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ATLANTA.
Huy for Clerk» In Houao and Senate
\ Lung Dlmcuhmloii and an Vn*atl»-
lartory Ending An Adjournment
Itoiihtfiil Alalter on Hand Import
ant and Demand* Leglalatlon.
Atlanta, December 7,1871.
The business that first agitated the Hall
of Representatives tliis morning was a
matter somewhat muddled in Its shape, re
lating to the payment of clerks and secre
tary of House and Senate.
The original resolution was finally
amended so as to give the Clerk of the
House and Secretary of the Senate, In ad
dition to the regular pay, $250 each, with
$5 lor each twenty miles traveled in com
ing to and going from the capital. This
matter elicited a vast amount of discus
-ion, which lasted until after 10 o’clock,
when a flood of substitutes was poured in
upon the Clerk's desk.
Mr. Phillips offered one allowing the
clerks ten dollars per day without further
emoluments. He was willing to give them
more than he received himself, for he knew
they had Ihjco faithful and efficient In the
discharge of their duties. He proposed to
make this appropriation by enactment —no
appropriation could be made by resolution,
and if they failed to make it accordingly,
the clerks could never receive their money.
He wanted the matter fixed by law, and de
>in I to be fully understood on the subject,
rh ■ members of the Legislature had re
duce.l their own pay, and the people de
manded that the retrenchment movement
should be carried out in full.
Mr Griffin, of Houston, said that time
was too valuable to be thrown away on a
matter pertaining to the pay of a few
clerks. He was in favor of anything that
was fair towards these clerks. Was willing
to give them a reasonable compensation,
hut wanted the matter over with, and was
opposed to a continuance of the discussion,
and called for the previous question. That
not being in order, another gentleman
prang to the floor, and made some sensible
remarks regarding the uselessness of further
eulogies of the clerks. He wanted them
paid' and asked that the matter be settled
at once; whereupon the question of an adop
i ion of the substitute was put and carried.
There was a decided feeling of dissatis
faction manifested among some of the mem
bers over the result of the vote, and a very
free expression was given that the clerks
ought to resign. Up to a late hour, how
ever. 1 have not heard of any event of the
kind taking place.
There is before Ihe House and Senate a
> ast amount of work that needs attention
before an adjournment. I have for some
time lad my doubts as to an adjournment
on the 9th inst, and front the general ap
pearance of artairs at the present time, do
not have the least idea that the session will
then close.
i'he day in both the House and Senate was
spent in the third reading and passage of
bills possessing only local interest. Speaker
Smith did not occupy the Chair during the
day, but occupied a reporter’s seat at the
right, of his desk. I »>elieve that the nomi
nation of yesterday meets with general ap
proval.
Yesterday evening was devoted to politi
cal gatherings and speech-making by the
lovers of political excitement. Among the
speakers was Col. Cowart, who done usual
justice to the frauds and political villainies
of Rullock and Blodgett.
Hotels and boarding houses were over
run with lodgers Everybody with their
: amllies, were in the city, looking up mat
ters of general interest, and attending to
political matters in particular. However,
a heavy exodus occurred this morning on
the early trains, and affairs aloug the
streets begin to assume usual appearances.
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1 Correspondence of Charleston News
The Reply of the Prosecution.
« ontlnulng the Kn Klux Trials—Air.
< liamberlaln and Hr. t'orblu Reply
to the Argument of Hr. Slanbery.
Colombia, December 5.
the United States Court opened this
morning at the usual hour, and the ease of
the United States ns. Crosby et. al, for con
spiracy and burglary, under the Ku Klux
law, was resumed.
Mr. Stanbery, for the defense, handed
in his authorities, and spoke at some length
in explanation of the grounds of his motion
to quash the indictment filed and argoed
yesterday. He read from Wharton’s Ameri
can Criminal Law. vol. 3, page 2290 and
age 2349, the decision of the Court for the
Correction of Errors, in the os«e of Lam
tmti ns. the People, 9 Cowan. 578, and other
•authorities, showing that, in indictments
or conspiracy, the means by which the un
lawful act was perpetrated should be set
' *rrh, the names of the parties injured, &c.,
and that, in the present indictment, such
means at least should be alleged as would
reasonably prevent a person from exer
i sing the right of suffrage.
.Mr. Chamberlain, for the proseention,
replied iu support of the indictment as
made, taking np each ground of exception
in Its order. As to the first ground of ex
c. ptiou—that the conspiracy charged Is to
violate the first section of the art of May
31, 1870, which section defines no crime or
>ffeu*e, and forbids nothing—he stated that
it was through no disrespect to the emi
nent council for the defense, but that real
iv it was impossible for him to discern any
force ?n the exception. It would seem,
from the argument of the counsel, that
every section of an act should contain a
prohibition and affix a penalty to rentier
it effectual. Such, however, is not the
ease. Section* are but arbitrary an<l offi
< ial division* of an entirety, and are to be
considered not singly, but in connection
with other sections with which they are
combined. Nothing is more common in
legislative enactments than that prior sec
tions should assert rights, declare duties,
tc , and some final section affix a penalty.
In the present instance the first section de
tlnes the r ght, and the sixth section pro
\ ides a mode of punishment for a violation
tin first. As to the second exception,
that the names of the parties are not set
forth—the answer to that was, that it was
unnecessary to set forth names in an in
dl 'tment for conspiracy. 3d Greeoleaf on
! vi Icnce, section *9, also in 2d Russell on
t’l'. <>s, page 679, it Is shown that in an
indictment for conspiring together on a
certain, through false minors, to raise the
price 01 the public funds, the indictment
was held good, though the names of the
parties Injured were not named. Also In
the vase of the Commonwealth rs Judd, 2d
Mfc- , page 329, an indictment for conspir
■ iiti together to manufacture ami sell, with
\ fraudulent intent, a base and spurious
compound as genuine indigo, was held
wood, though the parties injured were not
named. The objects of a conspiracy may
>* the public generally, a certain class or
an individual In the caw of the Common
wealth ts. Harlem, 7th Metcalf, an aver
ment that the parties Indicted conspired to
defraud, it was held not supported by proof
that the Indictment would have been
alleged that the public generally were in
tended to bejdefrauded. In our indictmeut
we have cot taken the latitude allowed us,
but instead of charging the fraud against
the public generally, as is legitimate, we
have shouldered an additional burden by
charging the fraud as against various male
. tizens of African descent, which allega-
n we propose to sustain by proof.
