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Jndqjcmlfnt.
J. C. GALL.AUKR, Editor.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1874.
WHAT COURT HAS JURISDICTION?
As there seems to boa conflict between
the Comity Court of Brooks Comity and
tho United States Commissioners Court ns
to which, or whether both have jurisdic
tion in cases of attain and hatteri/, we
think it is tlmt it should lie settled,and
the clash of jurisdiction be heard no more.
We think citizens of the State of Georgia
ought to be informed ns to whut courts
they are amenable for their wrongs. \\ u
published in our lust issue a case tried be
fore tho Comity Judge, charge Assault awl
Battery . The act creating the Court gave
it jurisdiction in misdeuieauers, and the
party referred to in our last issue was
brought tiefore that Court nnder a warrnot
properly issued, tried and aoquited. Now
we would like to know by what authority
the Unibid Stutes Commissioner issues a
warrant for the same offense to answor to
that august tribunal. Now, If the United
States Commissioner has jurisdiction in
such cases, fao yr far does it extend ? Is it
„ „„h <•( or, if it one of fluid ju
risdiction, with full jsiwer to try nud
acquit or inflict the penalties of the law.
We understand the act of the United
Btatcs in the establishment of Commis
sioners Conrt investing them only with the
power) of inquiring as to the innocence or
probable guilt of tho accused. A party j
brought before this Court, we inquire by j
wlmt authority it fixes a penalty, whether j
great or amall ? If there is probable j
grounds of guilt the law says tho Cominis- i
sinner shall commit the licensed, in default
of bail, if not lie shall be discharged. Was
that the case in the instance referred to ?
Certainly not, for the scanned lmd to dance
up to the tunc of twenty od dollars. If
be was innocent by wlmt authority did the
Commissioner tax him this sum ? Certainly
none, for nu innocent man don’t l**o to
buy a discharge. If guilty by wlmt | au
thority was ho discharged ? Is there ai y
discretion given to the Commiasioner in
the statue to compromise with guilty raeu
upon payment ofhis nud his ow n appointed
Marshal’s flies. None whatever. Then,
E. C. Wade has prostituted his office in
(lie discharge of a guilty man, or is guilty
of blackmailing an innocent man,for which
lie could be nud ought to lie indicted in
the Superior Court of Brooks county, and
nnless the Grand Jury does put a stop to
these vilJiana, usurpation* and oppressions
it cannot bo determined to what extent
this infamous’ system of blackmailing will
be carried, or who may be the victims. An
honest mnn ought to see his hist dollar go
and his last friend forsake him before ho
would submit to these Judicial robberies.
Out of the large number tlmt have been j
arrested mill dragged from their homes un
der wsrran ts issued by Commissioner Wade,
how many have been tried? Only one, and
he plead guilty under a promise of pardon
or a slight piinishment which promise was
violated and lie suffered the full penalty.
What became of the other violators of the j
law ? As the Commissioner is pleased to j
call them, all released upon tho condition 1
of laying large sums of money.
All going into the pockets of the Commis- i
sinner and his Marshal.
THE VETO.
Wo give in fall the President's Message
and Veto of the Currency Bill. This is
like the bursting of a shell in tlio camp cf
the Inflationists. So much tho more eo
from the fact that their hopes had been j
pampered by tho vassilations of an unset
tled and undetermined President.
We are satisfied that hie inclinations
were to do wrong,for to have approved the
bill would have been wrong in principle,
but n deluded majority favored it and he
was willing to pander to it for tho sake of
popularity’. But we do believe that the
President is not so averse to- correct prin
ciples that he will not do right when right
present n rieh reward. We H knew that
the President, if not egregriously misrepre
sented, gave encouragement to the advo
cates of the currency bill.- And we all
know, if he has not been egregriously mis
represented that he was recently (and at
or near the time that he was bound to net,)
iutereiewed by the rich capitalists of the
North, including the Wall Street Brokers.
We all know that we have a President who
has never manifested any aversion to pres
ents, and wlio never failed to reward the
donor. We do not kno\P ifrthis ihstauee
whether tin- simple and undetermined
mind of tho President wus changed by si—]
gmnent or whether the veto was bought
with a price. So we think we have u con
venient President who will do right ns
readily as wrong if the reward is sufficient,
and whose mind naturally and philisopl. -
cally tends to the money bags with the in- j
variable uccurucy that the needle points
to the pole.
Bill fob Relief of the Flood Suf-
Fekkhs. Wnshinylbn, April 21.--'The
House is considering Morey’s bill for a
commission of engineers to report a plan
for reclamation of the alluvial lauds of til*
Mississippi basin.
The Henote passed the House bill for the
relief of persons suffering by the overflow
in the lower Mississippi river, with an
amendment providing that the provisions
ot the act shall expire September Ist’ 1874.
it goes back to the House.
——
Frederic A. Doeker, formily United
States collector at Jacksonville, Florida,
lias been arrested in Cuba, charged with
lieing an emissary of the insurgents.
Damaging documentary evidence was
Jonud on his person. He will very prob
blr be executed.
— 7— -• 4
Tw'Hßoicns Finally Dihi-oskd Op.— j
Jsmilon, April 20. The application of Dr.
