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and ONE IXJl.I.AR per month for a .ht.rt.-r
klvorti- monta one doll.r per square
ol ten Hons or l<»» for fir,! puhlirsixm. and fifty
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|o rant melon.
AiTiuouni asp Ubuigui npnMBti
Itm of tlx- "Meat n.-ir.|mj>rm in lhi. ariion of
Orama, and or many yrara hu funiiahed the
rariiaot n* m > t-. thul l.rvr of Ooor.-i.n, Ala-
M> •! Elorniu trading at thu joint. It
Sods iu way to almost every IntdHgwt house
hold w..l pb< of Uunif^s in that Motion. A* an
adrortiain* medium in that range of country’ it
bat no equal.
FRIDAY MOUNl.NO. DEO. li. isys.
Mas. Pak, in.jton rises erery montini;
at tie I hrill call of the chandelier.
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Mr.!. IIai
in Waaltingl
winter lioin,* on tl:
Florida.
t’ : ■ only institutions which
i’i these days ? Almshouse*
rriKi- Bkvcuxx Stowe, now
now on her way to her
St. John's river.
A movkmknt is on foot to establish a
lino of sir steamers from Now Orleans to
Rio Janeiro, each to carry 2,COO tons of
freight and make the passage in twenty-
two days.
Till! money stringency is tolling terri
bly njh m tho new. papers of tha country.
The A meriean Newspaper Report or eon-
tains a list of sevcnty-flvo suspensions
for tho week ending December 1st.
Tim Afwcan Civil Kights Cowin.
Tioif.—Tlio Herald Washington corres
pondent says this concern is, in reality,
s carpet-baggers’ convention, and does
not meet tho approval of "our most rc-
■peetable citizens of African descent.'
A Washington letter-writer says "it
costs about $2000 to bury a Congressman
doeenlly who dies in Washington—just
a litllo more than tho book-pay for ono
year,” If tho back-pay of somo members
wo could name could bo applied in tliat
way, it would bo a very clear case of put
ting it "wlioro it would do tha most
good.”
A rnorosiTiox is ponding before tho
Ohio Constitutional Convention, now sit
ting in Ciucinnati, making it a penal
offense for any member of the Legisla
ture, Judge, or other elected or appointed
officer, to receive, while in office, any cm*
pjoyment, free pass, gift, or other benefit
from any railroad company or officer
thereof.
A New Scaling.—A new scaling bill
was up before tho Ethiopian Legislature
of South Carolina last Tuesday, which
provides for funding the old hondjt of
that Stato at sixty-six and two-tliird3
rents, and the now bonds, except tho so-
called "fraudulent conversion bonds,” at
twenty-five in the dollar—making a total
debt of ten and a half millions.
Hack Pat Bow.—The Washington
quidnuncs predict a general row out of
the hack pay and salary-grab discussion.
Tho surrender of tho plunder will bo
more difficult and grievous than the sur
render of tlio Virginius. All tho mem-
Ixts avow in public their readiness to
fork over, yet every ono is secretly de
termined to hold on if possible.
Koran Immioeation to Virginia.
Mr. St, Andrew, editor of tho Southsido
Virginian, reports that there is a steady
increase in Northern Immigration to
Soutliside, Virginia. Within a moderate
radius of Chase City, in Mecklenburg
county, upward of five hundred fanners
from the North and West have located,
and appear well satisfied. Chase City
was established by an Ohio colony, and
named after tho late Chief Justice Chase.
Howard to have stolen, the amount will
1>» small compared with the gross filch
ingH of his legion of undertrapper3 in tho
bureau nervice, during tho carnival of
stealing which followed immediately on
tlio close of tho late war. In almost
every city and village throughout the
Southern States, "ilc Imro” superseded
all civil authority and administered iti
own law with a high hand. Under a sys
tem of fines and forfeitures, it bled every
white man and woman who had any
ready money or the means of proenring
it; and gangs of negroes wero always
about tho offico to establish any fact
necessary to secure tho money. Nor did it
spaa, any negro wholiad aught to l03c.
Tho amount of money wliicli poured in
to tho pockets of these functionaries in
this way can only ho conjectured, but it
must have boon immense, and wrested,
too, without the shadow of real justifica
tion, out of a pcoplo in a very destitute
condition. This wholesale fraud and rob-
bory have unfortunately been buried in
oblivion, so far as history is concerned.
Tlio Bureau courts kept few or no rec
ords, and wo presume tho fines and for
feitures went no further tlian tho pockets
of tho court. But tlio memory of theso
extortions, against which they wero whol
ly defenceless, still dwells with the vic
tims, and they will rojoieo that while
" do buro " spared neither whites nor ne
groes in tho South, it dealt perhaps in
even-handed robliery with the Govern
ment. It stole nil round with a sweep
ing, audacious grasp, and sung psalms
to tho Government and tho people alike,
whilo skinning both to the bone.
As an embodiment of canting knavery,
mankind never saw tho like of "do buro,”
and it is a great pity that only half of its
record can bo laid before tho world. Ah !
do buro in the days of its glory was a
sight to behold. To see it leading off in
ho .African Rundn'r- _cI W y\l, J __c;ffiTVT ( nh
,ho bar of justice aud raking in the aol-
lars—acting as a school committee—ex
amining tho budding pickaninnies—tho
full-blown belles—tho yellow girls and
tho schoolmarms—to hear its copiousness
of speech and fluency in prayer—to wit
ness its noblo liberality with tho govern
ment rations—tho pork, army beans and
hardtack—to see it dispensing tho mar
riage ceremony around among the won
der-stricken darkies by scores, violently
matching wrong couples with a blessing,
notwithstanding all impediments—ah, it
was a sight indeed, and ono of the finest
exhibitions of Radicalism in full blast
which can be conceived. Wo may say of
it “Though lost to sight to memory
Some of the Mississippi Granges, in
order to induce white men to settlo in
that State, have promised to furnish
every white family coming into their re
spective counties with forty acres of
land, rent free for five years. The Vicks
burg Herald advocates selling instead of
renting, the purchase money to be made
payable in five annual instalments, and
is confident that the adoption of this plan
by landholders would increase tho popu
lation of Mississippi Bixty thousand in
six months. Somo such plan as this, it
strikes us, would work well in Georgia.
