportunity to keep up
an unwholesome irritation. A man of
vulgar tone—given to swagger and bra
vado, equally destitute of refinement
tact and address—his whole influence
upon the entente conliale of tho two
countries has been mischievous, and tho
Government practically acknowledges so
much when it leaves him—tho official or
gan of its authority and opinions—en
tirely out of negotiations of the moat deli
cate and important character. And then
Sickles resigns bocauso his own Govern
ment cannot trust him, and yet fails to
removo him ! What sort of a tins too for
tho people is a government which employs
nnd persists in retaining public agents,
whom it really fears to uso in their ap
propriate business lest they should do
mischief ? And then, when they resign,
in disgust at being publicly disgraced,
the Government itself coolly telegraphs
tho people that tho resignation makes no
difference at all in any respect—that the
ncumbent has not had the confidence of
the Government for some time—nothing
has been transmitted through his hands,
and nothing would liavo been in any
event! Such public administration as
this is worthy of special notice.
Weather.—Yesterday was the sixth
day of a series of sullen, cloudy and gen
erally mixzly days—with an easterly
wiud and a leaden sky—weather which
depresses tho spirits and is said to dis
pose men of morbid minds to suicide. It
is not often that sncli weather prevails
in Middle Georgia. Here, generally, tho
law calls for downright rains or bright
sunshine. But on the coast of the East
ern States, and in the British isles, there
is more of it than of any other kind.
Aud super-added to tho manifest charms
of such weather in Georgia—the gloom
resulting from a cloudy obscuration of
the sun—they have in those other locali
ties at sneli times a dense fog, which
cuts down the horizontal range of vision
to nlkiut an inch 1 wyond one’s nose, and
through which gas-light nnd lanterns
ore powerless to open a safe pathway.
Wiit do tho people of the United States
cf America pay interest to tho national
hank* on nearly four hundred millions
(100,000,000) of government bonds, while
the banks liave the use of that amount of
national bank notes, on which they pay
no interest.
Notice.—All the newspapers and peri-
edicals, daily, tri-weekly, semi-weekly,
weekly, m.-ntlily and quarterly, in the
I mted States, are requested to publish
the al-ove until a satisfactory answer is
received—then present their account at
tic. otii v for payment.—Nashritit Banner.
Princesses in Calicoes.—Our ladies
way find an excellent example in the
Queens of Europe. The Empress of Ger
many dr. -scs very plainly. Her dry
goods bills are loss than tlioso of the
vriv. ; of merchant princes of Berlin.
The Queen of Denmark drives out in a
calico dress, and dear old Princess Bis
marck, fre.-h and comely when past sixty,
superintends her farm work, goes about
the house with a great bunch of keys at
girdle, and her house is filled with
f knitted quilts and curtains, tho evidences
ier Lill and indusirv.
Tlio “Cofqtsc” Shows Signs of
Idle.
In the Forty-third Congress which has
just commenced i ts sessions.thc Democrats
have increased their strength in tho Sen
ate from fifteen to nineteen members, with
tho prospect of further additions from Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Texas and West Vir
ginia. Carpentor, of Wisconsin, will also
l>o replaced by an Independent Republi
can. In New Jersey, tho Radicals wiU
gain a Senator, and Fenton, Radical
bolter of Now York, will be succeeded by
a Simon pure Grantito. This makes a
pretty fair showing for tho Senate.
In the House, so far ah constituted, out
of 295 members, (an increase of 02 under
tho new apportionment,)
Tho Radicals connt 191
Democrats 87
Liberal Republicans
Contested seats 10
m-.lMDKR OP T11E VlROINIfS.—The
M.- tern press and special dispatches of
Friday and Saturday reported small
chance of carrying into effect the proto-
' ■ stipulation, for the surrender of the
’ u uiu-, but n Southern press dispatch
U« Sunday, apparently basod on Cabinet
inhumation, states that there will be no
difficulty in the premises, and arrange
ments f,, ; the matter are, in fact, nearly
complete.
A Ha . iieu screechy call to a working-
m. n', meeting at New York at Coop-
-‘toto, December i;th, comes to
e shall not be able to attend,
..t wr sympathize with the motto which
ti.'- e frantic gentlemen raise: -No more 1
J,xr till the List r»ue is paid for."
Total elected eo far 202
Of this number no less than one - hun
dred and serentg-heo are now members,
showing that the back-pay steal didn’t
work well.
Tho Rads are still largely in tho asccn
dant, but they are losing ground with
overy election, and if war, the revival of
the Ku-klux sensation, or some other
devilment don’t como (as wo fear it wUl)
to tho rescue, this majority will continuo
to wax smaller and “beautifully less.”
Georgia on tho Senate ami
House Committees.
We find the list of Senate and
House standing committees in the Cou
rier-Journal, anti get this information
as to Georgia Senators and Representa
tives in connection therewith: Gen.
Gordon is on the Committees on Com
merce, Agriculture, and Education and
Labor; Mr. Norwood is on the commit
tees on Naval Affairs, Pensions, and on
Transportation Routes to tho Seaboard.
In the flonso of Representatives, Mr.