Kcuully for anew trial for Arthur Orton,
on the grounds of jurisdiction by the court
aud that the verdict was not in accordance
with the evidence, has been refused, thus
finally disposing of the application.
L Laborer* in *') have had their wage* raised
to V/, cent* a .... Wih sn. ti wn-es the laborer
mav take a drill), and a cigar once or twice a week,
hat lie must disi case with su.h slip*: mtu as
broad ~u 1 uieai.
j LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Rio Grande, Colo. Territory,
March SO, 1874.
Editor Independent:
I write you from the banks of the Rio
Grande Del Norte, (the big river of tho
North) and from the centre of the Sen
Iniis valley. Yourself, and doubtless most
of your readers have seen recent accounts
of the gold excitemeut in the San J nan re
gion, and the coding of that portion of their
reservation, wliero gold is said to bo so
plentiful, to the government by the Utej
Indians. This treaty has opened the
| country to settlers aud gold hunters, nud
i and from all quarters they are coming in.
Not being much on the gold hunt, I have
concluded to drive my atakes in the Sun
Ltiis valley. But lam getting ahead of
tho story and will go hack to Denver, from
which point I lust hud the pleasure of writ
ing you.
One day Kirkpatrick,long John Anderson,
anotherspeciesof the genus homo (a person
al discript ion of which you will please excuse
me from giving os I should be compelled
to include the blue stripes which I am
quite sure he bears Open his lank person,)
and myself, bought nu “outfit" consisting
of two mules, light wagon, canqiing equip
ments Ac., and the next day started south
ward. Our first camp was on the "divide,"
and thirty miles from Denver, tho second
| night we sloped near the base of Pike’s
Peak, and the third evening finds ns at
Pueblo, camping on nnd drinking tlie wu
! tors of the Arkansas. Two more days
j through a country not remarkable for its
j fertility but wildly beautiful, and we
pitched our tent in the foot hills and at
the entrance' of the two passes which cross
| the Rocky Mountains. San Ore and Chris
to- which means the blood of Christ—and
| the Alleyta, "my friend” I asked a Rau
! cliero, “which road had wo better tako ?”
| his son, a boy about fourteen, answered
las follows: “Well it make no difference
I which way you go, stranger, before
i you get through you’ll wish you had gone
! the other.” This was the same boy who had
I been to Arkansas, and gnvo his father, who
also had a mind to visit that State, the fol
lowing advice: “Dad if you will go to Ar
kansas, go, but if yon do go don’t play
keards, but if yon do play keards don’t
piny for stamps, but if you do play for
stamps I'gosh, Shuff, thoy'l beat yon
anyhow, but they won’t beat you so
quick.”
The Sanger de Christo being a little the
shortest., and tho BtHge-road, we take tliis,
one night we camped without water,
using tho “beautiful snow" for oof
fee, etc. Crossing the mountains is
riot such a terrible undertaking ns tho un
initiated imagine, and we reached the Sum
mit House in the forenoon of tho follow
i iug day. This Hotel on the mountain is
j kept by a Maine man, someone lmd told
! me thin before we reached his place, and
i the cordial welcome we received at once
confirmed the statement. He asked us to
i register, os it was cos tomary for visitors to
i do, placing my autograph horridly under
Ia long list of other distinguished travelers
j I added under head of “Residence”
I “Farmington, Maine” and turning to a
| looking-glass on the wall, I stood taking a
view of my dilapidated person. Tho un
disturbed dust of many days travel mixed
with alternate layers of sraoke from divers
camp fires comes a face which once
upon a time was clean. Tho unkempt hmr, a
stranger for several suns to comb or brush,
in tangled locks hangs, Indian like,
around my ears, my rent unmentionables
show plainly the effects of many a scramble
among the rooks. I would like to have
my picture takou now. I think of other
days when something of a dandy, a single
spot upon my snow white shirt l front, would
have caused a shudder of horror to thrill
my fastidious frame, bill now, a feeling
not uuk in to exultation comes over me,
and I say to myself, “its all right, I am*
roughing it in the Wests,” While thus
cogitating a hand is laid kindly upon my
shoulder from behind, and tho hotel man
thus addresses mo. “I say stranger are at
yon a son of Governor P. of Maine?” Just
at this time tho idea of being a Governor’s
1 son impresses me as ridionSons in the ex--
treble, aud coming to the about face in
true military style, I confront the gentle
man and ask, “do I look like a G*ov
enor’s son ?” He replied without hesita
tion, "Wal I know you don’t, but by Ju
das yonv’e got the P. nose. ”
“Yes sir,” I answered “I have the P.
nose, and I come honestly by it, it lias !
been handed straight down with all its no- j
ble nriiportkms for many generations, my !
ancestor were proud of it, aud so am I,it is j
indicative of- firmness of perseverance of
intelligence and some say it also indicates
alnrge development' of the organ of eom
bntiveness and' though quite convenieu
for tho operation, yet it is an established j
fset Unit no man mid very fw women dare ;
pull it with impunity.”