To the third objection to the first count,
that the means by which the unlawful pre
vention wa* effected are not set forth, the
answer was also that it was nnneessary.
3d Green leaf on Evidence, section ss—
the intention is Illegal, the means to
accomplish it are not necessary. 2d Ras
-cll on Crimes, page 681, shows that in an
indictment the words “ did conspire by in
d’rect meaus" were considered as surplus
age, as also the wo-ds “by devices, pre
tences aud subtle means."
Mr. Stanbery. The gentleman doesn’t
seem to understand the point raised by the
defense here. The statute reads, “if any
person shall, by threats, intimidation anil
violence,” Ac., which facts, we claim, it is
necessary to allege.
Mr. Chamberlain. The sixth section
yndvr which this indictment is laid reads
•* If two or more persons shall band or con
spire together,” &c. No means are stated,
and none nee*l be alleged. The counsel
reads from the filth section, which refers
simply to individuals, ami has no reference
to a conspiracy. As to the objection that
no specific election was named, we rep: t
that Amzi Rainey had a right to vote at
anv and all elections. The offense is a
general one. Conspiracy is defined as a
combination or agreement of two or more
l>ersons, by concerted means, to do an un
lawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlaw
ful means The conspiracy need never have
been effected, hnt the simple intent, by con
certed means, to deprive Amzi Rainey of
the right to vote at any election whatsoever
completes the crime.
As to the fifth objection, that the quali
fications of said male citizens to vote are
not set forth. This conspiracy, as we
have already stated, is a statutory offense,
and the indictment has to be drawn under
the statute. It becomes important here to
refer to some rules. From Ist Bishop, in
criminal procedure, section 359, we read
that where offense Is purely statutory,
having no reference to common laws, it is
sufficient to charge in these essentia! words
of the statute This is a purely statuory
offense. Not that conspiracy is but a con
spiracy to violate the provisions of the first
section of the act, and it is sufficient when
we charge In the essentia! words of the act.
The statutory offense is in these words
“Shall conspire of band together to violate
the provisions of this act,” and we have
only put a burden on ourselves in using
the words to deprive certain male citizens,
of African descent, of the free exercise of
the right of suffrage ; the words are unne
cessary in themselves, and we are, there
fore, not required to state the qualifica
tions of the voters. State vs. Gould, 34
New Hampshire, 510; Ist Bishop on crimi
nal law, 373; Early case, 2d Lewie, 183.
The great and general answer to all the
foregoing objections is that we are indict
ing under a statute, and charge violation
of the provision ofthe first section and all
additional allegations, such as that the
parties injured were male citizens of
African descent, are simply gratuitous,
and burden us with additional proof,
but are not essential to sustain the in
dictment So much for the objections to
the first count. Now, let us consider the
objections to the second count. Ihe first
objection here made is that it is not al
leged that Rainey was qualified to vote,
but simply stated that he was a citizen of
the United States. We say. in the first
place, that it substantially set forth when we
allege that he was possessed of the right of
suffrage, secured and guaranteed to him
under the Constitution, &c., and all addi
tional qualifications are unnecessary, for
they are charged iu substance when we say
that he was a citizen lawfully qualified, Ac.
In the second place, we answer that this is
a statutory offense—the words of the act
being to conspire together with intent to
injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any
citizen of the United States in the free en
joyment of a right and privilege guaranteed
by the Constitution, &c , and we have de
scribed the offense in the words of the stat
ute and named the person Amzi Rainey, as
a citizens of the United States, which is all
that is required.
As to the second objection, that no day
of election is named, all that we have said
in answer to a similar objection to the first
count will apply.
Third. That the unlawful means are not
set forth. To this we reply that this is not
an offense that depends upon the means,
the time, or against what particular indi
vidual directed, but the offense is complete
short of that, and is perfected when, in the
words of that definition, a combination or
agreement is entered into, by concerted
means, to do an unlawful act. It is not
necessary to name the time of an overt act.
I would that I could draw upon my imagi
nation only for a case iu haud, and were
not stating a fact that happened in this
present year of grace. Suppose that two
or three persons should go iu disguise, at
night, to the house of a citizen—a colored
man’s house—should smite his redfe to the
floor, ravish his daughter before his eyes,
and, after knocking him down, drag him
out in the woods, shonld there, after de
bating the question whether they would
kill or whip him. force him to take an oath
that he will never vote in a certain way
Now, suppose al! this, and suppose the
man to be Amzi Rainev, and shall it be
deemed necessary to name a day ofc’.ectiou ?
The distinguished counsel say they are not
disposed to be captions, nor to take advan
tage of technicalities, and yet they demand
of us, under these circumstances, to show
at what election Amzi Rainey was hinder
ed in the free exercise of the elective fran
chise bv that oath. The offense was com
plete when he was made to take the oath,
if there never should be any election what
ever.
As to the objection that the indictment
iuclnded a charge of burglary, which was
a domestic crime, and cognizable only un
der the laws of the State, Mr. Chamber
lain went on to st»v that be accorded due
force to the argument of the defense on
that point, and agreed that this court can
not take jurisdiction of an offense against
the State of Sooth Carolina. Section seven
of the act provides that if, in the act of
violating the provisions of section one of
the act, any other felony shall be commit
ted, the offender shall be punished in such
manner as is prescribed by the laws of the
State for such crime. It was not the in
tention of the Government to try for bur
glary, but simply upon conviction for the
conspiracy, to make the penalty the same
as for burglary under the State laws. This
comes very short of this court taking cog
nizance of the crime of burglary. We
found that burglary had been committed,
and set it forth in the words of an indict
ment in South Carolina, not to try the of
fense. but to serve as the measure of pun
ishment as contemplated by the statute.
The sentence will not be for burglary, but
the court will merely refer to the laws of
the State for burglary, and affix that pen
alty to the conspiracy.
The first objection in the fourth coout is,
that this count does not allege Amzi
Rainey was a citizen of the United States.