Blount is on tho Committee on Manufac
tures; Gen. Young on Military Affairs;
Mr. Rawls on Expenditures in the Inte
rior Department and Revolutionary Pen
sions ; Mr. Stephens on Revision of tho
Laws; Mr. Harris on Mines and Mining,
and Enrolled Bills ; Mr. Ben on Coinage,
Weights and Measures; Mr. Freeman on
Private Land Claims; and Mr. Whitely
on Public Expenditures.
nmont i They liave presented their claims with
mini - :•■■:>.! and fidelity—and we are in favor of
ted to I all df them. And now comes the Cotton
at mom.-r.t j States, that favorite home institution, to
p- the front, with a voluntary card from the
func- | agent of the lute Mr. Byrom, acknowl
diplomatic | edging the receipt of five thousand dol
lars, the amount of his life policy, and
testifying, in graceful terms, to the
promptitude and excellence of that com
pany.
In Macon, at least, that assurance was
wholly unnecessary. The Cotton States
presents in the names of its Board of
Directors and managers, a tower of
strength before the people. With such
men as Nutting, Johnston, Cubbed^
Obear, Solomon, Virgil Powers, John W.
Burke, Gen. Wm. S. Holt, and other busi
ness men of note at the helm, no better
guarantees of success need be required or
could be asked for.
And our citizens are fortunatj indeed
to have located in their midst, an organi
zation • which thus proudly challenges
their confidence and support.
Life insurance in Georgia, tho opinions
of tlio uninformed to tho contrary, is yet
in its infancy. But a small percentage
of our population liavo hod tho wisdom
and magnanimity to provide for their own
preeion3 families beyond peradventure,-
wlicn summoned to “that bonrno from
whence no traveBer retnms.” And even
that number, to a very large extent, is
confined to those who are comparatively
in easy circumstances. Tho great bulk
of meclianics, artisans, small dealers,
farmers and clerks, are still liko fatalists
living madly on, each year bringing them
nearer to tho grave and adding to the
numlier of their dependent ones, while
they liavo no hope for tho futuro save in
their own labors, mental, or physical.
When that brain is stilled in death,
those arms can no longer speed the
plough or wield tho hammer, what then
In Heavens’ name, who will keep tho
wolf from tho door, and give shelter and
succor to the stricken wife and her help
less babes ?
To you, then, poor men, and honest la
borers of the country, especially do wo
appeal. When such a company as the
Cotton States, officered and controlled by
your own best citizens, proffers its servi
ces, and can assure a support and inde
pendence to your beloved ones, for
trifling consideration, when death has
laid you low, how can you hesitate ? la
it not rar better to deny yourselves a few
of tho comforts and luxuries of this life
that you may provido for them abundantly
hereafter, than to selfishly spend all of
your earnings, and leave them to tho cold
charities of tho world when you are gone
Think upon those things, and hasten at
once to perform this sacred duty, ere it
bo too late. Call on Mr. Obear or any of
tho gentlemen named, and they will
speedily procure a policy for you in tho
Cotton States Life Insurance Company.
Our word for it, tho act will prolong your
days, if tranqnility of mind, and an easy
conscience can avail aught.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Tire .Beauties or Carpet-llajg
Government.
Arkansas, since tho war. Ira3 under
taken no railroad, canal, or work of in
ternal improvement whatever, and yet,
in the hands of the thieving crew who
liave controlled her exchequer, is to-day
bankrupt, and her bonds worth from 30
to 35 cents only, on the dollar.
The State is rich in natural reso trices
of every kind, and its present Executive,
Gov. Baxter, says all that she asks is to
bo let alone by our blrmeod Federal Gov
ernment, and she will be able to pull
through and do well enough.
Louisiana, Alabama, Florid;! nnd Eonth
Carolina all echo the saino cry, and only
ask to l>o "let alone.” But then th e oc
cupation of their carpet-bag states non,
like Othello’s, would be gone.
Tho Coldest November In Fifty
Years.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
says November was remarkable for the
severity of its cold, all through tliat sec
tion. Tho moan temperature of tho
month at Boston was only two and one;
fifth degrees above tho freezing point
which is seven and one-fourth degrees
below tho average for the last half cen
tury, and ono degree colder than the
coldest previous November ou record du
ring that time—November 1S27. Prof.
Hitchcock, of Amherst College, make:
a similar report for the 3G years du
ring which a record of the temperature
has been kept at that institution—th.
mean temperature being two and a half
degrees below freezing point. At Mont
pelier, Vermont, on the last day of No
vember the thermometer marked 11 de
grees below zero at 8 r. m., and 21 de
grees below zero tho first day of Decem
ber. Fryeburg, Maine, reported 2S l>
low—tho coldest so early in the season
for 75 years—while at Lancaster, N. II.,
in tho White mountains, which enjoy
the 'unenviable distinction of being about
the coldest place in New England, ther
mometers marked 33 degrees below zero.
Land.
Tho Cnstelar Adininistrati.on.
The London Daily Non'of yester xlay,
reports a crisis imminent in the Mr lurid
cabinet, growing out of the Yirginiu ; ne
gotiation and President Grant’s last mes
sage. The excitement an 1 indigo: iticn
at Madrid ore at fever heat, and a l vvo
lution and down fall of the Casiolar gov
ernment are no doubt among the pr Disa
bilities of tho next few i
RnnsiDiNa Bishop Smith, of Ken
tucky, lia3 given formal notice to all con
cerned that his late coadjutor. Dr. Cum
mins, has been presented by the stand
ing committee of tho dioceso for violation
of the constitution and canons and of his
vows. “Bo it known, therefore,” contin
ues Dr. Smith, "that any episcopal act of
his pending these proceedings will be
null and void; and it is hoped that re-
peet for law and order on the part of all
rnbeVs of this church will restrain
them from giving any countenance what
ever to the movement in which Dr. Cum
ins is engaged.”
