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By Cushy, Jones & Reese. _ MACON, GEORGIA.' THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1873. Number 6,807 BY TELEGRAPH. JO A Y X) I8 PATCH KS. Man Lost. Nzw VoiiK, December 2 V—Thoma-i CiUTolm. a pro:uinentChie3~o irrain deal er, r.vvnUv arrlvoJ hero. Jim Jwappcared ami cannot lx* foim.l. f Failures In Xew York. • Poland Ic. Jturrell, glove deal err, and William II. Carpenttf, ia millinery goods, hmnnpodel. Tiie amount involved i, beltorad tote mat $300000. j 'I lie Non York P. 0. Defalcation. Th# caso of John NY. Norton, charged with appropriitiii; to hi* own use $115,- 000 government funds, while employed in the money or ler department ot the city pOft-Offico came up yesterday, and amo tion vnu made to quasli the indictment, on the ground that Mrs. Norton having turned over all tbo property,' criminal proceeding . .i minst her husband should bo abandei: ■ 1. I'he decision waa reserved. From Hey West and Havana. A Key Y.'e.t dirputcli snye that tbo Wyoming, under special orders, left Inst night for Ar; inwail to fetch the steam ship General fuierYnan to the former port. Advices from Cuban sources relative to the military movt.iuunU of tho Cuban army, state that hi the attack on Uan- sanville, ou the lGth of November, tho insurgent* captured 25 rifles, 8,000 car tridges, a qu adtty of gold and Spanish bank note j, cloth, provisions, etc., besides dostroyjug SI.000,000 worth of property, and capturing 100 prisoners, who wore paroled. The lo.se.sof tho Spaniards wore estimated at over 200, while tho flulvSh loss was 13 officers and CO privates, killed •qd wounded. On November 20th tho Cuban army wont into camp at Sanjo, having made furtlior captures of 150,000 cartridges, 7G rifle) nml a number ot horses. Cuban agents in this city state that orders bavo been received that no inoro rifles oro noedod by tho Cuban forces, as thoy have captured more than sufliciant to nrm all tho forces thoy can put at present in tho field. Tlio TJ. S. Navy Yards. It turns out to bo a mistake that tho Secretary of the Navy has ordered all ex tra work to ccasc at tho navy yards. Tho order is that extra hours of work shall cense. The Minnesota will not go into com mission. s | Tho Holidays. The Stock Ilrehango closes to-day and noxt Wednesday at ono o'clock. Death of Johns Hopkins. IUi.tiuobe, Dccombor 21.—Johns Hopkins, the woalthiost man in Haiti* more, is dead, aged eeventy-nine. Mr. Hopkins last March gave four millions to found a free hospital; also 15,000 shares of Baltimore and OJiio railroad stock to found a university on his Clifton estate. Tho Boston School Committee Women. Bojtox, December 21.—City Solicitor Healey, to whom tho question was re ferred, give.) his opinion that women can not legally servo on the Boston School Committee. Four women were chosen to that position at the recent oloetion. Flro In Sf. Louis. Sr. Lotus. December 2i.—Collins’ white lead and oil works were burned to- (lay. Loss $G3,000. Spain—Republican Army In n Tight. Hatonnb, December 21.—There are ton steamers at Son Sebastian, for tho purpose of embarking a force of Repub licans nndcr General Mononez, which is surrounded by 30,000 Carlists and cannot escape capture except hy taking refuge on Ihcso vessels. Bnzalnc. Fakis, December 24.—The reported flight of Bozuino is unfounded. Ho b still confined at tho Trianon. NIGHT mSl’ATOHKS. Tho Scunto Transportation Commit* tco on their Travels. At:.a5»ta, Qa., Dccombor 2 k—Tito United States Senatorial Transportation Committee met at the Kimball House to-day. Col. B. W. Frobel made an ar gument in favor of the Atlantic and Uront Western Canal. Tho argument was well received by tho Committee. Cob McFarland, Unit'd States Engineer, made • report of his survey of the route. The committee leave to-morrow evening for Mobile. Tribnto to Agassiz. Bostom, December 2 k—At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of tho Museum Comparative of Zoology to-day, resolu tions representing the irreparable loss the museum has to bear in the death of Prof. Agassiz woro adopted. Closed for ’T3. Washikotoji, December 2-1.—Tho Ex ecutive office will be closed from now until after new years’ day. A Frigid Fan. Col. Ik C. Wintorsmith has arrived for the winter. Synopsis Weather Statement. On ier Cuir.v SiomOmccr., } Washington', December 24. ) Probabilities: Far the upper Missis sippi valley and thence eastward over the upper lake region, generally clondy and colder weather and light snow will prevail, followed by clearing weather du- riug Thursday; for tho lower loko re* gion, increasing pressure, partly cloudy weather and light snow. Tho tempera ture in this region nud thence westward to tho upper Mississippi valley will fall slightly, with northerly to variahlo winds j for Now England and the Middle States, the temperature will fall slightly, with increasing pressure and generally fair weather: for tho Ohio valley and Ten- nossoo, lower temperature, with north- e.u-terly to northwesterly winds and but little cloudiness; for the South Atlantic and Gulf States cast of the Mississippi river, generally cloudy weather, with northerly to easterly winds on th* coast and less cloud in the interior. Light rains may prevail on the eastern gulf coast. The Intransigents. Minr.in, December 21,—II Epoca pub lishes a letter from Sickles, declaring that early in the Virginms disputes the in transigents of Madrid proposed to make a demonstration hostile to the United States. The Epoca denies that there was any such intention, and regrets that Sickles took no pains to contradict the dispatch from America reporting that such d -in lustration lud actually taken r ]ac -’- MIDNIGHT DISPATC1IKS. The Hall Case. Xk.v Yoi'.k. December 2k—In the Hall trial to-day. the defense offered no testimony, and after summing up. Judge Daniels charged the jury. Ho explained the duties of the members of the Board of Audit an l the requirements made of them by law. They should have investi gated all claims before auditing them, to prevent fraud, and the question for the jury to decide