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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.