Handed.—Two negroes were hanged
at Blandville, Kentucky, on Friday last
for a brutal outrage upon tire person of a
Mrs. 'Wilson, of which they were con
victed upon the testimony of the injured
woman herself and of credible witnesses.
Tills is the first legal execution which ha3
taken place in Kentucky for a number of
years past. The outrage created intense
excitement at tho time throughout "Wes
tern Kentucky, and the prisoners were
taken to Paducah for safe keeping. There
was talk of an attack even upon the Pa
ducah jail, and for several night* armed
preparations were made in that city to
re-ist the threatened assault No attempt
was made, however, and the men were
hanged by due process of law.
A don-mot of the Hon. Jerry S. Black
Coni ii.MATiON or William;. — The
1--11L.-Ui.ition of Attorney General Wil-
liuuis us Chief Justice war reported very
probable on Saturday la_t.
out of the woods is, in fact, far from. I
ing as clear os the Washington disp itch
of Sunday represents, and it is doul itful
whether the Virginias complication
not eventuate in the elevation of
actionary government in Madrid
perhaps a Spanish war.
will
Of a Tennessee exchanges gene: ally
report that the money piueli is over, tl lere
being plenty of money aud .. i ,-viv il of
business.
The way | ; . rippling over the city. Said a gentle
man: “Judge, can you understand why
Boseoe Conkling declined the Chief-Jus
ticeship ?” "I don’t know,” the grizzly
old jurist responded, "unless for the same
reason I would decline being Emperor of
China.’’ "Now why. Judge ?” “I couldn’t
understand the language of the manda
rins,” was the pointed reply.—Washington
Capital.
Snow at Memshis.—There was a snow-
;torm at Memphis last Friday.
The Chronicle and Sertincl say3 Mr.
J. Edgar Thompson, President of the
Pennsylvania railroad, states that that
company is negotiating for the purchase
of the Air Line road from Atlanta to
Charlotte, N. C., and that it is under
stood the purchase will be made at an
early date.
Eightt-one criminal cos. are waitin'
trial in Chatham Superior Court. Eigh
teen of these cases are for murder.
Thos. McDonald, formerly from Bal
timore, but for two months past a resi
dent of Savannah, was murdered at the
“Park House," Thunderbolt, on Friday
night. A woman named Lillie Rogers,
and one Charles de Large have been ar
rested and imprisoned as the guilty
parties.
Brunswick and Albany Railroad—
Fat Fees Liderai.lt Divided, but Tns
Exd Not Yet Reached.—Under thi:
head the last Brunswick Appeal says:
"When we went to pre33 with onr last
issue tho court had under consideration
the amendment offered by Col. D. W.
Printup, seeking, in behalf of Henry
Clews A: Co., a prefeired lien on the fnnd
to bo distributed by tho court for cou
pons held by them amounting to more
than two hundred thousand dollars. The
court refused to allow the amendment.'
Counsel excepted, and the matter goe3 to
tho Supremo Court. There were quite a
number of motions of various kinds mode
and discussed relating to attorneys’ fees,
etc. Tho report of the commissioners
for tlio sale of tho road having shown a
fund in their hands sufficient to pay tho
paramount liens previously adjudicated
by the court to be superior to tlio lien of
tho first mortgage creditors, it was or
dered by the court—on motion of tho
commissioners—that tho commissioners
pay to tho attorneys on record rep
resenting such paramount liens, and
where not represented by the attorneys
to the individuals themselves, tho amount
of their respective claims as tho samo
appeared of record. This class of claims
embraced wbat are commonly known as
laborers’ claims. The attorneys for the
claimants having presented their respec
tive lists of claims to the commissioners
tho samo were verified by a comparison
with tho record of judgment, and a draft
for tho aggregate amount given to tho
attorneys. A final decree was rendered
in tho case, awarding to tho first mort
gage bondholders tho balance of the pur
chase money for the railroad, to be cred
ited pro rata on their bonds according to
the terms and conditions of tho consent
decree previously given reserving tho
lien of tho attorneys for tho American
bondholders for fees, together with such
amounts as may bo necessary for court
costs. And the decreo further author
ized the commissioners to make a good
and perfect title to tho purchasers when
certain condit ions are complied with. The
conditions are that an amount sufficient to
meet the claims above mentioned and
others no wpending and may be ad j udged of
equal dignity with tlio claims of the first
mortgage bondholders, shall bo deposited
to the credit of the Commissioners. There
are still pending in litigation the claims
of V. 51. Hughes, Henry-Clews & Co.,
llazlehurst A Minehan, C. "Whitney, and
R. B. Hall. A motion wa3 made by Hood
& Hines, asking for 10 per cent, on tho
whole amount brought into couit, claim
ing that through them over $000,000 was
brought into court, and that they were
entitled to their fees. After sharp debate
tho motion was refused. In addition to
the orders passed in open court for pay
ment of money out of the fund received
from tho sale of the road, there were or
ders previously granted in chambers, at
Macon, by his Honor Judge Schley, au
thorizing tho payment to O. A. Lochrane
of $10,000, A. O. Bacon and T. J. Sim
mons $5,000 each, these gentlemen bein
attorneys for the bondholders, and it ap
pearing that there was sufficient out
side of these amounts to discharge
the paramount liens. There was
also a order at Chambers for tho payment
of the following preferred items: George
Schaub, $25,000; John T. Brown & Co.,
$31,033; M. I. Atkins & Co., S850; Lyon,
McLendon & Co., $6,93G 87; Hines &
Hobbs, $1,200; A. Hood, $1,000; L. P.