“Shako” says ho. We shakod.-
“Mix it,” says lie. setting out a jar of
honey and a 1 Kittle of i>eiich brandy, “here
is honey from California and this peach is !
from Nortli Carolina, go in before the ad- :
vanee guard of the army of women who
are down on the liquor business reaches us
from the East.” Not that I like peach
and honey, oh uo, not mo, Bomebody else,
but because I file to see extremes meet. I
put a little honey from California in the
same glass with a little peseii from North
Carolina and mixed them together on top
of the Rocky Mountains. Bo much for
having the P. nose nud being—not a Gov
ernor's son.
Our road is now all down hill, for we are
on the Western slope of the Rocky Moun
tains, As the sun begins to sink behind '
the Sierras de San Juan, we cocue in full ;
view of tho far famed aud beautiful San
Luis valley, and ns this is, at least for the
present, my abiding plaoe, I will say a few
words uliout it. The valley lies west of
! the Rocky Mountains, range proper, and
east of the Sierras de Sou Juan, the two
ranges forming a complete bonndary fort
the same on every side. From north
to south the valley ia about 100 miles
long, and its average widtli is 40 to 50
miles. The Rio Grande enters the vulley
about midway from the west and flows due
oust to about tlie centre, then makes an
abrupt bend and flowing southward, passes
out. through tlie mountains into New Mex-
I ieo,forms the boundary between Texas slid
i old Mexico and finally enters tlie Gulf on
its own hook. Many small streams from
the mountains flow through tlie valley ami
join tho river. Del Norte, the new town,
and which promises at uo very distant day
| to lie s considerable city, is situated at the
| foot of the Hierrss do Hun Juan, and at the
point where the Rio Grande enters the
valley. On the opposite side, and at the
flsit of the Rocky Mountains,is Ft. Onrlnml,
nri old,Fort established nianyfycarssince.the
necessity for troops in this valley,however,
no longer exists, at tlie northern extremity
nnd on .Saguache creek in the town of Ha
gauche, at tlie southern extremity of the
valley are several Mexican towns, tho most
important of which San Luis and Costclla
over on Colorado Creek; but more of the
Mexicans and their towns in tlie future.
Along the Rio Grande several of the
small streams is considerable timber,
principally cotton wood, as a general
thing, however, though the soil is rich,
timber is scarce, the foot hills and moun
tains which are convcnienf,'abound in tim
ber, however, and several saw mills have
recently been put in operation. Lumber is
820 fier thousand feet. Persons coming
from heavily timbered sections are some
times unfavorably impressed with some
portions of the West on account of its scar
city; but when they reflect that these tree
less meadows and plains produce rich
grasses aud arc capable of maintaining any
number of cuttle the year round, we do
not so much regret the absence of timber.
Until quite recently the white settlors have
not attempted to farm to any extent in the
valley, confining themselve entirely to
stork raising aud without an exception, so
far as I have been able to assertain, have
succeeded in making money. Our nearest
neighbor, Coi. Htnrell, and by the way
one of the cleverest gentlemen I have met
in the West, commenced a few years since,
i witli only eleven l ead, and lie now owns
I about fifteen hundred cattle besides vari
i mis herds of horses. Sheep do equally
; well, but injure the range for cattle. Many
of our Moxiean neighbors have fine herds
of cattle, horses and sheep. No one thinks
of feeding stock in winter, and even the
horses kept for herding purposes are
turned out to graze at night. Tlie grass
cures upon tlie ground in the fall and is
considered almost as nutritive as cured hay,
any amount of liny enu bo cut in almost
any part of the valley without fencing,
though, if convenient it is preferable to
fence. We have been buying wheat from
Mexican farmers on Culubrn creek, at
j 82 00 a fenega (125 lbs.) making flour cost
about sii 50 per hundred. Old settlors
say the past winter lias been nuusuably
severe, wo have had considerable snow,
I sometimes ns much as three inches on On
ground, but it always passes away in a very
short time, consequently stock has suffered
but little.
Yesterday I killed a buff on the pnrarie
axid I am quite sure it would compare fa
vorably with tho best beef in the.Savannali
I market, it was tln-ee years old and weighed
600 pounds net.
A good cSiss of settlers are coming in
rapidly, aud since my arrival in the valley
at least one hundred ranches have bo< n tn
ken up on the river. The great excite
ment, however, and tho cause of such au
influx of people to and through this coun
try is the Sun Jnan Miues. It is
true you live almost entirely out of
the world down there, but you have doubt
less seen some of the wonderful accounts
from the Sun Juan country. It is posi
tively asserted and generally believed that
the world has never produced anything to
compare in richness with these mines, nnd
we Southern Colomdiaus are satisfied that
another season will prove the correctness
of the statement. Hundreds of leads lar
ger than any ever discovered in California
have already been defined and will bo de
veloped the present summer. Not one
thousandth* part of tho gold region has
been prospected and it rs not definitely
known how much Territory it covers.
Some suppose, however, that it extends
about oo hundred aud fifty miles West
from Del Norte, and tho same distance
North und South.
In addition to tho gold bearing quarters
already discovered it is asserted that most
of the streams ou the Western slope of the
Sierras De San Juats contain bushels of
the preeious metal. Many will doubtless
realize large fortunes in this new Eldorado,
aud miuiy more will doubtless return with
out having their golden dreams fulfilled.
