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Tlie Greorgia "Weekly Telegraph..
THE TELEGRAPH.
Washington News and Gossip.
TELEGRAPHIC.
, ciuIt 16 the Cincinnnti Enquirer.]
THE RESTORATION OF TUE SOUTH.
Washington, December 29.—It is charged I
that in the event of a split in the Convention,
and Chase should be the candidate of the )
MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1808.
TO OUR READERS.
Two vears have passed since we began our I Radicals, that Grant's friends in Congress
Two years mnt pas»e ■ ° wi] , DOt allow the Southern States to be re
labors in the Tkeeorai ir. Onr w hole eflorts The babiIity ig that, under the
have, from the first, been directed to prevent reconstniction * !aw9) a n those States would
the degradation and humiliation of our peo- j V0 ( e f or Chase. Such in effect was the re-
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Washington Items.
Removal of CharltH 11. Hopkins a» Reve
nue Ansesior ol’ the First District of
Georgia.
Washington. January 1.—The President’s levee
waj attended as usual to-day by a large crowd, inelud
ing foreign Ministers in full Court dress, and nearly
every official and army and navy officers.
This evening’s Express says it is net thelex=t among
euro for them, as far as lay in our power,
gome consideration of their rights and prhi
le"cs under the Constitution and laws of n
THE removal of TOPE AND swayne.
The removal of Generals Pope and Swayne
I ; 3 denounced bitterly by the Radicals, who
Anmmnn couatrv, modified by circumstances claim it as coroborativc evidence of the Prcsi-
common cou.tr. ^ ^ te 0 f artna I dent’s determination to usurp the legislative
growing out
The present time finds something ol
chango in the public mind of M.e Noith.
Radicalism is on the wane—Coapervatiim
gains strength. IVc
tlio tide of hatred and malignity R recedi ig,
and that by proper effort on our part, as well
as our friends at the North, the Union may
yet be reconstructed on terms fair and honor-,
able to ourselves and magnanimous on the
part of the North. It may not be dono m . _
mediately but if the present wicked scheme j General Pope’s removal, and that several
•f the Radical party in Congress fails, the notes have passed
political offices.
Judge Busteed's family has received dispatches,
from Mobile, pronouncing his recovery hopeless.
Representatives Wasliburno and Cullum, oflllinois,
visits Richmond to-morrow, to counsel the Conven
tion.
The report of RcTenuo Commissioner AVells will
urgo tho substitution of specific for ad valorem duties
in all possible eases.
Gen. O’Neal, recently elected Vico President, has.
by President Robort’s resignation, become the head of
tho Brotherhood of Fentans. The Fenian Senato has
issued an address disclaiming complicity with out
rages in England.
Tom Fraser, of Spencer, Mass., vamoosed with twen
THE RECENT SBHOVAU OF DISTRICT COM- | thousand dollars of the corporation funds
HANDERS. I Dispatches to-day report five cases of drowning
Washington, Dec. 30.—A rumor is cur- caused by skating,
rent that General Grant has protested against ’ rt ‘' * ’*
functions of Congress. Grant, however, is
■ said to have approved of it.
THE PRESIDENT'S FUTURE POLICY.
Democrats cxpicss the opinion that the
have a hope t iat I p rc ,i dcnt menns aggressive action henceforth
with Congress, and believe he will pot allow
the South to be Africanized if it can be
averted by Executive powers.
- ht m, American people de- I the President in reference thereto. There is
Intewet of the whtfb American people u I foundation for it As stated m these dis-
Tho immigration of ItItiT exceeds that of 1S66 nearly
[ 10.000.
Statistics of cosualitits on Western and Southwes
tern rivers for"tho ipast year show 1S2 accidents—S2
resulting in the total loss of vessels. The loss involv
ed six hundred and forty-fivo thousand dollars. In
surance, fivo hundred and twelve thousand. Tho loss
of life approximates 97.
. J Loyd B. Waddell has been appointed Revenue As-
1, br , nf , ;* mav not be delaved too long. [ practical good resulting from these charges j s0M0r 0 f the First District of Georgia. vice Charles II,
_ . , _ , ' v iimso friciul- who l can °aly he developed by time. The 1 resi- Hopkins, removed
We wish now to thank those mentis wno i ^ fop rcmoving p O p 0 — v -‘
meet in this city on the 4th
too short, as the members cannot
Cable Summary.
London, January 1.—Two Head-Centres and five
Captains of Fenian organisations have been arrested
at Methyr, in Sonth Wales.
The Government has determined to proceed against
Mi-. Sullivan, of the Dublin Nation, and other per
sons who have taken conspicuous parts in the recent
funeral processions in honor of Fenians executed at
Manchester.
It is reported that tho inon who stormed the Mar-
tijv'Q examining our books wc und have, from J summed up in his own words, that be Celebration of Emancipation. Day by tbe
the time we took charge of t Ids paper cn- j ij as substituted tyranny for law. „
cour.pc.1 », by con>l»«to S » »*» 1 TBB ttart
&51310* It is a source Of gratification that tliey | The President’s reception on. . . cw I of emancipation, and were addressod in the Park by
ca nniver- tllv continued upon our lists, j Year’s Day promises to be a grand affair, in- I Gor _ pj erp ont. Rov. Jas. Mitchell, and Geo; Rye, See
nave Boumvc.. j £ connected eluding, as it will, tbe Cabinet and Foreign retaryof the Convention.
v ■vV» (1 re.,1- MinistSm, Senator* Representatives officers ^ RLr , T0 ,, s . c .. January i._ Eman ci pa tion day
therewith that a 1-. I j of the army and navy, and soldiers of S I wa3 celebrated by n general parado of negro societies,
ere of tho TnJBUUM Tiavc boefl gotnereex * ^ j <^5 well as citizens, I fire companies and political organizations, and wound
\}^r fallicxs, and could not, under tho dis- j cijase’s rROSPECTS, up by an address by F. C. Cardoso and festivities at
pensation* of Providence, live to see their The friends of Chase declare that they will ni sbt. Good order prevailed
«■ »■>-. .u :l wo .tall r, »l. r From Havana-Addres, by the Sew Cap
tbeircreouiagea.mtoabaadbeaerv.d-to th / C bW Justice will get . „ tam-OeMrai:
further exertion in behalf of tlieir ktndred tbflt ’ nom - inat}oB . They are making capital Havana December si.-Le«und,a address urged
S Otofc whom aertaw ** •"“»>
them. J CUtion of the i residents o L ,, " ing happierdays. Alluding'to tho slave trade, he says
The boll da VS are now over tied Pope, Shendan, etc., and tllUb a ' 1 o “Public opinion is overwhelmingly against it. and de-
The nouctays are » r > . wishes of th» Radical Congress. crcc3 a(?ainst u and pcnaUieS atUched have killed th.
we expect to send our greeting dal ^’ I roc0 K£ TIT uT I0 NALrrv of the reconstruct I traffic forever."
as heretofore, to those mends Who I tionaCTS. ParishoffFarento, Maximilian’s servant and bearer
hate helped to sustain us in these years of! The President and other prominent public I of his last words to Carlotta, died of black vomit at
trial to u« all. We expect to make the Tel- men have an abiding confidence that the Su- St. Thomas.
