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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. Number G,793 ■ Ur lir*t publiratk e Txi.i:<iKAFif hft*. fumMicd th< $[ehQra#Ji<&'ffessenfler L 11 K-UAY SIOttNIXU, I>K<• Tho Telegraph nnd Messenger Wo rotor n t..-d .y to wliat we have ever designed to be th open nnnent aizo of the Daily Tni. BaitAr I AND Me e.s.icbj but have bate. •nally every year forced oat of it by the p ■e.isur e of a heavy mer- (•untile u.lT' rtisin, j. T 10 general strin- froner of tin liimi and blackncs* of trado hare radacc d the volm ie of this adver- ti HO till ch th. it we t an give our tun al ample an "IDt c f rea. ing matter upon a smaller ■ hcet, nnd ndeed could not maintain th •old sizo. xcopton tho al- tentative of IT.nt ng non-paying adver- thoriUes are anything but agreeable. It w a suggestive pr... by our Government upot G'rial appointment, that act it azide and disregard wlion the services of a Ct 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