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(Quitman Klcpovicr.
W. Is. BENNET,
11. M. McINTOSH, - • F.clitars.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1874.
Death of Mb. Sumner- Him Last
Words.— Senator Charles Sumner,
the author aud persistant, advocate of
the odious civil rights bill, departed
this life, after a short illness, at his
residence in Washington on .lie 12th
hist. His lust words were to Ex-At
torney General Hoar, to whom lie said;
“ Take care of my civil right* bill.” As
ho proved Unto death and thus left
this evidence of the honesty and sin
cerity with which he created and
adopted this as his pet bill, let us throw
the veil of charity over his memory,
niid hope that these last words were
prompted by a liberal but erroneous
sympathy and regard for the African,
rather than by a traitorous and deep
seated enmity for his own race.
11. H. llill for Congress.
The name of Hon. 13. H. Hill has
been suggested as a suitable person to
receive Congressional honors from the
9th District of Georgia, and with but
few exceptions the press throughout
the State is bitter in its denunciations
of the movement, and all the past er
rors and political ramblings of the as
pirant are being resurrected and por
trayed to the public.
As for our own part, wc would be
glad to hear of the eloquent ring of
Ben Hill’s voice in the United States
Congress, if we knew it would have
the same sound of devotion to the
Southern country and people that
characterized him during his career
in the Confederate Congress. Then
it seemed like the right man in the
right place. Again, Mr. Hill endear
ed himself to the people of Georgia,
and was looked upon with a degree of
pride and profuse admiration by the
entire South for his bold and fearless
efforts in behalf of our State in the
Legislature immediately after flit
war, when the iron heel of a band. jjx’
tvrrany was heavily oppress" us.
Eloquent were his api ,'ds for om
rights and bitter ere his rebukes
of the CajiWt- -hr. vamj ires who then 1
Bought to rid people of self-gov
''ernment and the meagre havings of
an overpowering enemy.
But alas! the political current of
our brilliant statesman changed, and
in 1870 he was spewed out of the
mouths of his own people as a Judas.
“Hail fellow well met” with Bullock
and.the corrupt Radical ring at the
capital, Ben Hill disrobed himself of
the confidence and esteem of a grateful
people. If the voters of the
JSintli can restore him to their trust,
and the true Democratic party to
his confidence, wo have no objection to
their sending him to Congress.
AVi ’ .no Ileuce is Craft?
We learn from one of our Northern
exchanges that the “champion” run
away^slave, Wm. Craft, is in Spring
field to get help to carry on his pro
posed farm school in Georgia, for the
benefit of his colored brethren. He
has just raised $3,000 in Boston,
which pays for the farm of 1,800 acres, ,
near Savannah, and now he wants
$2,000 for a school house and appli
ances.—Savannah Nines.
William Craft (black) and his wife
(a mulatto) were slaves of a Mr. Col
lins, of Macon, Ga., from whom they
run away probably -about twenty
years ago, and went to England, set
tled in London, raised a family, edu
cated them, and after the emancipa- f
tion of slavery in the United States, j
returned to this country and settled
on ft plantation known as Woodvillo,
in Bryan county of this State, and
the property of’E. C. Wade, formerly
of Savannah, no citizen of Quit-;
man. Craft has purchased this plan
tation, and is establishing a manual!
labor school for colored people. He
is naturally a very shrewd and intelli
gent negro, and he and his wife were
very valuable property to their owner.
The distinction, “champion runa
way slave,” given Craft by the North
ern exchange referred to by the New*,
was doubtless employed upon remem
bering an account of his astute, es
cape from his master and the United
States, published in some of the pa
pers soon after his exit. Those who
recollect the occurrence will remem
ber that Mrs. Craft had her hair cut
short, dressed herself in male attire,
(making a first-rate Cuban) assumed
a man’s name, and, carrying her hus
band along as servant, proceeded to
Savannah, put up at the Pulaski
House, (Craft performing all the du
ties of a servant for his temporary
master) took a steamer to New York
aud thence to Liverpool. A large
reward was offered for them at the
time of their departure, but they play
ed the character they had assumed
so well that they were never appre- 1
bended.