upon was whether the de fendant hud discharged his duty. The defendant being a lawyer and a man of culture, should bo held to a strict per formance of the duty imposed upon him. If a publiofficer willfully neglected his duty, he is gnilty of a misdemeanor. The duty required was personal and could uot be delegated to others. An inspec tion of many of tho bills presented would have revealed frauds of a gross character. The Judge, instancing one bill from which was omitted the creditor’s name, said the public had a right to expect an examination of all these bills. He instructed the jury that the defense of tho duties being too ardnor.3 would not stand os an excuse, for no officer can undertake a duty and wilfully neg lect it. If the jury are satisfied that the defendant committed an offence, no mat ter how painful it might be to the de fendant’s fricnds.it was their dnty to pro nounce him guilty, and unless they had an abiding conviction of his guilt they must find him innocent. lie instructed them to confine themselves to the indict ment charging the defendant with will fully and intentionally omitting to per form the duties prescribed by law. J udgo Daniels also instructed tho jury that evidence of conspiracy between Hall and his associates connected -him* with the fraudulent bills. The jury retired at G o’clock, and at 8 returned and were instructed, in answer to queries from the foreman, that the simple act of neglect of duty, if willful, would warrant a verdict of guilty, and the jury were themselves the judges whether the act was, or was not willful. Tho judge told them if they didn’t find a verdict within an hour or so they would be locked up, and tho jury retired again. Not Guilty. Tho jury in tho Hall case returned a verdict of not guilty. Tho Terdict wn3 received with great applause. Checkmate to Apaches. BT MASK 8IBLBT SEVEKAJfCK. In late October, 1872, we struck this mystic trial of tho god Tawotz—a small party of us detached from a Government exploring expedition. The 3«n wa3 sinking over tho Virgin mountains as we debouched from a side canon and from out a dreary waste of sandhills, and came unexpectedly upon tho sparkling reaches of tho river, but a few miles below tho mouth of tho Grand Canon. Slant sunbeams turned tho stream to molten gold, that poured musi cal over frequent rapids and roundabout tho entrance of the canon, where twin towers, four thousand feet high, stood guard with Titanic prohibition, quivered tho soft air with tho tremulous folds of an intangible pimple, a royal color, hang ing Hke a Hatred veil to screen tho weinl mysteries beyond. For days wo had been looking forwnvJ to this meeting with tho Colorado of tho NVe3t. Wo hnd left tho Mormon settle ments of Southern Utah several days’ march behind ns, bidding coodbye to civilization in vinious little St. George, and exchanging it3 abundant fruit for sure sterility and possible thirst in tho barrenness of Northern Arizona. Wo had marched rapidly southward, aiming at springs tho sizo of a man’s hand, some times “making” them, often missing thorn, and undergoing that saddest of campaigner’s misfortunes, a "dry camp.” Day by day the country grow wilder and more desolate, giant cacti seA irregular mosquito took tbo place of vho- sago brush which luxd followed us continually from Salt Lako; shade had entirely van ished, and bare, bleak and massive stood the naked ribs of tho mountains, gro tesque as tho genius of Zamacois, terri ble os that of Dore. No wonder that, with this dance of death about U3. wo caino gladly upon tho sight of water, tho first generous stream for many leagues, and forgot that every hour wo had boon drawing nearer to tho hostilo Apache s, “mighty in the war cry,” who swarm up from tho south to tho river, equally glad with ourselves for its refreshing, sweet water, and still more thankful for its rich harvest of fish. No thought of danger entered tho minds of our small party as wo vaulted from our saddles, turned loose our riding animals and spread blankets in tho soft white sand on tho bonks. There lying and resting ourselves nfter our thirty- mile ride sinco daybreak, with tho pen- sivo tinkle of tho boll-marc reaching us from tho foot-hills where the herder? have driven tho mules for grass, and with tho equally soothing incense from tho savory quarter of tho cook’s domain, a drowsy film overspreads the eye of rea son, and in imagination wo behold re enacting the scattered cvent3 of histoiy that hnvo lent a human interest to thi3 dolorous region, literally Boccaccio's “lachrymal valo of misery.” Yonder shingle of white sand on tho oppoeito shore is sacred to tho memory of tho un fortunate Fred W. Loring, quondam co- laborer of ours in academic shades; for thither ho returned with a small party from out tho dangers of tho Grand Canon in *71, to a boat moored yonder, after tho river party of his expedition had un dergone untold hardships in tho canon, short o£ provisions, skeptical of success in reaching a projected upper rendezvous, and generally demoralized. Within a month after his exit from tho Grand Canon, young Loring lost his life nC Wickenburg, in Arizona, at the hands of Apacho-Mohaves, while traveling in a stage for California. But we are not here to drift upon imagination nor to follow chronology; it is our business to cross tho river. But how to do it? There is no known ford hereabouts, no boat, no wood for making a raft. On tho hither bank there is hard ly a stick, barely enough drift-wood and dry mesquite to feed tho cook’s fire. On the farther side, however, is a bend of tho river, wo see a pile of logs, groat and small, that had polished themselves smooth on their wild ride through tho Grand Canon. It was impossible to ford tho swift and treacherous stream; wo again and again spurred our animals into the wnter, only to find that at a certain depth the current took them off their feet and swept thorn along unmanagoble. The nearest ferry was seventy-fivo miles below us at tho mouth of tho Vir gin. To retreat to that, and on an un known trail, before making an attempt at crossing here, would