D. "Warren, $5G0: Hood & Kiddoo, $G00,
and an order authorizing tho payment to
each of tho Commissioners of $1,250 on
account of their compensation. There
were also orders granted authorizing the
the'payment of $3,500 to Hon. Jno. L.
Harris, $1,000 to W. M. Sessions, and
$500 to J. C. Nicholls—who received
$1,000 at Macon—for services as Attor
neys for the Brunswick and Albany Rail-
roud Company; and for $200 to T. W.
Lamb, sheriff, and $250 in addition to
what he had previously received to C. P.
Goodyear, Clerk. An order was granted
directing the Commissioners to pay $2,000
to J. R. Sausey, who had been appointed
by order of Court special secretary for the
court in this cose.
Stephen Wise Parker, of Dawson,
has been appointed Register in Bank
ruptcy for tho Second District of tliis
State, and was sworn into office at Savan
nah, on Friday.
The Covington Enterprise says:
Tho Tax Collector of Newton county
will have to issue ono thousand execu
tions, and the indications are that times
will be lively among some of our country-
filed in the United States District Court
in this city yesterday; by a Western bank
as petitioning creditor, against certain
parties in Georgia and collaterally against
a certain banking house in this State.
We are unable for the want of further in
formation to state the exact location of
this banking institution, suffice, however,
to know that it is not in this immediate
section.
If we remember aright, there was more
uano delivered at that depot last winter
than any other on the Georgia railroad.
We suppose it took all tho farmer’s spare
change to pay those bills.
At the late session of the Muscogee
Superior Court the grand jury found
seventy-four true bills—mostly for gamb
ling, Sunday bar room3, and carrying con
cealed weapons.
The Savannah News takes the floor and
remarks that “the lottery business in
journalism is more than profitable. If
the Atlanta papers ore to be believed,
oach has received more than fifty thou
sand subscribers since their announce
ment of the gift business.”
The Rome Commercial says the Corn
wall Iron Works, twenty miles below that
place on the Coosa river, was sold recently
to Capt. H. D. Cothran for the sum of
$60,000, with all incumbrances, which
amount to about $12,000.
The same paper has reduced its size to
five columns a'page. It says it has “car
ried dead advertisements long enough.”
It would not hurt some other dailies of
much greater pretensions to follow suit.
Columbus cotton receipts on Friday
footed up 1,1CS bales—the heaviest of
the season.
Sixty shares of Langley Factory stock
sold at Augusta last week at $110 and
$112 per share.
A tar fingered colored sister answer-
g to the poetic name of Ida, captured
$1S0 from Capt. Wm. Johnson, agent of
the Central line of lioats at CoiumbuB,
last Thursday. She was employed on
his premises. The money was not re
covered.
The Savannah News, of Saturday, has
the following:
An Important Bankruptcy Case In-
olyino a Georgia Banking House.—A
petition of involuntary bankruptcy was
The Columbus Sun says many of the
best ladies of that city showed most com
mendable economy during the recent
visit of Janauschek, by taking seats in
the gallery at half price, rather than in
the parquette where full prices are
charged.
The Sun also states that Stonewall
Fire Company of that city Has surren
dered its engine to the City Council and
retired from service. It does not state,
however, tho causes that lead to this ac
tion.
The Cuthbert Appeal says Mr. Flem
Foster, one of the oldest citizens of that
place, was drowned in Pataula creek last
Tuesday morning. He was fishing, and
is supposed to have fallen into the water.
He was over seventy years of age.
The Madison Home Journal has this
item:
Who Can Beat It.—We are informed
by Col. James S. Reid that he rented
land to three white boys by the name of
Head, this year, who, with the assistance
of one mule, made 17 bales of cotton, av
eraging 450 pounds per bale ; 76 bushels
of corn; made a sufficient quantity of po
tatoes to last the family, besides tending
and having a fine garden. Col. Reid in
forms us that the ages of the boys are re
spectively nine, eleven aud fifteen, and
whenever ono was compelled to come to
town to make a purchase tho plow wa3
nevor stopped and tho mule to rode town,
but they would walk. No holidays were
taken on Saturday.
Wliat Qualifies a Cliief Justice.
The Tribune, of New York, illustrates
the high grounds and exalted consid
erations which move tho President in the
designation of a head to tho Judiciary
Department of tho United States govern
ment, os follows:
When the Chief Justice died the Presi
dent .made haste to state that he would
not immediately name a successor. He
made up his mind deliberately to delay
the decision of tho question until after
the autumn election hud given him a
clearer view of tho political situation.
He wanted to see whether the New York
Legislature was Republican or not before
throwing into its hands the choice of a
new Senator. He never had the least
doubt as to his choice for the position.
If it could be done without losing a seat
in the Senate he always intended to
give the appointment to Mr. Roscoe
Conkling. He has repeatedly said to in
timate friends: “This is the most im
portant place in my gift, and ought to be
given to tho man to whom I owe most.
This man is Conkling. In the campaign,
last year, when tho Liberal movement
was just developing, he went to New
York and made the speech which was the
keynote of tho campaign. Every speech
made after that to the day of election was
a repetition of the worlds and ideas which
Conkling had set as a copy. I am there
fore bound to offer him place.”
Tho Nomination for" Chief Jnstice.
The New York Sun has this sugges
tive paragraph upon the subject:
We have information in reference to
the nomination of George H. Williams
for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States which is unfit for
publication, but of a character which
seems to render his rejection by the Sen
ate very probable.