Thk ••Militia ok the United States.
Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, introduced
into tho Senate, on Tuesday last, "a bill
to arm and equip the wholo body of mi
litia of the United States.” It provides
that $500,000 be appropriated annually
for that purpose, all the arms issued to
the militia to bo of the same pattern as
adopted for tho United States army.
Think of a U. S. Senator talking about
the "body of the militia of tho United
States.” We are aware it is practically a
stupid business in these times to refer to
tho Constitution of the country as either
granting or restraining power to Con
gress, but still "the whole body of tho
militia of the United States” is something
entirely new.
A Hime Railroad Scheme—A Pro
posed Air Link krom New Tore to
CniCAuo.—The greatest scheme that has
vet shown its hand in Washington is
bill carefully prepared, and to bo intro
duced in the Senate at an early Jay, en
titled "The New York and Chicago Air
Line Railway and Telegraph Company.”
The road is to be commenced within two
years and finished in six years, construct
ed with double track and laid with steel
rails, with permission to lay double branch
tracks to Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Cin
cinaati, and St. Louis, and privilege to
octeud the track from St- Louis to Ornaha.
Tho capital is fixed at $100,000,000, with
right to purchase existing roods, which
shall be relaid with steel rails. The rate
of fore is to be fixed at not more than
throe cents per mile. In return for their
franchise, carrying the mails and sending
government telegrams at its own rates,
all the company asks is permission to ini
port, free of duty, all the rails and mate
rial necessary for the construction of tho
rood.
De iiuro.
The military saints, Christian ,, tides-
nn-n and financial patriots arc exploding
one after another in rapid succession and
disappearing in foul smoko. For years
it has been known, that that pattern
"Christian soldier,” so-called, Gen. O. O.
Howard, was in a maze of false figures
over the accounts of the Bureau of aban
doned niggers and lands. The newspa
pers have teemed with evidence pf mis
appropriation, but the facts have been
brought before Congress only to l>e whis
tled down by tho Radical majority, as
wholly malicious and incredible. But to
day the telegrams announce that tho
Secretary of War himself has preferred
to tho House direct charges against now
ard, of fraud and malfeasance as Chief of
the Bureau, and backed tho charge with
amplo sustaining evidence. Wo presume
that now tho House will be comjx lled to
open its ears to a complaint which was
mode last session by Wood, of New York,
quite ia vain; and no doubt the develop
ments will be sufficiently sensational.
THK GEORGIA PRESS.
Bui whatever tho Horn
may prove
dear.”
“Free Mail Matter.”
What is free mail matter? Somebody
has got to pay for the transmission of
all matter through tho mails. To impose
called free mail matter on tho P. O.
Department, is merely to increaso itsreve-
nuo deficiency which must bo supplied
out of the general revenue. Therefore, the
speculation is this: when a man saves the
postago on his newspaper (say $1.30 a
year) he ispractically called upon to make
up tho deficit out of rovenno receipts
•under the tariff which pay five dollars to
protected manufacturers for every one
dollar which gets into tho treasury. The
$1.30 under this operation gets to $G.50,
as we comprehend it. We nro able,
therefore, to see nothing commendable
in tho bill said to be introduced by Sena
tor Gordon, of Georgia, for tho free trans
mission of periodicals, magazines and
newspapers through the mails.
Just What It Should Do.
The Now Orleans Republican, organ of
Kellogg, tho usurper, and his gang of
plunderers, goes into ecstacics over
Grant's nomination of Williams as Chief
Justice. It says:
Tho Republicans of Louisiana have es
pecial reason to thank President Grant
for tho merited and substantial compli
ment bestowed upon their able and un
swerving friend, the late Attorney Gene
ral. To George IL Williams more than
any other man in Washington, perhaps,
unless it be the President himself, we are
indebted for tho signal success that has
heretofore attended our efforts to defeat
the grand scheme of fraud to wrest the
government of this State out of the
hands of the chosen servants of tho peo-
? le and turn it over to the fusion faction.
n every turn of the severe contest that
began a year ago, and ended with the re
jection of the report of the Senate Com
mittee, the able Attorney General was
active, vigilant, successful. Now that wo
regard the fight as practically at an end,
we recall his services with gratitude, and
rejoice that the President has boon afford
ed an opportunity to bestow a proper
mark of distinction upon so much solid
worth and ability.
This is just what the Republican ought
to do. If it had not been for Williams,
Kellogg and his friends, including the
chap that wrote the above, would have
been reduced to the necessity either of
going to work, or pocking their carpet
bags and hunting new fields for plunder
outside Louisiana. Williams decision
unlocked the Treasury of the State to
their filthy paws, and they ought to
hurrah over the reward Grant has offered
him for that unspeakably infamous act
If there are any people in the country
who have a peculiar right to rejoice over
this nomination it is the unclean crowd
who call themselves the Republicans of
Louisiana. It’s a great wonder they
didn't celebrate the event by a grand
torch-light procession and illumination,
at the expense of tho wh; te people of New
Orleans.
The directors of the Georgia railroad
held their regular bi-monthly meeting at
Augusta on Tuesday, say* the Chronicle
and Sentinel, and passed a resolution
" declaring a semi-annual dividend of
four dollars per share, payable on tho 1st
of April next—scrip representing such
dividend to he issued to the stockholders
on the 15th of January. Although the
rood will not, under the resolution, be
obliged to pay the scrip until the 1st of
April, we understand it is yery probable
that the stockholders who are very much
in need of the money will be accommoda
ted, and their scrip token up before the
date for its redemption. The finances of
the rood, we learn, are in excellent condi
tion, being, if anything, better than
when the two last dividends wore de
clared ; hut, under tho present monetary
stringency prevailing throughout the
country, the board thought it best to pur
sue tho policy adopted.”
The Sun says the Columbus city coun
cil has reduced the bonded debt of tho
city over $40,000 daring the last munici
pal year.
DcniN'o tho year ending December I,
20(5 persons were buried in Columbus —
133 whites ami IC3 negroes, ami tho Sun
brags abont it.
Gainesville lias just gone through
tho agony of a municipal election, and
Jasper N. Dorsey writes himself Mayor
for the next twelve months.