The contest for Sumner’s successor
has narrowed down to Dawes, Adams,
Jgo.ev and Banks. The Democrats,
who hav e seventy-five votes out of
280, it is thought will unite on a Lib
eral Republican.
Westward or Sonti
As the older portions A ;)
try are becoming filled iqv
natura'K'incrcasc and foreign nSfiffg
tion, the surplus population nm|C
flow off in some direction. The
1 "Groat West” has heretofore boon the
principal point of attraction, and an
nually tens of thousands find homes
in these fertile plains. The Pacific
Railroad, and other roads projected
1 in that direction, offer many facilities
for reaching that region, and great
pains are taken to invite settlers in
that direction. Perhaps on this ac
count, more than any other, the West
has grown rapidly in population and
wealth, while the South has been al
most entirely neglected. We are sat
isfied, however, after giving the West
all the advantages sho claims on ac
count, of the natural fertility of her
soil, if properly understood, many
portions of the South are more desira
ble locations. The lands out there—
at least those in choice locations—
j are generally very high; timber is
scarce, and building material very
costly. The land, although fertile, is
adapted to the production of grain
i only, and although there are Railroad
! advantages, yet the distance it has to
Ibe transported is so great that the
tariff on freights necessarily eats up
the most,and sometimes all, the prof
its.
Then the climate is an unpleasant
one, the winters being long and cold,
and in many places the soil is of such
a character as to renderit exceedingly
disagreeable in wet weather, and
sometimes the water is scarce in quan
| tity, and poor in quality.
Now, while we candidly admit that
j the South may not be so productive,
yet she is not wanting in that respect,
and in all others, she has advantages
superior to the West.
But we did not propose to be quite ,
I so general in our remark* about the j
South, but to come, nearer home—to
our own State, .yw® please, ta
jth poi'non of that. And
jpf tamtam! that Southern Georgia
offers inducements to energetic and
industrious settlers, inferior to none j
held out elsewhere. Our lands arc :
cheap—very cheap—and although j
the most of it is not naturally rich, j
yet there are none more susceptible
of improvement. As an evidence of
this, we will just mention a notice that j
we saw in last week’s Enterprise that
Judge Hardaway of Thomasville made [
from one acre of land one hundred
j and nineteen bushels of corn. Now,
we happen to be somewhat acquainted
with his land, and it is not naturally
rich —would not probably make more
than 12 or 15 bushels per-acre —but
bv judicious managing, he produced
this extraordinary yield. But the ar-,
tide went on to say that it cleared him j
j seventy-seven dollars. Now, can any [
of the lands of the West beat that ?
i You may say he spent a great deal of ;
i money for manures, &c., grant it, but
he got it all back and seventy-seven I
dollars over. And wo venture the as
sertion that that acre is richer than it j
was before it was planted last year, j
Lands out West that made from 50 to j
100 bushels of corn would be consul-1
ered very good. Then say that corn j
is worth out there thirty cents per
bushel, and you have for the gross ;
crop from sls to S3O, and the expense
of cultivation to be deducted. Put it I
in wheat and perhaps you may nn- j
prove the profit a little, but it will
hardly reach fifty dollars.
Probably not many of us would be
so successful as Judge Hardaway, for
he has both great energy and good
judgment. Still, with fair success
only, we believe avo can do better here.
Twenty bushels here is better than
40 there. First, you can cultivate ea
sily twice as much (and probably
more than that) and there is your
forty bushels againist forty in the West.
Then the price is from fifty to one
hundred per cent, higher, aud there
fore is that much more profitable.
And here you can have a pleasant cli
mate, good health, good water, a plen
ty of timber, convenience to market
and many other advantages.
Perhaps some would say “But if ev-1
cry body raised corn where would be
the market or the profit ?” Trub j
enough, but as xve before intimated,
the products of our soil are perhaps
more diversified than that of any oth
er section of our country. We can
raise cotton, oats, pinders, peas, pota
toes or sugar cane fully as successfully
as corn—in fact, almost everything ex
cept wheat. Should the market at,
any time be over-stocked with any
one or more of these articles (as the.
