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DAILY TELEBtAN Ji Jup „ J ft.o I c >vn luniui^ — Mmulav *s nrrfitiij— (nll»-T. l.-rniiili Building. rt>nwr o( C'l.-ny .itxl 8««id‘tr>.MutnmpUHi TEX DOLLARS l fear. FIVE IN >1.LA US for m utmUin. TWO DOLL A ITS nriJ IIFT1 LKNTSInr tlm< miiiiths 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 icnUf rall wlwqt.ot insertions Lil.r-al rah a |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. Vur ran on ti 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 - P! 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’