The Columbus Sun is responsible for
this story of buried treasure. Why is it
that irr never get a lick nt such nice lit-
tlo plums ?
There is a current rumor on the streets
t hat in a field some three or four miles
from Columbus, a gentleman, now dead,
just after the war, buried a quantity of
gold and silver. From cypher memo
randa left among his papers the exact
spot has been discovered. Scorch re
vealed tho fact that a hole had been dug
there and marks indicating the presence
of a small box discovered. Though carc-
full disguised, traces of recent digging
were found. When the third digging
was finished tho box could not be found.
It had been removed with all its precious
contents. It is supposed that a negro,
somewhat conversant with his master’s
movements, has possessed himself of tho
treasure. /
Mr. Hillman Jackson, ono of the best
citizens of Clarke county, died lost Fri
day from a wound in tbe arm received
wliile feeding a gin.
Mr. Walter Paine, of Millcdgcville,
is a lucky individual. He was married
on Sunday night, and elected clerk of the
Superior Conrt for that county the next
day.
The Lawrenccvillc Herald says a man
named Chatuian was instantly killed in
that county, last week,- by having his
head crushed between the cogs and tran-
»Uo head of a gin. Ho was drunk.
The same paper says more laud was
sold at the last monthly sale in that
county, than at any time at public auc
tion since the war. Prices ranged from
two to ten dollars on acre.
The Augusta Constitutionalist must be
having very poor success in getting con-
t&n&Tsr
from tho following:
We have on hand a considerable num
ber of expressions of sympathy, two tears
from tho cyc-balls of an attorney at law,
and an immense amount of regrets from
gentlemen who had to go to tho Black
Crook.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
has under consideration a proposition to
memorialize council to tax tho Western
flour drummers who have boen making
that city their winter headquarters, $250
in caso they remain in tho city longer
than three days. On dit that tho drum
mers will make a lively fight in • case
council levies tho tax.
Baunesville is thicking seriously of
being incorporated ob a city. One at
tempt at assassination, and two burglar
ies are reported for last week.
Me. Jas. K. Bollodoh, tho oldest
teacher in Savannah, having taught in
that city over forty years, died last Mon
day, aged eighty years. Ho is supposed
to have worn out more switches and
straps on tho eorporosities of had hoys
than any man in the Ssate.
A fire nt the residenoe of Mrs. Alexan
der Btyan, on State street. Savannah,
damaged property to tho amount of $S00
on Tuesday afternoon.
Knife and Pistol.—A correspondent
of the Atlanta Constitution writes that a
fight "occurred about 9 o’clock Wednes
day morning, on tho plantation of Mr.
Warren Mobley, in Coweta county, four
miles from Palmetto, between a son of
Mr. Mobley and a young man named Hud
son. The difficulty arose about the de
livery of corn, Mobley contending that it
was to be delivered at the crib, and Hud
son that it woe to bo delivered in the
field. Hudson knocked young Mobley
down and cut at him with a knife, cut
ting his coat and vest, when Mr. Warren
Mobley ran up to the rescue of his son.
Hudson turned on him with his knife,
when Mobley fired at Hudson, the ball
taking effect in his neck and shoulder.
Tho wound is considered dangerous, and
it is feared will prove fatal. Mr. Mobley
lias not been arrested as yet. Both men
stand high in the community.”
TnL North Georgia Conference of tho
Methodist Church met at Newnan last
Wednesday, and was organized by Bishop
Pierce, Bishop Paine not being present
He arrived shortly afterwords, however,
•Rev. John W. Heidt was elected Secreta
ry, and the usual committees appointed.
The publishing committee of the South
ern Christian Advocate report $19,379 69
os expenditures for that paper for the
vear, and a circulation of 10,650 copies
Two legacies were presented to the Con
ference. The exhibit of the Southern
Methodist Publishing House was read,
showing:
Assets $520,100 13
Increase in value in 7 years... 188,9o3 ,3
Subscriptions te rebuild 44,932 42
Sunday school periodicals increasing
rapidly in circulation.
Messrs. Wilson A Gilson, Savannah
merchants, have recovered $2,000 dam
ages from the the city tor obstructing the
st reet in front of their store.
One thousand hales of cotton were sold
at Savannah by Messrs. Inman, Swann &
Co. to Mr. Bauers, a few day* since.
An Important Case Decided. The
Savannah News reports a decision in the
Federal Circuit Court on Tuesday, of an
important case commonly known as the
Dank of Commerce case. In bnef, the
points are as follows: In 1966 the stock
holders of the hank instructed the Brest
dent and Directors to make an assign
inent for the benefit of the creditors,
generally, and Mr. John C. Ferrell, cash
ier of the bank, was made assignee,
Among the a- a U was the bulk building
valued at $.10.0-1. In ISO? G. W. Hatch,
a bill holder, obtained a judgment
against the bank for $50,000, and the
building was duly levied upon. In 1863
it was sold and bought by a- Mr. Par-
of New York, for $3,000—protest
being made at tho sale against its legali
ty, and all persons present warned that
the purchaser was buying a Law suit.
The plaintiff,—Parsons’—counsel alleged
that the sale was legal because the as
signment was illegal, inasmuch as Fer-
rill being cashier and also a director was
not competent to act as assignee, and
that the assignment 'was also illegally
made, as a majority of the stock was not
represented at the meeting ordering tho
assignment. The Judge ruled that the
stockholders had tho right to make one
of their officers assignee, as there was no
evidence produced to show that it was
made for tho purpose of defrauding the
creditors, and that the charge that the
assignment was illegally made was mere
ly a question of evidence for the jury to
determine. Tho jmy found for the de
fendants.
Salary Grab and. Back Pay.
The following .’from a Washington
special to the Louisville Courier-Journal
explains tho position of tho nouso on
tho salary grab and back puv bills last
Monday:
Tho long expected ciliary bill wui re
ported to-day by Mr. Hale, of Maine,
from tho House special committee, and,
of course, created the liveliest interest
all over tho House. Tho bill repeals the
salary provision in the appropriation hill
of March, 1873, so far as relates to Sena
tors, members and delegates, but leaves
tlio President’s salary fixed at $50,000
per annum. The effect of this bill is to
pay tho members hereafter at the old
rates, and to l&ave the mileage inequality
unredressc-d. There is no retro-active
provision in tho bill.