West, is sometimes with corn or wheat) |
it is a very easy matter to change the j
crop to some other. And even in the !
article of bacon, we believe it can be I
raised as profitably here as in any part j
of our country. The truth is, our j
section has been injured by the all j
cotton idea, and the neglect of other 1
articles well adapted to our soil. Why !
then should we not liaVe crowds of
settlers hunting homes amongst us ?
There is evidently want of informa-1
lion and perhaps some prejudice I
against us. We now live in a white j
Ind when we
tLHig understood
W and should not
■its amongst us.
imnk ho is entitled
as the white man.
But we mean this: that where the ne-
I gro, or rather Radicals, bo the aid of
negro votes, have ruled (as, for in
stance, in Florida. South Carolina and
Louisiana,) wo invariably find high
taxes, oppressive government, and jus
tice in the administration of the gov
ernment frequently ignored. Such is
not the case in Georgia, and not like
-Ilyto bo in the future. In fact, we
would say more, that wc would not be
afraid of honest Republican settlers.
We mean those who come here to lo
cate permanently—and not mere Car
pet-baggers for all such would see
the necessity of having good and re
liable men at the head of affairs, and
co-operate with us in electing such to
oflieo. But we did not intend to
drift into politics; wo merely intended
to say that there is nothing in the
state of our society or the political as
pect of the country tha tneed prevent
any honest man from settling amongst
us and finding this section a pleasant
and profitable region to live in. Per
haps at some future time wo may say
more upon this subject, but as this
article is already too long, we desist
for the present.
Death of I’x-President Filial ore.
Ex-President Fillmore died at his
residence in Buffalo, New York, on
the Btli inst. He, was conscious up to, 1
the last. The following sketch e/his
| life, taken from the New York Day ;
Book, may be interß*** n Jj to our road
-1 ers:
Millar.! Fillmore was born at Locke,
j Hi).. Summerkill, Cayuga county, N.
; V., Jan, 7, 1800. His father, Nathan
iel Fillmore, was of English descent,
and followed the occupation of a farm
er. He removed to Erie county in
i ISPJ, and cultivated a small farm. At
an early age Millard was sent to Liv
! ingston county to learn the clothier’s
; trade, and passed four years in dress-
I ing cloth. During this time he im
proved every spare hour to supplying
the defects of his early education. In
1819, he made the acquaintance of the
late Judge Wood of Cayuga county, j
and entered his office for the purpose
of studying law. In order to do this
; he had to pay S3O for one year’s time
I which he owed his employers. To
' raise this sum he devoted his spare
time to teaching school. By working |
from four in the morning until late at
night he accomplished the desired re- j
suit, paid his debt, and had $0 left for
| expenses for the whole year. His;
board cost him nothing. In 1829 lie
was elected to represent the county of
; Erie in the State Assembly. Being a j
member of the old Whig party’, which
was at that time in the minority, he!
had the opportunity of distinguishing
himself. His humanity and love of j
justice, however, led him to take an j
active part in the movement for abol-1
ishing imprisonment for debt in this |
State. Iu 1832 ho was elected on the i
anti-Jackson ticket to Congress, serv- i
ing one term. In 183(1 he was again
chosen as a Whig, and also in 1838 j
and 1840. He was again nominated
in 1842, but peremptorily declined.
While in Congress ho declared him
self opposed to the annexation of Tex
as so long as slaves were held therein,
and in favor of Congress exercising all
constitutional powers to abolish the
slave trade between States and in the
District of Columbia. In 1839, at the 1
opening of the Twenty-sixth Congress,
he took part in the celebrated “broad
seal” contest on the right to the seats
of five of the six members from New
Jersey’, and was one of the Committee j
on Elections making a minority re- j
port on the subject. In 1848 ho was
elected Vice-President of the United j
States and became President July 10, ]
1850, on the death of General Taylor, j
and that year signed the Fugitive
Slave law and the accompanying bills
known as the “Compromise Measures,”
In 1857 he put in force the Neutrality
laws against the Lopez filibusters, re
moving the Collector of New Orleans,
by' whose connivance the Pampero es
! raped from that point. In 1852. his
wife, formerly a Miss Abigal Powers,
daughter of the Rev. Lemuel Powers,
died, leaving him two children, a son
and a daughter, the latter of whom
died in 1854. In 1855 and 1850 he
visited Europe, where he was received
with the most flattering attentions.