From Pueblo, the terminus of the Den
ver A Rio Grande railroad, there is a daily
line of coaches to l)ei Norte, making the
trip in 48 hours, this line passes Ft. Gar
land aud one place at the bend. The trip
from l’uehlo in pleasant weather is delight
ful, nnd tho sights one sees enroute will
highly repay for him the jostling. of the
stage.
Game is plentiful in the valley and the
river is now covered with wild fowls of all
descriptions. Onr French cook, I,ouis
Dumas, who in addition to his name is not
only a good cook, hot an actor of no ordi
nary talent, just opened the door of the
store room for me to look at the game. I
counted 36 pairs of ducks, 8 geese, 6
brants, 5 jack rabbits, a saddle of nutel
opes, 6 pararie chickens nud 16 speckled
trout. Most of this game is sent from one
lower ranch by Andy, who has nothing to
do but curry 8 stage horses nnd hunt and
fish. Some will read this, no doubt, who
are aware of a possum I once possessed for
the gun and the rod, but times change
and so do men. And strange to say that
though living where game and fish are
plenty, I rarely ever sport Oftentimes,
however, I stand near this beautiful stream
and while watching the bright waters flow,
my mind wanders to other days and other
scenes, childhoods happy hours are again
lived over, the aspirations, the ambitions,
the hopes of youth are brought to memo
ries surface, the bright and happy faces of
curly friends puss before the minds eye.
Some are ill distant lunds but by far the
greater number have gone to “that borne
from whence no traveler returns.”
Tlie sterner realities of matnrer man
hood, tinctured now and then with a spice
of romance,and not entirely nnmixed with
a touch of the wonderful and adventerous
are again rehearsed and I realize and see
through it all, tlie chastening, the loving,
the protecting hand of Providence; yet
am I not happy, and many drops are add
ed to the cup of misery as the sa.l truth
forces itself home to mind and sense.
At the bend which is about the center of
the valley and measuring from this point
is exactly in the center of the world. I
found my friend 8., who hail proceeded
me from Denver and who hud written mo
to join him hero, he is much improved in
health but a little blue on account of news
from Kentucky, his girl, to use a slang
j phrase, had "gone back on him.” Hhe to
! whom he had pledged his heart’s best,
purest love, and who in return had pledged
her truth aud had sworn by her own bright
eyes that absence would only strengthen
the ties that bound them, had got another
J fellow. He talks in his sleep and one night
11 heurilhimexclaim: "Ob, faithless woman!
thon hast many sins of thine own to answer
for—i nd tlion ay the author of such abo >k
of folly ns wonld take more tears
than all the angels in heaven onn spare to
blot the record out.” Amen, I said and
went to bed.
We intended cnlling this place James
town in honor of its discoverin', bnt by
suggestion of the Post Office Department,
then being in Jamestown, in Colorado, we
have changed it to “Rio Grande City.”
We have at least one essential for the build
ing of a large city and that i plenty of
room. But this epistle is growing lengthy
and as it is still “To be continued in our
next,” I bid yon
Buenos Nocliefl,
A P. P.
THE CURRENCY BILL.
GRANT VETOES THE INYLATION
MEASURE,
HIS MESSAGE UPON THE FINANCES- HE
FAVOES AN TO {SPECIE
I PATMINT, AND INSIBTB UPON AN
ADHERRENCE TO RATIONAL
PLEDGES.
Tlie following iH the President’s veto
message on the currency Dill to the Senate
!of the United States: Herewith I return
Senate bill 617, entitled “an act to fix the
amount of United States notes and theeir
, culation of National bunks and for other
! purposes," without my approval. In doing
so l must express my regret at not being
able to give niv assent to a measure which
lias received tlie sanction of a majority of
the legislators chosen by the people to
make laws for their guidance, and I have
studiously sought to - find sufficient argu
ments to justify such unseat, bttt ensue
eessfully. Practically, it is a question
whether the measure under discussion
wonld give an additional dollar to the
irredeemable paper currency of the
country or not, and whether by requiring
three-fourths of the reserves to be retained
by the banks and prohibiting interest to
bo received on balance, it might not prove
a contraction; but tho fact cannot bo con
cealed that theoretically tlie bill increases
the paper circulation one hundred millions
dollars, less only the amount of reserve
strained from the circulation, by tlie pro
vision of tlie second section. The measure
lias been supported in theory, that it would
give increased circulation. It is a fair in
ference, therefore, that, if in practice, tlie
measure should fail to create the abun
dance of circulation expected of it, the;
friends of the measure, particularly those
out of Congress, would clamor for such
inflation as would give the expected relief.
Tho theory in my belief is a departure
from the true principles of finance,
national interest, national obligations
to creditors, congressional promises, party
pledges on the part of both political
parties and of my personal views and
promises by me in every annual message
sent to Congress nnd iu each inaugural ad
dress. In my annual message to Congress
in December, 1866, the following pageß
appear: “Among the evils growing out of
the rebellion ami not yet referred to is that
of nu irredeemable eutreucy. It is an
evil which I hope will receive your most
earnest attention. It is a duty, nnd one of
tlie highest duties of the government, to
secure to the citizens a medium of exchange
of fixed, unvarying vidua. This implies a
return to a specie basis, and no substitute
for it cau be devised. It should be com
menced now, aud reached at the earliest
practicable moment consistent with a fair
regard to the interest of the debtor class.