THE XIAJORITT REPORT.
For this bill, a substitute was reported
by Messrs. Kasser, of Iowa, and Jewett,
of Ohio, which repeals all the act of 1873
relating to Congressmen; also, all giving
an increase to clerks and employes, and
fixes tho President’s salary after the pres
ent term at $25,000 per annum. In ad
dition to this, the appropriations for the
expenses of the President’s house are to
he discontinued, except only tho salary of
theprivato secretary, tho steward aud
laborers on the grounds. The hill is also
retroactive, and says that each member
is to have deducted from tho future pay
ments to bo made him at the rate of
$5,000 per annum all sums received by
him during this Congress in exce33 of
that sum. Tho effect of this Large re
duction upon members who have drawn
their salary at tho rate of $7,500 per an
num for nine months and spent it can
readily bo imagined.
NO OPPOSITION TO REPEAL.
The opponents of these bills, if there
are any, did not disclose themselves to
day. There rooms td be a contest as to
who should go furthest aud quickest for
the reform. Judge Poland proposes to
chargft the excess received over $5000 per
annum to all members of tlio la3t Con
gress, and to notify those who are no
longer members of Congress that they
are expected to refund. *
debate, and opportunity for amendments;
but Mr. Woodford, of New York, a new
member, who appears anxious to signal
ize himself, insisted on moving the pre
vious question on tho bill. This would
have cut off all amendments and brought
tho House Ufa. direct vote on Hale’s bill
without dobato; but the protest of Mr.
Dawes arrested this movement and the
previous question was voted down. After
a scene of unusual confusion and disorder
growing out of Hale’s inability to talco
charge of a bill, an understanding was
nrrivod at to have the measure consid
ered to-morrow, und debated m twenty-
minute speeches.
'the RIT.n LIKELY TO PASS.
Tho precise action of tho House can
not bo predicted, hut then will probably
be a race between the parties as to which
shall evince the liveliest sensibility on
the score of virtuous regard for public
opinion, and tho most sweeping measure
is tho one most likely to pass the House,
hut with this exception: It is doubtful
whether Republican members will bcin
a hurry to cut down tho appropriation
for tlio Executive Mansion, while Gen.
Grant has three years of official power,
and perhaps more, iu which to remember
them.
A Heavy Lawsuit.
On Tuesday Last the Supremo Court of
Tennessee, at a session in Knoxville,
gave judgment in tho caso of tho Bank
of East Tennessee, for tho uso of Ram
say, Trustee, against Jas, A. Mabry, Ad
ministrator of Geo. W. Churehwell, de
ceased. The Knoxville Press and Herald
gays the amount claimed by the Bank of
East Tennessee, in this caso was more
than $500,000, principal and. interest.
The property left by Col. Churehwell in
Knox county is now valued at $100,000.
Besides this, ho left a vast estate in
other States. His property in Illinois
alone is sufficient, if recovered, to enrich
his descendants. It is said that on some
of his lands in Illinois hare grown up
thriving towns and villages. Tho in
structions are that proceedings be insti
tuted for all this property, on tho ground
that it was fraudulently obtained from
Col. Churehwell while laboring under his
great affliction.
Tho Circuit Conrt in this case had
giveif judgment against tho bank affirm
ing the insanity of Churehwell, which
judgment was affirmed by the Supreme
Court. The chief significance of this de
cision, says the Press and Herald, arises
from the fact that there is another largo
suit now pending in the Chancery Court
of Knox county, in which the main ques
tion is the mental condition of Colonel
Churehwell, and in which it is sought by
his administrator to recover a large
amount of real estate, Yalued at $100,000,
lying in and about Knoxville, and which
was "sold under a decree of the Chancery
Court more than ten years since. Should
suit succeed, the hulk of this fine
estate will pass to the heirs at law of Col.
Churehwell, only two of whom snrvivo,
the estimable wives of General Mabry
and Col. C. W. Charlton. But for the
opinion of the Supreme Conrt in the
bank case, this property would probably
have been sold by the sheriff to satisfy
the judgment therein. The end of all
fhia litigation will be looked for with
great interest.
The Boston Journal amuses itself with
tjie nicknames of New York churches.
Dr. Tyng’s new church is the Church of
the Holy Oil Cloth; Hepworth’s is the
Hippigwinut • Dr. S to its’, from its
steeple, is known as the Corn Cob; Dr.
Bellows’ as the Church of the Holy Ze-
tea, and we have also heard it called the
Church of the Infinite Beef Steak; while
a Baptist church is christened tho Wash
Tub; a Calvinistie tabernacle the Fur
nace*; O. B. Frothingham’3 the Insur
ance Office; and Mr.jPowers’ the Church
of the Holy Turtle.
BY TELEGRAPH.
DA A' DISPATCHES.
Negro CItII Rights Convention.
Washington, December 11.—Pineh-
Lack, having the headache, called Den
ning to the chair. Mr. Sumner declin
ing to address the convention, said he
could serve them better in tho Senate.
Tho committee which invited Sumner
to address the convention disagree wheth
er he did, or did not, kindly cliide them
for the uproar characterizing the conven
tion. There is no progress in business
beyond a permanent organization.
Tho Civil Rights Convention visited
tho President to-day,and expressed them
selves pleased with tho President’s re
marks.
UuderTVOod’s Successor.
The successor to Judge Underwood lies
between Hughes, Wickham and Wil
loughby. The President will hold the
matter open till Monday.
Congressional.
The House m on the salary grab.
In tho Senate, Mr. Carpenter was
elected President pro tern.
Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, introduced a
bill for too free transmission of period
ical”, magazines nni newspaper - ; through
the mails.
0, 0, Howard!
New York, December 11.—A special
dispatch from Washington to the Tri
bune, says that the Secretary of War has
sent a letter to tho House making direct
charges of fraud and malpractice in cffico
against Brigadier General O. O. How
ard, in connection with his management
of the Freedmen’s Bureau. The letter
ia accompanied by evidence from tho
records an 1 accounts of tho late Bureau,
which fully sustains tha Secretary’s
charges.
A Raid on tho Xacecs.