Anal to us an. ; J ‘F . ... “ “ „ P„ nrt In ,, pn cp which will <»oon A decreo from Madrid authonxes tho continuance
as ever" 7 q LTlu^o„«l.y of - n.co.s.n.c.io.
money. As the financial condition of the u c g£n meadk - 3 expected roi.icv. I General News.
country has bo affected our commercial men Meade, who is ordered to relieve I RALEion.N.C.. Januraryl.-Gen.Canby has called
as to make their patronage less than usual, it p 0 _ )e ^ j 3 ex p eC ‘ et j by the Administration to dl ° St ^® Convention to
Ja the more necessary to increase our receipts I n Ursne the same policy that Gen. Hancock j ^nwtKiwfatSme °° S
from subscription. Let every friend exert has inaugurated in Louisiana. Mostgomeby. Alx.,^January l.-Of the twenty-
bimself a little in our behalf, and we will A disinterested radical patriot. three nominations made by tho Republi#n Conven
ci)b«rrihr-rs The I - . . , , ,, „ . I tion, all but eleven have declined to bo candidates,
surely have an increase ot suoscnDcrs. le The reasons which induced the President r IC umo.\-i>. Januan-l.-The dUtiilcry of .Emil Hd
heavier our receipts,the more features ot inter- J + 0 remove Gen. Swayne from the Freedmen’s f r j C k, in Petersburg, was scizedyesterday for violation
est we can afford and promise to' add to our I Bureau, in Alabama, were based on documen-1 of revenue laws.
C0 ] UDJI1 , j tary evidence, alleging that Swayne was run-
I,,buadtesSSJS225S
remarks to another large class of people—the j tbflt g tate>
readers who never contribute to the revenues J The Washington correspondent of the Ricb-
of publishers. Since our connection j non ^ Dispatch writes:
tho business we have been amused at times Washingtout, December 29.—Accounts
by incidents that have occurred under our I aro CO ming in from several quarters telling
own observation. We have known men, j of activity among tbe opponents of Radical ^ repor:
* when tho gentleman who pays for his paper, ism, which indicate the certain and gradual Tower near Corkjand brokeiinto a gun-shop,
(which STj ^ red) tad 0^
other use for it, actually come in, ask for a D em0 crats here, by whom these accounts are From Washington-
paper, sit down, read it thoroughly, walkout I being received. They have already com-1 Georgia Funds—Gen. jMenu.- to Leave on
and never seem to think it cost us anything, j menced tbe campaign for the important elec -1 t j, e 40, | 0 Take ciiarge k of nia Depart
or was worth anything. On a rainy duy L^ ons ofncxt { a11 by eoiinscling tbr°u S liout [ ment .
J ? 1 11* f the country, by their correspondence with I avxshixctos, January 2.—It id ’stated that tho
would the samo man borrow a merchant b j ot b er kuding conservative politicians, thor-1 funds of Georgia have bee a removed from Millodgc-
umbrella exposed for sale ? We suppose not. j ough and complete organization, and are re-1 ville to New York for security.
Now we hold that a newspaper, when pre-1 ceiving good words of cheer. No determin- Special telegrams from Havana were receive-! at
nared bv a careful industrious editor if ation has been made by any of the Conscrva- Vera Crux on tho 27th. Tho Congress was occupic l
pared oy a cweiui, industrious emtor, 11 „ and Democratic forces as to who they in tbe consideration ofiu« constitutional
worth reading u worth lD will nommate aa thrir candidate *0 .».«.«! retoras.
valuable to tho family ot sny man, and he j Mr. JohnsoD, and no one looks for a division The rebellion In Tacatan was becoming moreterioue.
■who denies tub source of general information J of sentiment among them which might lead ‘“ eridi i a was '»ptnr«lby C party from Havana. A
and news to liis household is doin" them a t0 the nomination of two candidates out of d< ~^ n . t1 ^ s,n . ed,t ®^, 0 . n, - , ^ i l - Gen. Alatom was or-
and news to his household doing them part* as isevident among the Rc-
Those who subscribe wish their paper for S'twfu blforcloig commence to roll raj MM
themselves, and those men who not only read igly. ... The Massachnsetis Legislature is organized. Geo.
them but carry them off, ns they do some-I JJihe important order issued yesterday by 0. Braston basjbcen elected President of tho Senate,
times bad n3 well take their neighbor’s hats. I General Grant, relieving Generals Pope and and Harvey Jewell tSpeakcr of the Ifonsc.
_ 7 , , , 0 I Ord, will strike consternation into’the Radi- The Maine Legislature bi organized. Josiah Crosby
Publishers also extend a great many courtc-j ca j partv, and will Sting with remorse the I was chosen President of tto Senate, and Theodore C.
sies. These wo gladly extend in return for I souls of fhose who consented to take a con-1 Woodman Speaker of the House,
tho same to ourselves. Of course we should grcssional recess. The unction had been care- Gen. Meado wiillvisit the President snd Gea. Grant
s»™» «»■ ““i ” h0 1K.i'p?-“(Orf I
receive stub courtesies have incomes larger th ht as bei in (he scale of military com- bct N CCn S ' cre,aiT Scwar R d am l lbe
than the publishers themselves. If any such, man dera liable to immediate removal) would Swedish jMmistcr shows that no steps have been
let then: think soberly whether or not it is be taken until after the recess was over, when * he acqulslt ' on or liisi * 0ial of St - Bar *
right. If you esteem tho paper you receive I power superior to the President’s would be ' »*
of auv advantage to you, pay for it, and our P ut in General Grant’s hand to prevent his Judge Busteed Eecovering.
- .. 7*!,, f„„i T, . removal unless the latter willed it; which is, Mobile, January 2,-Judso Bustecd’s wounds arc
word for it you will feel much beder. But to say tbe least, a strong bid for Grant to talk healing. His recovery is now considered certain,
do not come and aEk if you shall pay for it I out in meeting, and give additional strength His physicians think ho will necessarily bo confined
with the air oi the man who tendsrs you a I to the opinions of his radicalism to that af-1 to his room for somo weeks,
chair and at the same time makes but a feint I tbrded by_ the publication ot tbe “ letter
| marked private.”
Tho Washington correspondent of the Bal-
j timore Sun writes under date of Sunday
[ last:
. As foreshadowed in these dispatches some | efNcw York, presiding,
Government by false returns of taxes, or other I davs ngo, the President has relieved General Politicians are speculating, to-day, about the
fraudulent practices, when stung by their I Pope from command ot the Third Military <mhernatorial office, tho terms for which Governor
consciences remit to the Treasury amounts of District, and named General Meade as the P>«n>ont was elected having exp.red January hr. No
consciences remit to tno .1 rca ury amounts oi succe£S0 ’ r ia t , iat comIuand> This action can ( acll0D b “ yat becn **« m tho raat,cr by the
money without explanation as to the source be rcadily understood by all who have been tary anthonties.
fromwbencc it comes. Fhesc all go into the observers of the course pursued by General General News
conscience fund. Now this is not a bad idea for Pope in the matter of removals of State offi- Charleston, January a-Oen. Scott, of the Freed
publishers, f Let us all open an account of cers, who were decapitated without the as- mC n’s Bureau, has bsued a circular letter of advice
the; people of thuj state have expressed their op* I Louisiana Negro-Radical Convention.
position to both mgro and Chinese suffrage." j Orleans, January 4.—Tho State Auditor and
Th© First National Bank, nt Bay City, xlicnigan, I Trcastircr have been notified not to pay the Public
has failed. 1 Printer or creditors of the Convention until the ofii-
Gen. Meade left here this morning for At anta, o J eers nnd mem (, era themselves have been paid, and (g
assutae command of the Third Militari District. ^ I ordinanco was passed in the Convention fixings
WAsnixGToy, January 3.—The Greek Legation J penalty of twenty-five percent, and ten per cent, per
have accounts of a battle on the 25th and 26th ult., I month for defanlt of payment as prescribed,
nearthe village of Lake Cost!, in which the Turks | Article fourteen of the Constitution isasfollows:
were defeated with severe loss. Tho reception ofl^Xherightscnumcratodinthistitloshallnotbocon-
King George and Queen Olga in Athens was onthusi- j strued to limit other rights of the people not herein
asticheytnd description. Theory of "Downwith the 1 expressed.”
barbarous Turks" was universal. j Articles fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen dc-
Thc Government of Su Domingo has issued a dc- fine the qualifications of State legislators, length of
cree making the tariff on goods imported direct from j term, place of meeting, etc.
