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J.IMBB taRDNEB, Editor.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1871
BHITIBH PERIODICALS.
As we approach the end of the year, 1871,
we caunot refrain,(in the interest of a sound,
wholesome literatore,) from again calling
our readers’ attention to the excellent re
publications of the Messrs. Leonard *
Scott, 140 Fulton street, New York.—
These re-publications, Including 7he British
Quarterly, (issued to snpply the place of the
North British, now extinct.) 7he London
Qintrierly, The Edinburg, and lastly Black
wood's Magazine, are of an intellectual
character, so high and pure that they have
long taken position In the first rank of the
periodical literature of our day.
What educated gentleman, indeed, what
scholar who desires to keep In the front of
scientific and literary progress can afford
to dispense with these exponents of the
world’s mental advancement? They are
essential to every library in the land,
private, no less than public ; and the litera
ture they embody can never grow stale,
Heeause it contains the best culture, the
creme de la creme of a generation of accom
plished writers anil thinkers.
The last two Quarterlies Issued by Leo
nard & Scott for 1871 are 7he Edinburg
and British Quarterly. The former exhibits
the following table of contents, viz : “ Prof.
Jewetts’ Plato,’’ “ English Quids," “Euro
pean Adventures in India,”" Game and
Game Laws,” “ So. Africa and her Diamond
Fields,” " Essays on the Tenure of Land,”
" The Inns of Court and Chancery,” ** The
Commune of Paris,” and " The Session and
its Lessons.’’
Os these, we commend to the attention
of the general reader the elaborate and
mas'erly essay npon “English Guilds,”
which treats of the origin, the rules and
,iia final decay of these curious associa
tions. as they existed in England from the
earliest times, and during the fiddle ages,
<lowti to a period comparatively recent;
also, the articles on “ European Adven
turers to India," and “The Commune of
Paris.”
Os especial interest is the account of the
Indian adventurers. It deals chiefly with
[■er«oos of obscnre birth and position, who
t>y their own unaided resource of intellect
and will, have risen to rank in the service
ot the uative Princes of India, and is full
to overflowing of startling events and in
rid nts so exceptional 'and romantic that
they would be sneered at as melodramatic,
even iu a petite eomedie by Monsieur Alex
ander Dumas, fils.
The British Quarterly for October is like
wise ?jo interesting number. Besides a
history oi baliooners and ballooning, writ
ten in the most vivid style and Illustrated
by several anecdotes of a blood-freezing
chuTseter, it presents us with a paper on
“ Letters and Letter Writing,” quite worthy
in its quaint learning and charming “ gos
sipry,’ of the pen of the Eider D’lsraelt,
who, for aught we know, may have come
back from the other world (he appeared
lately a' a spiritual seance in London)
expressly jor the purpose of composing it.
The various specimens of letter writing
introduced by the author are of the most
entertaining sort. Os what may be called
the “short” but hardly “sweet” kind is
the note from Ann, Countess of Dorset, to
Sir Joau-xi Williamos, Secretary Os
Btat» !b Charles the Second’s reign, when
ne wrote po her to choose a Courtier as
member for “ Appleby.” It runs thus:
I have been bullied by a usurper; 1
have been HI treated by a court, but I won't
be dictated to by a subject. Your man
shall not stand Ann Dorset,
“ Pembroke and Montgomery.”
The following note from one Highlander
to another is very poiuted and witty:
“ My Dear Gleng.ary : As soon as you
« an prove yourself to he my Chief, 1 shall
be ready to acknowledge you, In the
meantime, 1 am yours, McDonald.”
(’has. Lamb, being tickled by the oddity
ot Haydon’s address, sent, him the follow
ing reply to an iuvitation •.
“ Mt DearHavdon: I will eoroe with
pleasure to 22 Bisson Grove, North, at
Rossi’s, half way up, right hand side, if I
can flud it. Yours, C. Lamb.”
“ 20 Rassel Court,
“ Covent Garden,
“ Halfway up, next the corner,
“ Left hand side.”
Thackeray, in ulfi Lectures on “ the
British Humorists,” has made us all famil
iar with the private life and foibles of his
favorite, Dick Steel. One is not, there
fore, surprised to find Sir Richard con
tributing to this essay a long list of illus
trative notes, addressee! to his second wife,
his “ dear Prue,” who seems to have kept
a vigilant eye upon her volatile husband’s
movements, and not by any means to have
spared him, when (which often happened,
Heaven knows ! ) he went astr&v from the
path* of rectitude and sobriety. These
notes are called excuses—for example :
“Dearest Being upon Earth: Pardon
me if you do not see me until eleven o’clock,
Paving met a schoolmate from India by
whom 1 am to be informed in things this
ulght which Immediately concern your obe
dient husband.”
” Dear. Dear Wife 1 write to let you
know I do not come to dinner, being
obliged to attend business abroad, of which
shall give further account when I see you.”
“Dear Prue Have partly succeeded
iu business to-day, and Inclose two guineas
earnest of more! Dear Prue, I cannot
come heme to dinner. I languish after
vour welfare, and will never be a moment
careless more I”
We wonder whether those “ two guineas,
earnest of more,” which our terribly “ busy ”
Dies seut to his “ dear, dear Prue ’’ might
not, by the superciliously disposed, be
looked upon in the light of “hush money,”
a son of golden sop thrown to the domestic
Cerberus simply to keep It employed, and
tc divert attention from certain “shady’
and inexplicable matters, in which the
t-te-rnady absent husband was engaged ?
O. Dick Stf.ki ' what a cunning rogne
thou wert'
Bot our space is limited, and we must
pursue this subject no farther. Only, be
tjre closing onr final notice of the British
periodicals (for the present year) let us re- !
iterate an assurance often given, that no j
where i* this country is so large and vain- 4
able a mass of reading matter offered to
the public upon terms the lowest possible,
as iu the re-publlcations of the British
“ Quarterlies ” and magazines, ofl'ered by
Ylcesrs. Foott & Leonard.