This count is drawn under the fifth section,
which reads, •• any person,” Ac., and not a
citizen of the United Stat- s. As to the ob
jection. “That it is not alleged that he was
otherwise qualified than by the fifteenth
amendment, we admit that the fifteenth
amendment does not absolutely grant any
right of suffrage, but practically and really
it does secure and guarantee to colored
persons such right, and we have simply
followed the chosen words of the act.
The objection to the fifth connt being the
same as to the fourth, the same reply is ap
plicable ;so also ‘he sixth and seventh. It
was objected to the eighth count that the
preservation of the right to be secure in
person and papers against unreasonable
searches, seizures, Ac., was the province of
the State laws. The act under which this
count was made wi< intended simply to en
force the provisions of the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Constitution
If such power is vestal in Congress, as we
understood the honorable counsel vester
day to admit, then we bold that in this in
stance Congress was merely intending to
protect Amzi Rainey and others from un
reasonable search, seizure, Ac., rights guar
anteed to them bv the Constitution. It is
true that personal rights are protected by
the State laws; bnt is It not eminently
proper, also, that Congress should enforce
such provisions of the Constitution as affect
them ? Certainly it is in this instance; for
while it be true that the honorable eonn«el,
as he says, and I are protected by the
State laws from personal harm, it is equally
true that Amzi Raiuev was not; and Con
gress has come forward and said we will
protect you.
The objection to the ninth couDt is that
we have not specified what laws of the
equal protection of which Amzi Rainev was
deprived. Our reply is that it is unneces
sary. inasmuch as we have charged in the
words of the act.
The objections to the tenth connt bein<r
the same as the preceding, we make the
same reply.
At the conclusion of Mr. Chamberlain’s
rgument, the court took a recess of fifteen
minutes IV hen the court resumed, Mr.
l orb:?i followed at some length in support
o ue indictment, explaining aDd expouud
vtri. v V * ews advanced by his colleague.—
» hen he had concluded, the court, at the
request of Mr. Johnson, adjourned till to
morrow, at ten o’clock, when Mr. Johnson
w:’l close the argument for the defense.
Picket.
It is said that ten million dozen corsets
were imported into the United States last
year. This is only three apiece for every
man, woman and child in the country,
about ten for every American woman.
fFrom the Washington Capita!.
Exee»*lve Taxation.
It is high time the American public did
know what was the matter, and set about
the work of amendment in earnest, or else
we may become a great, even a grand na
tion, with the total loss, however, of what
nations are constituted to preset vo, ami that
is individual liberty. The outrageous taxes
and the enormous defalcations of the re
venue collectors and treasurers, instead of
diminishing under our illustrious Presl
deut, have increased, are Increasing, and un
less they can l>e immediately contested and
permanently diminished they will ruin the
people.
The federal machine now requires over a
million of dollars a day to keep it front
bankruptcy, which is more than the ex
pense account of any other country, for
England collects taxes to a less amount,
and so do France and Germany. In spite
ofthe much greater wealth, aud the costly
armies, navies, and fortifications, to say no
thing of kings, queens, princes, palaces,
and other extraordinary expenses, their re
spective outlays are considerable less than
a million of dollars per diem—a sum by the
wav which represents not the savings of
rive tniU ous of persons in families, but the
whole amount of their average earnings.
In all probability a million of dollars a day
would stand for the surplus beyond subsist
ence o ten millions of persons of both sexes
and all ages. It follows that “ the best
government ou earth” appropriates at the
present moment the savings of one-fourth
of the population. To make the calcula
tion of governmental absorption complete
it is necessary to include the other charges
for State, county, and municipality expen
diture at as much more, or the total of one
half of al! that is saved from the toil and
sweat of our foity millions of men, women,
and children. The reality, probably, ex eeds
th's statement, which is appalling enough,
and which should be swiftly modified if onr
nation would live and not die. If we add
to these government charges the gross
amounts that are taxon from the producers
by the idlers who live upon income from
'suds, houses, and the interest and profit of
their other capital, it is enough to stagger
the strongest advocate of democracy and to
frighten even patriots who have gone on
hoping for the better up to the last.
We concede that public services should
be well compensated ; that full prices should
be paid for all materials wanted, and fair
profits be made upon advances of everv
kiud. Rut when the aggregate for federal
expense gets beyond a million of dollars
everyday ofthe week in every month of
the year, it behooves us to see to the safe
keeping ofthe funds which have been col
lected after being assessed according to a
rigid rule of equality. We despair of re
ducing the total. As long as it takes money,
and a vast deal of it, to pay onr way, and
while Congress is under such a necessity of
wholesale legislation, and tern -ted of the
lobby snd the devil, the only tangible thing
to be done for the relief of the under dog in
the fight is to stop fonl play, In short, to
make stealing the taxes nearly impossible.
The tax consumers aud taxpayers ought to
antagonize, as they are sure to do in feeling,
but there must be a better preventative or
ganization After the horse has been stolen
it is very well to pursue the thief and to
lock the stable, but it would avail a great
ileal more ifthe temptation had Iteen re
moved, hv such guards as would keep the
horse and the man in their proper places,
so as to prevent a confusiou of goods and
loss to the public.
The way to do it is to recognize the law
that men who collect or keep money which
they have not earned should have as little
ns possible placed in their possession. The
closer these operations are brought to the
taxpayers, the *a!er will lie the funds. A
township collector or treasurer never
makes default, rsrelv dot's a county collec
tor or treasurer, and seldom State collec
tors or treasurers, but almost all the fede
ral collectors of revenue and.treasurers and
depositaries are sooner or later certain to
become defaulters.
The man who earn-* the money is always
its best custodian, and then the official
who live* under his eye in the same town
ship. and so od up to the county aud Stete
officials. These all feel the vigilant eye of
those for whom they act continually upon
their actions, and they are not ap* La waste
the trust funds in their hands. If we can
not therefore lower the taxes, we should so
distribute them that the loss shonld be
less.
All of which premises prove that we
must cease going in the direction of conso
lidation if we would preserve our institu
tions. Wc must separate the administration
of affairs more and more according to the
original theory of the system; the Federal
Government must lie limited to the manage
ment of the inter-state and external rela
tions of the whole country, leaving to each
of the States and to the subdivisions of the
State the vast bulk of political action. In
this reform the taxes which can be decent
ly defended as being proper to meet the
federal expenditure will be diminished, and
a much more careful management of them
by the officers will be enforced by legisla
tion and by public opinion.