Europe or tho United States 15 per cent, less than j Tho Finance Committee reported its inability to
when coming through tho West India Islands. Proof I negotiate a loan, and asked to ho discharged. No
is required that goods have not touched at any West I action was taken on this.
fndia Island, or should the vessel by any circum- J Cromwell, colored, offered a resolution to appoint a
stances touch any island, a certificate from the Re- j committee of three to inform Congress that tho Con-
publican Commercial Agent that she madeino opera- J yention had been sitting thirty-one days without
tion -there is required. This decree went into effect I being able to raise tho mcnn3 to defray tho expenses
ou the first of November last. also that tho Convention adjourn until tho views of
Mr. Dickenson. Minister to Nicaragua, transmits an I Congress upon this matter ho ascertained. This crc- G.’,813.
elaborate account of the recent volcanic action there. f ' a tod considerable confusion. Tho Convention finally
which continued sixteen days, making a cone two | adjourned till 10 A. M. to-morrow,
hundred feet high, with a crater on top two hundred
feef in diameter. Sand covers tho country from the Sentiments of a Massachusetts Governor,
volcano to tho Pacific, a distance of fifty niiles. As I Washington, January 4.—Gov. Bullock’s message
seen at night tho rim of tho crater is white half way says: "Let us, then, hear no more of confiscation
down and of a red heat to tiro height of tho flames, I and attainder for the Southern masses. Let us make
and the flying cinders aro carried fivo hundred feet.— a n end of illiberal and unfriendly legislation, and,
Mr. Dickenson thinks the volcano is smothered by its I while compromising no principle for which we have
own discharges. I contended, let us restore those lately in rebellion to
Gen. Howard has not issued an order dismissing of- equality of rights as speedily as is consisten t with tho
fleers of tho Freedmen’s Bureau for engaging in poli- I national safety.” Ho concludes a long eulogy of Gen.
tiw, but ho has established a policy of dealing with Grant with strong expressions rcgarding.his fitness for
cacii case as it comes up. Thus far, in sovcral cases I t^o Presidency. _
brought to his notice, he has established a rule that ~ 'V __ _
acceptance or nomination for an oflico must bo consid- uGnerai m CWS.
cred incompatible with the duties required of officers New York, January 4.—Wm. Crowley, a prominent
of the Bureau. Such agents or officers have been re- sporting man, was shot dead by his mistress. Cause—
lioved. Tho latest case of this kind is that of Mr. whiskey and jealousy.
Pillsbury, of South Carolina, a civilian agent cf the Specie exports to-day one million and a quarter.
Bureau who was elected to tho Convention and no- I Philadelphia, January 4.—Wm. Muser, publisher
tified that he could not hold both positions. of tho Sunday Mercury, ha3 been sentenced to nine
Gov. Chamberlainc, of Maine, has been inaugurated, months imprisonment and five hundred dollars fine
nc favors a fair and squire payment of tho National j for libel.
debt, but not id one day ot in a generation. I Memphis, January 4.—Leftwich, Conservative, is
Brown A Gillespie, wholesale merchants of Hamil- | probably elected Mayor.
Com dull at S9a90. Provisions dull. Mess Pork $21,
Bacon—shoulders 9-%al0; choice sides 12%. Lard 12%.
Cincinnati, January 4.—Flour firmer. Corn dull;
ear 84aS5; shelled, 88. Mess Pork, old, 2000; new,
2100. Lard 12'A. Shoulders 9%al0; clear sides 12%,
Louisville. January 2.—Flour 7 75a7 78. Corn-
in ear 70a 75. Pork 2150. Shoulders 10; clear sides 13.
Lard 12%.
Louisville, January 3.—Superfine flour 7 75. Corn,
shelled in bulk 6Sa70; ear 73a75. Bacon—shoulders
8%; clear sides 11%. Mess Fork 21%a22. Lard 12%.
Louisville, January 4.—Flour, superfine, 775a800.
Corn 70. Sboulders 10; clear sides 13. Lard 12%.—
Mess Pork 2150.
Mobile, January 2.—Cotton sales yesterday 1500
bales; sales to-day 4200; market closed firm, factors
claiming full rates; middling 14. Receipts for two
days 3551 bales.
Mobile. January 3.—Cotton ciosod firm at 14%al4%
for middling uplands. Sales to-day- 4000; receipts
20S7. Sales of the week 10,’00; receipts 16,537: exports
to foreign ports 11,520; coastwise 3716; stock on hand
nothing larger about,
ar bar 1"
ton. Canada West, havo failed.
Interna! Rcvenuo to-day, $1,489,000.
There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day.
European News by Cable.
London, January 4.—Tho Fenian headquarters at
f Paris havo been discovered, and important docu-
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley (nig.) Rampant. Inc ; its captured and sent to England.
Savannah, January 3.—A. A. Bradley, a Boston
nigger and a member of Popo’s Atlanta Convention,
was arrested this evening for threatening Mr. Jno. E.
Hayes, editor of tho Republican, and drawing a pistol
on him in tho street.
A New Governor for Louisiana.
New Orleans. January 3.—Paragraph 8 of special
orders No. 2, Headquarters Fifth District, dated Jan
uary 2,1S6S, is as follows:
“His Excellency, B. T. Flanders. Governor ol tho
State of LouL-iana. having resirned that office, Mr.
Joshua Baker is hereby appoizted to the vacancy
occasioned thereby.”
Tho samo order assigns Breve; Mnj. Gen. It. C. Bu
chanan to duty as Commander oltho District of Lou
isiana and Assistant Commissioner of tho Freedmen’s
Bureau.
The Times, speaking of tho mw Governor, says he
is a native of Kentucky, bstazold citizen of Louis
iana: was a member of the Philadelphia Conserva
tive Convention of 1866; is fully qualified under the
Reconstruction Acts, and can tike tho Test oath.
The Convention, to-day, restmed the discussion of
the equality question. After stveral amendments to
Wickliff’s substitute had been offered and voted down,
the following was offered by Pitchback and adopted:
Article 13. All persons shall enjoy equal rights, and
it provides that while travelling in this State in any
conveyance of a publie character, and all business
places or otherwise carried on bj charter* or for which
a license is required from either State, Parish or Mu
nicipal authority, shall be decned a place of public
character, and shall be open to the accommodation
and patronage of all persons without distinction or
discrimination on account of race or color.