Blodgett Perpetrates Another Joke.
—A telegram from Washiagton announces
that Blodgett Is down on Bullock for allow ,
Ing stealing to he done under his adminls
tration, but thinks the Governor made I
none himself. Tt Is reported that Blodgett !
before he led. offered to pay 12.5.000 to have !
•he prosecutions against the State Road
officers stopped. Verily, Blodgett Is a gav !
inker— Ailau(.i Cbru&Uution.
A shooting case of swindling bv a light-
JU BfeJ i4(<n r is reported from western ■
ATLANTA.
Who is to be Governor--The Legisla
ture on the Subject—-A Peculiar
Question In the House, and What
The)’ Done With It—Cold Weather
and Other Watters.
Atlanta, December 2,1871.
Had you stepped in at our hotels yester
day evening, you would have observed that
something besides the affairs of direct legis
lation was agitating the merits of our poli
tical friends. For some days past there
has existed a rapidly increasing commo
tion among lobbyists and their friends on
the floor, originating in the question of the
choice that is to be made for a Democratic
Governor in the coming convention. I
have conveTsed with a number of the
shrewdest men in the Senate and House,
and find that if there was a general expres
sion of opinion, it would be claimed that
the
FRIENDLY CONTEST
lies, at the present time, strictly between
the two eminent gentlemen, Speaker Smith
and Gen. Wofford. Both have ardent sup
porters for the favor of the convention, and
should there be no coming man to snatch
away the chaplet of honor, the contest be
nveen them during the few intervening
days will be a lively one. I have no doubt
that the convention will be a perfectly har
monious one, and I support the supposition
on the ground that the legislative body is
to-day dec'ding the action of that body.
The canva«s, however, Is being conducted in
the best of friendly spirit, and I have no
doubt that the decision of the assembled
delegates will gather together the fall
strength of the party throughout the State.
IN TIIE HOUSE.
we had the announcement of appointments
on new committees, among which was one
for the investigation of Bullock's conduct.
The appointees on thiscommittee are Hoge,
Payne and McNeal.
The bill from the Senate to make penal
the selling of produce after sunset, or be
fore sunrise, was taken up, so amended as
to allow such hawking to he done by the
permission of the owner of the laud. The
amendment was voted down, when the bill
came up on its origiual merits.
AN EXCITING DISCUSSION
ensued. A number of the members ofcoior
sprang to their feet at the same moment,
avowing, despi’e the rat-a-tat of the Speak
er's gavel, that If it meant their counties, to
just take it out. Niggers didn’t steal down
there, aud as for their part, they didn’t
want it imputed by anv such an obnoxious
bill.
Mr. Griftln, of Houstem, said he was
there to labor tor the best interests of the
State. The negro, as ail working men,
toiled through the day, and after sunset
had the privilege of taking his half bushel
of corn to town to dispose of for whisky
or the necessities of life. He considered a
restriction put on this practice as
a stab at labor,
and the bill was :eally legislating for that
end The Legislature had done too much
of that already, and in doing so, they
were dealing against the interests and
rights of the whites as much as against
the blacks. He desired some provision in
the bill that would strike gambling
houses, and the dram seller, tie he Ameri
can, Irishmau, Jew, or negro. He wanted
it to fall against men who lay around the
suburbs of cities and towns, and feed
upon the spoil of the product of the soil.
Mr Griffin’s speech elicited marked at
tention, and would have been a decided
mark for that corner, had the black ele
ment, represented by two or three shining
pates, allowed it to have undisturbed ef
fect. But that was an impossibility. The
colored brndders were roused by its energy
and fire to a few words of experience them
selves, and they were not going to rest
ander the imputations of the bill that
A NIGGER WOULD STEAT,,
without a hack at the offensive document.
And they did back till their white cola
borers blushed In mortification, and almost
raised their voices in supplication to the
Speaker for peace on the subject. At last
some sagacious friend of the bill moved its
recommitment to the Committee on Judi
ciary, with instructions to report on it
to morrow. The motion prevailed : and the
three saffron colored bald pates displayed
six broken rows of ivory, blew three stub
tail noses, wiped tbeir fingers on their coat
tails, and ejaculated “ Brrss de L >rd !”
There is in both the House aud Senate a
general disposition to
hurry matters along.
The day for adjournment is nearing, and
those who have been guilty of procrastina
tion look witn dismay at the docket, and
find their little matters upon which the
favors of their constituents mainly rest far
down toward® the bottom.
IN THE SENATE,
the bill to establish a county court in each
county in the State was taken np, aud af
ter some few amendments and a great deal 1
of contention, was passed. The other de
liberations of this body were not of suffi
cient general interest to warrant mention.
the weather
for two days past has been clear and ex
tremely cold. Themnd on the streets is
solidly frozen, and the season of close,
freezing days and nights is fairly upon ns.
j Business during the time has seemed to
look up with unusual brightness, and peo
ple generally are recovering from the de
pression of spirits occasioned by the con
tinued rain and sleet of the week' B.
Bloster Fodgett.— Foster Blodgett has
arrived in this city ( Washington), There
was no excitement. He visited the White
House this morning, but Grant was pre
paring to attend a wedding and all visitors
were excluded. Blodgett leaves for New
York to-night on a visit to the Grand Duke,
aDd returns here on Friday, when he will j
decide about contesting the Hon. T. M. i
Norwood’s seat in the Senate
DOWN ON RIFUS BI.CCHEB BULLOCK.
Foster feels very sorry for Rufus Bul
lock, and does not think Rufus made any
money Still he is down on him for steal
ing, and allowing others to steal.
The above is the Washington intelligence
we find in the Savannah News.
It will be observed that Blodgett keeps
up his inimitable jocularity to the last.