Two sets of officers, having much more
equal authority than they have at present,
will then become an effectual check upon
each other, and the States will rise in then
dignity and Importance in proportion to
the diminution of the federal Interference
in domestic matters not within the province
of any but State officers. This Is a serions
matter, and it must be discussed by those
who are forming public opinion upon it, so
that upon a iust comparison and a faithful
consideration the great body of taxpayers
may obtain the appropriate relief from a
system which has already well nigh borne
them to the ground, and which threatens
the stability of the l nion under the Consti
tution.
[From the Atlanta Pun.
A Railroad to Elberton.
A dialler of Special Interest to the
People of Atlanta and to the Alr-
Line Railroad.
We Invite special attention to the com
munication of “EHtert, in our paper to
day. The people of Atlanta and the stock
holders of the Air Line Railroad, it seem*
to us, should he deeply interested in the
matter presented.
Elbert is a wealthy county. Avery
large amount of cotton, as well as other
produce, is made there. The people are
extensive purchasers of merchandize, and
the trade of the county i« very large All
this trade goes to Augusta, and Elbert is
one of the heaviest patrons of the Augusta
market.
Elberton is thirty miles from the rail
road, at the nearest point—Lexington
The people have long desired the Washing
ton branch of the Georgia Railroad to he
extended to Elherton. bnt its construction
would he very expensive—especially in
the costand difficulty or crossing Broad
river.
A branch of the Air-Line could be built
at comparatively small cost—the proposed
route for most of the distance being on a
high level ridge.
This branch once built would make Af
lanta the market tor the cotton and other
trade o; Elbert and the country
on*.
We have not time to go into details or
give statistics. We throw out the general
Idea, and hope It will be taken hold of and
- .aborated by those immediately interested.
Ocr Standing Army.—Tax payers,
workingmen, everybody who has to labor
for a living would do well to read over the
report of the War Secretary, and see what
special pleading he has to resort to with
reference to the “ Ku Klox,” as if to justify
the expenditure of millions of the people’s
money, in good part for military purposes,
in the f-onth. It raav suit the electioneer
ing purposes of Gen. Grant and the Repub
lican party to continne the war in that
quarter, on false pretences, bnt the people
who have to foot the bill are in no hnmor
to appreciate either the wisdom or the
patriotism of such a policy. It is an eternal
reproach to the self-seekiug politicians who
are running the Administration, that years
and years after the Rebellion was suppress
ed, a standing army, costing millions of
dollars, should still be deemed a necessity.
With the opening of winter comes the re
port of crimes of almost every grade com
mitted in the cities and large towns. It Is
a warning to all citizens to look out for all
rogues, and not to rely wholly upon police
protection The police must, however, be
active and vigilant and the magistrates
firm, for villians who commit crime ought
to be punished to the full extent of the law.
BY TELEGRAPH.
SPECIAL PROM A TLA ST A .
Bill to Prevent uhe Sale of Farm Pro
flnee Between Sunset aud Sunrise.
The Seaalon of the Legislature to be
Extended.
Atlanta, December B.—ln the Senate,
Mr. Smith moved to reconsider the reso
lution requesting the School Commission
er to resign the office he now holds.
The previous question was called and
the motion carried—yeas, 70; nays, 25.
On motion of Mr. Nunnally, the resolu
tion was referred to the Committee on Ed
ucation.
Mr. Wellborn offered a resolntion that the
session be continued until Wednesday, the
18th, inclusive, and no longer, unless by a
two-third vote, which was carried and re
ported to the House.
In the House an amendment to the act
incorporating the Savannah and Thunder
bolt Railroad Company was concurred in.
A bill authorizing the Ordinary of Gwin
nett county to issue bonds to build a conrt
house, passed.
A bill to amend the act incorporating the
Newnan and Americus Railroad passed.
A motion of Mr. Pou to reconsider was
lost.
A bill amending the charter of the Albany
and Columbus Railroad Company was lost.
Yeas, 47; nays, 84.
Air. Clower, of Monroe, moved to recon
sider the passage of the hill to regulate
labor.
The motion was laid on the table.
A bill to prevent the sale of farm pro
ducts between the hours of sunset and sun
rise In Richmond and other counties was
taken up.
Mr. Bryan offered a substitute for the bill.
The bill aud substitute were laid on the
table.
Ou motion of Mr. Bnead, the section In
the tax bill imposing a sj>ecifle tax on
liquors was strlkeu out and a substitute
imposing an <id valorem tax only was
adopted.
A bill to carry into effect the bill to pro
vide for an election of Governor to fill the
unexpired term of R. B. Bullock passed,
an*l was transmitted to the Senate.
The Senate resolution extending the ses
sion to Wednesday, 13th, was taken up
and made the special order for 3 o’clock.
The resolution was amended during the
afternoon session so as to extend the time
of session to Saturday, the lfith, and pass
ed.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
NOON DISPATCHES.
Vlexleo.
Matamoras, December s —Saltillo and
all the forts are iu possession of the rebels.
The insurgents are preparing to marcji on
Sau Louis.
I’uvalve Policy.
New York, December 8 Montgomery
Blair writes to the World urging Democrats
to adopt immediately a passive policy.—
The Worli, editorially, dissents from Blair’s
views.
Inlet-national Society.
Arrangements for the International So
ciety demonstration Sunday have been con
cluded, Woodhult<£ Claflin will assist Ik
the procession.
Peace Jubilee.
Boston. December B.—Gilmore has re
turued. lie is fully assured of the success
of his monster International Peace Jubilee.
The Independent Fire Insurance Com
pany ha* been enjoined from doing business
Pending the application it put its affairs in
the hands of a receiver.
Alexis arrived yesterday.
Vletalrle Race*.
New Orleans, December B. —Foley’s
chestnut filly won the first race; time, 1:52
Arizona won the second race, winning the
first, second an I|fourth heats; time, 1
1:531*., 1:52, l:s3tj.
Foreign.