Immediate resumption, If possible, wonld
not bo desirable. It would require the
debtor class to pay beyond their contracts,
the premium ou gold at the date of their
purchase and would bring bankruptcy aud
l-uiu ro tliousuuds. Fluctuations, however
iu the proper value of the measure of afl
value of gold, is detrimental to tlie interest
of trade. It mokes the man of business
an involuntary gambler, for, in all sales,
where future payment ix to be made, both
parties speculate as to What will be the
value of the currency to be paid aud
received. I earnestly recommend to yon
then such legislation as will insure a return
to specie payments, and putau immediate
stop to fluctuation in the value of cur
rency.”
I still adhere to the views then expressed.
As early as December 4, 1865, the House
of Representatives passed a resolution by
a vote of 144 ayes to 6 nays, concurring in
the views of the Secretary of the Treasury
in relation to tlie necessity of a contract
tiou of the currency. With a view to as
early a resumption of specie payments as
tlie business interests of the country would
permitt, and pledging co-operative action
to the end as speedily as possible. The
firat act passed by tlie Forty-First Congress
ou the 18th day of March,, 1809, was ns
follows; "An act to strengthen the publio
credit of the United States.
lie it enacted etc. That, iu order to re
move any doubt as to the purpose of the
government to discharge all its obligations
to the public creditors, and to settle con
flicting questions and the interpertations
of law by virtue of which such obligations
have been contracted, it ts hereby pro
vided aud declared that the faith of the
Uuited States is solemnly pledged to the
payment in coin or its equivolent of all
the obligations of tho United States, and
of nil the interest bearing obligations,
except in case where the laws authorizing
the issue of any such obligations, had ex
presaly provided tnat the same may be
paid iu lawful money, or in other currency
than goid or silver. But none of said
interest-bearing obligations not already
due shall l>e redeemed or paid before ma
turity, unless at stich times ns the United
States notes shall be eonvertable into coin
at the option of the holder, or Unless at
such time bonds of the United Stutes bear
ing a lower rate of interest then tlie bonds
tone redeemed can be sold at par In coin.
Arid the United States also solemnly
| pledges its faith to make provision at the
| earliest practicable period for the redemp-
I tion of United Btates notes in coin.”
The act still remains as a eontiuning
pledge of faith of the United Btates to
make provision at tlie earliest practicable
moment for the redemption of United
Btates notes in coin.
A declaration contained in the act of
June 30, 1864, created an obligation that
the total amount of U. 8. notes issued or
to be issed, should never exceed four
hundred millions of dollars. The amount
in actual circulation was actually reduced
! to three hundred and fifty-six million dol
j lars, at which point Congress posed the
' act of February 4, 1868, suspending the
further reduction of the currency. Tlie
! forty-four millions have ever been regarded
jas a reserve to be used only in case of
I emergency, such as has occurred, and
! must occur suddenly, when revenue falls
1 below expenditures, ami such a reserve
is necessary, because the fractional cur
rency amonntiug to fifty millions is redeem
able in legal tender on call. It may be
1 said that such a turn of fractional cur
-1 rency for redemption is impossible, but
1 let steps tie taken for return to a specie
; basis, nnd it will be found that silver will
j take the place of fractional currency as
rapidly as it can be supplied. When the
: premium in gold reaches a sufficiently low
j point, with the amount of United Bln toe
I notes to Vie isnsed permantly fixed within
! proper limits, and the Treasury so
strengthened ns to be able to redeem them
jin coin on demand, will then be safe to
, inaugurate n system of free backing, with
such provisions ns to make certain the re
i demptiou of circulating notes of banks in
coin or in United Btates notes, themselves
I redeemable and made equivalent to coin.
I Asa measure preparatory to free lianking,
j or for placing the government in a condi
! tion to redeem its notes in coin at the ear
| liest practicable moment, the r, ▼ nue
I of the country should be increased so as to
pay current expenses, provide for the sink
ing fund required by law, and also a sur
plus to be retained in the Treasury in gold.
I am not obeliever in any artificial method
of making paper money equal to coin’
when tlie coin is not owned or held ready
to redeem the promises to pay, for paper
money is nothing more than promises to
pay. It is valuable exactly in proportion
to the amount of coin that it can be con-
I verted into, while coin is not used as a cir
culating medium, or the cnrrency of the
cdhntry is not convertible into it at par.
It becomes an article of commerce as much
as any other product. Tlie surplus w ill
seek a foreign market, ns will any other
surplus. The bullance of trade has noth
ing to do witli the question. Doties on
imports living required in coin, creates a
limited demand for gold and there is about
enough to satisfy tlmt demand remain
ing in tlie country. To increase the sup
ply I see no way open but by tlie govern
ment boarding through the. means above
given, aud possibly by requiring the na
tional banks to aid.
It is claimed by tho advocates of the
1 measure herewith returned that there is an
unequal distribution of the banking capi
tal of the country. I was disposed to
give great weight to this view of the ques
: tiou at first, but on rfleetion it will be re
-1 miimlje.ml that there still remains 4,000,
000 of authorized bank notes for circula
tion, assigned to States having less than
their quota not yet taken. Iu addition to
this, the States having less than their j
quota of batik circulation, have tho option i
of twenty-five millions more, to be taken
from those Btates having more than their
proportion. When this is all taken up, or ;
when specie payments are fully restored, j
or are in rapid process of restiration, then
will be the time to consider the question
of more curr, n y,
[Signed] U. S. Grant,
Executive Mansion, April 22, 1874.