have been faint hearted, besides causing a break in tho line of exploration. King, the only ono of us able to swim the river, and that with no case, made several bravo trials to capture tho logs. Ho swam first with a long rope, paid out to him from the near shore; but the immense weight, os he neared the central current and tho rope bellied away from him down stream, proved too great, and ho was obliged to free himself or bo pulled under. Again he started with a mere pack-thread, with which he loaded safely on tho farther shore, a quarter of a mile below. As he began hauling in, a stouter string was tied to the pack-thread on the nearshore, soon a small rope (of joined lariats), and, lastly, all the stout ropes that could bo gathered from the cargo and baggage. Everything worked well for a while, and the primitive man at the other end of the lino had just announced that the small rope was in sight, when there come a shout from him, announcing what wo easily felt from our end, that the repo had parted in mid-stream, torn asunder by the tremendous force of the current. Tho raft wood which had seemed just within our grasp was as far awuy as over. To meet so much difficulty in Hooting even a small rope across stream was certainly discouraging; to haul over enough wood for a raft, to build it, and attempt to ferry over cargo, instruments, and men. seemed likely to take a week. Next morning found ns ten miles down the river, after a midnight groping over trailless mountains, at a narrower part of the stream, near the month of the Grand Wash—an immense feeder of the river from tho north, draining hundreds of squares miles, waterless at present, but sending down booming torrents through its rocky canons during the tremendous storms which abound, or after a cloud burst in the mountains above. A large log, that seemed waiting to be turned to nobler use than soaking itself on the eJ_~ of the water, furnished us with two sub stantial parallel halves for our raft- Au gur, hatchet, driftwood, and pegs did the rest; and hy mid-afternoon our rude Cy clopean craft was pronounced built and at once christened the “King.” in honor of the builder, the swimmer, tie wielder of hatchet, and twirier of augur. Tho raft was ready for launching. King swam over once more, rope in hand and we proceeded to test our ferry-boat, two of us on the raft hauling cautiously at tho rope which King held on tho farther side, and six on tho hither side paying out a stern-fast, which was to pull the craft back if the tow-line should part. The plan was well enough for any ordi nary river: bntwc had not estimated the terrific mid-current of this wild river of canons. NYo reached nearly mid-stream in safety. There tho current began to strike us with greater forco; King had hound his rope as firmly a3 possiblo about loose shore rocks, holding it as well, and stood like a statue, braced among the stones. Tho water begins to creep up over our shoes; the raft is careened over and borne rapidly down stream; we are up to. our waists in tho river; and, just as I had rather recklessly wound tho rope about my hand in theen- ergy of pulling, and had been myself pulled off the reft till I was directly over the water. King gave a shout, his rope was pulled quickly through his hand), though not entirely away from him, my companion jerked mo back upon the reft, and we are hauled back by our friends on NM. * *-*—•*- w ; c'JJ A word of the locale, for tho understand, ing of what follows. Tho river was hero about a hundred yards wide, and terribly swift; there were rapids abovo and lie- low, about a half mile either way. The river mado a semicircular bend to tho south. Wo were nt about tho middle of this semicircle on the north or inner sido of tho bend. On tho hither sido, there was a broad sand-beach skirting tho river, a narrow fringe of .low mosquite and grease-wood on its outer edge, and be hind that, almost perpendicular moun tains, incapablo of ascent. Our camp wo3 on the sand, just below tho fringe on mosquito. On the farther shore there was a tract, several rods wide, of stones, evi dently very troublesome to tho feet, from tho way in which King stepped and fell. It was probably tho broken volcanic rock of the region, which is extremely lacerat ing. Beyond the stono was a small strip of sand, and hack of that, rising ground for several hundred yards, until a range of low liill3 was reached, also semicircular, following tho bend of tho river and end ing precipitously on it at cither end of tho semicircle. Tho ground between tho hills and the sand-beach was as smooth as an esplanade, not a bush nor a treo nor a largo reek on it. It wa3 fortunate that it was so. A rod or two from tho stones, on tho sand-beach, was ono of those largo detached boulders or volcanic fragments, so common to tho region, standing out nlono. It was perhaps ten or twclvo feet high and double that width, bnt wliat appeared most remarkable was tho perfect manner in which, hy frost or other inean3, it had been split from top to bottom, and opened to tho width of two or three feet. This opening faced directly to the river, but did not extend from front to rear of tho reck. It was precisely os if it had been touched by a magic wand, and thrown open like a pair of doors on a liingo behind. A more se cure hiding place, except from tho river side, could hardly be devised. These topographical features we had taken m at a glance on our arrival, bat had only carelessly noted, as not espe cially interesting us. NVo had seen tliat there was enough of a depression in tho hills back of tho river to allow an easy passage, if once we were over, and hail noticed the opened rock. Wo soon had oc casion to study both hills and rock most critically and anxiously. Our reft hauled up to shore, and the story of tho “horrors of the middle pas sage” told, wo had resol ve<l ourselves into a committee of ways and means, and were eagerly debating what was to he done next; whether a second trial of tho raft was to ho made, or an attempt to swim our animals, or a detour to tho Virgin river ferry. King, meanwhile, chilled