Wo hardly think tho Associate Jus
tices will relish the idea of remaining on
the bench with Mr. Williams for their
chief.
Tho feminine charms and influences
which could make a man Chief Justice
might possibly intervene hereafter, and
be felt in the decision of cases.
The Senators will undoubtedly think
twice before they vote for the confima-
tion of Mr. Williams.
BY TELEGRAPH.
RAY DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
Washington, Decembers.—The Hous
is engaged in a call of States for bills, and
a large number were introduced.
In the Senate, Merriman, of North
Carolina presented resolutions of the
Legislature of that State, asking a modi
fication of the internal revenue law.
Spencer, of Alabama, introduced a bill in
relation to United States Courts in that
State. Stevenson, of Kentucky, intro
duced a bill providing that busts of the
late Chief J ustiees Taney and Chase be
placed in the U. S. Supreme Court room.
Death of Judge Underwood.
J. C. Underwood, Judge of the Fed
eral District Court of Virginia, died sud
denly of apoplexy to-day.
Safety of the Kaasa9.
The Navy Department has a dispatch
that the Kansas, after a rough passage,
is at the Bermudas and all well.
Death of Bishop Armitage.
New York, December 8.—Bishop Ar
mitage, of Wisconsin, died here in St.
Luke’s Hospital to-day. Dispatches
from Milwaukee express a deep, general
regret at his death. His age was 43.
He was afflicted with a tumor in the vi-
cinty of the spine, and entered the hos
pital on Thursday last for surgical treat
ment. An operation was performed, but
after it, the Bishop sank rapidly. Hi
wife was with him during his illness and
ha3 charge of his remains.
Work on Sunday.
Work continued at the Brooklyn navy
yard yesterday.
Three Vessels Stock.
The Colorado was found fast in the
mud. when an attempt was made to move
her. No attempt to remove the coal
barge, which prevents tho departure of
the Arapiles. [The Arapiles, so long as
she is shut up in the dock, is safe.]
General Sickles of No Acconnt.
A Washington dispatch says General
Sickles’ resignation will not in the least,
affeet tho relations of our government
with that of Spain. No late communica
tions with Spain have passed through his
hands, and none would, should he remain
in Madrid.
From Key West.
Key West, December G.—It is rumored
that the Kansas has gone ashore on the
Bahamas. Admiral Scott is anxious about
her safety.
Tho dispatch boat Pinta goes to Ha
valla to-day.
Flag-ship Worcester remains here. A
forward movement of tho fleet has been
ordered.
Government dispatch boat Dispatch
has arrived here in four days from Nor
folk. Six hundred barrels of powder
were transferred from her to the steam
ship Pawnee. Bothof the dispatch boats
aro on telegraphic orders and under steam.
The powder from the Bispatcli is bein
deposited at Fort Taylor.
Mass for the Dead.
Havre, December 8.—A grand funeral
service for the victims of the Ville du
Havre was celebrated here yesterday, and
40,000 francs raised for the survir.ors.
Crisis In Madrid.
London, December 8.—A Nows special
says a crisis in the Madrid Cabinet is im
minent. There is great indignation over
Grant’s message, and Castelar’3 pander
ing to the Washington authorities.
are demagoguing on the main subject.
Mr. Beck’s Shrewdness.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.)
Washington, December 4.—The game
of the Republicans has been to leave the
President’s salary undisturbed at $50,000
per annum, using as an excuse the con
stitutional prohibition against making
a reduction during this term of office.
But Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, to-day
trumped this trick in his shrewd and most
effective style by bringing a bill to pro
hibit all payment of appropriations for
the executive mansion during the present
term. The appropriations amount to
some $24,000 per annum, and if the bill
passes, the result will be that the Presi
dent will have to pay all these expenses
out of his $50,000 per annum. This bill
created a “ood deal of consternation.
among the Republicans, and will be a
hard dose for them to swallow, while they eluded, were shot on the 7tli, and twel ve
NIGHT HIS I* ATOM ES.
officuiTreport.
The Capture of the Vlrulnliis.
W the Prisoners were Tried and
Executed.
The Defences of Santiago.
Washington, December 8.—Tho fol
lowing; isan abstract from a dispatch sent
to Rear Admiral Scott by Commander
Braine and teleorapliel to tho Secretary
of the Navy:
The "Worcester, ICey West, Florida,
December 3.—The Virginiu3 was cap
tured October 31st at 10 r. sr., eighteen
miles off Mornat Point, Jamaica. She
was sighted by the Tornado twenty miles
south of Cuba, and was chased by her
eight hours. She fired five shots at her
to bring her to. She wa3 captured under
the American flag and carried American
papers. She had a clearance from Ja
maica.
Both vessels returned to Santiago de
Cuba together, iu 18 hours under steam.
The Virginias carried the Spanish flag
and was in charge of a prize crew.
One hundred and fifty-five persons were
captured of whom 102 are still alive.
The shooting of the officers and crew was
done under tho orders of the previous
commandant of the naval forces. Tho
shooting of the passengers was done un
der the orders of Captain General de
Eodas. Both sentences were approved
by General Burriel.
Only four were shot November 4tli.
Thirty-seven, Captain Fry and crew in-
It will be sad to see Williams in the
seat once occupied by Marshall, Taney
and Chase—the Satyr where Hyperion
was. But, then, Grant 13 sitting where
Washington and Jefferson sat. We guess
as we have stood the latter so long we
can endure the former. We should be
serene and resigned even at a funeral.—
Courier-Journal.