Galveston, December 10.—An Indian
raid on the Nueces river killed 24 par.
soqi—mostly sheep herders. Tho raid .•«
are supposed to he C.'.maclius. Americans
and Mexicans faro alike at their hands.
Illness of Agassiz.
Boston, December 11. —Professor
Agassiz’s diaeaso is taking an alarming
turn. Tho base o! his brain is seriously
weakened.
Havana Quiet.
Havana, December 10.—Tho tone of
tho press and tho expressions of the au
thorities and prominent Spaniards indi
cate a quiet compliance with tho pro
local.
London Press on tho Bazaino Trial.
London, December 11.—Tho Times
say3 Bazaino is justly convicted. Tho
Telegraph considers him a sacrifice to
national vanity. Tho News hopes, a3 the
evidence was so conflicting, the sontenco
will ho commuted to perpetual exile or
imprisonment.
Paris ou tho Bazaino Sentence.
Paris, December 10.—The crowd at
the Trianon to-day warmly cheered the
verdict. The sentence includes the pay
ment of costs and expulsion from tho Le
gion of Honor.
C'nrcd.
Bayonne. December 11.—It is rumored
that Gen. Lazarraga has captured and
shot tho Cure of Santa Cruz.
| menfc. It had frequently increased
I that compensation, and the increase
was always and necessarily retroact
ive. Worthy men had done this in the
last century and in tho early part oi the i
presentcentuiy. Tho brightest ornament 3 j
in American history had subjected them- I
selves to be denounced as salary grabbers |
and thieves. The first great thing to bo
loomed in this life—that which had been l
taught in tho schools of ancient Greece, j
was to discriminate between that which !
tho multitude thought was right, and that
which was right in itself. If there was i
anything wrong, anything immoral, any- ;
thing dishonest, which would reflect dis
grace on a man’s memory for taking that
legal appropriation, he wanted to know
where it was. If it was wrong for mem
bers to toko what the Law allowed, where
wero men to find a rule of right and
wrong ? His remarks on this subject did
not apply to himself, but ho was a
citizen of the country and he felt a
deep interest in the dignity and chai-
aeter of Congress, IIo claimed that
when Congress passed the retroactive
law of last session it had a constitutional
right to do so. IIo was not saying
whether it was expedient or not, hut no
blush should rest on the cheek of any
man, whether ho voted for tho bill or
not, who took the money. It ho had
been here ha should, have, taken it
whether he voted for it or not, and
should have felt that he was as justly
entitled to it as he was to receive a dollar
a day. It was a constitutional law—con-
stitutionally passed, and thoso who were
entitled to pay under it were as much
entitled to the whole of it a3 they were
to any dime received under it. if any
thought it was too much and returned it
ho (Stephens) would not cast a slur upon
him for doing so.
no had now discussed the moral view
of the question, and ho would now pro
ceed to discuss it in its political aspect.
He was not going to place a value on his
own services as a representative, bat if he
wero to state what he thought tho ser
vices of a representative ought to bo
worth ho would go far above tho figure
of any law that baa ever been passed. A
representative of the people ought to be
a man of that mental calibre, that in
formation, that education, that virtue,
that trustworthiness, and all theso quali
ties which command tho highest remun
eration. He had given it as his opinion
in the last speech ho made in the House
fourteen years ago that if the salaries of
members of CoDgres3 wero ten thousand
dollars; that of Senators fifteen thou
sand; that of the Chief Justice of tho
Snpremo Court fifty thousand; that of
the Associate Judges tiventy-fivo thou
sand, and of tho President ono hun
dred thousand, it would bo better for
the country at large. Ho hold the eamo
opinion stilL lie certainly should not
Htfl
Paris, Decomb
judgment of the c
against Marshal B.-.rain
he requested that Ida s
lowed fo visit him ia pri
fu;cd to avail himself of
pdaL President MacMahon
dreide whether ho will listen
peal of the court for mercy,
muia the'sentence of the
III© fog Continues.
London, December 11.—The fog con-
tin -cs for tho third day, and severely
efieets business. No Vessels have arrived
for tiro days. The fog covers an area of
fifty miles, with its centra in London.
Elsewhere there have been heavy frosts.
Kills His Wife and Daughter.
C:ta r LS3TOv:v, Mass., December U.—
Kimball, a blacksmith, killed his wife
and step-daughter and himself. Insanity
in the'family.
Fancrcl of Bishop Annitnge*
Mine. BANKRUPT SALE.
11 Soon a/ler f -mr • .
w * * -j | |-< an order of tho Honorable \
i v-v.^ pronounced J J--* D>tr:cfc Court of tho United States lor 1
. >. _• ru l>.sti. i ,.f „ •;
from all encumbrances, eu tlio first Tuesiln'-
Jsquarj next, to tho hu-bcit Udder, in from
the Ccr.rt-house door, in JeEersonviiK Xivn
county, the tallowing proiwrty, to-wit:
. ' thuusond two hundred rcros of Ir.i
more or less, Irinv ia Twines county, mijcini
lands of John i'. 1'itr;,strict T. Jones and otb,
and kr.oiroMjli • Myrick lUlaplace. Tho all.
Terms cash.
Property s.ld as assets cf S. P. IfTrick, bo,
ra;,:. p.'.YJ. IV. HARROW,
V, M. MCKINLEY, Jr..
tlcelChls i
Tie also re
right of ap-
vill to-day
to tho ap-
nntl com-
sondemned
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A N half-ncra lot with a siv-rcom dwell
kitchen, outhouees, etc. situated on Seen
street between Oak and Arch. Is within a f,
i minutes walk of tho business part of Shaeity.d
i pot and workshops, and has proven to be a her] l
1 place. Apply to
T>. P. CRAIG,
nuclOeodlf It. A. MORRIS,
FOR RENT,
of Bishop Armitage took place hero to.
day.
Another Carl 1st Victory Claimed.
Bayonne, December 11.—Tho Cnrlists
claim another victory, and report a num
ber of Repub!ie.:u i.A.vrs kill >d.
rniLTi
J. sl r.
NIGHT HISLVYTOIIKS.
Congressional.
voy of the ship canal between Lake Mich
igan and Wabash river was ordered.
Tho Elections Committoo were in
structed to examine and report the best
and most practicable method of electing
the President and Vico President, and
providing a tribunal to adjust and decido
all contested questions therewith.