with tho breeze and thoab3onccof clothes, after his exertion, had picked his way over tho stretch of sharp stones, and was running hack and forth on the sand £or exercise; now running, now standing and going through most vigorous calisthenics, or whirling liko a dervish, or shouting to us to make haste with our decision. Suddenly, a shot—a rifle shot—and a loud shout from our Ualf-hreed guide, “ Apache 1 Apache!” And looking across tho stream we saw a half dozen stealthy figures just appearing over the ridge of hills. They were out of range of our own guns, which lay on tho sand near us, but within easy shot of King, who was sovcral hundred yards nearer them; in fact, the first shot seemed to have been nt him. Ho stopped in his exercise, looked sharply over his shoulder in tho direction of tho shot, and, as we shouted to him all .in ono voico a confusion of commands, “ Look out!” “ Come hack!” “ Hurry, hurry!” ho gave a rapid look at tho broad belt of wounding stones be tween him and tho river, over which ho would have to creep slowly, and the next instant, horrors! as a second shot came, he dropped on tho sand in front of tho opened rock and crawled slowly into its cleft front. He afterwords said that this second shot had thrown tho sand into his face and eyes and almost blinded him, 60 that ho could not have made for tho river if he would. But conceive tho state of mind of as, his comrades, to see him deliberately im mure himself within gun-shot range of Apaches, wounded, perhaps—for wo could not account for his falling on his knees so suddenly, and with darkness only two or three hours off. Wo shouted with ono voico, “Wounded ?” to which came a low answer, unintelligible. To a second and louder shoat, there came a welcome “No-o-o,” which relieved us on that score, but did not place in better light tho dan ger of his situation. Meanwhile, to some of tho party scanning the hill opposite carefully, there appeared figures moving about at intervals on tbo ridge, and ap parently occupying the whole extent of tho semi-circle from end to end. Our dismay at this movement, and at the probable size of the band of Apaches, which it indicated was very great, until we noticed that no one showed himself longer at the first point where they had come in sight, near tho lowest depres sion, from which we concluded that they had separated, and stationed themselves at different points on the semi-circle of hills, so as to cover more effectually the rock into which they had seen King crawl, and with which their visits to the place had of course made them acquainted. As wo watched the naked figure in the rock yonder, and reflected how powerless wo ware to help him, the very reft on which we had depended lying useless at our feet; as we thought of him three times surging through that boiling current on our behalf, only to be thus caged at last, there was none of us but would have risked death ten times over to help him. The position was that which chess players call stalemate: nobody could more. If King showed himself, the Apaches would shoot him; if they ap proached we should shoot them. But what could we do? And, on the other hand, what could he or the Apaches do ? I Vo could not cress, and if we could, we should hare no guns; and we should be pretty sure to be picked off before we had well risen from the water ; certainly be fore we had picked our slow way over the stones, to reach him. Bnt could he come to ns ? But for the hundred feet of knife- blades and stone jungle (why couldn’t it have been sand ?) we felt that he would hare run the gauntlet long ago; but such. an attempt over that ground would have been rashness itself, with a dozen rifles pointing at him from the hills on three sides. As r i - t’::' tion was con cerned it was a race between daylight and himself; at the first coming of night he would certainly, we know, run the risk and strike for the river. The smooth, gently -descending esplan ade which lay between the hills and the river, without a stone or a bunch of grass or a sage brush larger than a man’s head, and every foot of which we could com mand from our side of the river, allowed the Apaches no chance of approaching the rock while the day lasted. We knew their Apache penchant for fighting bo- liind rocks and trees too well to expect them to ll lc theuis'lvcs on this sandy slope in daylight. NYe knew them too well, also, not to know that at tha least approach of darkness, all their devilish cunning would he exhausted in gaining King’s covert, even if they had to tunnel their way through the sand. All this time (there was more than an hour of consulting and waiting) King lay caged in his rocky prison. He was oat of the sunlight, and, after three hours of nakedness, naturally chilled through and through, poof folio- ! Vfo could seo him raising himself on his hands, twisting in every direction, digging and tossing the sand within reach as though on a wager, and in every way exerting himself to kceep up his circulation and ward off stiffness. AH thi3 time he had retained tho rope which was nttached to the for ward end of tho reft; he had not known if a second trial was to be made, and hav ing it in his hands when the shots were fired, oven in the act of falling ho had ret tained it. He afterwards said that ho should liavo boon irredeemably stiffened and useless, if he had not had the rope for gymnastic purposes, tho resistance and weight of its length in the current affording him ample exercise when ho chose to pull on it. Alport of the timo ho kept it tied about his waist. Five o’clock had come, and the western hills had begun to throw a creeping shad ow on the eastern half of the semicircle. We know that we had but an hour or two more of daylight, and still no deliver ance. We were nearly unanimous to urgo Kiflg to attempt to gain the river at tlio beginning of twilight, and had start ed for tho bank to shout to him, when Abercrombie, ho of tho steady nerves and determined pluck, who had been stand ing apart, rushi-d up with a,manner almost excited, for him,'and shouted: “ T havo it. Cut mo two