The same year ho was nominated by
the Americans for the Presidency, but
received only the vote of Maryland in
the Electoral College. Feb. 10, 1858,
;he married Mrs. Caroline Mclntosh,
daughter of the late Charles Carmicli
j ael of Morristown, N. J., and has ever
since lived in quiet retirement at Buf
falo, devoting himself to literary pur
suits, and particularly to the Histori
cal Society, of which he was the first
President, and in whose affairs he had
taken great interest.
Li 18(31, when news was received of
the firing on Fort Sumter, he pre
sided at the first meeting held in the
theatre to express the loyal sentiments
of the community. He also helped to
organize the Union Continentals, a
home guard organization, and was
long its captain.
How the Money Goes.- The South
ern Churchman, is showing up the j
doings of the Virginia Bible Society.
It appears that the society received j
last year from the churches $10,500,
and that it paid out for salaries and j
other expenses $7,000, and only $2, j
900 was appropriated ror Bibles. |
The general agent of the society receiv
ed $3,330. From the above showing
it appears that each Bible given away j
cost about $3,00, when the fact is that |
the same Bible can be purchased in !
any book store for about fifty cents.!
GEORGIA NEWS.
- Bluckshear has the base hall dis
ease.
The Savannah Advertiser-Itpidili
can is offered for sale.
Houston county has a wonderful
chicken of the rooster gender that
lays eggs. ’This is not much ahead
of Ponder’s cyy within an egg, after
all.
- -A negro who emigrated to Arkan
sas some time ago, and found it was
not the haven of rest ho had been in
duced to believe it to be, returned to
Macon the other day, having measur
ed, step by step,the entire distance from
that land of destitution do Georgia.
He is supposed to be contented and
happy now.
Berrien county comes to the front
this late in the season with five liun
| drod gallons of syrup made from cane
grown on three-fourths of an acre of
ground.
—The Sandersville Herald moves
that the salary of the Governor of
Georgia be raised to ten thousand
dollars. This momentous question
ought to convene the Legislature in
stantor.
-—The last edition of the Valdosta
Times reached us on Sunday. But
this is better timer than the Thomas
ville Times makes, for we never re
ceived their Saturday’s issue until
| Tuesday.
—Mr. Byrd Bek>te, a love-sick
youth in Lowries county, aggrava
ted his d’■lease with’ an overdose of
|iqi, tr last week, and attempted to j
commit suicide by cutting his throat
: with a razor. It is thought lie will re
cover. We guess he’ll go to Texas as
soon as he gets well.
—The head of affairs in Conyers
have levied a street tax of five dollars
per capita a year on all subjects iu
that town, and many dissatisfied and
unhappy souls are announced.
—The Mayor ’of Americus weighs
i only two hundred pounds, and is the
champion jumper of that town.
A Mrs. Hataway recently died in
Blac.kslieur, and left a bequest of five
| hundred dollars, in the shape of a life
imuiranoe policy’,, to the Methodist
[church in that town.
—A romantic Albany youth sent a
young bear to his sweehoart in Co
| lumbns the other day, but the mod
est. lady refused the rural present, so
! bruin was returned to Fort Valley and
I sold to pay charges, aud now he is
| being taught to guard a pig pen from
: thieves.
—The Ladies’ Memorial Association
of Savannah is progressing rapidly
I with the erection of the “Savannah
Soldiers’ Monument.”
—H arris Says "that, ft he opinion of
: Ben Hill probably is, “that a friend
! in Sneed is a friend indeed.”
The Baiubridge Democrat says :
j Tiie Quitman Reporter, of which
Messrs Bennett and Mclntosh are ed
itors, is decidedly one of the best eoun
! try papers in Georgia. Wo wish
them unlimited prosperity, which
they will surely have, if their paper
I receives the patronage that its merits
j deserve.”
—Savannah is trying to organize a
j game association.
j —The negroes of Savannah paid
tribute to the memory of Charles
Sumner on Wednesday. The church
es will be draped in mourning for
thirty days.
A teacher’s educational institute
| has been organized in Sparta. The
J object of the organization is to elicit
!as much general interest as possible
in education itself, among the people
and teachers, to ascertain the best
modes of imparting instruction, the
best text books to be used in the de
partments of study, and thus further
the good cause.