Mygatt (how is that for a name, any
way?) is talked of Son-in-law Ames’
probable successor in the United States
Senate. At present, Mygatt is vociferat
ing that he didn’t take bribes at the last
session of the Mississippi Legislature.
We guess he’ll do.
The leading low-church, or “evangeli
cal,” rectors of Philadelphia have put out
card in which they Hiaelaim any sym
pathy with the Cummins departure, and.
say they have heard of it with “profound
sorrow.”
The Now York Tribune reports one of
the most conservative bank presidents in
that city as saying that the President
and Secretary of the Treasury look one
way and row another.
For the first time in the history of the
republic, the annual message of Presi
dent Grant, sent to CongTeas on Tues
day, contains no allusion to Divine Prov
idence.
The thermometer has been at zoo in
Boston for several days. On the 1st last,
it was seven degrees below zero.
Eleven hundred persons own 15,099;-
000 acres of land in the State of Califor
nia. That is an average of nearly 13,000
acres for each person. This area is nearly
three-quarters as much as the whole land,
under cultivation in the great State of
Ohio. • In Ohio the average size of the
farms is 111 acres.
In Richmond, Va., a firm of colored
persons manufacture sassafras oil on a
large scale. Forty thousand pounds of
the root are used every week, producing
eight thousand pounds of rectifying oil.
It is used for scenting toilet soaps,.flavor
ing tobacco, and the lik?.
passengers on the 8th. They were tried
1 by a military and marine courtmortial.
1 They were held 24 hours before executed.
No counsel for the defence was allowed,
and the consul was not informed of the
trial- No interrogation of the prisoners
was allowed during the trial. Capt. Fry
and tho crew were kept on board the
i Tornado, and were thence taken to jail,
where the sentence was read and executed
the sama morning. The trial was entirely
secret.
After the condemnation the United
States consul was allowed to see Capt.
Fry in juil- and this was only two hour3
before the execution. An armed guard
was placed at the door of the consulate
when the captain and crew were passing
by on the way to their execution.
The defences at Santiago de Cuba are
More Castle at the entrance (the same
old works containing thirty guns, ten
eight and ten six-inch by "report. Only
eight guns can be seen.) Estrella bat
tery, five six-inch guns, and Cataline one
gun. Westward of tho entrance there is
a mile of water battery. Blane’s battery
Lag four light guns. One ship could si
lence in an hour all the gunboats while
tho ship engaged the fort.
(Signed,) G. H. Scott,
Rear Admiral.
Congressional.
THE SENXTE.
TVindam, of Minnesota, introduced a
bill incorporating the Southern trail;*
Continental railroad and giving it a right
of way through the public lands. Re
fereed to the Committee on Public Lands.
West introduced a bill protecting the
public work on the Mississipi river; also
one far the better organization of the Dis
trict Court for Louisiana.
Cooper introduced a bill relieving the
East Tennessee University.
Gordon, of Georgia, moved that the
papers in the case of Francis W. Sykes,
of AlaJ^mn, be referred to the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections, and that
the committee have power to send for
persons and papers. So ordered. Sykes
is contestant for the seat now occupied
by Spencer of Alabama. -
Sunderland was elected chaplain and
Young executive clerk.
The repeal of the salary increase was
argued and the Senate then adjourned.
Conkling’a bill amendatory of the
bankruptcy act provides for the repeal
ing the third paragraph of the thirty-
third section of said act, and for adding
to the forty-third section a requirement
that in all cases of bankruptcy now pend-
cases of bankruptcy, whether before or
after tho adjudication, whenever
agreement for settlement or compromise
is presented to which a majority, in nuni
her, whose claims amount to two liun
dred and fifty dollars and upwards and
two-thirds in value of the creditors, shall
have assented, in writing, it shall bo the
duty of tho court to decree that such
agreement shaB'be binding upon all the
creditors, and to order tho estate wound
up iu accordance therewith.
Scott’s supplimentary to the bankrupt
cy act provides that in case a bankrupt"
proposes to settle with liis creditors in
full, or on a per centage and four-fifths of
the creditors assent to tlio proposed :ir
rangement, the court may confirm the
same and annul the decree of bankruptcy
provided it shall appear that the interests
of tho creditors will be promoted thereby,
Sherman’s bill, amendatory of the act
to restrict tlio jurisdiction of tlio Court of
Claims, relates to the mode of settling
claims in the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment arising in tlio loyal States.
West’s bill to facilitate tho execution
of and to protect the public works at the
mouth of the Mississippi, gives the Sec
retary cf War full control over th
channel, now in course of excavation,
and authorizes the collection of fines of
from fifty to five hundred dollars for vio
lations of such regulations as lie may pri
scribe.
Tho Judiciary Committee, without ac
tion, considered Williams’ nomination as
Chief Justice.
the nousE.
A vast number of bills were introduced
including as follows: For the payment
of French spoliations; refunding th
proceeds of cotton illegally seized: grant
ing lands for a railroad from Decatur,
Ala., to Rome, Ga.; for a ship canal near
St Pliilijis, La., for steamship service be
tween New Orleans and Mexican ports;
to reimburse the pensioners dropped du
ring the war.
Negley, of Pennsylvania, introduced
and asked put ou its passage, a bill mod
ifying tho steamboat passenger act, by
allowing tew boats on the Ohio and Mis
sissippi rivers to carry 150 pounds of
steam pressure, in jilaco of 110 pounds,
on standard boilers of 42-inch diameter,
With plates of a quarter inch in thick
ness. no explained the bill, and stated
tliat it did not change tho existing law,
hut only extended it, as tho law would
expire by limitation very soon. The bill
was passed.