In reply to a communication from Gov. FTanders,
charging the Police jury of tho Parish of Orleans with
official corruption and recommending their removal,
Gen. Hancock says these charjes present a proper
ease for judicial investigation and determination,
and it is evident to him that th* Courts of justice can
afford adequate relief for the wrongs complained of if
proven. Gen. U. has concluded it is not advisable to
resort to the measure suggested.
Recent diplomatic instructions from St. Petersburg
regarding tho Eastern question havo Warliko signifi
canoe.
The Rotnnn Confercnce’is abandoned.
Tho Sultan protests to Napoleon against Russian
agents endeavoring to excite revolt among his Chris
tian subjects.
An Austrian dispatch from Alexandria states that
Theodore, King of Abyssinia, having yielded, the
Abyssinian expedition is suspended.
Berlin, January 4.—The Swiss Council has in
structed its Consul in Mexico to express tho sympathy
of Switzerland for tho present Liberal Government.
Madrid. January 4.—A decreo has been issued re
organizing tho Cu ban Law Courts.
Steamboat Explosion-Arrival of Pope.
Cincinnati, January 4—Tho stern-wheeler Harry
Dean, hence for Marietta, exploded and was burned,
Many persons wero hurt, and five killed, including
Captain Briggs, of Ashland, Kentucky, and Captain
Morton, of Wheeling.
General Pope has arrived here.
Marine Casualties.
Wilmington, January 4.—The steamer Pioneer
arrived to-day with the schooner J. Harriman in tow.
She was bound from St. Thomas for Boston, and was
found at anchor off Hattoras Shoals with both masts
gone.
Tho steam tug J. McB. Davidson, which cleared for
New York on the 17th December, has not hecn heard
from and is supposed to be lost with all hands.
Havana, January 4.—The schooner Grace Clifton
was spoken, four days from New Orleans, with her
cargo burning. She was trying to reach Key West.
at rising from it.
We believe there exists in the Federal j
Treasury Department a “Conscience Fund.”
All those persons who have wronged the
Affairs in Virginia.
Richmond, January 2.—Tho Convention had
quorum and adjourned-
The Northern Methodist Conference, of Virginia
and North Carolina, met hero to-day. Bishop Janes,
that sort. There aro, doubtless, thousands °^ acbs c 9 n ^' tu ^ n ff oBs f r ° c li° n of to planters and freedmen with regard to contracts for
, , ’ , the law; but especially has General Popes the eomimrseason
of persons who havo used the information con duct hecn objectionable to tho Executive n -, j., r „ ,
gained from newspapers for profit or other- in so far as that military commander, whilst
Wise, qdcI yet biivc nc\or pnul one cent for it. j ^ tbe exercise of ^ Ills oIjjciaI duties, lias I resumed. Several amendments, were offered, and
To all such we would sny, if your conscience I S ? U S^ to identify himself as & political par-1 considerable feeling was manifested, but tho body
does not trouble you for such a heinous of- | ^rtT* 70 ^ 7 1 -^-teomiu. to .vet*
fence you may well ho uneasy as to your
Wilmington, January 2.—Tho steamship Frances
. . , , ., j . ^ is not expected that Gen. Meade will ba3 broken up, hut her machinery may be saved.—
future state. If it does trouble you on this | give lnmself over to tlie interest of any party, | Tho carg0 u parlly savcdi but damaged. A party
score, why send in your amounts to the various
publishers you have defrauded, and you will
havo n benefit of their prayers lor your for
givenesa, and we trust you will sin no more
in this particular.
Letter from Gen. Meade.—As Geu-
eral Meade is the new commander for this
District, the following letter may possess
importance:
Philadelphia, Nov. 29,18C7.
My Dear Mr. Forney:—-I do not remem
ber what I said to you in 1SG.5, but do re
member very well the Impression made on
mo by what I saw and heard just after Lee’s
surrender—which was, that the officers and
men of Lee's army were surprised at the lib
erality of the terms accorded by Gen. Grant;
that they appeared to ho under tho impres
sion that in case of surrender, their liberty
would he restrained, and perhaps the lives of
some of them forfeited. I am not prepared
to say this belief on their part resulted from
tho consciousness of tlie gravity of their of-
ience, hut more from their acknowledgment
of the right and power of th* conquering
party. Nor can I give the name of any par
ticular ichel offi ear from whom I derived
my information; it was rather the result of a
general knowledge of what passed between
the officers of Loo's army ana ours. If the
foregoing is of any importance, you can make
such use of jfc us you deem proper. Very
truly yours, Georgi: G. Meade,
, m Major General.
Central G eokoian. J. D. Anthony retires
from the editorial chr.ir of the above ]>'q:.-r
it will be conducted editorially by John N.
Gilmore, proprietor. i
and certainly no understanding of any kind I 0 f negroes attacked tho guard and .parried off a part
has hecn entered into between that officer I of the goods saved from tho wreck.
and the President as to tho course that shall —
he pursued in the conduct of affairs in tlie From China and Japan.
Third District. I have it from unquestion- San Francisco, January 2.—News by steamer from
able authority that Gen, Meade is selected I China states that tho Imperial forcos havo met with
to snrcoed'Geii. Pope simply upon the belief severe repulse.
that tnc Ioiuiei tun caci.ulc ule rcuuasimc- a i>»nu« tipionun » wychong destroyed many
tion laws to tho letter, and at the same time lives and much property. Tho Viceroy’s palaco was
in such manner as to give to none just cause bIa ' ni in .the air.
for complaint oftyrauny or partial exercise Suited States Consul has made a treaty with
of the almost unlimited powers conferred “• ^““““vngeshjr which wrecked s.amcn will bo
upon district commanders. There is no ’cYmmodoro Watkins died on tho steamer Costa
foundation in fact for the reports in the Ri ea .
papers that Gen. Meade remonstrated against Yeddo and a new port on tho Island of Jcddo will
bis oppoiutiiiCDt to tbe coniniiiDd, and tbat J bo opened on the first of April,
he at tlie same time indicated that if ap- Tho Tycoon of Japan has resigned his power to
pointed he would exceed Gen. Pope in Mikado.
rigorous execution of the law.
JSfSays tho Houston Telegraph: We
very much wish that a colony of Quakers
would settle on the frontier of Texas, where
the Lipan and Comanche Indians occasionally
visit the settlements. Then we should not
Mr. Burlingame, tho Minister from the United
States to China, telegraphs tho State Department that
ho has been appointed by -.he Chinese Government
Envoy to tho Western Powers, and has accepted and
will leave immediately.
Foreign News by Cable-
London, January 2.—Tho residence of Charles
, , . ,, . . Matthew, brother of -Father Matthew, County of
hear any more such miserable nonsense as the I Cork, was attacked, but the assailants were driven off.
following in the late proceedings of Con- The attack was attributed to the Fcniann.
press : “Mr. Lliot presented tbe memorial ot Liverpool, January 2—Evening.—Tho Austrian
the representatives of the yearly meeting of | Government forbids recruiting for the Papal army,
tiic religious society of Friends, represeutin"
the interest that the Friends havo always felt I From Washington,
in tlie Welfare of the Indians, and pray that l YV’liat Governor Ilalg;li;t says—Departure of
the love of peace may prevail, and that just General Meade for his Command,
laws may he passed lor tlieir protection.” A j Washington, January 3.—Governor Haight’s in-
few Quaker scales would help Quaker brains augural says: ‘‘The propriety of admitting thcblacks
amazingly in arriving at a proper solution of to suffrage belongs to each Slate to determine for it-
the Indian question.