—Savannah News : If the Norcross
Advance is to he believed, they are
j having lively times in the State of:
DeKalb. In Oak Grove District, j
near Providence Clijjrch, lives Rev.
Mr. Brooks, a Baptist preacher. Hoi
moved there in January last. On his
place were living some disreputable
women whom he Fast, week ordered to
leave. On last Wednesday night
about ten o’clock six armed men went
to his house. Two of them knocked'
at the door of a widow lady living j
with Mr. Brooks. She awoke and
asked what they wanted. They told
her to open the door. She replied
she would call Mr. Brooks. They
told her they would soon wake him
themselves, for they had “come to kill
the damn rascal.” This frightened
her, and she ran out at the backdoor
of her room to the house of Mr. James
Brooks, a hundred yards off, who
gathered his gun and ran over to
Mr. Brooks’. In the meantime the
other four had awakened Mr. Brooks
and endeavored to force* an entrance,
but owing to the thoughtfulness of a
i little girl, who jumped up and bolted [
the door when she first heard them
[ say they had come to kill him, they
could not easily enter. The lady’s es
cape and her calling for James Brooks,
it is supposed frightened the would-be
assassins aud they left before James
Brooks came. The proper authori
ties went to work forthwith, and by I
Monday had obtained the names of
four of the parties and had issued
warrants for tlieir arrest. It is said
the entire party consists of Grant A
Alexander’s overseers of convicts who
are working upon the Roswell lvail
road. .
[O.ilumhus Enquirer, March 15th. 1
i ANOTHER DEED OF BLOOD IN
ALABAMA.
Two Negroes Kill an Old Man and Try to
Kill ills Mile.
Alabama, of late, appears to be the
land of blood -of crime of every des
cription. The word may mean “Here
we rest,” but bad laws and worse
judges, who give immunity to crimi
nals, have changed it to a rest in the
I grave.
On Friday Mr. Larkin Allen, whose
, home is in Clay county, Alabama, dis
tant from Columbus seventy miles,
name to the city with a wagon load of
chickens, Ac. He was proprietor of a
{ small store in his country, and has
visited Ibis place every few months
for a long period of years, in order
j to sell country produce, and Was well
! known in the city. On this trip he
was accompanied by his wife. He
disposed of his stock in trade for some
three hundred dollars.
Having bought some $250 of goods
1 from the Eagle and Flienix manufac
tory, ho started for home. They en
camped that night very near Mr.
Velati’s place in Lee county, Ala., a
little over four miles from Columbus.
Perfect security, the aged pair
thought, was around them. ’They
were within call of several houses, and
on the side of a public thoroughfare.
No suspicion of danger lurked in
their bosoms. They forgot, however,
they were in a State controlled by offi
cers whose statutes support lawless
ness, and with judges who were forced
on the people by the votes of the ig
norant and prejudiced, and whose
terms have not yet expired. They
did not dream of this; so oxen were
unyoked, fire built, and the good wife
commenced preparing supper.
1 The pair had noticed in the after
noon a couple of armed negoes far iu
their rear, but paid no attention to
j them. They were observed by other
■ parties. Now, since the tragedy, M rs.
] Alien remembers the same negroes
kept p.n eye on the movements of her
husband in CivV.Ytuims. They knew him,
an 1 . What he came for, ami supposed
j he would return home with considera
ble money. The plan to rob and
murdpr was very simple, as Mr. Allen
and wife were old and feeble.
About 7 o’clock these negroes came
j to the camp fire—they said to get
warm. Becoming troublesome, Mr.
Allen ordered them away. They re
tired very {sullenly, Mr. Allen step
ped into liis wagon to get something,
when the black villain returned has
| tily. One fired at Mr. Allen, empty
j ing two loads of buck-shot from a
j double-barrel gun. The body fell
| across the tongue of the wagon,
where it was found.
Mrs. Allen commenced screaming.
! She was ordered to desist, blit would
not. A villain then fired a gun load
ed with small shot at her. He missed
bis aim, but the weapon-was so close
that the powder burned her face badly,
and set her bonnet on fire. This
produced the impression at first that
she had been shot in the face. Her
j bonnet was nearly burned up.