London, December B.—The first bulletin
says the Prince of Wales was very urquiet
last night, lit* hail a considerable increase
of fever.
The situation of France 1* grave. The
Orleans Princes are pushing things. Thiers
assured the Princes that their presence in
the Hall would arouse animosities. The
moment is inopportune. Ronapartist Red
Republican anti Legitamist journals would
clamor that the republic was menaced. The
Princes answered that thev would not act
without further consideration. Thiers
showed extreme anxiety to deter the Princes
from taking their seats. The commission
upon the abrogation of the exile had an
emergency session. Should they abrogate
the exile, the Princes will perhaps enter the
Hall. Thiers, under the circumstances,
will probably present to the Assembly a
proposition for a definitive Republican gov
ernment. It Is believed that the Duke
cl.’ Aurnale can carry a majority of the
A*«emhlv.
London, Decembers—Noon.—Unfavo*a
ble news regarding the Prince of Walts’
condition has a depressing influence.
London, Decemier 8—1:30, P. M.—Tke
Queen is at the Prince of Wales’ bedside.
The morning papers are publishing extris.
Every issue increases the public anxietv.
London. December B—s, P. M. —There
are exciting rumors on change announcing
the death of the Prince ot Wales, but. tlie
news is not authenticated, and should be
received with great caution.
London, December 8, 9.80, P. M.—Physi
cians in attendance upon the Prince af
Wales have just issued a bulletin statirg
that his Royal Highness was still very
much prostrated.
tII»fell»neon«.
San Francisco, December B—The As
sembly has organized, with Thos. R. Shan
non as Speaker.
Halifax, December 8 —Ten were lost by
the wreck of the schooner Achilles, from
the Fire Islands.
Balt8 alt Lake, December 7. —Two severe
earthqna ! -es occurred on the sth, and an
other on the 6th, at Cedar City.
No mails or passengers from the East
since Saturday.
Havana, December B. —There is much
local speculation in sugar. A heavy de
cline is apprehended when sugars begin to
arrive.
New York, Decembers.—Havana stean
ers decline to receive packages of news
papers outside the mail, by order of the
Captain General.
Wm M. Foster, actor, is dead.
All the passengers quarantined from the
steamer Delaware have been discharged.
Only fourteen cholera cases from the
steamer Franklin are left, and all bnt oue
are convalescing.
New York, Decembers.—The Gold Room
is excited over the baseless rumor of the
death of the Prince of Wales and a panic
in London. The markets in gold, conse
quently, are strong and active. No au
thority whatever, so far, for the rumor.
—
EVENING DISPATCHES.
Washington Items.
Washington, December 8. Senator
Trumbull has no recollection of uttering
sentiments attributed to him by an inter
viewer in the Louisville Courier-JovmaL
The accoont represented Trumbull as fa
vorable to Grant’s re-eiectlon.
Suit was commenced to-day in the Dis
trict Court by Gassaway B. Lamar against
Samuel B. Cabell, for the value of 326
bales of coteon, which Lamar casually
lost and Cabell found, and knowing it was
Lamar’s property, Cabell appropriated the
proceeds.
A brief full Cabinet meeting, except
Akerman.
Steamer Sunk.
Memphis. December B—The Fannie
Brandies, for Cairo, with two hundred
bales cotton and a few passengers, snagged
and sunk to the boiler deck. No lives lost.
The boat and cargo a total loss.
St. Lonli Board ot Trade.
St. Lons, December S.—ln the Board of
Trade, the Committee on Mississippi Levees
reported, earnestly requesting Congres
sional aid for levee purposes, autl permanent
Improvement of navigation and levees. The
report was adopted.
Resolutions favoring a National Pacific
Railroad to Han Francisco r ia Han Diego,
were discussed. An amendment that the
Government should build the road and
allow all carriers to run cars over It at
specified rates, provoked earnest discussion.
17ft seel la neons.
Halifax, December B'The cholera has
entirely disappeared from the French set
tlement at Chizzicoke.
Twenty-five lives wore lost in Nova Scotia
by last week’s gales.
Pittsburg, December B.—McKnight &
Cos., rolling mill at Birmingham was burn
ed. Loss, $120,000.
Nashville, December B.—The Legisla
ture fixed the tax at forty cents. The
present rate ( sixty) barely pays exivenses,
leaving the interest on bonds unprovided
for.
New Southern Route.
Wilmington, December B.—The Wil
mington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
being completed to Columbia, Houth Caro
lina opens anew line between the North
and South via Columbia and Augusta on
and after December 13th.
Ku Klux Trials tu Columbia.
Charleston, December B.—ln the Ku
Klux trial to-dav four of the prisoners,
Porter, Childers, Murphy and Montgome
ry, pleaded guilty to the charge of conspir
ing to deprive citizens of the right to vote
They reserved the right of reading afil ia
vits in mitigation of punishment. *»tan
hery raised the point: Can prisoners be
tried for an offense committed March and
charged April 21st, under the Ku Klux
law passed April 20th ? Other points will
be made to-morrow for certification to the
Supreme Court.
Foreign.
London, December 8—5:30, P. M —The
precarious state of the Prince of Wales
continues. F.xacerbation commenced last
night, attended with great prostratiou.
London, December B—6, P. M. — The
Standard* s extra says the Prince of Wales
is sinking fast; his lungs congested. There
is no hope.
The Argvle Rooms, a resort for Ameri
cans, were burned.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Comparative Cotton movement.
New York, December B—Total receipts
from September Ist, 1870, 84 769 bales; same
time this year, 103,383. Total exports from
September Ist, 1870,617,603 bales; same time
this year, 47,10T> bales. Stock at all United
States ports last year, 430,636 ; this year,
406,230. At all interior towns last year,
95,636: this year, 67,375. At Liverpool
last year, 319,000; this year, 445,000. —
American cotton afloat for Great Britain
last year, 170,000 bales ; this year, 178,000
Foreign.
London, December B.—Betting upon the
result of the Tichborn case is quite general.
The latest quotations from the clubs indi
cate the prevalent odds as ten to one
against the claimant of the property.
A strike of telegraph operators in Lon
don, Manchester, Liverpool and other large
cities is Imminent.