Maynard, of Tennessee, from the Com
mittee on Rules, reported a bill removing
all disabilities imposed and remaining ou
any person by the 3d i ect ion of tho 14th
article of the amendments to tho consti
tution, and substituting for tlio iron clad
with tho modified oath now administered
to persons from whom disabilities liave
been removed.
Lawrence, of Ohio,"askod whether, un
der that law, Jefferson Davis might not
obtain a seat in either honse.
G. F. Hoar, enquired whether the Com
mit tee on Rules had a right to report
eucli au act of general legislation.
The Speaker doubted very much wheth
er that committee had a right to report
it, except under a call.
Hoar said ho wonld not # insist on the
point.
Butler, of Massachusetts, said that he
would.
Maynard moved to suspend the rules
and to ruculvu it ml Lliu bill. I** *«s-
ply to Lawrence’s question, ho said that
the late President of the Southern Con
federacy might, as well as tlio Vice Pres
ident, liave a seat in either house, pro
vided tlio pcoplo should think proper to
send him.
Butler, of Massachusetts, said he would
not object to tho bill if it had been ex
amined by, and was reported from a com
mittee.
Maynard said it was the unanimous
report of tire committee.
Tlio bill was then passed by a voto of
141 to 29.
A Civil Rights Diinicr.
"Washington, December 8.—Geo. L.
Smith, newly seated in Congress, gave a
dinner to-night, at Gray’s, to tlio sixteen
colored Louisiana delegates to the Na
tional Civil Rights Convention, which
meets to-morrow. There were present
nests Senator West, Pinchback, Gen.
Sypher, Gen. Sheldon and Messrs. Morey
and DurrelL
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
The Situation in Cuba.
Hax'Ana, December 7.—Captain Gen
eral Jovollar authorizes the statement
that tho entire island is tranquil. lie
ha3 no doubt that all will be arranged
peaceably“and satisfactorily, without the
slightest difficulty. lie now declares
that he does not intend to leave Havana,
or transfer his power into tlio hands of
Gen. Merclo, the segundo cabo, who ar
rived by the Lost steamer from Spain
The feeling of the people in Havana is
quieter and no disturbance Is apprehend
ed. The disposition to comply with tho
mandate of tlio homo government and
obligations of the treaty with the United
States without further discussion Is be
coming general.
The General commanding at Santiago
de Cuba, in the absence of Gen. Burriel,
acting without orders, but believing he
was doing right, placed ninety-two of tlio
irginius prisoners aboard the Spanish
man-of-war Bazan nnd sent them to Cien-
fnegos. The few remaining prisoners
were either too ill to bo removed, or being
youths of tender age, had been set at
liberty. One of those thus liberated was
engaged as waiter on ono of tho govern
ment steamers.
The prisoners, while at Santiago, were
well treated by the authorities and in no
way molested by tlie populace. When
tho Razan reached Cienfuegos, her com
mander announced by telegraph to Ha
vana his arrival with the prisoners, and
the Captain-General answered by order
ing the immediate return of, tho Bazan
and tlfe prisoners to Santiago, where they
must have arrived by this time.
Santiago de Cura, December 3.—Tho
U. S. steamer Kansan arrived here yester
day, after a hard passage. She experi
enced a fearful gale from the southwest,
was unable to lie to and being obliged to
run before it was driven out of her courso
and finally compelled to put into Bermu
da for coal. The commanders of tho Kan
sas and Janata have riot yet made a for
mal demand for tlie delivery of the Vir-
ginius prisoners. The latter were re-
moved from jail to the More fort this
morning.
The French war steamer Kensint and
the British vessel Xiobe are in tho harbor.
The gunboat Woodlark ho3 sailed for
Jamacia.
Havana, December 8.—Gen. Burriel
sailed from Havana yesterday for Santia
go to resume command of the Eastern
Department.
The Southern Railroad Bill.
Washington, December 8.—Windam’s
bill to incoporate the Southern Trans
continental Railroad Company, which he
stated he introduced by request, provides
for giving a charter to J. C. Fawcett and
T. F. Sturtevant, of 1’ennsylvania; Peter
Clark, S. M. Stewart, J. N. Tait, and Jno.
A. Clark, New York; W. II. Hooper,
Warren Hussey, John W. and Jos. W.
Young, of Utah; E. W. Garrett, J. B.
Smith, J. H. Roots, H. E. McKee, and B.
T. Bice, of Arkansas, and a number of
other western men, to build and
maintain a railroad and telegraph line
from tho mouth of the Arkansas river,
via Little Rock, the Arkansas Valley, and
the San Juan mountains, to the Colorado
river in Utah, and thence, by the most
direct and practicable route, to San Fran
cisco, California, with a branch from
Ledgwick county, Arkansas, southwest,
to the Atlantic and Pacific road at the
granted without other land grants. The
capital stock is to bo $50,000,000. Con
gress is to reserve tho power to regulate
rates for travel and transportation and
the road to be completed in twelve ye\rs.
Boston Items.
Boston, December 8.—The Franklin
goes into commission on Thnuday. She
will cany 639 men.
Seth Adams, of Adams" printing house,
is dead.
Prof. Agassiz is seriously sick, nnd doc
tors are in constant attendance.
Financial and Commercial
OFFICE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER,>
December 8—Evknixg, 1s73. j
Cotton.
There was no change to bo reported in the
cotton market to-day. We quote:
Good ordinary lS^lSi
Low middling 13
Middling.