A resolution was passed asking tho
Postmaster General tho number of men
required for the Postal, Savings and Tel
egraph Company when in full operation.
°Tho salary biU was resumed. No defi
nite action was taken.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, was the
noxt speaker lie got on his feet with
some difficulty, and, notwithstanding as
sistance, thou he supported himself with
a cratch under his left arm. Ho spoke
with a clear, ringing voice, which was
distinctly audible in every portion of the
chamber, except when lie dropped his
tones, as he did very frequently at tho
close of sentences. IIi3 manner was
nervou3 and rapid, and his remarks very
digressive—many of his sentences being
left uncompleted. Ho was listened to
with tho clo*scst interest andattention by
tho members, officers and audience.
Ho commenced by saying ho would cx-
aminine the question before the House,
first in it3 moral and then in its political
aspect. Ho spoke of tho comments of
the public press on tho subject. He would
say nothing in derogation of tho power or
usefulness of tho press—tho position of
the journalist in this country wa3 one
of tho highest. Tho "fourth estato”
did in thi3 age control tho public
sentiment. Bat that he would, in all
earnestness, say to tho press and its
conductors that nothing was more im
portant than that in treating of subjects
with tha ma?ses of tho people they
should look well to the truth and correct
ness and principle of what they ad
dressed to the people. The press^ had
denounced ns thief ea and roobovs
tho members of tho last Con
gress, and ho had seen ono paper
which represented the raid on the
Treasury very much like tho_ charge
of the* six hundred at Balailiva.
Ho had thought tho wit of that repre
sentation more appropriate than the wis
dom. ’ , r ,
The gentleman from New York, Mr.
Tremain, hod spoken yesterday of dema-
coguoism. Mr. Stephens maintained
that there coaid be ro statesmanship
without it. Thera never had been a
statesman who ra not a demagogue.
Tho word originally meant a loader of
the people. Pericles was a demagogue.
There were two kinds of demagogues:
Tho sham and the genuine. Tho genuine
demagogue was the man who led the
people; who guided tho people. The
sham demagogue pandered to the errors
and prejudices of tho people. The real
statesman was the physician of humanity.
The sham demagogue simply coveted
favors in order to get office and the spoils
of office. He considered Lord Chatham
a3 the true, the genuine demigogue, and
related an anecdote to the effect tar.t
when Chatham was proposing to the
English Cabinet a new measure of taxa-
tion, including th.o tming of windows, no
missed one member of the Cnbinct und.
asked for him by name. The answer was | business of the convention began, and
that it made no difference whether the j ^ convention is still in session.
'votes for tho hill reported by tho com
mittee, hut ho believed that the most un
wise action of tho last Congress was the
abolition of tho franking privilege-
tiie senate.
The following Is tho vote for President,
pro tom : Cirpentor. 32;’ Thurman, 16';
Blank, 2.
Gordon, of Georgia, introduced a bill to
repeal the section of the bill of March 3,
1873, forbidding the free transmission of
periodicals, magazines and newspapers
through tho United States mails and re
storing that privilege. Referred to tho
Committoo on Post-offices and Post-roads.
A Fflvorahlo Report to ho Made.
At tho next Executive sestien of tho
Senate tho Committee on too Judiciary
will mi Ire a filT;fy' > i 1 •'V'"-"’ '
2?^§5^inorn ClhTtuSTbmi;iiis f*t!.
It ar penis from this report of the South
ern Claims Co admission that tlm gross
amount of claims filed is $(Hl,OOiV?00, and
the aggregate amount passed on is $10,-
000,000. There j omnia 17,000 claim?,
amounting to $50,000,000, to bo adjudi
cated. The amount cl timed on the whole
number of eases now reported is
801, and the amount allowed in settle
ment of the 1,693 approved claiu.3 is
$644,305, an average allowance of t .EOO
to each claimant.
Tito Probable Salary.
The indications are that tha House
representatives will pas3 a bill firing tho
salary of members of Cop gross at about
six thousand dollars a jear, with ap al
lowance of actual traveling expense
Confirmed.
Alfred T. A. Torbett was confirmed to
day a3 Consul General at Paris.
Transportation In tho Mississippi
Valley.
Representatives from the Mississippi
valley are making arrangements to se
cure favorable. legislation on the.trans
portation question as affecting that, sec
tion.
Senate Transportation Cdmmiltce.
The Committee on Transportation to
tho seaboard have authority to hold ses
sions during reeess when they please,
with power to send for persons and pa
pers.
Disabilities Removed.
A hill removing the political disabili
ties of Thomas S. Booock, of Virginia,
John II. Reagan, of Texas, aud pthers
was passed.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Onfice Chief Signal Offjcfp, )
Washington, December 11.)
Probabilities: For New England and
thence westward over the Northern and
Middle States and tho lower lake region,
generally cloudy weather with rain and
southerly to westerly winds, the temper
ature rising slightly in New England vntil
snow ia the northern portion of this dis
trict; and from New Jersey southward to
Florida, partly cloudy or clear weather
with southerly winds but slight changes
oi temperature; for the Gulf States and
Tennessee, southerly winds with les3
cloudiness, followed by increasing press
ure and lower temperafftre; for tha Ohio
valley and the upper lake region, cloudy
and threatening weather during the night,
followed by lower temperature and clear
ing weather; for tbo northwest, light
rain or snow, in the central Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys, followed by
clearing and cold weather.
Railroad Convention.
Charleston, December 11.—The con
vention in the interest of the associated"
linos of railroads from Chicago to
Charleston assembled at tha rooms of tho
Chamber of Commerce thi3 morning. A
largo crowd .of merchants and hankers
was present, including one hundred del
egates from point; along tho line. After
speeches of welcome tho wholo party,
with several hundred citizens, took an
excursion down the harbor, which wn-
thickly studded with outward and in
ward "bound vcuscis. At night formal
in i dniqiit Dispatches.
Posl.-il Affairs.