Dublin, December B. — The anniversary
of apprentice boys at Londonderry was
celebrated yesterday, and passed off with
uausual quiet. An effigy of Lundy was
burnt, and the usual derisory demonstra
tions, but there was no serious aieturb
ance.
Paris, December B—ln the A«smb!y to
day a motion was made by Ducbatel for
the removal of the Assembly and seat of
Government to Paris. The motion gave
*ise to an animated debate, which promises
to be protected, although there is little
doubt that the proposal has a majority of
the Chamber in its favor.
Appeals of the Communists convicted of
the murder of Generals Lecompte and
Thomas, and sentenced to sailer death,
have been rejected by the Commissioner of
Pardons, and there is no hope that Thiers
will interpose to remove this final decision.
President Thiers’ message recommends
that the annual army contingent fund be
fixed at $90,000, instead of $30,000 as in
correctly reported last night.
Paris, December 8, P. M.—The session
of the Assembly to-day was very turbu
lent. The vote of urgency was demanded
upon the question of the future form of
government for France, and was refused.—
Panyer Quertier, Minister of Finance, an
nounced that he will present the Budget
for to morrow. A bill was presented
annulling the decree confiscating the prop
erty of the Orleans Princes.
The vote of urgency upon the bill pro
viding for the return of the Assembly to
Paris was referred by a small majority.—
The Chamber was subsequently the scene
of angry recrimination between the mem
bers of the Right and Left. M. Rovier
asked leave to present a resolution censu
ring the Committee of Pardons for its
want of clemency towards convicted Ccm
monists, but the majority of the Assembly
protested violently against the reception of
the document, and it was returned to M.
Rovier.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
National Bank of Augusta. /
AroraTA, Oa, Decemrer 8, 1871, S
The Annual Meeting of the Sto. kholderg of this
Bank foßthe Election of Directors, will he held at their
Banking House, on TUESDAY (th« 9th DAV OF
JAN L’ART, 1872), between the hour* of 10, a. ro , and
•J, p. m. G. M THKW,
dec# lawtd Cashier.
National Eitliance Bank.
Arorsri, Oi., December 8, 1871. a
The Regular Annual Meeting of the Stockholders,
for the Election of Directors, will be held at their
Biuking House on the SECOND TUESDAY IN
J ANUARY next (the 9th;, bet ween the tours of 10,
am., and ♦. p. m. JOHN CRAIG,
decSfrtd Cashier.
BATCHELOR HAIK DYE.
Thi* Superb Hair Dye i* the best the world —per
fectly harmless, reliable and instantaneous; no disap
pointment ; no ridiculous tint* or disagreeable
odor. The genuine W. A. Batchelor’s Hair Dye pro
duce* IxMtDiiTiLT a »p endid Black or nature
Brown, leave* the hair el*u», toft, beautiful; doe* not
contain a panicle of lead or any injurious compound.
Bold by all druggists. Factory, 16 BOND BTRKKT,
NEW YORK. oct3-ly
THE TRUE GROUNDS 0? CONFIDENCE.
Whence comes that firm reliance, that absolute, un
doubting faith in the efficacy of Hostetter a Stomach
Bitter* a* a remedy for indigestion, bilious disorders,
intertnittent and remittent fevers, which notoriously
prevails in all parts of the United States ? This confl]
denes has been growing for twenty years, and it is still
extending. It is not the result of crednlity ;it has not
bo,n engendered hy any human devise, but is the
spontaneous and natural consequence of experience.
What people see daily going on under their own eyes
they cannot question. When families in unhealthy
districts, that resort to this wholesome vegetable tonic
as a preventive, escape periodical fevers, and their
immediate neighboi s, who neglect "that precaution,
are prostrated by the disease, how is it possible that
the phenomenon should be without its lesson I In
like manner when it is seen that obstinate cases of
d> spepsia, of liver complaint, of constipation of ner
vous weakness, and of general debil ty, yield to the
operation of the Genoa? remedy, bow ran even in
credulity itself withhold its endorsement f Eye-wit
nesses of the salutary effects of the Bitters are to be
found in every dviUted settlement on this continent-
The thousands upon thousands who owe their resto
ration to health and strength, or their preservation
from sickness to Its extraordinary medicinal i roper
ties, are enthusiastic in its praise. The multitudes
who recommend it in a neighborly way to their
friends and acquaintances, as well as those who make
public their estimate of its virtues, are always ready
to state their reasons for the faith that la in them.
They have all either felt or witnessed Its beneficent
operations. nortfMuthsasc
NUT GRASS.
IP. SLNOTT. living on the Sand Hills, can
km NWT GRASS. novßß-lm» j
\ T eV r Advertisements
OPERA_HOUSB.
GREAT -H1T.1,.
POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT.
The queen star of the south
and Emineut Comedian. ROSE »cd>l ARb
WATKINS Opera, Drama, Comedy, Earce,
Dance, Song. The.Graud Operatic Drama,
DAI GHTFR OF THE REOinENT ;
r. THE CHILDOF THE REGIMENT,
With all the Original Music.
IKE I.KWIS in Character Song and Dance.
GRAND TUMBLERONICON, or, MUBICAL
GLASSES, by Miss Mary and
J. C Kenney.
Concluding with the very laughable farce,
Adventure* of a Cove Letter.
*KOBE and IIAKRY WATKINSES Mr. and
Mrs. Southdown.
No extra charge for Reserved Beats at Oates
Book Store. ( ' ec ' 4
LOST,
O N the morning of the 7th instant, between
V. Richards A Bro.’s and Georgia Railroad De
pot, a GOLD SLEEVE BUTTON. The finder
will he rewarded by leaving it at
dec9-l THIS OFFICE*
PRIM E EDWARD ISLAM)
Black Seed Oats.
"X BEG to oiler, to arrive, this CHOICE
SEED GRAIN at *1 per bushel, from CARGO
row discharging at Savannah.
J. O. MATHEWSON,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AHiISTA, fit.
dec 9-6
JUST ARRIVED,
A FINE LOT OF WELL BROKE BAD
DLE and HARNESS HORSES, at Pournelie’s
Stable. SUGGS A RICH.
dec9-2
HOME SCHOOL,
ATHENS, QA.