With heavy indictments for stealing hang
ing ever his head in this State, Foster does
the cool thing by being sorry for Bullock
and conscientiously coming down on him
for stealing and allowing others to steal.
Blodgett must go into history as one of
the quaintest knaves on record. Jocular
dog 1 A scampish Yorick of the first
water! A fellow of infinite jest 1 When
shall we see his like again ?
[Atlanta Constitution.
Reports from nearly all parts of the
West show that winter has commenced
with heavy snow storms and unusual cold.
Men have died In the woods of I'tan from
the severe cold and exposure. The region
about this city has been favored above all
others. No snow storm of consequence
has yet visited this section. The weather
has been unusually mtld, but the time is
almost past in whfch further freedom from
cold and storm can be expected. Those
who have not already made ample prepa
rations for coming storms and cold will do
well to accomplish it immediately. Much
suffering may thus be avoided, although It
is to be hoped that there are not many m
this city and the immediate vicinity to
whom winter will he a dreaded visitant on
account of want. Those who do dread its
approach from this cause should be pro- i
tided for while the heavens are fair. It is j
better to prevent suffering than to re- !
lieve it.
A Strange Accident.—A strange and :
extremely unpleasant mi-take occurred in
hast Boston recently. Anew domestic ;
had just been engaged by a family on Lon- i
don street. The lady of the house had had
occasion to use an application of croton
ol , and had left a bottle of It in the '
kitchen. The new girl supposed it to be
hair oil, and thought an application would i
benefit her hair. So she poured on a °ood 1
quantity of it—they seldom do anything I
by halves—and went to bed. The effect of !
It was not only very surprising, but very
painful. When she arose in the morning
her head was as bald as the traditional bi!-*i
Hard hall, and the oil which had trickled i
down her face and run into her eyes, burn- (
ing her face and seriously endangering her
eyesight. She was removed to the' city
hospital for treatment —Boston Advertiser.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL rBOM AT LAST A.
Bill to Eqnalltf Taxation Passed Iu
the Senate.
Per Diem.
The Firemen’# Act.
Bill to Provide Cleans for Kduca*
tlonal Purpose# Postponed.
Atlanta, December 4.—ln the Senate a
bill to equalize taxation in this State wa®
taken up.
The bill provides for the appoiutment by
the Ordinary of each county of three Asses,
sors who shall assess all land in the county.
Mr. Smith spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Burns opposed it as an unnecessary
innovation on the time-honored system.
The bill passed—yeas, 19 ; nays, 18.
The bill providing for pay of officers
*lO per day, and for members $7, was taken
up aud passed.
Mr. Nichols offered a resolution that the
General Assembly adjourn sine die Decem
ber 9th, unless it be necessary to remain
longer iu order to pass important bills and
for them to receive Executive action.
The resolution was re!used bv the Sen
ate.
Mr. Russell’s House bill, exempting 60
members of engine companies, 50 of hook
and ladder, and 40 of hose companies of
firemen throughout the State from jury
duty, passed, and became a law—amended
by striking out ail that relates to exempt
ing members of companies hereafter or
ganized.
In the House, Mr. Griffin’s motion to re
consider t lie vote of Saturday on the pas
sage of a bill to protect the people of the
State against illegal issue of bonds, was
lost.
The bill to secure an educational depart
ment fund to be set apart l’or educational
purposes, was taken up.
Mr. Jackson moved to till the blank by
inserting #1,013,000.
A long discussion followed, and, on mo
tion, the whole matter was lost by indefl
nite postponement.
A message from the Governor was re
ceived saying the act repealing the election
law, approved October 3, 1870, had been
approved.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
SUNDAY EVENING DISPATCHES.
COTTON MOVEMENTS.
New York, December 3.—The cotton
movement shows a considerable increase in
receipts and exports. Receipts at al! ports,
120,126 bales, 104,743 last week,
101,494 the previous week, ami 105,400
three weeks since; total receipts since
September Ist, 890,741, against 1,058.82".
for the corresponding period of the previous
year—decrease, 168,086; exports from ad
Iwirts for the week, 69,846, against 72,042
for the same week last year; total ex
ports for the expired portion of the cot
ton year, 407,411, against 528,806 for same
lime last year; stock at all ports, 308,840,
against 393,956 same date last year ; stocks
at interior towns, 608,092 against 89164
last year; cotton in Liverpool, 486,000,
against 394,000 last year. American cotton
afloat for Great Britain, 142,000, against
J 42,000 last year; Indian cotton afloat tor
Europe, 302,198, against 1.58,000 last year.
The South, during the week, has been
visited with more or less rain aDd frost
with exceptional snow storms in some sec
tions Considerable damage has been done
and picking suspended, but as to the effect
of these causes throughout the cotton region
we are ns yet without any reliable informa
tion owing to the derangement of the tele
graph wires in many parts of the country.
Ku Klux Trial#.
Columbia, December 3—The grand
jury consists of eight whites and thirteen
black?: petit juries, twenty whites, thirty
two colored. The prosecution moved to
proceed to trial of persons indicted under
the Ku Klux law. The defense asked de
lay until Monday, which was granted.
Stauberry and Johnson are present for the
defense
Bishop Dead.
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Thomas
Davis, of South Carolina, is dead.
From California.
San Francisco, December 9—The jury
in the famous Horace Hawes will case ren
dered a verdict that the testator is iusane.
This defeats the Mount Eagle University
and the immeuse estate goes to the widow
and children. The Bulletin and Call prin
ting offices have been badly damaged by
Are.
Armed men robbed the San Balends Post
Office of #4,000. Highwaymen robbed a
stage in Nevada. Wells and Fargo lost
#I,OOO
Killed.
LiTTi e Rock, December 3.—Two youths
who outraged and murdered a little girl
were killed in an attempt to escape. Their
confession developed the fact that while the
parents were searching (or the child they
Intended to plunder the house.