Washington, JVvembc-r 11.—General
Gordon submitted the following reso
lutions which iie said ho would call up
to-morrow: Whoreas, tho abolition of
franking privil 'go was intended to econ
omize expenditures of tlio government;
and whereas, its abolition prevents the
general distribution to tlio people of im
proved field and garden seeds, thus de
feating in .a measure tho benefits which
otherwise would accrue to the agriculture
of the country, from t-lio establishment of
the agricultural bureau, and also dis
courages the distribution of public docu
ments, which afford important informa
tion and an; an education of the people ;
anil whereas, to compensate tho people
for their losses, there should bo an im
portant reduction of the expenditures in
tlio postal service of the government.
Therefore
Resolved, That the Tostmastcr General
he requested to report for the informa
tion of the Senate :
First. What amount of expense, if any,
has been saved to tho Government by the
abolition of the franking privilege.
Second, now many employes in the
mail service,if any.liavc been discharged,
anil hoiv much less, if anything, is charged
by railroads and other carriers for tlio
mails since the abolition of the flunking
privilege. ;■> ,
Third. How much les3 appropriation
will bo required for tho postal service by
reason of the abolition of tho said priv
ilege.
Bc'kunp on the Frccdmcn’s Bureau.
The Secretary, Belknap, sayG since As
sistant Adjutant General Vincent took
charge of tho papers of the bureau com
plaint after complaint has been received
that.the claimants had not received from
tho bureau their bounties, area; of pay,
etc., and said complaints wore referred
to the Second Auditor with wham all set:
t-lements and .final adjust meat of accounts
rested. It gradually., became apparent
that tho vouchors to a cofiriuorable
amount, wero filled ns ifjMrid and credit
piuu.
-•fb» lSop.artmeut of .Tuttier,, however,
has been furnished with ,-ouiu oases, and
others ace fo follow <»i apparent veal-
feasance, with the request to institute
either criminal suit or civil snit to re
cover moneys belonging to tho 111 :'d
States, cv both suits in ty ba prop.-r
against such of tho-officcrs hil l agents . ■
tha L,.to Bureau, as navy bo liable ‘ -
sporriibility and accounts.’ ditv ftth - •
to the late Commissiourir. ho •. ■: e.--
vekaHuOnts amount to unv ? J;.-
Agasbiz. •
Boston, Decoffiber K. —"h . ••• ., • tv
or Agassiz is almost hopeio^s
Bazalae.
J?aexs. December IX,—MacMahon j-o.i.-
pcfio-i abtibai in tho appeal for mercy in
behalf of Bazaino until tho time when
tho court may reverse its judgment.
Tho l’residcat of the court has gone to
Bazoncou to hiscommand.
The Journal do Paris says tl o unani
mity of tha court precludes reconsider
ation of tho sentence, but the condemned
mai'shal may take advantage of tho lapse
of time and plead hi3 splendid services to
Franco in mitigation.
Address of the Captain General.
Havana, December 11.—Captain Gen
eral Jovcllar this evening issued an ad
dress to tho inhabitants of Cnba, saying:
“Tho moment a treaty is signed between
tho Government of Spain and tho United
States my duty, although painful it may
bo, is to comply faithfully with its terms.
For this I havo received final orders. A
failure to comply with tho tamo would
produco war, and with a groat power,
without the aid of Spain. In tho mean
while I obey tho Law of necessity and the
orders of the Spanish Republic; Let us
deliver up the Virginius aud the survivors
of her passengers and crow. I have faith
in tho nobleness of our procedures in com
pliance with my words.
(Signed) Boquin Jovellar.”
lniry, cli.oibly locvu -,1
lVoscssiuu given O.-t
For Rent.
itlenco of tho late J. R. Butt:
&
•rcsi-nt by J. L 8otil.>
?nicnt to business
•M't'ly to
Or CART. A. <5. BUTTS.
Notice in Bankruptcy.
IX THU DISTRICT COURT OF THK UNI
TED STATUS FOR TUB SOUTHBRN DIS
TRICT OF GEORGIA.
Ia tho inniter of WiUkun C. Watton,Bai&rupt.
In Bankruptcy.
rpo WHOM IT MAY CONCF.RX.-Tho muter*
JL signed hereby gives notion of his
luexit ;v* nsaiguoe of Will i nn C. Watson, of t ho
county of Crawford, and Slato of Georgia, within
said district, who has been adjudged a Bank
rupt upon his own petition by the District Court
of said district. THOMAS F. GR1JEN, .11:.,
nov3:l tawftur*Assignee.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
mill! copurtnnslitp lioreMore existing batvreen
I Uic undoniigeed is this day dirsolvoil by mu-
I uni (-.Client. Jlr. lIRNItY J. KBTL’R is author-
ini to close ill, tho business.
CHARLES J. HARRIS.
UENllY J. PETER.
November 20,1973.
Drug Stock and Fixtures
For Sale.
Tim Ktoro occupied by HARRIS & PETER in
for ivnt, possession to be given on the 1st day of
January. In the meantuno tho Stock, Fixture*
and Fumitumof said Into firm nro offered both at
wholesale and retail at figures below cost FOR
CASH. Tho accounts due said firm will lie placed
iu tho hands of an attorney for collection, link**
prom idly arranged. Tho undersigned is deter
mined to close up t ho business as rapidly as pos
sible, and hojK\s that thoso against whom he has
accounts will be prepared to settle promptly,
novaatf If. J. PETER.
r- j. mjiuuBiur. joiin f la km: nr.
L. J. GUIIiTJARTnq & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—Axn—
General Commission Merchants,
Kay Street, Savanual), Ga.
*ic. Bagging, iiopcnnd Iron Tiesnhroy* on hand.
Urual facilities extended to customers,
auirl .IwAxwf.m
CONSUMPTION CURED.
GLOBE FLOWER COUGH SYEUP
dr.es iVr■Y'-r-dv Oj.rc. :::: if by ningir, fVddr,
Coughs, D.xnf intis. Asthma, Whooping-Cough.
Ser«i V;iv-•*«, lb.-,rawness. Consumption, raid all
ptSoi
rJy
e m
,n- . •*:! all oilier boasted remedies fail.