There was a fair demand.
The receipts to-day were i
QUITO by rail and 107 by \va
311 bales; sales 472.
DAILY STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1,1373
Received to-day
Received previously
Shipped to-day
Shipped previously
Stock on land tliis evening..
th light offerings,
bales, of which 2C0
n. Tho shipments
LATEST MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Financial.
:w Tome—Noon—Gold opened at 9}. Stocks
actire and irregular. Money, 7 bid. Gold 9J. Ex
change, long 83; short Governments strong.
State bonds strong.
Evening—Money 7 to gold. Gold stronger at
9gu9L Sterling steady at si. Governments strong.
State bonds quiet and steady..
Gold closed at 109|. Tho Sub-Treasury paid
81S0.000 in gold on account of interest and $31,000
for called bonds. Customs receipts to-day were
308,000.
Midnight—Sis 17J; G2s 11; C4s IS; C5s IS}; new
1CJ; C7s 171; C8s 172; new 5s 10J; 10-40s 10.
TenndHMCa 7id; new 79; Virginias SI; new 40;
consols 50; def’d 9fc; Louisinnas 41; new 40; levees
; 8s 58; Alabama 8s 05; 6s 35; Georgia Cs
05; 7s 85; North Cnrolinas 2SJ; new 14; Kpedal
tax 10^; South Cnrolinas 22; new 10J; April and
October It). ■
Cotton.
New York—Noon—Cotton, sales 402; uplands
»?; Orleans 1CJ; market quiet.
Futures opened as follows: January 1511-32s
15|; February is ll-lCal8J; March 1G 1-lGalCp,
April 16| al6 7-lfl.
Evening—Cotton, net receipts 1G31; gross S922;
sales 1290; uplands 152; Orleans 1C; market quiat.
Futures elos**d steady; sales 12.900. as follow
December 15{; January 16 9-82al5 5-16; Febm-
ary 15 ll-10:i]5 1S-1G; March 1C 1-lCalCJ; April
16“»16 7-10.
AUGt'STa—Cotton, net receipts 1752; sales 1417;
middlings 14|; market quiet.
Savannah—Cotton, net receipts 7739; exports
to Continent 2245; coastwise 4180; to Great Brit
ain —; sales 2307; stock 109,875; middlings 15;
market quiet.
Charleston—Cotton, net receipts G149; exports
to Great Britain —; coastwise 2301; to France
—; sales 1200; stock 50,019; middlings 14|al4|;
low middlings I4§al4£; strict good ordinary 14;
market good.
Liverpool—Noon—Cotton sales 12,000 bales;
Kiieeulation and export 2000; uplands Sash Oi
SlaS’; market dull and easier. Cotton to
arrive nosier.
Later—Sales include C.C00 American.
^yUST RECEIVED AT
Brown House Brug Store,
A full supply of HINCKLEY’S New, Fnsh,
GARDEN SEEDS 2
Also, a full supply of
PURE TDjRTTC-Sl
Etc., Etc., Etc.,
DUTCH BULBOUS ROOTS.
v tV have received our stock of
TULIPS,
GLADIOLUS BULBS,
Which we will sell
FOR CAS HI
At Prices to Suit the Times!
dee7tf RANKIN, MASSKNBURG A GO.
JOHN INGALLS,
DRUGGIST and PHARMACEUTIST
PURE MEDICINES
And .special agent for Caswell, Hazard & Co.’s
STANDARD PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
COO
novSStf
And stricly pure
LIVER OIL
Dissolution of Copartnership.
/TUIE copartnership heretofore existing between
X tho undersigned is this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. Mr. HENRY J. PETER is author
ized to close up the business.
CHARLES J. HARRIS.
HENRY J. PETER.
November 29,1S73.
Drug Stock and Fixtures
For Sale.
The store occupied by HARRIS k PETER U
for rent, possession to be given on the 1st day of
January. In the meantime tho Stock, Fixture*
and Furniture of said late firm are offered both at
wholesale and retail at figures below cost FOR
CASH. The accounts due said firm will Ikj j laced
in the hands of an attorney for collection, uni. -.s
promptly arranged. The undersigned is d T« r-
mineu to close up the business as rapidly as pos
sible, and hopes that those against whom ho has
accounts will be prepared to settle promptly,
novSOtf II. J. PETER.
E. ESPENNER,
Up hoi sterer
Cherry St.. Next Door to Isaacs House.
short notice, and done well. Either no
or repairing promptly attended to.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
nov29 1m
lag, whether an adjudication of bank- I boundary line between Texas and tho
ruptcy has been had or not, in all future I Indian Territory. The -right-of-way is
DR. W. W. FORD,
DENTIST,
H AS removed his office from Mulberry street
to No. 100 Cherry street, over Major M. It
Rogers*, next door to Mr. Brggs*. octl2 3m.
DRS.
J. P. & W. R. HOLMES,
DENTISTS,
SUCCESSORS OF DR. G. W. EMERSON.
84 Mulberry Street, Hacon, Ga.
References: Dr G W Emerson; Rev Dr F M
Kennedy. Rev J W Burke, Mr R H Hutchings,
Mr R W Bonner, Htcon; Capt P T Pitts, Cant R
T Ross, Dr Sam Persley, Mr Robert Barron, Rev
Jos Carr. Clinton; Murk W Johnson. Burroughs
& Wing. Atlanta; Dr Hollingshead, Fort Valley;
Dr Jas Knapp, New Orleans. nov7tt