£57” At a recent fashionable dimer party
in New York, the guests were sprinkled with
lOMVftU*
seif. Ilad Congress bceu abl: to control this subject,
both negroes and Chinese suffrage would probably
have hecn forced upon the people of California against
the will of the majority. Igqoracco of the effects of
such legislation would have inflicted upon us evils
actually intolerable. So far at California is concerned
Virginia Negro-Radical Convention.
Richmond, January 3.—In tbe Convention a reso
lution was offered urging tho continuance of tbe
Frcedment’s Bureau in the State, deprecating its with
drawal as a calamity, and requesting Gtn. Howard to
eontinne it under such agents as may best suit tho
purpose. After a long debate it was adopted—ayes
52, nays 14.
Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, addressed a meeting in
reoaokw Church to-nifiht. and advised the Conven
tion to confer suffrage on all males over twenty-one,
nd secure it to them forever.
Santa Anna at his Old Tricks,
Havana, January 2.—It is stoted that Santa Anna
furnished Col. Villafranea mono’ and men to inaug
urate the Yucatan revolution. The Mexican Congress
about increasing its regular irmy to eighteen thous-
and.
Conservatism in Georgia, etc.
Augusta. January 4.—Conservative meetings are
being held in various parts of the State, approving
the proceedings of the Macon Convention, and for tho
purpose of forming Clubs preparatory to the approach
ing election on Reconstruction and tho State Consti
tution. The meeting of citizezs of this county, held
this evening, approved the p-oceedings of tho Macon
Convention. Resolutions were passed thanking tho
President for the removal of General Pope, and ex
pressing confidence in General Meade’s impartial ad
ministration of tho Rcconstnction acts.
The body of an unknown white man was found in a
crcck near this city in a detemposed state. He was
murdered and thrown into thocreck.
From Washington.
Washington, January 4.—Gen. Howard’s report to
Gen. Grant, covering letters from tho South which do
not credit tbe widespread destitution as represented,
says that lastyear Southern gentlemen estimated that
it would take two millions, whereas half a million
met the necessities. He thinks this year’s distress
will not prove so stringent as represented by Gov
ernors Orr, Humphreys and others, but beforo Spring
there will doubtless bo suffering in South Carolina,
Louisiana and small sections of other States, and urges
Congress to inaugurate a system of relief which
will.not pauperizo the people. Gen. Howard, with
Grant’s approval, has directed the Sab-Commissioners
to relieve absolute distress, and has directed pur
chases of corn for distribution in tho most needy sec
tions, and that no Bureau officers be retained in tho
South except upon representations of Sub-Commis
sioners that thoir services aro imperatively needed.
Gov. Swan’s message represents tho assessed valuo
of th(f property of Maryland as larger than boforo tho
war, notwithstanding emancipation losses.
Revenue-to-day, 41,090,000; for the week, $G.250,000:
for tho year, $104,250,000. Government disbursements
for December, civil lists, $4,750,000; interest on public
debt, $3,250,000; war, $13,000,000; navy, $3,500,000; in
terior, $1,000,000. TotaL $30,500,000/
Tho Committee on Foreign Affairs will introduce a
resolution early next week calling on the Government
to demand the release of Father McMahon, who is
imprisoned in Canada, charged with Fcnianism.
The National Bank statistics ehowno notable varia
tions from last week.
A strong oltort is being mado by lending Now York
Democrats to induce Governor Seymour to withdraw
bis declination of tho Presidential candidacy.
Mr. Sherman’s Funding National Debt hill excites
severe comment in financial circles. It is estimated
tbat it will cost $11,000,000 in commissions to fund the
debt as proposed.
Virginia News.
Doings of tlie Radical Convention—The
Reporters of Richmond Becoming Bel
ligerent, Etc,
Richmond, Jan. 4.—In tho Convention the follow
ing resolutions of inquiry wero referred; Bimiting
tho time of hired labor to eight hours; Beating all
debts incurred previous to April, 1S65, at twenty-fivo
cents on tho dollar; levying no poll tax ; requiring
foreigners to rcsido in tho State ten years before vo
ting; legalizing the birth of children born of parents
slavery, so they may inherit property; admitting
colored persons to colleges; selling the Military Insti
tute and devoting tho proceeds to tho educational
fund.
Tho newspapers wero severely denounced for mis
representation of the members and speeches cf tho
Convention, and the body then adjourned.
Tho city has been quito lively with newspaper fights
to-day—one occurring between a reporter of tho Ex
aminer and tho correspondent of tho Now York Her
ald, and another between a reporter of tho Dispatch
and tho official reporter of tho Convention, in which
member of tho Convention and another jeporter
joined. No serious damage was done, and all tho par
ties were arrested.
Major Poc, Chief of Police, was before tho Military
Commissioner to-day, charged by “Rev.” J. W. Hunni-
•utt with giving information which was untrue to a
correspondent of a Now York paper, relative to an
eged incendiary speech by that gentleman.
LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGRAPH.
Domestic Markets.
New York, January. 2, Noon.—Stocks.strong.—
[ Sterling 10%. Gold 31%. ’62 Coupons 8%.
Flour 10c better. Wheat 2c better. Corn 2e hotter.
Pork steady; mess 2106%. Lard dull. Freights dull.
Turpentine and Rosin unchanged.
Cotton quiet at 15%al6 for Middling Uplands.
New York, January 2.—More doing in Flourfor ex
port and speculation. State $8 oOalO 75; southern $11
50al4 50. Wheat 3a5 cents better and more active.
Corn more active; western mixed $149al 41 in store.
Oats shade firmer. Pork heavy $2212a22 25. Lard
steady and in more demand. Cotton % to % better;
sales 3800 bales at 16%. Turpentine 50%a57. Rosin
$275. Freights quiet. Governments steady. Virgi
nia sixes 43%.
New York, January 3, noon.—Flonr 10a20c better.
Wheat advanced 2a3e. Core- lo bettor. Rye quiet
and a shade better. Pork 2112%. Lard quiet at 12a
12%. Turpentine 52c. Strained Rosin 3 00%a3 12%.
Cotton a shade firmer; uplands 16%.
Stocks dull. Money 6a7. Sterling 10%, Gold 33%a
33%. Bonds—old. 8%; new, 5%. Tennessee Sixes
ex-interost, 59%.
New Yoaz, January 3.—p. m.—Cotton firmer, ad
vanced %a%; sules 7000 at 16%al7. Flour quiet,
state $8 TOalO 80; southern $10 50al5 00. Wheat active,
Mixed western Corn $141%: yellow southern $138.
Oats firmer. Pork firm $2100. Lard firm 12%al4.
Groceries quiet and steady. Turpentino 51% a52.
Rosin $3 25a3 27. Freights firm.'
Money closed easy; call Ga7; prime discounts 7a9.
sterling quiet and steady. Stocks strong. Treasury
balance, ninety-seven millions. Governments closed
steady.
New York, January 4, noon.—Floura shade firmer,
Wheat very firm. Cornatriflo higher. Oatslo bet
ter. Porkquiot. Lard firm at 12%al3%. Freights
firm. Turpentine 54. Rosin unchanged.
Cotton steady at 16%.
Stocks active ami strong, Money 6a7. Sterling 10%.
Gold 34%. Bonds—old, 8; now, 4%.
New Yokk, January 4, p. m.—Cotton decidedly less
active; about ono quarter lower: middling uplands
16%; sales 2000.