mesquite sticks fivo feet long, two - more about three feet. Give me a couple of svhito shirts, towels—anythingxrhito; a brown shirt and tronsor3, and a lot of strong twine." And ho started headlong for the raft without waiting to seo tho looks of con sternation On the faces of the crowd. But Abercrombie was not a man to, indulge in a joke nor to lose his head; and before ho had returned from tho raft, baggage and cargo had been ransacked, and every thing desired brought forth. At the raft, ho quickly untied the shore rope, coolly pulled tho reft a little higher on shore to prevent its floating nway with him, went on itand untied tho forward rope,brought it ashore, and joined the two rop js in a firm splice. Running up, ho said: “Quick! See how tho sun’s going. Give mo four or five sheets of paper and a pencil. You, Boh, tio up tho sticks, hut don’t put tho shirts on till I toll you.” A11 this lied much more tho look of a madman than anything eke; and several of the men becan to lift tlwir eyebrows and shako their heads; especially VHon Abercrombie coolly salted himself before a camp-chest and bognn to print rapidly on tho sheets of papers in a child’s large, block letters. This done, with Im usual dispatch ho folded each hastily,put thorn in separate envelopes, and proceeded to store them away in the shirts, in different parts of tho bundle which Bob had started. Two lie put next the sticks, tho other four inside tho shirts and towels. Tho bundle was made with the sticks and twine in -the centre; tho white things wrapped nbont them, and the whole en veloped with tho brown shirt and trou- s*rs^~a oontribuiion of. the chej’s; tho letters were placed as stated. This com pleted, lie .takes tlio bundle, still without an explanation, goes to tlio reft, and ties *it securely on the joined ropes, calling four or five of us to lii3 side, and only then explaining thy meaning of his strange preparations. King hail. been watching us most intently; ho had not made a sound since Abererrmbie had begun his movements, which he could seo were with an object. To him we f\~-3 shout, "Full —tlio repo—over.” Tho rest is simply told. King pulls with a will, and soon the brown bundle is crawling up tho opposite hank. It catches again and again, hut by dint of alternate pulling, King and we, it finally reaches the rock, and passes into tho cloven door. Our guide, who had been instructed to keep his eyes on the hills and never pay attention to anything about him, noticed several slight movements there which nono but an Indian eye could detest, and said that tho Apaches had evidently seen tho bundle creeping up the beach, but thought it was merely clothing for the man in the rook. It is growing dark apace. King opens the bundle, throwing the brown shirt over his shoulders quickly, as wo see, and, catching sigh' T tho let ters, breaks open and roads Thera is just enough light for him to decipher Abercrombie’s large printing. He reads: ‘■Tie sticks together, bind on white things to look liko man, tie to rope. Put brown things on yourself. Wait till pretty dark. NYhen already shout, (and not till then;) we’ll pull rapidly. It will draw their fire. Yon wait till much darker, then run. Cheer up.” It is growing darker. "Wo can barely see our brown Prometheus in the rock yonder, fashioning his white man, turn ing him from side to side, changing leg, arm, or head to suit his pleasure. Fin ished, he places it standing behind him in the rock, and falls on the sand before it—notin act oE worship to his own crea tion, but, as he afterwards said, to give us a view. As it stood there in the set tling gloom, against the dark back ground, tho deception was perfect, and instinctively we shouted, “Bravo f* A lapse of perhaps a half hour, during which all traces of daylight had been well nigh swallowed np in darkness, and there comes a quick, nervous shout from the other shore. We see King thrusting bia dummy man out of his work-shop, and rapidly we pull it across the sandy beach; not so rapidly but that the Apaches have sighted it, as we meant that taey should. Shot niter shot is fired at it. and count ing the different spurts of flame on the hill-tops we find that there are just ton guns there—ten to our nine, if only our ninth shall be recovered. As the white bundle crawls quickly over the beach, the illussicn and the likeness to a man on all- fours are so complete ttatwc cannot blame the Apaches for their blander. It strikes the stony region and catches; King twitch es it; we pull, it bobs up and down; the shots continue; men never seemed to haTe loaded so fast before. Suddenly, as four shots follow, almost simultaneously, as the dummy hail reached nearly the middle of the stones, we pull violently at it, nmking it give a convulsive jump into the air ami fall forward on the stones, shouting to King at tho same time to let it lie there. As if in derisive answer to our shout, which may have been inter preted as a death shout, which came a far-off, wierd cry from the hills, which repeated itself several times as it passed along the line, and was the most encour aging proof of the success of Abercrom bie’s ruse. The shout from tho hill-tops was cer tainly the Gaudcamus of satisfied victors. That night, 30 soon as the raven wings of darkne33 had folded over the twin banks. the Apache mind purposed, with much crawling on never-to-be-satisfled belly, and much anxious glancing at the oppos ite shore, cautiously to approach his slain victim, and gently to remove the top of his head, a belt ornament for future pow wows. No so. What is this ? A second white man, no Promethean imitation, but a supple* swift moving original, with up per garment of brown, white as to limbs, darts suddenly from tlio rock, clears tho sand in a triple bound, clambers over the stones, gaining at least ono soft stepping spot by treading en passant on bis fallen prototype, and plunging into the stream above us. But two shots are fired, both without effect. He is a long- tiuio crossing, bnt emerges at last, for below us, dripping like a river-god, exhausted, with bleed ing feet. It