Tile Geneva Conference.
Washington, December 3.—-There is no
truth in the statement made in e special
dispatch sent hence yesterday afternoon,
that dissatisfaction exists among the coun
sel who are to represent the United Btates
at the Geneva Conference, with the state
ment and the ca»e prepared hy Bancroft
and Davis. On the contrary, Messrs. Cush
ing and Evarts commend it very warmly,
and pronounce it a very able presentation
of the fflaßer- Mr. Waites’ appointment is
so recent that oo expression of opinion has
been received from him.
Congress.
Washington, Decembers. — There seems
I to be no doubt that a quorum of both
Houses of Congress will be present to
j morrow. The message will be transmitted
directly after the President shall have been
j informed by the joint committee that they
i are ready to receive any communication he
; may have to make. Both the message and
: the report of the Secretary of the Tressary
will be telegraphed to the distant press, bat
; printed copies of heads of other depart
: ments have been sent out in advance of
j their delivery.
The new members of the House to
!be sworn in are : Houghton, Sargent
and Coghian, of California- -{Sargent,
however, has not yet arrived from that
State ; Kellogg, of Connecticut ; Foster, of
Michigan ; Beveridge and Snapp, of Illi
nois; and Messrs. Hancock, Conner, Clarke
and Herndon, of Trxas. The two last
named have Irregular certificates, which
will be referred to the Committee of Elec
tions for Its consideration. Several dele
gates will also be sworn in. It Is under
stood that Speaker Blaine brought most of
the standing committees to this - city fullv
made up, and has consented to entertain
the question of changing any important as
signment. Unusual reticence has been
maintained, and all assertions as to particu
lar appointments are mere speculative
guessiugs entlreiv unauthorised. The list,
will, it is expected, be announced to-morrow
shortly after the House proceedings com
mence.
False Pretence.
Louisville, December 3—Three meu,
Livingston, Gerard and Horn, arrested for
obtaining money under false pretences, were
canvassing for the Western and Sonthera
Directory.
Bonds and Gold.
Washington, December 3.—The Treas
urer buys *1,000,000 of bonds every Wed
nesday and sells $1,000,000 in gold every
Thursday during December.
• lilted States and British Commis
sion.
Only about twenty claims have as yet
been presented to the United .States and
British Commission. At the meeting Wed
nesday important questions will be con
sidered, as various claims of British subjects
heretotore adjudicated in the Supreme
Court and the Court of Claims may now
be presented to the Commission. A rule
will be established concerning them.
New York, December 3—The Yacht
Clnb banqueted Alexis. It was a sumptu
ous affair,
SUNDAY NIGHT DISPATCHES.
COTTON.
New York, December 3.—Cotton was
more active ami slightly higher in the ear
ly part of the week, but afterwards lost the
improvement ou the large receipts, and
finally closed steady ou the Liverpool ad
vices. The sales for the week reached
92,500ba1e5, of which 80,000 were for future
delivery, aud 12,500 ou the spot and to ar
rive. Os the spot cotton, exporters took
about 6,000 bales, spinners 4,100 and spec
ulators 500.
Cuban Matter*.
It has l>een ascertained from an official
source that no correspondence whatever has
passed between Minister Roberts and Sec
retary Fish relative to recent events at
Havana. The only communication re
ceived from Mr. Roberts during the past
week being some documents to be laid
before the American and Spanish Claims
Commission. Nor have any official advices
i been received from Havana since the tele
gram from our Consnl General, who, dur
ing the excitement consequent on the
alleged desecration of Castanous’ tomb,
advised our Government that there were
fears of a general massacre, and hence the
importance of a United States fleet in that
quarter to protect American citizens aud
their interests. It is already known there
was a prompt reply to his suggestions. The
force on theJNorth Atlantic station consists
of the Severn, the Swatara, the Nautasket,
the Nipsic, the Kansas, the Pawnee and
the Terror, making, with the Worcester
and Canandaigua, just lilted for the sta
tion, and the Shawmute, now on duty
there, but, ultimately destined for the South
Atlantic, in all ten ships, mounting seven
ty guns, all cruisers, espept the Terror,
; which is an iron-clad of the monitor class.
The Supreme Court.
The Justices of the Supreme Court of
the United States will to-morrow, in ac
cordance with usage, call upon President
Grant in a body to pay their respects.
Tobacco.
Supervisor Pres berry gives an encour
aging statement of tobacco transactions in
Virginia, and says he lias discovered no at
tempt among the dealers to defraud the
revenue.
Naval.
Washington, December 3.—The Secre
tary of the Navy recommends tao abolition
of Commodores of the Navy, as ‘he present
Commodores, twenty-three in number. die
or are promoted. Upon promotion. Cap
| tains will become Rear Admirals. He also
! recommends six instead of four wars as the
term of naval cadetship.
How American Citizen# Are Treated
in Cuba.
New York, December 3—Mr. Revos,
j resident of Flushing, who arrived yester
! day from Havana, stated that he went to
| Cuba ou business, and while then?, was ar
rested by Spanish agents, and was given
! three days to quit the island on pain of
death. He showed papers proving himself
j an American citizen, and appealed to the
' American Consnl for protection, but the
| latter advised him to leave as soon as pos-
I sible. Revos departed by the next steamer
I without transacting his business.
NOON DISPATCHER.
Foreign.
London, December 4 —The Prince of
| Wales’condition is unchanged. No abate
; men of fever.
The Prince of Wales pass'd Sunday
i quietly. The symptoms continue favora ;
I ble. A crisis will be reached this morning,
1 which, if safely passed, the Prince may be
considered out of danger. The Queen con
tluues in attendance u]K>n him.
The Princess Alexandra has wholly re
covered.
Later. —The Prince of Wats passed a
restless night. The symptoms this morn
ing show amelioration in the disease.