MADAME S. SOSMWSRI, Principal,
/\ T the expiration of the usual Christmas
| holidays, January Ist, 1872, the Exercises of
this School will be resumed, and continue un
interruptedly to the close of the scholastic
year, July Ist, 1872. dec9-dtjanl
WANTED.
A. GIRL about 14 or 15 years oi age, 10 do
house work.
Apply at 193 Reynolds s'.reel.
decS 3*
_A.n Ordinance
ADOPTING THF. REVISED ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS and rules of the
CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA, COM
PILED UNDER THE TITLE OF “THE
AUGUSTA CITY CODE,” BY AUTHORI
TY OF A RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL.
ADOPTEE JUNE sth, I*7l.
cection I. Br it ordlined by the City Council
j rs Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the au
-1 thority of the same, That a.l Ordinances, parts
of Ordinances, Resolutious and Rules printed
and contained in the revised Ordinances
Resolutions and Rnles of 'be City Council
| of Augusta, compiled under the title of
“The Augusta City Code,” by authority rs
a resolution ot Council, adopted June sth,
1871, be and the same are hereby and. c’ared to
be the Ordinances, Resolutions and Rules ot
the City Council of Augusta, and they shall
have the force thereof.
Sep. 11. Be it further ordained. That this
j adopting Ordinance expressly saves all exist
ing Ordinances having in view mere private
rights, such as grants to private persons, or to
corporations, or relief f. onu penalties, etc., as
; a'so the rights of the City Council of Augusta
; and any other parties or corporations being
part es to contracts hiretofore made and exe
j cuted in whole or in part; and this adoption
: shall not affect any act done, or any right ac
j cruing or scorned, established or vested, or
’ any suit or proceeding h td, or commenced, in
any case before ihe time- when such adoption
shall take effect, nor any suit or prosecution
pending at the time of such adoption for any
offense committed, or for the recovtry ot any
penalty or forfeiture incurred under any pro
lision of any Ordinmces or Resolution super
seded bv such adoption.
Sec. ill. Be if further ordained. That this
Ordinance and l ode shall take effect on
and after the first dav of January, A. D. 1872.
Sec. IV. And be it further ordained, That ail
ordinances and parts of ordinances militating
against this ordinance be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Done in Council this 6th dav of December,
A. D. IH7I.
CHAS. ESTES, Mayor C. A.
Jl. s. Attest L. T. Biome,
f ~ Clerk Connell.
deeS-8
Interesting to the Ladle?*
Owing to the greai reduction
in the prices of DRY GOODS, I have felt it my
duty ami privilege to reduce mine in every de
partment of my business during the Winter
seasou. All orders, either ia COVERINGS or
DRESSES, committed to my care, -shall re
ceive prompt attention, at the shortest possible
notice, at No. 258 Broad street, by
decß-3 Mrs. E. BROWN.
TEMPORARY
Axlministrators’ Bale.
By virtue of an order granted by the Court cl
Ordin.iiy of Richmond county, Georgia, will be *old
on THURSDAY, the lith day of December, IS7I, at
10 o’clock, a. m., at the etore_corner t f Campbell and
Walker street, form riy occupied by Richard Frain,
deceased, all tbe goods In sand j store, !>e!onging to the
estate of said Richard Frain, deceased, consisting in
part of about
300 gallons tine WHISKY, BRANDY
WINE, GIN, BRANDT PEACHES
TOBACCO, BOAP, 1 SODA FOUNTAIN
BAR ROOM FIXTURES
3 GOLD WATCHES and CHAINS
And a great many other articles too numerous to
mention.
Tsrjis—Cash. EDWARD W. HALEY,
Temp. Admr. est. Richard Frain, deceased.
dec3-td
WANTED,
B Y a single young man, a ROOM centrally
located, suitable lor a sleeping apartment.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
dec7-8
IT HAS NO RIVAL.
The standard excellence of DOOLEY’B YEAST
POWDER lias been satisfactorily demonstrated to
be owing to its strict chskicsl fcritt, do article*
being used in its composition but those especially
adapted to the purpose, and such as are free from
any injurious substances.
Two teaspoonfuhs of DOOLEY’S YEAST l OW
DER is all that is necessary in a quart of flour, while
ordinary Baking Powder requires from one-third to
one-half more. Hence, Dool*t’s is tbe most icos
osical, aaxiasLE and the bist. Manufactured by
Doolsy A Brother, 69 New street, New York. For
sale by Grocers generally.
myV-tnthsa-9
f§ *.-• I—WIRE RAILING, FOB
1 ,F Cemetery Lots
■ -i- -g_ Cottages, Ac.; Wire Guards
fctore Fronts, Factories
Asylums, Ac.; Wire Webbing, Rice Cfotn, and Wire
Work. Every information by addressing
m. walker a sons,
fe'A-ly N °' ** * Urk@t rtre «b Philadelphia,
OPERA-HOUSE.
Grand Shakspearian Revival!
POSITIVELY FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY !
The Most Attractive and Fashionable
Week of the Seasou.
Engagement of tbe distinguished Actor,
MR. HARRY SEYMOUR.
Monday, Dec. 11th, 187 1,
Will be presen t'd Shakspeire a Grand
Tragedy,
RICHARD 111.
Produced at an outly ol
*10,000!
I N cTdENT 8 .
Act Ist-Scene Ist.—Grand Tableau of the
Little of Tewkesbury, A. D. 1471 Act 2d
Solemn Funeral Procession. Act 3d—Ludlow
Castle; Investiture of Edward V. Act 4tb,
1183—Imposing Procession and Coronation ot
Richard and Anne Neville. Act sth, 1485
Boswortb Field. Match ol the English, Breton
and Welsh lorces ; Magnificent Tableau of Bat
tlc ol Bosworthand Death of Rienard 111, the
hist of the Plantageuets, alter their occupancy
ot the English Throne 330 years.
Prices of Admission : Reserved Seats,
#125; Parquette and Dress Circle, fl; Gal
lerry 50 cent®. Sale of secured seats will com
mence on Saturday, December 9th, at Oates’
Book Store. dec7 ts
TO PIASTERS
AND
Dealers in Fertilizers
WB OFFER THE FOLLOWING
Fertilizing Materials
For sale, aud confidently aseert that no one
can purchase th m in ordinary quantities at
the North and place them in this market as
low as we will sell them.