The Alabama Senatorskip.
VaMKWW, April 20.—The report of
the majority of the Senate Privileges and j
! Elections Committee ou the Hykes Spcn
cer contest for the seat iu the Senate from !
Alabama, gives a detailed history of the :
! circumstances under which the contest;
; arose. They say a quorum of tlie Court
House Legislature, which elected Spencer,
| was made up by the presence of eight or
9 persons who had been elected, but who !
: had not certificates of election, and that ;
the quorum of tho State House Legislature
which elected Sykes was made up of eight
ior nine persons, who held ceritieutes, but |
! who had not been elected. Silencer was
i first elected, and subsequently the Govcr- .
nor recognized tlie State House Legialu
; tore as the legal body. The committee j
i find that tho latter was the Legislature in
■ form and trie court house legislature was
1 the legislature in fact, nud go on to say,
; when we consider that all the forms pre
[ scribed by law for canvassing and certifying
an election, nnd for the organization of
the houses all designed to secure the per
sons actuidly elected, tlie right to act for
j the officers to which, in fact, they have |
i been elected, it would be sacrificing the j
end to the means were tho Senate to ad
here to the mere form, and thus defeat
the end winch the forms were intended to j
“secure.
The committee, after further argument,
concluded that Mr. Spencer is entitled to
' his sent iu the senate, attl cannot properly
; be outside therefrom.
The minority, consisting of Messrs.
Suulsbury and Hamilton, of Maryland,
take issue with the conclusion of the ma
jority of the committee, and say the
broad question is presented whether in
1 one of the Btates of this Union a legitimate
legislative government sanctioned by every !
requirement of the constitution and laws
of the State, can be superceded by a frac
tion, and arc the revolutionary body
assembled without the forms and in con
tempt of laws to secure the approval and
sanction of the Senate of the Uuited States
as the lawful legislature of a State, The
eiiuciatiou of such a doctrine wonld, they
say, be implied in the retention of Spen
cer in the scat which he now- occupies.
Such a decision would expose the Senate !
to n suspicion of being governed by party :
predilection, and would encourage a fac
tion and invite to revolution every State
of the Union iu which the political parties
are about equal in political strength.
They insisted that Svkes was elected by a
legislature organized informity with the
constitution aud laws of Alabama, and
therefore report that he is entitled to the
seat in the Senate which is now held by
Spencer.
A Frenchman, talking w-ith the landlord
of his hotel, said there was one word in
English he could not get at the meaning
of—"Tiittletoo.” All protested there wasno
such word, aud our foreign friend was in
despair, when the servantenme, and began
duming cools pretty liberally on the tine.
“That'll do—that'll do,” said the landlord. I
“Dot's de word,” cried the Frenchman, in
wild delight,
Notfihing makes a persou langh so much;
as a set of new teeth.
(From the Atlanta Herald. 1
IMPORTANT LETTER TO THE GOV
ERNOR.
TirK INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
AID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOCIETY,
445 Btkand, Chahino Cross,
London, W. C., March 20,1874.
To His Excellence the Governor of the State
of Georgia, U. & A.:
Bib: — I am requested by the Executive
Committee of this Society to inform you
that a number of applications have been
received from manufacturers and others,
who wish to have their products exhibited
at the principal State Fairs of the Missis
sippi Valley, and to request that you will
be so good us to put me in communication
with the gentlemen who have charge of
the Fair Organization in your State, with
the view of making arrangements for such
I exhibition, if practicable. I trust that you
may be pleased to comply with this re
| quest, and also tbut you may see fit to ex-
I cruise your influence to promote the ob
j <:t in view.
I have the honor to transmit herewith a
prospectus of this Assocation, whose ob
j cts are, as you will observe, the direct
' commercial and financial intercourse be
tween Europe and your great \\ estem aud
Southern States.
Begging that you will favor me with an
early reply, I have the honor to remain
your Excellency’s obedient servant,
(Signed) Edwin Pearson.
PROSPECTUS.
This Society lias keen formed for the
{iromotion of Jireet commercial intercourse
letweec Europe aud tlie States and Ter
ritories composing the Valley of the Mis
sissippi.
This Valley, inclnding the South Atlan
tic and Gulf States, (whose material inter
ests are the same,) embraces twenty-one
independent States and five Territories,
I namely: The States of Ohio, Wisconsin,
j Indiana. Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
! lowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Ken
| tncky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama,
1 Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida;
aud tlie Territories of Dakota, Wyoming,
j Colorado, New Mexico aud the Indian
| Territory.