is our turn for a Gaudeamus, which is given in a hearty “Thank God” and silence, more considerate than speech. Wo carry him quietly to camp, where he is cored for as those should be who have suffered bravely in onr behalf. That night, watched over hy a double guard, he slept the sleep of the bravo and the patient. Early next morning, long before The bear that prowled all nixht about the fold Of tho North Star, had shrunk into his den. we were in saddle and spurring for the Virgin Ferry, a two days’ march to the West. It would possibly have been poetic jus tice, favored, however, with too much charity, to leave tho slaughtered bundle for tlio surprised inspection and subse quent appropriation of its murderers. But partly curiosity and partly tho value of tho ropo led ns to haul over tho dum my that night after King was mummied in his blankets. At least a score of bnt- let-hole3 were found in it, which haUowed it to such a degree in our eyes that for weeks wo kept it intact, riding by day on a packmule, and placed honorably in camp nt night, the most carefully tended man of tho party. Wo considered that its “ trial by fire” and water had hecn more than sufficient to entitle it to tho honor of so much semblance of the form human as it preserved. The stalemate had changed to a check mate; hut it wo3 our King that was saved, and Abercrombie was his knight. Professional Incomes of Now "York Lawyers. Among these who reap a handsome har vest out of the recent panic tho legal fraternity stands preeminent. An im mense increase of litigation has been its inevitable result. Every merchant, banker, or broker who was in trouble was obliged to retain a lawyer, and in many instances more than one. For instance, thoGrinnell bankruptcy case, when it first appeared before Judgo Blatchford, brought six well-paid lawyers into qourt. The fees required by these men on such an occasion would not bo less than $10,000. and the cost of the entire Grinnell suit will probably eqiial fivo times that sum. This may seem like a largo estimate, but it is to be remem bered that tho securities which thi3 house held were $12,000,000, and tho amount at stako always has a bearing on tho legal charges. Our host lawyers value tlieir timo from $-10 to $30 per hour, which ia a reasonable charge. By a consulta tion with ono of these mon you can in an hour obtain an opinion which 'is worth fifty .times tho amount of tho fee. If, however, tho caso be one where a half million is at stake, then inatoiul of a more fifty you will ho expected to advance a retaining feu of $500, or perhaps $1,000. This prevents any one from securing tho services of tho lawyer tliu3 retained. If a lawyer, even after receiving such a fee, should win tho caso, ho will expect from $10,000 to $15,000 additional. Our great lawyers demand pay commensurate with their reputation, and hence some of them can boast a practice worth $50,000 per year. O’Conor, previous to his retirement, mado annually, it is said, nearly four times that sum. Indeed, ho was probably paid $200,000 for his services in tho Jumel caso. He is now worth more than a million, all of which ho has mado hy his own genius and industry.—Troy Times. Two Bat.es op Cotton on One Acbe.— Thomas H. Sandidgo, near Brownsville, Hinds county, Miss., put sixteen one- horso cart-loads of a compost of scrapings of the cow lot, cotton seed and decayed vegetables from tho bottom of a pond, on ono aero of land. When preparing tho land to plant, he scattered sixty bushels of green cotton seed along the centre fur row, and bedded on them, and cultivated in tho usual way. Ho planted the com mon seed he had been using for eighteen yeara. Result: The first picking, which was finished on tho 19th of September, 2,025 pounds, lairing at least 10SO pounds to open by the next picking. The yield will be over two bales to this acre of land, at a cost for extra labor and manure not exceeding six or seven dollars. The sur- ronnding land of the same kind, (ordi nary Hinds county hill land) will make about a half bale to the sae without ma nure.—Farmer’s Vindicator. Taxino Powee op the States.—Tho Supreme Court of the United States, in the appeal of the Union Pacific Railroad Company against tho Treasurer of Lin coln county, Neb., resisting a county tax levy on the property of tho road, has de cided that tho taxing power of a State is independent of tho Constitution of tho Unitcri States, and that, as an attribute of sovereignty, it may bo exercised over all property* and business within the boundaries of tho State, except in so far as it may have been surrendered to the Federal Government. The county tax on the Union Pacific railroad is therefore valid. Justice Strong delivered tho ma jority opinion of tho Court, but Justice Bradley filed a dissenting opinion, in which the tax of tho Union Pacific road is held to be an unlawful interference with instrumentalities created in this caso by the General Government. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says: “Tho President has received tho resignation of Gen. Sickles as Minister to Spain, and has declined to accept it.” And yet ha was so utterly incompetent that Secretary Fish found it necessary to conduct the negotiations touching the case of the Virginias through the Spanish Minister at Washington. Only about one hundred million cigars are manufactured annually in the United States, and, according to tho Maysville Republican, one-twentieth of that num ber is made in a single manufactory in that city. MAYOR’S NOTICE Ordinance Against Fire Works. S ECTION 801. It shall not be lawful for any person to fire :v jam, pistol, or any other fire arms, within 200 yards of any house, except in cases of military parade; nor shall any person bum rockets crackers, or any kind of fire works, within tl e limit* of the city. Any person so qf- fending sludl be fined in a sum not exceeding $20. 