A fire at Warwick Castle last night did
irreparable damage to the great hall, the
diniDg and other rooms being also gutted.
The destruction of ancient armers, pic- ,
tures and curiosities was very great.
Spanish Barbarity.
Havana, December 4.—A letter says the
only desecration of Castenorst’s grave con
sisted In breaking a glass vase covering
the niche, and removing immorte'ies and
substituting wreaths of garlic. Por this,
eight students were shot, eleven sentenced
to six years on the chain gang, nlieteen to
four years on the chain gang, and four to
six mouths' imprisonment. The college as
serted that it was a mere frolic, hot the
volunteers ruled the hour, who traded
the streets all day, shooting eight Cubans.
The condemned students were not tllowed
an hour’s respite to see their freuds.—
Those executed were mere boys, aid their
parents offered large sums to save them,
the father of one offering a million ; but
all in vain. Valmaseda was absent at the j
time, but fully sanctioned the exwutions I
upon his return.
Congress.
Washington, December 4.—80 t! Houses
organized. Dawes is Chairman of the
Committee on Ways and Means; Garfield,
of the Committee on Appropriations;
Poland, of the Committee on the Insurrec
tionary States. The message wa- not re
ceived at 1 o’clock. Recess for half in hour,
miscellaneous.
Boston. December 4 Ebenezer Dale, of
the firm of Dale fit Bros., Is dead.
Omvha, December 4.—Snow in Republi
can Valley is two feet deep. Many have
been frozen to death. Os one party found,
seven men were frozen to death. Trains
arrive a day late. No new trains have
started.
EVENING dispatches.
Congress.
Washington, December 4.—House.—
CcmmitUes. —Elections—McCrery, Hoar,
Thomas, Perry ; Ways and Means—Dawes,
Manard, Kelley, Brooks, Farklenburg,
Lurcbard, Roberts, Kerr, Beck ; Banking
and Currency—Hooper; Pacific Railroad
—Wheeler, Buffington, Lvuch, Sypher, Kil-
Hnger, Beveridge, Houghton, Averilf, Wells,
McKinney, Ely, Hooper and McHenry;
Claims—Blair; Commerce—Shellabarger ;
Public Lands—Ketcham ; Post Offices—
Farnsworth ; Agriculture—Wilson-, Indian
Affairs—thanks , Military Affairs—Co
burn : Militia—Sheldon ; Jndiclary—Bing
ham, Butler, Petprs, Mercur, Wilson. Good
rich, Eldridge, Voorhees, Potter; Private
Land Claims—Mercur ; Naval Affairs—
Scofield; Foreign Affairs—Brooks; Terri
tories— -Tass; Railroads and Canals—
Packer; Mines and Mining—Walden;
Freedmen’s Affairs—Cobb; Education and
Labor—Perce; Revision of Laws—Burton ;
Patents—Myers ; Joint Select Committee
on Insurrectionary States—Poland, Mav
nard, Scofield, Farnsworth, Coburn, bteven- 1
son, Butler, Lansing, Cox, Beck, Van
Trnmp, Waddell, Robinson, Hanks, of
Mississippi: Levees—Morey, Waldron, Mc-
Kee, Getz, Duke.
The roll showed 201 members present.
Beck offered a resolution asking the
President certain questions regarding the
execution of the Ku Klux law, which,
meeting with a storm of objections, was re
ferred to the Committee on Insurrectionary
States.
Conner and Hancock, of Texas, were
sworn in. Tim other Texas credentials
were referred.
The message of the President states that
the relations of the United States with
foreign powers continue friendly. He re
fers to the settlement of the Alabama dis
pute by the treaty of Washington, and says
that the example thus set may be followed
by other civilized nations, and finally be
the means of returning to productive in
dustry millions of men who are now re
tained to settle national disputes by the
oayonet and broadside. He commends the
Minister am! Consul at France for their
coarse in protecting the interests of German
subjects in Parts daring the war. He informs
Congress that in conformity with the estab
lished precedent, he has’ recognized the
change of Government In Rome and the
Italian States. He speaks of the continued
friendly relations between Russia and the
United States, referring to the visit of the
Grand Duke Alexis and to the hospitable
reception given to him.
In reference to Mr. Catacazy the Presi
dent said that the inexcusable coarse of
the Russian Minister had rendered it neces
sary for the President to ask the Minister's
recall, and to decline to receive that fun*
j tlocary any longer. He says that it was
| impossible for him with self-respect, or
with a just regard to the dignity of the
j nation, to permit Mr. Catacazy to continue
; to hold intercourse with this Government
! after his personal abuse of Govern
ment officials, and after his improper
interference by various means iu the rela
tions between this country and other Pow
ers. The Government had, therefore, been
released from further iutercouse with Mi,
Catacazy, and another Minister had been
1 commissioned, who was entirely unobjec
tionable. He recommends the education
of four American youths in Japan and
| four in ChlDa. and ’he gives the history o!
i the difficulty iu Corea, and leaves the sub
ject to the action of Congress. As to Cu
ban affairs, he says he has instructed the
American naval commanders in Cuban
; waters to protect the lives and liberties of
: honn fide citizens of the United States
i and the dignity of the flag, and ex
; presses the hope that all pending ques
tions between the United States and
Cuba may be adjusted in the spirit ol
peaee : and conciliation which has hereto
j fore guided both Powers. He recommends
Congress to take measures to support the
: lines of steamships between San Francisco
and China, and San Francisco and Japan;
also, to take steps to bring about a return
; to specie payment, also, to unite the tele
graphic system with the postal system ol
the United States- lie defends the policy
pursued iu reference to the stoppage ol
| Kn Klux outrages, and expresses the be
lief that out of the very numerous arrests
made, no innocent person is now in cus
tody. Iu regard to polygamy in Utah, he
rel ttes the action of the Federal Courts and
authorities there, and says that the Mor
mons will not be permitted to violate the
luws under the cloak of religion, but
suggests whether children already bora
under the Mormon system should not be
i legitimatized, lfe recommends the abo’i
i tion of all iuternal revenue taxes except
; those on spirits, malt liquors and tobacco,
and stamps ; also, the revision of the tariff.