In attempting to give a fair ececmut of
; the extent, nature nnd commercial impor
; tunes of this great valley, it is difficult to
I escape the suspicion of exaggeration. Ev
] erything connected with it is on so grand a
scale thut the most cursory statement of
the bare facts sounds like a panegyric. Its
j area, 2,455,000 square miles, is nearly dou
ble that of China, and considerably greater
than the united areas of all the countries of
Europe, leaving out Russia. Extending
j through thirty degrees of longitude, nnd
twenty-three degrees of latitude, it poa
, sesses nearly all vurietiesof climate, which,
coupled w>itli the uiißurim-Sed richness of
| its soil, makes it capable of yielding, in
the greatest abundance, ailnost every pro
j duct of the earth. In ilie production of
the great staples, such a* com, wheat, to
bacco, cotton, etc., it stands pre-eminent
| even now in its initial stage of develop
ment. Its coal fields are beyond all com-
I parisou the greatest in the world, the de
j posits ol several of the States named cx
[ oeeding those of Great Britain. Its min
eral wealth in iron, lend, zinc, copper, etc.,
is absolutely inexhaustible. Its means of
inland transportation are on the same vast
scale; for, spur! from the chain of lakes or
inland sens on its northeast, it possesses
14,000 iu.ks of available river navigation,
penetrating every section of the valley,
aud carry a commerce of greater value than
the Ocean commerce of any nation in the
world, except England. It has 60,000
miles of completed railways, being more
than three times the aggregate mileage of
the United Kingdom. Besides having 1
four great cities, with populations ranging j
from a quarter of a million to four bun- 1
ilred thousand, and increasing at the rub
of eight to twelve per cent, annually, it i
has numerous towns and cities containing :
twenty-five to one hundred and fifty thou
sand souls, and nearly all of tliein growing !
at an extraordinary rate. Nearly six-tenths
of the people of the whole United States
reside in this valley, and the material i
wealth, as well as the political power, of !
the Republic is rapidly centreing there.
Tlie interests of the people of this valley
are substantially homogeneous. The pro
duction of food and raw materials, forming
the buses of their industry, and their
ability to exchange, under favorable condi
tions, the surplus of these productions foi
manufactured articles, of which they are
vast consumers, is alike important to the
citizens of each State, and constitutes a
most import&nteloment in their prosperity.
At present this exchange takes place under
conditions the opposite of favorable, nnd
as a matter of fact is conducted through
channels adverse to the interests of both
parties. To illustrate this it is only nec
essary to point out that, the Stutes of the
North Atlantic slope—whose principal
cities, New York, Boston, Philadelphia i
and Baltimore, are the factors of tho Mis- ;
sissippi Valley—compose the manufacture:
ing section of America, and every obsta-!
cle to tlie free interchange of European |
commodities for the corn of the West, and j
cotton of the South, is a positive advan- j
tage to them. This, however, is merely
alluded to en passant as an interesting
anomaly, for it is not the purjxise of this
society to interfere, or promote interfer
ence with the financial and industrial ar- j
ruugements of the United States, its ob- i
ject being simply to encourage the exten
sion of commercial intercourse between ;
Europe and a country which is fast becorn-!
iug the theatre of oomtnerce and industry j
ou the American continent. In estimating |
the value of this intercourse, it is necessary j
to consider not alone what the Mississippi j
Valley now is, but also what it is becorn-1
ing; and wheiher we judge of its future by :
its past, or by the splendid opportunities
it now offers for the employment of labor
and capital, we must arrive at tlie same
conclusion, that, its present population of
twenty-three millions will be doubled and
trebled within a comparatively short time,
and that both as an importer of European
priKlucts aud as nu exporter of cheap food 1
and raw materials it' will be to manufac-1
taring Europe the most importunt country !
in the world.
The Council of this Society propose to
adopt the following means of promoting
the direct intercourse which the people of
tlie Mississippi Valley so much desire:
I. To act as an International Chamber
of Commerce, with headquarters in Lon
don, and with branches, under the govern
ance of leading business men, in the prin
cipal cities of Europe and the Mississippi
Valley.
11. To collect thre ugh its br no tes and
other trustworthy channels, and w furnish
to its members, accurate information on
all points bearing norm trade with tlie
Mississippi Valley, This will embrace—
a. Timely inloi-matton on changes, or
contemplated changes, in the laws affect
ing the import and export of merchandise.
b. The character of the goods consumed.
c. The sources of supply, and
and. The current prices, with suggestions
relative to—
e. The opportunities of trading direct.
/. The facilities for the transportation of
goods to and from Mississippi Valley by
the various routes.
y. The rates of freights, duties, customs,,
regulations, etc.
111. To provide facilities for the eXhi>
bition of European manufacturer* and
other productions at the various annual
State Expositions or fairs, held in the
Mississippi Valley, so that the people
there may come in contact and be famili
arized with the names of the producers,
and put in the way of purchasing direct.
This is a great deal of usefulness which at
present lies open but uncultivated.
IV. To procure from disinterested and
trustworthy sources, for the use and ben- •
fit of its members, information regarding
all American enterprises, but more especi
ally those ol the Mississippi Valley, for
w hich European capital is asked, or in
which it may appear profitable to invest.
V. To send out, when necessary, trust
worthy agents to examine and report on
important undertakings in the Mississippi
Valley; and, by the publication of such re- 1
ports, and sound enterprises in procuring
capital, and at the same time protect its
members against unsafe investments.
VI. To collect and furnish to its mem
ten accurate information respecting State,
City, Railway and other American bonds,
and the resources and character of the
Stutes and corporations issuing tlietn.