All who would prefer giving a preference to
home trade, “ all things being eqnal,” will
1 please not purchase before examining the
1 quality and prices of our Chemicals.
PURE NOVA SCOTIA
LAND PLASTER.
PURE
Ground Raw Bone.
DISSOLVED
Ground Raw 13one,
Prepared in our own Factory with string Snb
phnric Acid.
Bi-Phosphate of Limy,
Prepared by tb< Decomposition of
South Carolina Phosphate Bone
With a full equivalent of
STRONG SULPHURIC ACID,
In our own Factory, by Dr. E. Barrt.
STRONG
SULPHURIC ACID,
IN CARBOYS,
WARRANTED 66 DEGHEES.
SULPHATE of AMMONIA*
I* TRE.
SAL AMMONIAC.
NITRE CAKE,
(This article is freqnent’y imposed on Planters
as Nitrate of Soda, the value being 2-3 less..
PURE NITRATE OF SODA,
Warranted Genuine.
We pu; chased the above in very large quan
tities from Importers and M .nnfactnrers, and
will ; romise to duplicate all bills purchased in
BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA or NEW
YORK, with freight added only od ACID and
LAND PLASTER.
EDW. BARRY & CO.,
DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS,
29 0 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
deed ts
BRUNSWICK PAINT.
R. P. HINDS has returned, and is pre
pared to make contracts to repair and paint
Tin and Metal Roofs with bis celebrated
BRUNSWICK PAINT.
It has been used in this city and elsewhere
for the last five years, and there is no instance
where it has not given entire satisfaction, and
GUARANTEES TO MARE ALL ROOFS
TIGHT, AND FREE FROM LEAKS,
when other remedies have been tried and
failed.
Office at No. 17 Mclntosh street, with Mr. J.
Dasforth. decS 6*
CHROMO3.
Beautiful chromos, at wholesale
and retail, lor sale h.w by
JAMES G. BAILIE & BRO.
no v 15-1 mil
1871. 1872.
A. FTER A LONG EXPERIENCE .-3
SEEDSMEN, it is w,th great confidence that
we invite the attention of Planters and Garden
ers to the present supply of
JOHNSON, RojbBINS & CO.’S
dJHWS JtaK •
PLUMB&LEiTNER
AUGUSTA, Ga.
ALBO, A CHOICE LOT OF
ONION SETTS.
We fear no competition as to completeness
of assortment, quality of Seeds, or in oar
prices. Speeisl inducements to Dealers. Send
for Catalogue and Descriptive Alinanics for
1872. PLUMB A LEITNER.
dec>-ftnw3nUl
a. t. gray;
o>r. Bre»a ,ua
J N REAR OF
Chriw. Grav&Co’ Si
*8 closing Oat the
Clothing Business
bargains
CAN BE HAD
CALL AND LOOK
AT THE
-A.. T. GRAY.
octls-tf
‘224. Tjj
Men’s, Boys’ and Youth's
CLOTHING.
MMllllill®.
X respectfully invite the attention of myc®.
tomers and the public general!? to tbe'coin. [
plete ..nd we’l-assorte stock of CLOTHP’fi I
GENTS' FURNISHING GOuDS. I
TRUNKS, and the “celebrated ' UMBRELLA
now ready for inspection at my old and ? t ,
known stand,
Two Hundred and
Twenty- lour
Broad street. In my rtcck of Clolhijg ja
will find a novel y ofcbo.ee Goods Demote),
ited and Dover excelled ,n this market, »nc «.
ptcially the ne v styles iu
Suits oi (lothing
will give s--itist*c!i..n even to tho-- that wish to -
avail tuemselves of a mere examination. Mi
saltsm-_u are ever ready to show tbe large
stock oi Goods, and their attention and time
Are Given Avvav
Dailv
•
To the benefit of those that visit ntv Clothiug
Hill, 3nd make them acquainted wth tie
low prices at which mv Goods are sold, ud
the convenience offered in ‘•ending packages
Free of Charge
to any part of the city. To specify the differ
ent styles and qualities of Good-, and the veil
known miDnlacturers ot tbe reltbrated
“makes" of fine Good-, would outreach at
adver'.Ling mt-dinm, and may it he auUicienttt
say tbit a, I lovers of fine at.d ntst-Utting Gar
ments will find their choice
At Simon's nothing
Hall.
In the GENTS' FL RN’ISH ING (ioniflDl-
PARTMENT I can offer yon Goods imported
from the best Enropem manufacturers, and in
fact, never be’ore seen in this market, among
which 1 mention the “red” crimson aid ‘'scar
let” UNDERVEST and PANTS and the finest
Lama Wool UNDERVEST, called tbe “Chert
Protector,”
And Large Quan
tities
j of other useful articles in dai y u?o known i#
j ihe line
Os l’niiii*liini r
Goods.
j 1 have a full line of MEN'S iodBOTS’
HOSE. CRAVATS. GI.O\ ES. SCAfiFyKjd
GLOVES, the ‘ LINDEN CKAVAT, SU.
PENDERS. FineP< xKF : KNIVES,BRACES
| and tbe latest fashion? of
Hats ami I mbrellas
To tbe working class I will ?ay ihat l
on hand a good assortment ot radium
which I sell so low that it is withm 0# r .
of “small earnings’’ to be supplied '' 51 s .
cient clothing to shield yon from the 1 -' OB
cool weather. Therefore, wait not; '
and all! Get your supplies while it '* ’
that you may be provided
With it in Rain)
Da vs
•
Rem mber. 244 BROAD STREET
place w lere Goods are sold with '* Cue ■
market in plain figures, and tbe iueip®* 0 f
boy bora of me as cheap as the best esp' -
Gooes.
NATHAN SIMON,
2U Bread StrfH
oet26
Cotton Grins-
Hall' 3 Improved Self-Feeding OOTTON hff
0. W. Massey's Improved ExoelaiorOOXT
GLN
and
The Well Known Griswold 00TT0S
FOR 9AIJS EV
Warren, Wallace &Oo. t
AGENTS, AUGUSTA,JGA.
sepS-ds'Ssu