He says that the Indian peace policy has
thus far resulted favorably, and he recom
| mends the formation of a territora! gov
i eminent in the Indian Territory. He sug
gests the removal of all political disabili
ties under the Fourteenth Constitutional
: Amendment, and says that it will be a happy
! time for the Southern States when their
i old citizens shall again take an interest in
i public affairs. He recommends liberal ap
: propriations for the District of Columbia
s and for public bnildiogs in Chicago. He
reviews the question of civil service reform,
and promises that the ex perlmeut of reform
j shall have a fair trial.
Senate.—Blair offered a resolution of in
quiry, the same as Beck offered In the
House, regarding the enforcement of the
Kn Klux law. It went over under objec
tion.
The President's message was read.
Adjourned.
■ »-*—— ' •
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Foreign.
Bert.in, November 4—ln consequence
of the frequent murderous assaults upon
Germans therein the French provinces
occupied by Germany were declared iu a
state of siege. The perpetrators of such
assaults will be hereafter tried by German
ourts-martial.
Odo Russell presented his credentials as
British Minister to the German Empire.
Madrid, Decemoer 4 —lt is officially
denied that Great Britain and the United
States threaten Intervention in Cuban
affairs.
Death of an Auditor.
Washington, December 4 —Thomas L.
Smith, first Auditor, is dead; aged 83.
MARRIED,
On the 29th ul(., by Rev. Mr. Bansemer, at Ba* ,n
--nah, Ga., Mr. Jon* Wikoixp, ol Augasta, Ga , and
Mina Marik Dobriso, of Camel, Germany. 570
sards.
On the 3d December, at the r a detr e of K. v. U A.
William*, by Rev. 11. A. William*, S, C I, Bern
and Miss Ells* J. Gants, ail of this city.
Barnwell Sentinel please copy.
SPECIAL NOTICEeT
fcJT AUGUSTA CHAPTER, NO. 2, R . A..
M. . will meet in Special Convoea'ien THIS (T.;es.
day)'EVEN ISG. at o'clock
Tha M rk Master's Degree will be conferred.
CHAS. O. GOODRICH,
decfr-1 Secretary.
Superintendent’s Office. 1
Gbjboia asd Maoos abd AnacRTA R R., >
Ai ocsia, Ga., November 28,1571 )
DELEGATES AND VISITORS TO HIK
Democrat c Ojdv ntion, which convenes at Atlanta,
Ga , on WEDNESDAY, December 6th, 1871, will be
paaatd < ver the Georgia and Macon and Augugta
Railroads ior ONE FARE , fu 1 fare required going,
and Agents selling tickets to furn sb return ticket
Gee. fc* K. JOHNSON, Superintendent.
fcjf' Athens, Washington, Covington, M.dison,
Greensboro, Warreipon, Sparta and Milledgeviilc pi
pers -wili p'eare copy until fill December.
novSh-td
EATCHELOE’3 IIAIH EYE, *
This Superb Hair Dy« is the be* in lAt world— per
feetly harmless, reliable and instantaneous ; no disap
pointment ; no ridieulon# tints or disagreeable
odor. The genuine W. A. Batchelor’s Hair Dye pro
duces Ikmbdiatblv a splendid Black or natura
Brown, loaves the hair clean, toft, beautiful ; Joes not
contain a panicle of leal or any injurious compound.
Bold by all druggists. Factory, 16 BOND STREET
NEW YORK- octJ-ly-
ON MASRIA3E.
HAPPY RELIEF FOR YOUNG MEN FROM
the effect* of Errors and Abuses In early life. Man
hood restored. Nervous debility cured. Impedi
ments to marriage removed. New method of treat
ment. New aid remarkable remedies. Books and
Circulars free, in sealed envelopes Address, HOW
ARD ASSOCIATION, No 2 South Ninth street,
Philadelphia Pa. seps-3m
Wr ONE TRIAL SUFFICES TO PROVE
that Doolkt’s Chbhical Vbabt Bakibo Powdeb a
superior in every respect to any other ever manufac
tured. It is put up in X, X, 1 and b pound cans,
which contain that quantity of powdor by aoical
set weight, while the majority of Baking Powders
offered fall short from one-eighth to one-half of what
is represented. Ask your grocer for Doolit’s, and
you wili not be satls-ed with any other. Manufac
tured by Doonsv A Bbqthbr, 69 New street, New
Yorfc - myl7-tnthaa-18
t —t-f i»-„ WIRa Railing, for
j£ AAA i Enclosing Cemetery Lots
rjL. wtV .Ml Cottages, Ac.; Wire Guards
<BWEI iMhlot Store Fronts, Factories
Asylums, Ac.; Wire Webbing, Rice Cloth, and Wire
Work. Kvery information by addressing
M. WALKER A SONS,
No. 806 Market street, Philadelphia.
fehtly
CITY ELECTION.
MAYOR’S OFFICE, >
Acgcbta, Ga., November 24, 1871, 'j
rp
1 HE ANNUAL ELECTION FORMAYOR
and three Members of Council from each
A ard, to serve for the ensuing year, will be
held on WEDNESDAY, the 6th day of De
cember, L . D., 1871, at the places hereinafter
designated :
Ward No. I—At the Scale House, under the
management of Robt, F. Curry, N. P. and Ex
offlcio J. P., Win. R Me Law sand Wia. H
Barret, or any two of them.