: . • . : hundreds of pcoplo who nfc living
to**k • v. i* % \ f nly ono remaining ltr;*d
lips j * and delightful remedy is tho nctfVe
;.i ircipi \ ol.loincd by chemical process, Iroiu.the
• i iower,* know'll,also,na “Button Root,"
r : : i ti:\:w.y**Ccphalanthn90ceidcnMh*' Wo
‘ v.i;h truth r.ssuro the community that, this
.: i v ibb remedy does not contain a particle
. iof its preparations, no lobelia,
. - dir, mercury, hydrocyanic arid, or any
. v
. . r; »<f tho Globa Flower Syrup on tho
in s; is mild and benign..and adapt--d,
; . fr l ihe Infant to the adult, ami to
. . v . ;« ♦>? a-mporament end constitution.
i ’ .. ts t j bn poked for after taking (Bubo
I .. ; Jiy/up* are first, a soothing and
Hi?.' ice mer any Cough*‘■affordm.;
RefiV uiu ■; second, promoting an c'ify K >
pAWrari-m;4h:rd, invigorating the who!>
tern, caring: tha Onugh, und betiueatuuKr. to V-os-
tcrity oil. cf it-j greatest blbiuns 3 *
uiigs stl Ianmily foa C»aj1b.
Fortssli'twaitalsot Woiulcrfi'l Caros, i.cmlto
til., proprietor, or (T.1I upon ydnr urucjrist. *)na-
bottli will provi, to you its wonderful virtues.
For- silo by all Drmwists. ,
HR. J.S. 1’EMJIEUTON & CO.Rr,
HUNT. RANKIN A
iloc2fpilAwSm Whnlaalo Avti..1i: . >-.i- _
Scuad
NOTICE,
riMIK wild land digest is now vastly for ihin
.L this county owning wild lands iu mnwr.
counties to come forward aid pnyUuftf laxc:-.
The time is very short. C. T. \V AKI>,
nov23 SOd Ordinary.
WASHINGTON FOE. S-VtfCrL TTAXL.
W1I. A. LOFTON.
TOE, HALL & LOFTOX,
ATTORNEYS AT -LAW,
MACON. GA.
Office, on Third street, over City Bank.
TH.vllt
3F> XT Gr 3SE r SS
PREMIUM GALLERY
And we offer in exchange cir entire stock nt ex
tremely
low Prices for Cash!
i tlic i-l&nca for il.-ulers an 1 consumers to
8.4 Ur^H. If you wont
DRUG". MEDICINES,
•AINTS, OILS, GI.AS
member was present or not, because he
wasafooL “That is tbo very reason,”
raid Chatham, “that I want him here,
because tbe ivay lie thinks about this
tbino- is tbo way that tho majority of the
people of England may think abont it,
and I want to know the sentiment of tnc
public.” He wanted to know it, not to
pander to it, bnt that bo might go be
fore tbe people and raise them to a sense
of tbe necessity and propriety of the
measure. ., . , ,,
Becurring to tao consideration of the
increased salary bill, Mr. Stephens said
that he wa3 very glad to say that. that
wa3 a measure for which neither political
party was responsible. His opinion wa3
that the Democracy, in the proportion of
its votes in Congress, wa3 quite as respon
sible as tbe Republican party. The gen
tleman from New York, Mr. Tremain,
had admitted yesterday that under tbe
Constitution every Congress had a right
to fix its own compensation. It had done
so from tho beginning of tbe Govern-
Consecratlon of a Bishop.
Ealsioh, K. C., December 11.—Eot.
Dr. Theodore B. Lyman,assistant Bishop
elect of the Episcopal diocease of North
Carolina, was consecrated to-day
Christ Church, in this cify.
Bishop Whittingham. of Maryland, the
presiding Bishop, was assisted by Bishop
Atkinson, of North Carolina. Bishop
Law preached the consecration sermon.
Over thirty ministers of thi3 and other
States were present and participating.
The audience was the largest ever known
in the Church. Bishop Lyman prj eh
to-night and confirmed six persons.
North Carolina State Baht.
The bill for tho adjustment of li -
Sta .e debt will be disenased in tha Sen
ate to-morrow by special order.
Sick exrCongrcssman.
Hon. tv. N. Edwards, a m mber of
Congress in 1816, is very i-. a- —- r. a-
dence in Warren county.
rUCVU3P.RY, BRUSHES,
SPICES, SOAPS,
0 r . ;1 y .fihor thing in Uic dru:; line, call at
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar's
getftl S3 nn<l St Clicirv street.
-r- fry, ASe* DENNISON’S
at nfiPATBNI SHIPPING TACS
; fi < ‘VOvCr Two. Hundred 3Iill:ons hr-va
Abomuiel within the past t
T>Y n-ft-rrm-e tu tnc piuilltiicl premium li . it,
.1 > Will be seen tluit l’urrli was awarded C oi
the 10 premiums offered at tins late State tear.
Ilis now process for retouching is creating fiuuo
incnsalion. ■ fifiXil'L-
Sitnations as Teachers
... Upper Georgia,
lk! willing to takesi school together, or mmbh<
select schools, or in private families, rcqtfi
panic prices. Best of reference. AUdreM
<locS oodfitAwet* Box re. SamlcrsvfihvG
SACltKI> MUSIC BOOK
THE STANDARD.
CVTTLL "waves” nntl true fo Its name, 7; ; •>
lO well to the front of all books for Choir?, Con
ventions and Singing Schools. By L. O. Emerson
aud II. It. Fulmer. iV:-.:.; yl «-’•
AMERICAN TUNS EGO.T.
Contains LOCO of the very best prr.lrn Umni of
the century- Has no superior as a coll -.y.qn of
tlio most approved scored music for Choirs and
Congregations. COO Editors. 400 ^
§1 50.
THE
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IE iJtH
LIFE.
Is attractingnotice f f all I : - lers cf singin.?
in Sabbstl. School*. 1) -caused it* very superior
arrangement ol Bililc subjects, its department.c,
sonas for little children, iu adaption to the mU-r-
ratfonal lessons, and Its general richness and
freshness cimusieand wor*.
ewart,
and 'Terrell, tho
tho District an
1 States for tho Sc
sept!7-tf
filmed W. A. B:ii«*l.i*i.
“CUAS. BATCH til
^rouruuor* Nr'
Dsxaoxr, December ll.-Thc funeral j T*!®®’ 0
1 * *- v ’ ’ ‘ At Ext br.nze llr.uk, or to
I);:. A. V. COLLINS,
inlvl7lf At Collin.' A H<«th’