Flour firm nt 800aS25. Wheat very Crm L with mod
erate business. Corn—Western mixed 138al 40. Mess
Pork quiet at 2100a211S. Naval stores quiet.—
Groceries quiet and steady. Freights firm.
Money closed easy at 6 per cent. Bank statement
favorable. GoId34%a34%.
Baltimore, December 2.—Cotton better; middling
16%. •
Flonr firm but quiet. Wheat advanced 10; prime
and choice Southern 2 80a2 85. Corn active. White and
yellow 1 ISal 21. Oats quiet. Ryo firm. Provisions
nominally unchanged.
Baltimore, January 3.—Cotton activo and firmer;
middlings 16.
Flour active; for jobbing, former prices. Wheat—
red Southern 273a285;cboice300. Cornstcady. Oats
dull at 72a74. Rye quiet and unchanged. Provisions
dull and unchanged. Bulk shoulders 9. .
Baltimore, January 4.—Cotton buoyant, 16>j.
Flour, somo demand for shipment; Superfine, 8 25a
11. Wheat firm. Com firm; White, 119al 20; Ycllow,
1 20al 22. Oats dull, 73a75. Rye firm; G5a70. Provis
ions quiet and unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C., January 1.—Spirits of turpen
tine lower at 47a47%. Rosin steady at2 25forNo.2,
3 25 for pale. Tar 1 85.
Wilmington, N. C., January 2.—Spirits Turpentino
depressed and nominal. Rosin steady at 2 25 for No,
2, and 275 for No. 1. Tar 285. Cotton 13%nl4e for
middlings.
Wilmington, January 3.—Spirits Turpentine firm
at 47. Rosin quiet at 2 15. No. 2 Tar 190.
Cotton activo and advanced; middling 15.
Wilmington, Jahuary 4.—Spirits Turpeniino quiet
and nominal at 47. Rosin steady at 2 lUa2 25. Tar
1 90. Cotton advanced %c; middlings 15%e.
Charleston, January 1.—Cotton quiet in conse
quenco of holidays; prices firmer; middlings 15; re
ceipts 900 bales; sales 250 bales.
Charleston, January 2.—Cotton activo and ad
vanced % cent. Sales 900 bales.. Middlings !15%c.
Exports week 6078 of which 2030 to Great Britian,
3016 coastwise; stock 2053.
Charleston, January 3.—Cotton activo and ad
vanced %a%; sales 1200 bales; receipts 900; middling
15.
Charleston, January 4.—Cotton quiet; sales of 250
bales; middlings 16c; receipts $20 bales.
Savannah, January 2.—Cotton activo with an ad
vancing tendency; sales 4750; middlings 15; sales for
tho week 11,001; receipts 4878; exports to Great Bri
tain 2291; coastwise 8141; stock 59,201; sea island 2C0O.
Savannah, J anuary 3.—Cotton active and advanced:
middlings 15%; sales 3000; receipts 1910.
Savannah, January 4.—Cotton quiet; salc3 of 439
bales; middlings 15c; receipts 3030,• exports 4400 bales
Augusta, Ga., January 2—Market advanced; sales
for two days'911 halos; receipts for two days 744 bales;
New York middlings H%al5; sale3 for tho week 2219
bales; receipts 3.22S.
Augusta, January 3.—Cotton market stiff; holders
asking higher rates; sales 363; receipts 192; New York
Middlings 15.
Augusta, January 4.—Cotton market activo and
firm. Sales S70; receipts 270; Now York middlings 15'
Cincinnati, January 2.—Flour firmer and un
changed. Corn firm but quiet; car 81; shellc!S:a90.
AVhisky quiet and unchanged.
St. Louis, January 3.—Flour quiet and unchanged.
Mobile. January 4.—Cotton closed quiet at 14% for
middling uplands. Sales to-day 1100; receipts 944.
New Orleans, January 2.—Cotton activo and ad
vancing; middlings 15; sale; for two days 9,050; ro-
ccipts5,397; exports 9,275.
Sugar in good demand ; common 9%a9%; ftiir ll%a
11%; prime to choico 13%al0%. Molassos active: com
mon 55; choico 75aSl. Flour dull; no quotations
Corn dull at $1. Oats dull at 70. Pork, no buyers;
nominally, 2150: now, 22. Old bacon declined ; re
tailing shoulders at 9%al0; clear 14al4%. Lard, de
mand light: keg 13%; ticrccs'13%. .Sterling 41a47
New York Sight%a%c. discount.
Gold 132%.
New Orleans, January 3.—Cotton excited and ad
vanced; offerings light; sales to-day 5600 bales; re
ceipts 8307; exports 4600 bales; middlings 15%al5%;
sales of the week 31,611; receipts of tho week 25,233;
exports of tho week, coastwise, 1775; foreign, 24,706;
stock 113,335 hales. Sugar very firm and quotations
unchanged. Molasses active and unchanged. Flour
dull; superfine 9 25; choice 14 2Salo 00. Corn in fair
demand at 95al 09. Oats dull and lower, 73a7o. Pork
dull and nominal; new Mess, 21 50; old 22 00. Bacon-
shoulders retailing at9%a!0c; clear sides 14ol4%. Lard
lower; tierce, 13%; keg, 13%, Sterling nominal at 43a
49. Now York sight %a% discount. Gold 33.
New Orleans, January 4.—Cotton active and in de
mand: middlings 15%; salts 4300; receipts 1S69; ex
ports 1193.
Sugar firm; common 9%a9%; prime 13%nl3%; choico
14. Molasses active: common 55; choice 80a82. Flour
dull: superfine 9 25; choico 13 50al4 50. Corn 95al 00.
Oats, small sales, 78. Pork dull and depressed; nomi
nally 21. Bacon, shoulden 9%al0; clear 14al4%.—
Lard, tierce, 13; keg 13%.
Sterling 43a47. New York sight % discount. Gold invited, that they may learn from thelipVofm*?
33a33%. nent CoyiKerYativeu ir nnr ttinv „^
never seen tried, and their owners hai
proud of them. Had an enthu»i :i=t :.\! eii ^'
Milesian happened along about th-tV v 0;: ‘
fight, we bet he would have broken out wm?'”
Democratic refrain once so popular in u 11,11 '
City: ' n ta « Cq,,;
- S ur do *’ 3 a fighting dog
Bow-wow, Steve O’J.earV.
Bow-wow-wow " ’
Tom showed good pluck throughout i
consider his running after the chain brok
dence that he was whipped, as it is the • '- a “ I( i
’bear to keep moving when attacked by ,'j 1 Ur? f 2-
not “ holler" when tho dogs held him dow^
on the streets showed fight to the last ' n * an 'i ev,.
There was one thing we did not consid. .
that was for tho owners of tho dogs t 0 cr *( ! , 'kj
and sick and encourage their animals c•, ' w”^
seen a “few” fights in our chcckerel cx - s , els » I i
nevey saw this allowed. Tom had the A;,' ,
of dragging a heavy chain around to confj ***
and should havo had a better showing. *itl,
The accnes during the stampedo wero rich
racy, and some of them beggars description m’**
jng a stall in tbo rear, we could look on »•
complacency, and "smile” audibly at tho rt f
of our fellow-spectators. Stalls and nom^
shinned in double quick stylo, and one badlvs
alized individual attempted to ascend a roneb 5 ''
ing the meat hooks at the end. When ianS!'^
after the affair, ho exclaimed, “Climb a rope- u '
have tried to climb fa wheat straw, had (Ujl
- to get out out of thu
Foirelgn Markets.