3!aeon, Ga., December 8, I, John A- McManus, Clerk of said City Coun cil. do hereby certify that the above Ordinance is a tmo extract from the minutes of Council. J. A. MCMANUS. Clerk c. c. Mator's Office, Macon, Ga., Dec. 8,1878. The attention of citizens and property holders is hereby called to this Ordinance as certified to above, which is now in force, and which mu.st l>e respected during the Christmas holidays. The public interest demands the rigid enforcement of our city laws. dec! lm W. A. HUPP, Mayor. FOR GHRISTR&S! 5>0(J BOXES Choice Assorted CANDY. 100 boxes STAR CAXDLKS. 175 cases New Crop OYSTERS. 150 boxes belt CREAM CnEESE. 5 libls. Soft Shell ALMONDS. B bbls. Xew PECANS. 3 bbls. BRAZIL NUTS, 30 bbls. RED APPLES. 100 boxes LUCY IIINTON TOBACCO. 100.000 Assorted CIGARS (will lie sold low). Wo uroposo to part with our goods at n very small profit for casli. Seymour, Tinsley & Co. FR. REICHERT OFFERS FOR The Holidays! A large and tvell-selected stock of Coi. listing of Parlor, Chamber and Cottage Sets, nud a general assortment of Common Furniture. Wflll-Pnper, Window Sluulcs, Reps, Friases, Gemns, and all kinds of All of which I will offer dnring tlio Holidays at a Heavy Discount for Cash. Repairing douo at short notice jjn tho best style. .. . Also, in the UNDERTAKING lino I havo a full assortment or MKTALIC CASES, CASK ETS nnd WOOD COFFINS.docSl iw WOOD. WOOD. I WILL deliver, on or alter 22d in?t.. Vino or Oak Wood at 55 per cord. Leave your orders at Stewart Stables, comer of Third anu Mulberry streets. Can furnish Lightwood Posts also, dec ID lw* W. «T. BURKETT. LOST. A IlOY A I, Arcli Mason's Kvyutor.i-. Itbrars tbo inscription; “J- W. Rowland. Well* Chapter, No.-t2.Npv.l7,lS37.” The Junior will bo revteirdtHTby leaving it n't* nov27 tf TIIIS OFFICE. DENNISON’S PAT1JXT SMIFFIMJ TACIS Oyer Two llumlml Millions have neon wan triYmn tun-r—•*- without complaint of lossvhy T.ig bc- _ coming detached. They are.more re liable for marking Cotton Hales than any Tag in use. All Kxprcxx CDiapaiiltti use them. Noli! by Printers nml Stationer* everywhere* rctV Sni NOTICE. T il E wild land digest Is now ready for these in this county owning wild lands in other counties to cotdc forward and i»ay their taxes. The time is-very short. if. T. WARD. Residence for Sale. I N Vinevilli'. eligibly located, containing tour rooms, with kltchou, dairy. Hush-bouse arid all necessary' outhouses; also n vood garden, fruit trees and an excellent well of wnter. Apply at —s omop. dccltsunSt THIS WANTED. A SITUATION nv a young mon largely ac quainted in Middle and Southwest Geor gia. Salary not so much an object as employ ment. The best of references given a* to diame ter. Address “ WANTED,” deelS tf Caro of Telegraph anti Messenger. U. M. GUNN, ATTORNEY AT X.A.1V, BYRON, Southwestern Railroad, Ga. novia tt CHRISTMAS GOODS —FOR— YOUNG AMERICA! DINKLEB’S NEW CONFECTIONERY AND TOY STORE. 31 Slulbcrvy st., next to Street R. R. office J I HATE jnst opened one ot the largest and best selected stocks in my lino ever brougt to Macon, embracing Toys, Conlcctioneries, Fruits, etc. Everything in my store is new and just Irom market. Silk, AVire and Comic Masks in great variety. Suppers for parties and weddings prepared at short notice. Give me a rail when buying your Christmas goods, denot'd jant AND FAMOUS FOR BalXG BEST TO USB! CHEAPEST TO BU7!t EASIEST TO SELL III Famous for doirs mcro and BETTER C00KINQ, nocra it ttoleker end Chcapei Tlaa CDf £ tore of tha cost, fajious foe czv::;g Satisfaction Svex77rhato, AND BEING Especially Adapted TO TUB f UR (I ERE! HI SOLD BY EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO., Axn TRUMAN & GREEN, DR. W. W. FORD, DENTIST. FOR SALE. FIVE MAGNIFICENT GEORGIA The unitors!gned, as the agent of the Georgia Laud and Cotton Company, will sell, by private treaty, Five of tlio best improved and most fertilo Plantations to bo found in tho South. These lands lie in the counties of LEE, DOUGHERTY AND BAKER, As follows: SO. ACHES. CUtABED. Wetter PUro, Bouglicriy CO....1.610 700 Bvron Place, Dougherty co 1,500 Beall Place, Dougherty co.. 1,125 tee Place, Lee co ....7,225 000 Wimberly Place, lb«kdr co.. 1,100 It is not too much to say that such an opportunity for Profitable Investment! COTTON LANDS lias seldom been offered to tlio public. Tiio-c Plantations are so well known as to render superfluous any detailed de scription of them. Ta»lios wishing to ijnrcha e can apply Hby letter, or to me ill person, on the Beall Plantation, in Dougherty comity. TERMS—One-half cash, and the bal ance in canal instalments, at one and two year.:, with interest at 7 per ceil!. Titles delivered at the date of the last payment. and paid for by the purchaser. W. II. BENNETT, SUPERINTENDENT. dce21 lw* For 1874! Uav ' liavo received our usual supply of lYiiich arc warranted to be M li Tm I'i R® 1 PAPEES AND IN BULK. Dealers Supplied on Liberal Terms. Send for our Catalogue. Hnnt, Rankin & Lamar, dertltf DRUGGISTS. SUNDRIES. HYACINTH BULBS and SHERRY WINE mid ONION SETS. ENGLISH WAS :.nd FRENCH l’ERYUMERY. A PEW PISE TOILET SETS AND SOME POTASIL RANKIN, MASSENBORG A CO. drt'2111 DRS. J. P, & W; R. HOLMES, XSEJtfYXSYS, SUCCESSORS OP DR. G. YT. EMERSON 84 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. Rchiremv.i: Dr GW Emerson: Rev Dr F M Kcmie.lv, Rev J W Burke. Mr Ii II Hutchings, Mr R W Bonnor. M ion: Capt P T Pitta, Capt R v p. c-m wmlev. Mr Robert Barron, Rev Jos Carr, Clinton: Mnrk W Johnson, Burroughs A Wing. Atlanta: Dr Hollitigsliead, Fort Valley; Dr J:..» Knapp. New Orleam.nnv7tf j UST RECEIVED AT Brown House Drug Store, A full supply of JIIXCKLEY'S New. Fresh. Warranted GARDEN SEEDS ! Also, a lull supply cf PURE 3D PI TT GV S i Etc-. Etc., Etc., CHANGE OF SCHEDULE SUrERIXTK5PEXT*3 OFFICE V. A B. R. IL,> Macon, Ga., November 2J», l!>73. > O N and after Monday, December 1st, trains on this road will run ns follows: PAT PASSKNQKtt and EXPRESS. DAILY, (SUNDAYS . „ LXCKl'TKD.) Leave Macon S:80 a m Arrive at Jesup C:30 PJl Arrive at Brunswick ' • ; * iod0 rfsi Leave Brunswick *Ji30 am Arrive at Jesup 4:80 A m Arrive Macon 5.-00 r ii NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION, DAILY. Leave Macon and Brunswick Be pot ffcOO r m Arrive at Jesup.... M 5:45 A il I<eavc Jesup &30 p m Arrive at Macon and Brunswick DepoL~lG:l5 a M 1IAWKVXSV3LI.K ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, DAILY, (SUNDAYS NXCKPTiJn). Lcavo Macon 8:80 P m Arrive at llawkinsvillo. 