Mrs. Allen continued screaming,
! and the neighborhood was aroused.
Soon Mr. Yelati. Hiram Gibson, and
j others arrived. Mr. Allen was lying
senseless across the tongue of the wag
on, bleeding and covered with blood,
and liis wife had well-nigh lost her
; reason. The wounded man was car
ried to the house of Mr. George T.
Lynch, near the Holland place, where
he died in two hours. On examina
tion it was found that his pocket-book,
containing forty dollars, was intact,
and the goods were undisturbed.
The coroner’s jury was hold yester
| day. The verdict was that deceased
' came to his death from shot-gun
■ wounds—shooters unknown. The
| remains were carried to Clay county
by Mrs. Allen on last night’s train.
Much excitement was manifested in
Browneville on the reception of the
i news of the murder. A meeting was
j called, and in fifteen minutes a sum
of over two hundred dollars was rais
!ed as a reward for the- aprehesion of
the murderers. Two negro men gave
fifteen dollars One said give him time
and lie would raise two hundred and
1 fifty dollars from his own race. The
Governor of Alabama will doubtless
offer a large reward.
Refunding I he Cotton Tax.
i The Atlanta Herald has the follow
j ing special from Washington:
Washington, March 12, 1874.-—The
cotton States members have held a
j meeting to perfect some bill for the
j refundment of the cotton tax, upon
which all the Southern members could
i unite. Tn pursuance of the resolution
to that effect, Lamar, the ehainnifli of
the meeting, appointed the following
committee to draft a bill and present
|it to an adjourned meeting Tuesday
i niglit, to-wit:
Cook of Georgia^Bright of Tennes
; see, Haines of Arkansas, Ashe of North
Carolina, McKee of Mississippi, Shel
don of Louisiana, Whit of Alabama,
Wallace of South Carolina, Furman
ot Florida and Hancock of Texas.
The sub-committee will probably j
adopt the bill introducted by Mr. j
White, but it is understood to be j
drawn by Mr. Stephens. This bill!
seems to guard the interests of the
cotton planter with less complicated
machinery than any other bill yet in- j
trod need.
The entire Geofgia delegation arc
enthusiastic over the prospects of j
securing this just measure of relief
to the South.
Death of a Confederate-Officer.—
Col. Nathaniel Offutt of Washington,
La., who died of small pox last week
at the Chard Hospital, New Orleans,
was a ft"' at Confederate officer, who
succeeded to the command of Sey
mour’s Louisiana regiment after the
death of the latter. Subsequent to
the war, and as soon as his health,
which had been greatly shattered,
was restored, he applied himself to the
study of medicine, and at the time of
his death was a resident student of
the institution in which lie died.
The Latest News.
CONUREBSIONAL N(ITES.
Washington, March 1(3. The House
Coinittoe on War Claims met to-day,
when Judge Lawrence Chainiftan, sub
mitted a report relative to the class of
claims which should and which should
not be allowed. The committee have
not yet considered their report which is
very important ns establishing a prin
ciple for Congress in the settlement
of war claims.
In the House, the following were
among the bills introduced: To regu
late commerce between the States and
foreign countries; fixing the rate of
postage on weekly papers; restricting
the jurisdiction of the Court of Clams.
The bill relating to the Louisville
and Portland cuniil was postponed to
next Monday.
The bill appropriating thirty thou
sand dollars to be expended,the eur-
I rent fiscal year in improving the
f mouth of the Mississippi river pass
ed.
THE WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, March I(3—-Probabili
ties for New England, rain or snow
will prevail, with east and south
winds, falling barometer and rising
temperature.
For the Middle States, the lake
region, and thence southward to the
! Gulf, generally cloudy weather anil
l rain with northeast to south winds’
and but slight changes of tempera
ture.
For the northwest, fresh and brisk
southerly winds, with continued low
barometer, cloudy weather and rain,
partly clearing on Tuesday. The
i temperature will continue above freez
j ing ill the lake region,
i Tlie Mississippi river will rise slight
!ly at Vicksburg and New Orleans.
; The display of cautionary signals will
be resumed at the lake stations on
i April Ist.