Liverpool, Dec. 31, Evening.—Cotton closed firm
with an advancing tendency; transactions Compara
tively heavy; sales reaching fully 15,000; middling up
lands 7%a7% in port; 7d to arrive. Middling Orleans,
7%a7%. The cotton market closes Thursday as well as
Wednesday, both being holidays.
Brcadstufls, Provisions and Produco markets all
closed early, and there aro no changes to report.
London, January 2, Noop.—Consols 92. Bonds
%.
Liverpool, January 2, Noon.—Cotton market
closed.
Brcadstufls buoyant. All articles advanced.
London, January 2, afternoon.—Consols 92. Bonds
72%.
Frankfort, January 2. afternoon.—Bonds 76%.
Liverpool, January 2, afternoon.—No regular cot
ton market to-day. In private circles prices aro
Armor, and may bo quoted at 7% for middling uplands
and 7% for middling Orleans.
London, January 2, evening.—Consols 91%. Bonds
72%.
Liverpool. January 2, evening.—No cotton market.
Breadstuff's, Provisions and Produco unchanged.
London, January 3, 2 p. m.—Consols 92 for money.
Bonds 72%.
Liverpool, January 3,2 p.m.—Cotton activo and
firmer. Prices advanced %: uplands 7%; Orleans 7%.
Brcadstufls active and advancing.
London, January 3, noon.—Consols 91%a92. Bonds
72%a72%.
Liverpool, January 3, noon.—Cotton activo and
buoyant; prices advanced %; uplands 7%; Orleans 7%;
estimated sales 20,000 bales.
Corn advanced, 46a49.
Frankfort, January 3.—Bonds 77.
Liverpool, January 3, evening.—Cotton closed still
firmer, having advanced' % during tho day. closing,
uplands 7%: to arrive 7%; Orleans 7%.
Manchester advices aro favorable; Goods and Yarns
buoyant.
London, January. 4, noon.—Consols 92%. Bonds
72%.
Liverrool, January 4, noon.—Cotton firm and un
changed; sal es of 12,000 hales.
Breadstuff's firm hut quiet.
Liverpool) January 4, afternoon.—Cotton more
quiet; sales will reach 30,000 bales, including 16,000 to
arrive.
Breadstuff's firm. New mess Pork 73. Bacon 40.
Havana, January 3.—Sterling 12%al2%. Currency,
Xciv Year’s Day,
Though not ns pleasant as somo we have e,
not quite as disagreeable as that of 1*67 ti
day was not specially set apart for calls’ np®£! 1
keeping friends gcncrally-as is the custom .1-, ,
—yet many availed themselves of tho privile
pleasant hours wero spent in friendly coare^ 1,1
and in the discussion of both liquids and soli-k 1
Tho big Bear fight and tho parade of the Ai r
pany and several colored societies, were the ecu' ■
of tho day. A description of tho former wifi tat?
elsewhero. Having no invitation, wo did cot' ^
tho speech-making of the latter occasion, ihocri
H. M. Turner addressed tho societies at lenrth ^
his address was moderate in its views we can » nr
lieve, for we give the Elder credit for too nm^ ^
sense than to suppose ho would encourage or'
spirit of antagonism between the Southern rt* 1 *' 1
this juncture when the Conservative whites of
gia aro willing to grant to his race more privi! "
than they now enjoy or can hope to possess in th T*
tnre in any Northern State.
Turner possesses great power for Working r i
ill for his race in this State, and we hope he will
tho bettor part, and cast in his lot with theSoj&U
whites, and wo hope to see a public meeting tr
soon, to which ourcolorcd population will be
invited, that they may learn from the lips oft ^
nent Conservative!; what they are willing to
them in tho way of rights. Such a meeting
not fail to have a most beneficial effect in bri^ 1
together tho two now estranged races.
On tho contrary, wo are told that the hirurj,,.-
certain infamous Ilcssian-Irishman, who hitfmJ
in this city in such amanner as to bring disga?-~ tJ
a brave race and cast a slur upon the glorious toil,
his native land—Ireland—was of the most tjij:
mable, torch-and-turpentine order, anddemmeua,
of all that was pure, good and decent ia this c -'.
munity, and called forth howels ofMelight from 9.
idlo and vicious of his auditory. His tirzde »
plentifully interspersed with oaths, and woaaj p
with proclaiming himself “a G—d d—n out zai-or
Radical 1”
At night, a pleasant reunion was given by earfip.
man friends, tho “Tcutonias,” which we regret va;
much that wc could not attend, as we knowweihotii
have enjoyed a meet pleasant evening among dm
most enjoyable people. We hope to be in better hi
next time.
Several private soirees camo off indifferent portic
of the city, and the first day of tho year 1866 piarit'
most agreeably and pleasantly to the majority ofti-
citizens.
I long, 24%; short, 22%.
HOME MATTERS.
Tlie Great Bear Fight.
Ireland vt. America—Tho Crowd Eager and Excited,
and Putting up their “Stamps” Freely on Dogs and
Bear—Tho Canines Panting for the Onset, while
Brcin Coolly Takes a Bath Beforo Engaging in the
Sausago Lino—All Ready—Tho Combat Opens Ter
rifically, and tho Throe Dogs Bounco “Tom” Sim
ultaneously, but Ho Shakes them Off—Rich Scene
in tho Ring—Tho Bear Held Down for Two Minutes,
and has a Bare” Chance for His Life—Bruin Begins
to Get His Mad Up. Roars and Chaws Qno Dog and
Shakes Off the Other—Chain Breaks, anil “.C-ich a
Gitting Out Thar Never was Seen”—The Fight Re
newed in the Streets—Nobody Hurt but Every Ono
Scared—Tho Dogs Choked Off. “Tom” Recaptured
and Led Lack in Triumph—Tho Fight Undecided,
but “Phil.” Gets the Prize.
A Systematic System of Robbery.
It is within the recollection of mostof ourrerier
that nearly two years ago, a gang of plunderers, whin
and black, was arrested and committed, andeomit!
them convicted and sent to tho Penitentiary, for rob
bing the freight boxe3 of the Southwestern Railroii
These men wero mostly employes of the Road.
The Southwestern seems to be in bad luck, tsiii
looks as though it was a favorite road for raicaliu
fleece, judging from recent developments. But,ti
the matter in hand:
For the past six months, it Jias been in the knowl
edge of the officers of the Road that a regular iy!ta
of robbery of their freight boxeswasbemgearriedos,
and«from circumstances, they were led to believe fra
Fort Valley or points below was the field of open-
tions.
This poist settled, the officers of the road dettr-
mined to ferret ont the matter, if it was fenetiWe.
and with this object in view dispatched thosetvojeoi
and energetic detectives, officers Avant and Hailey,
to the scene of operations. They left here onTaadi;
morning last, on the Columbus train, and in due tic:
arrived at their destination. Beingin citizens’ clothe,
and but little known at Fort Valley, they went qui
etly to work, and were not long in "spotting”cetfci:
parties as tho thieves.
Obtaining a search warrant and a local bailiff, the
proceeded to search the premises of one Jack Write:,
a negro employe of the road. John Hurley, in com
pany with the bailiff, went to Jack’s house, uMi
Billy Avant was left watching other tarries. Tit
search of the bailiff was unsuccessful, and he was ton
ing to depart, when John remarked that they kri
better look under tho floor.