VII. To provide rooms iu London, aud
at the branches, where the information
and statistics collected will be recorded in
a convenient manner for reference, and
where its members may meet for consult* l
tion, discussion, or to form business ao*
qnaintanoea.
The foregoing is a brief outline of tho
general plan, but iu a work of this kind it
is not possible to anticipate the many op>
portunities constantly arising, and the
many methods that may be successfully
employed to accomplish the desired bo- 1
ject. The main consideration is that the
prominent business men nnd capitalists of
Europe should realize the importance • f
the subject, that tlie vast resources, aapa
bilities, and wants of the Mississippi Val
ley should be brought under their notice;
and that they should become sufficiently
acquainted with the people, and their cur
rent business aud affairs, as to enable
them to distinguish between sound and
unsound undertakings.
The society is prohibited by its consti
tution from engaging ia any trade or spec
ulation whatever, and is supported by the
subscriptions of its members and volun
tary contributions. The liability of each
member is strictly limited to his annual
subscription.
A FLORIDA ROMANCE.
tUng SqursUX Mottle* and IX fl|hWV
Volte*.
The 1-Vrnandiua Observer says:
"It seems tnat about the year 1866 Kft.
Anderson was living iu Chicago in desti
tute circumstances. Her daughter, Aline,
was a sickly child,’ slid having been ill lor
some time, it wits decided to go into the
country fur a short time, and a Mr. Clark,
then living a short distance from the city,
kindly offering to tako her for a fl w
mouths and give her the advantages of a
country life, it was declared to allow her
to accompany him. • While the child waa
at Mrs. Clark’#, Mrs. Anderson left Chica
go for a short time, and ou her return
could ascertain nothing concerning the
where-aboota of Mr. C. She made search
iu every direction, lint all in vain, until
by chance she ascertained that Mr. Clark,
had removed to Florida. Being extreme
ly poor she was ill.able to follow, and,
though slu- wrote repeatedly (as she avert{
to Mr. Clark, she re ceived uo reply.
"A short time previous to the Chicago
fire, II s. Anderson was married to V ,
Henry, a man of some means, and pi -
partitions were being made to come to this
State iu search of her child, when the
great fire took place and swept everything
away. Of course all hopes of finding the
child were abandoned for the ti me.
“Soon after tiie lire Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry removed to Michigan where, six months
since, Mr. H. died. His life being in
sured for a moderate sum, Mrs. H. once
more resumed tlie search, and arrived here
on Wednesday morning on the Lizzis Ba
ker.
‘The same evening she proceeded to Mr.
Clark’s residence, near the drawbridge,
and demanded her daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. Clark, though almost wild with grief
at parting with one w hom they were wont
to call their own, acknowledged that Mra.
Henry was her mother. Aline, however,
had no recollection of her,hut feeling con
vinced that Mrs. Henry was her mother,
consented to go w ith her. They both
started yesterday, for their home, iu Mich
gan.
The affair has caused much excitement
in the city, aud since tlie facts became
known tlie all-absorbing topic has been
tliis mysterious occurrence. The young
lady (whose real name is Aline Andersoui
is about fifteen years of age, tall anu
strongly resembling her new-found moth
er.
At Mount Vernon, Illinois, a Mrs. Wil
son, accompanied by her sister, has at
tempted to promote the cause of tempe
rance by force of arms. Discovering that
her husband, by means of a peculiar pre
scription supposed to be efficatious for the
complaint from which he suffered, was in
the habit of returnig from certain drug
stores in the place looking very much as if
he had been lifting frequently his little fin
ger at the counter of a saloon, Mrs. Wil
son “went after’the druggist. She actually
told the astonished dispenser of pills and
soda water that her husband was in the
hubit of obtaining liquor at that establnh
meut, and demanded to see the preaerip
tion under whieik he got it. This demand
being refused, she proceeded to enforce it
by putting a pistol at the head of the cleik,
and threatening to hlov out his brail a.
As the clerk was obdurate she went to tl
doctor, who, at the sight of the pistol,
promptly consented to revoke the prescrip
tion. She then went for other parties, wl a
promised similar obedience under similar
persuation.
Wild geese every year, as population in
creases, grow fewer in number., For
many yearn Long Island was a favorite,
place to shoot these birds daring their
spring migration. There, also, they are
not so numerous as. formerly. As the
birds are very shy, it requires a good deal
of skill on the part of the sportsman to
come near enough for a shot. Tha
method generally employed to obtain from
fifteen to twenty wild geese by “winning”
them on their passage North or South
the old fashioned “stoolers” being regar
ded as entirely behind the age. These
are tamed so that they can be “lined” to<
stakes, when they are taken to the bars
where the wild geese usnuaily stop to feed,
and fastened to stakes put down in the
sand out of sight, while the gunner, con
ceals himself in a box sunk in the sand,
and partially convered by sea weed or
meadow grass. When flocks of wild geese
are passing, these partially tarn, and one*
will call them, and usuuliv they will fly
near by or light, when the gunner rises
and shoots.
Washington correspondents intimate
that Cong ess will not be able to go
through witn its business so as to adjourn
before the middle of July. Tin re are n no
appropriation bills yet to be considered.
Coquettes are like weathercocks, only
f sod when ihey become rusty.