7:05 pm Leave llawkinsvillo 7:15 a m Arrivo at Macon 11:00 A M The day passenger and express train connects wish the Atlniitie and Gulf Railroad at Jesup for all points in Florida. Tho night freight and accommodation connects Jesup with accommodation train for Savannah, Macon nnd Brunswick Depot is (he Macon ter minal point for this train. JAS. W. ROBERTSON. General Superintendent. \V. J. Jarvis, Master Transportation. novSOtf CHANGE OF SCHEDULE OX KAOOH AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. Superintendent's Office, M. &. A. R. k.) Anmista, Ga., October 10,1873. > O X and after Monday, Octobers IS, passenger trains on the Macon and Augusts Railroad will run as follows: DAY TRAIN—DAILY (SUNDAYS KXCEI’TED). Leave Macon C:30 a m Arrive nt Augsuta S:45 r M Leave Augusta 8:to a m Arrive at Macon 5:25 P M Trains on the Mneon nnd Augusta Railroad will make closo connection at Catuak with day passenger train on tho Georgia Railroad for Washington, Athens and Atlanta. octlSCt S. K. JOHNSON. Sup't. CENTRAL RAILROAD. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE Savannah, November 1,1S73. O N and after Sunday, tbo 2d inst^. Passenger Trains on tho Georgia Central Railroad, its branches and connections, will run ns follow’s: train no i.—<ioi2ra north and west. Leaves Savaimati., 8:45 A M Leaves Augusta 0:05 a M Arrives in Augusta. 4:00 r m Arrive* in Millodgcvillo 10:00 p m Arrives in Eatonton 11:55 p m Arrives in Macon (1:45 p m Leaves Macon for Columbus..., 7:15 r m Leaves Macon for Eufnula 0:10 r M Leaves Macon for Atlanta 7:80 p XL Arrives at Columbus 3:57 A 51 Arrives nt Kufnula .v. 10:20 a m Arrives at Atlanta., 1:40 a m COMING SOUTH AND EAST. Leaves Atlanta. * 1:00 a m Leaves-Columbus.. 7:40 P XL Leaves Eufnula. 7:25 p M Arrives in Macon from Atlanta. G:50 a m Arrives in Macon from Columbus 5:00 a m Arrives in Macon from Eufaula. 0:13 a m Leaves Mactm 7:15 a u Leaves Augusta Sk05 a m Arrives at iVugustn., 4:00 p 51 Arrives at Saviumuli 5:25 P M TRAIN NO. 2—GOING NORTH AND WEST. Leaves Savannah- ‘. 7:80 p M Leaves Augusta S.05 p -M Arrives in Augusta 5:55 a m Arrives in Macon 8:20 a m Leaves Macon for Columbus- 8:45 a m Leaves Macon lor Eufaula. th05 a m Leaves Mneon lor Atlanta 0:10 a m Arrives in Columbus 1:50 r m Arrives m Eufaula - 5: l<» l* M Arrives in Atlanta 5: IS p si COMING SOUTH AND HAST. Leaves Atlanta 7:<Ki A M Iseaves Columbus- 2:30 »• M Loaves Eufaula- - 7:20 a: Arrives in Macon froin Atlauta 3:40 i* m Arrives in Macon from* Cblumbu*..;: 7:50 r -U Arrives in Macon from Eufaula 5:!0 i* u ljcaves Mneon 7:35 v M Arrives at Milledgcvilie lo.oo i* m Arrives in Eatonton ......11:55 v M Iscnves Augusta 8:05 V M Arrives in Augusta 5:55 a m Arrives in Savannah 7:15 A XI Train No. 2 I icing a uuun^i t..«n. — tral Railroad, stopping only nt whole stations, passengers for half stations cannot be: taken on o: put off. Passengers lor Mdledgevilleaud Eatonton’w ill take train No. I from Mavaunah and Augusta and train No.2 from iioiuts outlie SoulliwcMlcm Rail road. Atlanta and 3!a<vm. The Milh*igrville and Eatonton train runs daily, Sundays excepted. WILLIAM ROGERS. ii()V51f General Siipermtondcirl - CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.' SUPERINTENDENT'S OFF1CK, Southwestern Railroad Company, At aeon, G:u, October 2i», 1873. / \N and after Sunday, tho 2dth iu*»t.,Hasson vir v * Truius on this ltoud will run as follow*: HAY EUFAULA PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Macon - 1»:05 A M Arrive at Eufaula. 5:40 P M Arrive at Clayton 7:2o p m Arrive at Allwny 3:45 r m Arrive nt Arlington 7:15 p m Arrive at Fort Gaines...- 5:t*> r >; Ixaive Clayton 7:20 A U Leave Fort Gaines 8:35 A M lA-.ive Albany ; 10:47 a m Arrive nt Mneon 6:10 P M Cornua t.s with the Albany Train at Sinithville, nnd the Fort Gaines Train nt Cuthbert daily, ex cept Sunday. Albany Train connects with Atlantic nml Gulf Railroad Trains nt Albany, nnd will run to Ar lington on Bhikoly Extension Tuesday ami Fri day, returning Wednesday ami Saturday. COLUMBUS DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Mneon 8:45 a m Arrive at Columbus 1:50 v M Leave Columbus 2:50 v m Arrive at Mneou 7:30 v M COLVMBVS NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Lcavo Macon 7:15 p m Arrivo at Columbus 3:57 A M Leave Columbus..... 7:40 a m Arrive at Macon 5:00 A M 3faking close connection with Western Rail road at Columbus for Montgomery, Mobile, Neur Orleans, etc. EUFAULA Nionr FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave Macon 0:10 p M Arrive ot Kufaulo 10:20 a a? Arrive at Albany 7:10 a m Leave Eufaula,'. 7:25 p m Leave Albanya 8:30 p m Arrive at Macon - 6:45 a m Trains leaving Macon and Eufaula on this schedule Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Tburdny nights, connect at Smithvillu with trains to Albany. VIRGIL POWERS, octSflly Engineer and Superintendent. The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country L. D. I NE’S TWENTIETH iW To bo drawn Thursday, January 1st, 1S74. $200,000 IN VALUABLE GIFTS GRAi'D CAPITAL PRIZE. $20,000 IN GREENBACKS! ONE GRAND CASH PRIZE. $10,000 IN GREENBACKS! ONE CASO PRIZE OF $5,000 IN GREENBACKS "} Greenbacks I One Prize of $3050 Six Prizes of §dMx> each i Ten Prizes op ^500 2,500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (iu all) worth from ^20 to $300 ! Coin Silver, Vest Chains, Solid and Double- Platcd Silverware, Jewelry, ittL etc. Whole number of Gifts 25,000. Tickets lira iUxl to 100,000. Agent* Wanted to Kell TICKETS to whom iiberaVPreinlunis w ill be paid. Single Tickets $2; Six Ti« ket* $10; Twelve Tick ets $20; Tweiity-fivo’Tiehets $40. Cirenlars containing a full list of pri.vs. a de scription of the manner of drawing, and other in formation in reference to tlio Distribution, will l»e sent to any one ordering them. All letters imnt txOul d ressed to Main Office. L. D. SINE. Box SB, 101 W. Fifth Street. Cincinnati,O nov 10 dJtwBw