Ward No. 2~At the City Hall, nnder the '
management of R. W. Maher, ,J. P., John M 1
Clark and Thomas H. Holievman, or any two i
of them j
Ward No. 3At the Vigilant Engine House
under the management or G. A. Snead, J. P j
Wm. H. Goodrich and John T. Miller, or any
two of them. J j
Ward No. 4—At the Citizen Engine House j
under the management of James MeAndrew’ '
J. P., Thomas H. Nelson and Chas. 8. Bradford’ j
or any two of them.
The Polls will be open from 8 o’clock a m
to 2 o’clock, p. ra. The Managers in each
Ward will appoint three Clerks to assist them
in conducting the election, and report the
names of the said Clerks to the Chief of Police !
the day previous to the election, in order that !
they may be notified of their appointment in '
time lor opening the Polls.
After the vote# in the several Wards are
counted, the Managers will repair to the City
Hall and consolidate the votes for Mayor de
claring the person having the highest number j
of votes for that oflceduiy elected Mayor and ’
the three persons in each Ward having the '
highest numrer of votes for Members of !
Council in the Wa-d duly elected Members of
Council.
CHARLEB EBTEB,
nov24-td Mayor C. A.
’s ew A.o ver tisement s
OP UR A HOT-SE.
BUT ’FIVE NIGHTS LONGER
C*r TBK
Queen Star of the South,
ISID TH*
EMINENT COMEDIANS,
ROSE AND HARRY W4IEINS,
Who will arpear for
THIS NIGHT ONLY
In everybody’s Favorite Drama,
K.4TIILfcFi\ WAVOUKNEEW.
During the evening the GRAND TUMBLE •
KONICON, or, MUSICAL GLASSES, by Miss
MARY and Mr. J C. KENNEY.
No extra eh rge for Reserved Seats at Oates'
Book Store. decs
Mechanic Fire C ompany’s
ANNUAL BALL AND “UPPER
To BE GIVEN AT MASONIC HALL, on
TUESDAY EVENING, December sth
Titckes, fS. nov2S-6
For Renl or Lease,
Handsome mill property and
FARM, containing seventy acres of land, with
in half a mile of the business centre of the city,
j producing one bale of cotton to the acre, with
commodious DWELLING, and all necessary
out-buildings.
ALSO,
Two other tracts of LAND adjoining. All
j of which can be rented or leased on most desi-
I rable teims.
Apply to MONEY CIERK,
decs-6 Southern Express Office.
FIRS.
A J ULL ASSORTMENT AT LOWEST
PRICES, at
J. P. BURNSIDE'S,
decs-l 222 Broad street.
WILLIAM K. PEASEq
COMMISSION MERCHANT
For the Sale cf Cotton and Woolen Yarns
No. 3 3 No.th Front etreet,
PHILADELPHIA,
Consignment* of Southern Cotton Yarns pariieu-
I laxly solicited. Advances liberal. dei 5-6
LOST,
Lost, ou last Saturday morning a BUNCH
| OF KEYS. The finder will please leave them
with
dec-tJ KUBEL BROS.
PYROTECHNICS
Wr. have the largest stock of FIRE
WORKS ever brought to this city which wo are
I offering very low.
FIRE CRACKERS of the best brand.
Merchants receiving orders wi l be supplied
at a discount.
clark a McLaughlin,
decs-2aw4 IS2 Broad street.
NORFOLK OYSTERS.
: (ThAMBERLAIN’S Superior Norfolk OYS
TERS, just received and for sale at reduced
prices by SCHIRM KR & CO., Agents,
dec6-2 102 Broad street.
C.J.T.BALK^
ONE PRICK CAEH STORE !
Pi ICES MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES.
No. 136 Broad St-, Augusta, Georgia,
Haifa Block above the Lower Market.
.Believing that a dry goods house
ha.- long *»*eo needed in the above locality,
which would Leep such au aeaorunent and sell
a. such prices as to compete with any up town
house, I would call atu-uliou to the tact that I
will open the above store
ON MONDAY, SEPT. 11,
with an ENTIRELY NEW STOCK, bought
FOR CASH, consisting of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS
FANCY G JODd, NoTIONo, HOSIERY
GLOVES, FLANNELS, BLANKETS
Aud other seasonable. Goods, too numerous to
meniion.
The bus.uet-s wid he conducted strictly ou
Ibe sash and One Price System.
THE PRICES BEING MARKED IN PLAIN
FIGURES.
1 respectfully request the favor of a call,
promising the most CAREFUL ATTENTION
and perfectly FAIR TREATMENT.
O. J. T. BALK.
scplO-tf
Security Against Fire & Burglars
HALL’S PATENT CON CRETE
Fire-Proof Safes
Have been tried iu hundreds of Fires,
and have never failed to preserve their contents
uninjured.
Hall’s Patent Dovetailed Burglar-
Proof
have never been entered by Burglars.
We keep constantly on hand a stock of these
CELEBRATED SAFES,
and are prepared to fill orders for all kinds of
BANK SAFES, VAULTS, LOCKS, Ac., at
short notice. Bankers, Merchants, Ac., are
cordially invited to examine the Safes on hand.
tURRE\, WALLACE i (0,,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
AGENTS.
jc23-tf
-A-T RETAIL 7
GREAT BARGAINS.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
TO BUY
Table Damasks, Linen Goods, Silks,
Woolens, end a General Assort
ment of Superior Qualities
of Dry Goods, at
FAR BELOW VALUE
Determined to close ont ths remaining stock
in the retail department during December, will
offer
ONT MONDAY’
Most convincing evidences of a deeire to meet
the warn* of bn\ers at
VERY LOW PRICES !
D. R. WRIGHT,
233 broad street.
deco-4
A.TTGTTSTA, GA.
MILLER, HACK At HOWA|;|.