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Washington, March 1(1. — I The Uni
ted States steamer Sliawmut, Captain
Hawison, left for Key West to-day.
Within the last three months about
six hundred mechanics and laborers
have been discharged from the Was
h! ington Navy Yard, one hundred and
| twenty-eight of them to-day. Some
of those retained are working on one
third, oue-fourtli and two-thirds time,
j Four hundred workmen and laborers
were discharged from the Norfolk
Navy Yard on Saturday. Money will
not be available for a full resumption
of work until the first of July.
PECKSNIFF HOWARD.
Washington, March 1(1. The How
ard Court of Inquiry to-day examin
led Gen. Meigs, of the court. Acting
Commissary General Shiran, and
Adjutant General Towsend, with re
gard to the laws and regulations eon
corning the disbursements of public,
moneys, and particularly with refer
| enee to such laws and regulations
since the time Gen. Howard became
! resposilile for funds belonging to the
| goV' rnment.
NAPOLEON IV.
London, March 1(3. There was a
I great crowd of French people at
Chiselliurst to-day 'to celebrate tlie
eighteenth anniversary of the birth of
Prime Louis Napoleon. Over six
thousand cards of admission were is
sued, and those to French persons
| onl\’. In the morning mass and
thanksgiving services were held, after
| which the Duke of Padonc addressed
ilie Prince in the name of French per
sons present, congratulating him upon
j having attained his majority. The
Prince in his remains in reply return
! ed thanks to liis countrymen for their
I faithful remembrance of the late Em
peror, and in conclusion said: “Des
i pite the confidence inspired by tne
loyalty of MaeMahon an irresistible
current public opinion lias pronoune
[ed in favor of a plebiscite. I am
ready to accept its verdict.”
Great enthusiasm was manifested
and Camden House, tlie residence of
the ex-Empress and the Prince was
i gaily decorated.
THE INDEPENDENT GRANGERS.
Albany, N. Y., March 17.—The New
York State Council of Independent
Grangers has formally recognized the
National Council organized at Spring
field as the supreme authority of the
Order in the United States. About
thirty subordinate Councils are now
ready to be instituted. Council No. 1,
of Albany, will be in full operation
next week.
THE RED HOT RELIGION —HORRIBLE OUT
RAGES IN MEXICO.
City of Mexico, March 10, via Hav
ana, March 17.—A fearful outrage was
perpetrated by a mob at Ahualutco,
in the State of Jaliasco, last Sunday.
In tlie morning a priest delivered an
incendiary sermon, in the course of
which he advocated the extermination
of the Protestants. This so excited his
hearers that a mob gathered in the
evening, and proceeding to the resi
dence of Rev. Jno. Stevens, a Congre
gational minister, sent out by the Bos
ton Board of Foreign Missions, with
erics of “Long live the priests!” they
broke into the house and seizing the
clergyman mashed his head into a jelly
and chopped liis body into pieces. They
afterwards sacked the house and car
ried off everything of value. After
much delay the riot Avas suppressed by
the local authorities. The govern
ment has sent a detachment of troops
to the place. A rigid invostgation j
has been set on foot and orders have j
been issued for the arrest of all priests
in Ahualutco and the neighboring !
town of Teshitan.
A mob in Saguyo, acting under a
similar religious frenzy,, attacked the
small garrison of the town, burned the
public archives, and pillaged the hous
es of the authorities.
The government of Jaliasco lias ar
rested nine of tlie bandits who robbed
a stage near Guadalajara and killed
Westfall and Barthaly. A portion of
the property taken from the passen
gers was found in the possession of
the prisoners.
The Governor of the District of
Mexico has issued an order proliibtiug
cock-fighting as a practice umvbrthy
of civilized people.
Troops are guarding road, leading
to Han Louis Potosi to ensure the
safety of travelers.
Gen. ,Santa Anna will remain at Jal
apa some time before going to tlio
capital.
Quicksilver mines have been discov
ered.in Zacatecas.
i mum mmmmmmmm■—M—
“Do you go to Sabbath-school my
lad ?” kindly asked a city missionary
of a depraved little Dubuque urchin.
“Nary,” answered the innocent child,
“but I've got a figlitin’ cock that, can
walk over any bird in this town that
wears gaffs.”
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