Upon this suggestion Walton protested thzt thet
was nothing but chickens beneath the flooring. Hr.
John is no “sardine,” andcannotbe bluffed. A scan:
below amply paid for the time spent therein, and «•
vealed a sack of coffee, a box and basket of cham
pagne.
Jack was immediately taken in tow by the eomtt-
bio, while Hurley brought up tho rear. On the W.
Walton dropped a key, which Hurley picked up. nt
which proved to bo a freight car key that was lost to
the railroad agent at Fort Valley abont six month
ago.
After being in limbo awhile. Jack Walton agttd
to “peach,” and the result was the arrest ofthefollov-
ing parties:
George Murp, Ben Fredericks and Henry Lcwis-i-
ncgrocs—together with ono Corbett, a white mas, *
parties concerned in the various robberies, and tii
of them wero committed to stand trial at the Hit
term of the Superior Court for Houston county.
Henry Jenkins, an old negro thief, and said to b*
an escaped convict, was arrested by officer Hurley, w
his return to Macon, and sent to Fort Valley as one of
the parties concerned in these robberies.
A Mrs. Burns, who keeps a doggery at Fort Valley,
was al-o arrested, for having in her possession a
couploof bags of cotton, supposed to have been stolen
from ono of the trains. But tho question of owner
ship has not been decided.
Hurley and Avant certainly deserve great credit for
their success in working this case up, and we kno*
will rcceivo something more substantial from tbe
Company in whose interest they havo labored.
They attribute much of their succes to the assistsaw
given them by various railroad officials, and ofwhoB
they speak in high terms. Our old friend, Oeor;e
Dasher, comes in for a full share of this praise and we
know eminently deserves it.
A largo and excited crowd of peoplo of all sizes,
ages and colors, assembled on Thursday to witness a
combat with Ed. Hicks’ Bear, Tom, and throe of tho
best dogs in Bibb county, and strange to say theso
fighting canines wero found to belong to throe of our
Irish friends, whom wc shall designate as Phil., Con.
and Ed., respectively, when speaking of the parts
taken by their “purps” in the scrimmage.
To dog fanciers, these animals all possessed nice
points, wbioli were freely discussed by tho initiated,
while the scads were freely put upon their coming out
triumphant in the fight; though Tom evidently had
friends who wero willing to invest their loose currency
in his holding hb own in tho coming contest. Coil’s
dorg was a little tho heaviest, though Phil’s animilo
seemed to be tho favorite, whilo Ed.’s dog, though
small, was generally liked and had mar.ny “patters.”
Tho dogs rfero all of tho bull persuasion, and from tho
massive looks of their jaws, not short of a crowbar
could “priso” them open when once their teeth were
set in bear flesh.
Owing to somo delay, it was after 11 o’clock beforo
everything was declared in readiness. On being
brought into tho ring, after being firmly attached to a
22 feet chain, Tom entered his tub and took a bath,
preparatory to tho cornbut opening.
All Ready!” being announced, the dogs were
turned loose, and without cither harking or growling,
went in with a rush, and endeavored to take firm hold
at once.
But Tom had no idea of letting things con} 0 to a fo
cus at tho outset, nnd led them a bear’s dance all
around tho ring, nnd to the full extent of his chain.
Things did not continuo long in this state, for in
‘swinging round the circlo,” Con. himself was tripped
up by tho chain, whilo hb bearship was thrown, and
tho three dogs bounced and held him down for fully
two minutes—Phil's dog had Tom by the throat, whilo
Con’s big dog swung to hb left car, and did somo
heavy "chawing” of that appendago? Ed's “small
purp” took a rear hold, and hung like a dead weight
on Bruin’sllcft flank.
Things began to look “bilious” for Tom’s chanco of
coming out of tho fight with life, whilo Ed.
Hick's face worked as though ho was making a math
ematical calculation of what boar meat would bring
in tho Macon market; but just here Tom recovered
hb breath, appeared to ho "getting his mad up,”
shook himself, roared up on end, took an affectionate
hold of Phil’s dog’s snout, till you could hoar tho
bones crack, whilo hb claws wore fearfully scoring hb
hido, a la roast pork.
Just as Tom shook himself loose from all tho odgs.
a link of tho chain broko, and Tom made for tho First
street market gate, scattering the bystanders “liko
chaff beforo tho wind;” and closely followed and wor
ried by tho dogs, took tho street, whero they bring
him to a bay every now and thon, when tho combat
would again be renewed, only to end in Tom’s shaking
tho dogs loose and travelling further, to be again
halted.
On reaching Poplar street, facing tho Commissarys,
Con’s dog was choked off, tho other canines secured by
their owners, whilo Tom was recaptured, and led in
triumph back to the market. Ho shows signs of wor
ry, but beyond adorn car and a “chawed” neck, hb
injuries were very light. Con’s and Ed’s dogs, though
exhibiting signs of l'atiguc, looked as though able to
“go in” again. Phil’s dog was the worst used up, and
his mug appeared to bo considerably torn and in
creased in size.
Alter considerable discussion it was agreed to ro-
new tho fight, but it did not corao off, Ed. Hicks gen
erously agreeing to pay oyer the prize to Phil for tho „ _ in
gallant fight made by his bigpurp, and we think fairly kdts “Heaven s J oumai
deserving. Indeed, threo “gamer” dogs we have I new Pans pape*.
The Conservative Cluli Meeting*
According to announcement, a meeting of the Biel
County Conservative Club was held Friday night, am
many names added to its already extensive roll.
After the meoting was called to order, it was an
nounced by tho President, Dr. E. L.- Stroheeker,
owing to the indisposition of Hon. Washington
and tho positivo prohibition of his attendant pwm
cian, ho would not address tho meeting. ,
Tho usual routino of business was then gone throw.
with, after which, after repeated calls, Col. Joha B-
Weems, tho Secretary of tho Club, addressod those
present in a few off-hand and pertinent remarks-'*'-'
Viewing tho history of tho war. .
In scathing terms ho denounced tho conduct ol se
men as Foster Blodgett—eager and tho first to raw
tho standard of rebellion; as eager and aaxl0 “ ; ,'1
join hands with tho Radicals, forswear hiiuselt s-
becomoa delegate to tho Piebald Convention to frscc
a Constitution and laws for tho freedmen of Gcorg-i
for all coming time.
But there were rifts in tho dark political cloio n
overspreading tho horizon, and tho streak of dawn
ready visible gave promise of a bright and liWJ
sunrise. He bade hb hearers be of good cheer; t
if they were liko him, thoy would submit forcvei
military despotism, rather than choose tho B* dl
plan of reconstruction, and submit to negro dories
tion and negro government in opposition to i»te •
gonee, acknowledged statesmanship and a »*■
man’s government. r ,
Col. Weems concluded his brief but matter-ov* 3
arguments amid tho cheers of his delighted au i> eB *
It was announced, before tho meeting adjourn*
that Hon. Clifford Anderson would address the j >
and audience on next Friday evening, tho 10th i- 1 "’
at tho same time and place.
The meeting then adjourned.
As these meetings of tho Club are open ana .
all our citizens, we hope to see a large attendance R
Friday evening. In tho meantime, those B®®
join the Club, can find books for their ”«° atur ^ £«,
at tho offices of Col. L. N. Whittle and Col. " f ^
on Third street, next to the Banking flousa ol t. -
Nntting^b Co.
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