Having secured the well known and commodious store NO 29s ru,,
opposite M O’Dowd, Esq , have on hand a large and well selected stoJu S % I
Groceries, Provisions. Liquors, Bag g i Dg
and all goods in their line adapted to Merchants’ and Planters’ trad-
Intending to have many goods put up for our own trade We h ,
1 name for our house and trade mark, “ The Empire and Palmetto’GmrLJ’n > 1
We have now in store, and dahy receiving, large stocks of - |
BACON, LARI). HAMS, FLOUR. SYRUP, jMI .* TaRE. MACARONI H
MOLASSES, SUGAR. COFFKe, TE-i, RICE, j MEASURES, OBNabUßg* : •
CHEESE, CRACKERS, TOBACCO, j BMEETINGS, BHIRTI}f G q * IF *l '
; CIGARS, SODA, SOAP. CAN FRUITS, TIES, W INES, LIQUORs"’
JELLIES, PRESERVES, PICKLES, Ac, ‘
All of which will be sold on the most reasonable terms to dealer*. *
1 “‘Ws*,
MILLER, HACK & HOWARD
oct2o dsoflawacßm 2ftß BROAD STREET, AUGUST J
THE GREAT FERTILIZE
WHANN’S RAW BONE
SUPERPHOSPHATE OF L lr
STANDARD C. CARANTK.|.|j
S in stain offering this favorite
on hand last season,' w e win
sold by on. selves and agents p 7* l , ho «*S>
Cleghorn, Herring 4t ( j
General Agents, Asims t,
-
FOR sale Bt
Gringe. (k ; fh' Sbipp, toWjYl
n&imm
Tbomaatcn ; B. F. Veal, Stone Moaiftf
p. A. Jewell Culvert on, (H : A.
Lnta, G.i ;E. Cowan, Abbeville,B.C Si
Adams, Eaton ton, Ga; Rev. B. V '
Wilk.-s county ; 8. C. Dixon,
W. B. Hnbi rt, V, arrenton,Ga.
Home Again!
Ota BUYER HAS AGAIN RETURNED FROM THE NORT HEHN MAIL I 'l
I W hcrw he has beau for sever and weeks, raik ng eeiectious of
CHOICE AM) ELEGANT GOODS,
ALL OF WHICH WILL BF. v PuN EXHIBITION AT OUR STORE,
THIS WEEK.
AU the Departments are fall agai;, an ii enumera;; w>ali ‘-a 100 te.iijo# ; bat »
a.iention to a lew choice artic es
Our stock of BLACK and FANCY SILKS is very large, and at prices very low,
pnsing some ol the best makes of European manufacturers.
In oar CLOAK, SHAWL aud FUR ROOM will bi found one of the best »sWtt4
[ ever offered in this market ; and at prices so low the most economical cannot bat beplesse;
In DRESS GOODS, wo commence at 15 cents for A: mare*, worth ' rents, and bos ■
up to all the leading and best Fabri -a of this and foreign count! ,es.
In LACES, HOSIERY, GLOVES, CORSETT3, HOOP SKIRTi, HANDKER dIL E -’
LINENS, SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, we have full lines, all at the Lowest Fri t-
In iRLMMING3, PLUSHES, VELVETS, Ac., we have a superior a?sjrtaieiii.
In FANCY ARTICLES, FOR THE CHRISTMAS, we will have a large variety !
Call THIS WEEK and see the ELEGANT DISPLAY at
V. RICHARDS & BROS
dec3 . d . 4cl FREDERICK'BURG bTORE.
PRIME EDWARD ISLAM)
Black Seed Oats.
I BBG te offer, to arrive, this CHOICE
SEaD GRAIN at fl 15 per bushel, from
CARGO now discharging at Savannah
J. O. MATHEWSON,
*
sbnbrai commission merchant,
AIGISTA, (.4.
noviKMJ
NOTICE.
Having pi kchased thestock of
k» urn. wj «r» mm
AND
medicines
In Store lately occupied by Wells & Clay,
No. 2:8 Broad street, will transact a General
DRUG BUSINESS.
nov23-tf T. W. CHICHESTER
BRUNSWICK PAINT.
J. HINDIS his returned, tod is pre
pared to make contracts to repair and paint
Tin and Metal Roofs with bis celebrated
BRUNSWICK PAINT.
It has been used iu this city and elsewhere
for the isst five years, and there is no instance
where It has not given entire satisfaction, and
GUARANTEES TO MAKE ALL ROOFS
TIGHT, AND FREE FROM LEAK?,
when other remedies hnve been tried and
failed.
uftice.*t No. 17 Mclntosh street, with Mr. J.
Daj. forth. dec3 6’*
j Havana Royal Loiter)
| THE NEXT EXTRAORDINARY
IMG takes place o? the 20th Decent ■>
Capita! Prizes of # 00,000, „
#50,000; and 613 Prizes from f-’.A.
#6OO and #4OO.
For Tickets, Plans ol Drawing?. 1 -• ’
turns, and all information, adiires?
BOBNIO a broths
poyS-2m New Orlesnfjf!!^
TO F/£NT,
DWELLING, With Six room?- ’
between Broad and EHl* fl''** ls, ™ $
Apply at StW Bread street, pr ‘
Thompson’s Carpenter Shop, cone ‘
and Centre streets. ——
DR. WEIGHT.
DENTIST
•26*J BROAD STB ,|f
AUGUSTA, OA.
m4tf "
NEW AKHl VA |j'
At the Dollar Store! D« ll,rL
N T F.W and handsome
importations, received and w J* 1 "
spectioD. A visit to onr St
„ble to those looking for B ar ?
307 Broad street, under the t'lader
nov3o-2w -
FOR SALE OR LE Ai '
Bruners ISLAND,
drt-d and six acres No. 1 KiTt or . : ti-"-
Will sell or lease, together
the Summer Residence, w * l,l
lying on the Savannah Road-
For terms, apply to rarKRT 80 '
nov2otf A- 1- *