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CONGRESS.
The forty-third Congress will iwuwjnslilr
trader exceptional nnd interesting condi
tions. Elected n year ago, when but one no
tion (and that a partisan notion) filled the
piMicminl, and very largely Republican,it
v ,11 come together at a moment w hen new
mm unexpected exigencies, pressing clone
Upon the people, have completely changed
the drift of current thinking and fe< ling.
Nothing con Id be more natural than
that the patriotic sentiment of the North
should cling about the organization to
which it attached itself dming a life
struggle like that bound up in the issues
of tho great civil war. The Republican
party, which rose slowly to notice, con
sideration nnd influence, owed its establish-
ment in power to fuctitJoua and unusual !
agencies, apart from its original inspire- j
tion and ideas. Hut when the results of:
the fight for tho Union realized, if they
did not vindicate its cardinal principles, it
obtained a Strong moral hold upon tho
masses. A well grounded fear of reaction
filled the hoart* of men in tho chief cen
tres of thought, and communicated itself
to the many circles of action wherein f<w
questions were likely to bo miked, at. i.mg
as there should bo prosperity and order.
Few questions were asked. No Set of
political leaders ever had a better chance
to be useful, and through their usefulness
to bo invincible, than tho Republican
leaders; for, if elections are fair and ilis-!
mission free, there must bo usefulness of
some sort where there is strength. But,
instead of pursuing n safe conservative
policy, the followers of Lincoln and Seward
fell into the Radicalism of Thadeua Htc
phens. Meanwhile, the swarm of adven
turers whom success had drawn to the
j*arty, griuluolly converted it into a vo
liiele for corruption, so that ever since tho
advent of General Grant his Administra
tion has gone on blundering anil plunder
ing the people to tho issue of a woeful
financial panic, widespread disaster, a
revolution in stocks, and incalculable dis
credit (commercial and national) both at
home and abroad. No man, however en
shrined in the gratitude of his country
men; no Administration, however orgun
i#*l and equipped, could maintain itself
against such a record, and that which lias
culminated in the prevailing state of affairs.
The vote at the recent election, whatever
else it may signify or foretoken, is a public
condemnation of the President, tho Cabi
net, and the majority in Congress. The
astutost special pleader, plead as he may,
cannot escape that conclusion, and the
more sagacious of the Republican leaders
wili not attempt to escape it. They w ill
address themselves to a different and loss
futile task; they will begin to look to
remedies rather than excuses, and in (his
•way we shall prolmbly witness for the first
time in many yews, a serious, sober
euitod, business aspect in the work of the
coming session. So much w ill be clear
gain to the country, whether it inure to
the benefit of one or tho other party.
Thus it is that a sense of responsibility,
brought round by a wholesome fear of
Jmblie opinion, is an essential to good
government. The had government, of the
last few years has been duo to the lack of
this sense of responsibility.
It will be a now tiling under the sun
that shines ov r the dome of the Capitol
at Washington to see men like Morton
ami Conklin honestly struggling to restore
themselves to a popular confidence they
have been used to thinking they could
never lose. There will be for the present,
we take it, an end of Kan Domingo jobs,
postal telegraph jobs, and jobs for the
ls'iudU of pillaging railroad rings. AVe
ahairiiear less of rebels and traitors, of
foreign encroachments, of frontier dangers,
and the riff-rufl-catch-a-vote scarecrows,
which have been so often employed to di
vert the attention of the people from the
operations of the Administration maraud
ing party in Congress, in the lobbies of
Congress, in the departments, in tho New
York custom house, and all over tire South,
and particularly in Louisiana and South
Carolina. We shall get a more intelligent
line of debate, attended by less insolence
and gammon. Tho manners, hardly less
• Hum the morals of tho majority, stand in
need of correction, and both are pretty
sure to bo improved. Tho time lias come
when the Republican party will find itself
nnable to carry tho adventurers who have
put themselves forward os its representa
tive men. Ben Butler will be a source of
weakness in tire House. Tom Murphy and
Jim Casey and lions Shepard will not lend
much assistance to the process of reform,
by which the lost popular treasure is to be
regained. Even the President's military •
ring may have to go by the board. There j
is no knowing but the Cabinet itself will
be forced into retirement before the win
ter i over, and anew one made to suit n
higher standard of public aspiration nnd
respect. '
The opposition on its yurt will bo re
quired to face the double danger existing
within the capability of the Republican
leaders, and, in its now unshapen power,
holding a popular majority, it presents a
yet decided body, and the difficult task
which its leaders will be given to do, will
lie that of uniting this msss. The old
catch words and jargon must be thrown
aside. The old obsolete issues must be suf
fered to sleep in forgotten graves. Denio
crats and Liberals must come together as
Whigs and Democrats came together—
animated by a, new purpose which lias
risen r.jnr,) a series of new conditions and
■wants. Reform is the word; reform in
everything throughout our political fabric;
reform in our railroad system; reform in
our civil service; reform in ora Legislatures
and in our courts; reform in our military
und naval estalirshmcut. The complete
reform of a state of war into a state of
peace, and with it, of course, a thorough
**" t''”'' * * * . t
I since tho lion and the lamb have hitherto
kin down together in yhoorfuhic ss and
comfort,, why the Liberal* grid the Demo
crats may not act together under the lesd
i rsbip of some good uml true Democrat,
just as they noted together under tho
leadership of Greeley. It has now come to
hr the time for those who were Inst to be
the first, in the order of availability and
position.
Tho first session of the now Congress
then, will open auspiciously. We have a
deal to hope from it, and very much less
to fear than we had when it was elected.
The long night of a one-sided, illy
balanced olignrchinm, seems to bo ap
proaching its end, and though the day
dawning may be long, it will yet be re
lieved by many gleams of increasing
radiance.
THE LATE ELECTIONS-WHAT THEY
INDICATE.
The long catalogue of abuses which have
been for years practiced by the Radical
party, and the consequent evils w hich have
resulted to the country, prepared the pub
lic mind for a Democratic triumph in No
vember. But none, not even tho most
sunguino and ardent friends of reform, an
ticipated the achievement of a victory
so grand in its present results, and so en
couraging to the futnro prospects Of our
country. It was thought that the race in
Virginia was safe,but the most hopeful did
not anticipate a majority of 15,000 in New
York, making a gain for the Democracy
of seventy one thousand over the lost
election. Who supposed that the reform
movement, with which the Democracy in
identified by every principle of its plat
form, would have triumphed so signally in
Kansas and Wisconsin ? There is enough
in this to excite the liveliest scuse of grati
tude in the public mind, ns it stimulates
a reassuring confidence in the integrity and
wisdom of the people ami in the stability
of our institutions. Wrong, injustice and
public robbery cannot be practiced in a rep
resentative form of government for a long
series of years without rebuke. “The au
thors” of our woes are warned that they
cannot be “the finishers of onr ruin.”
The Republic is not yet. dead. The im
pulse, which animated and inspired the
public mind in the better and more exalt
ed days of the country’s history, stiff lives.
The indignation of the mosses though so
long stilled and kept down by the arts and
wiles of corrupt politicians, has risen to a
new nnd terrible importance. Tho spirit
of honesty and virtue, which was thought
to be buried -kept down within “the rib
of death”—lias only been sleeping,mid like
the ancient knight, it has been again
Aroused from a sluggish repose to heroic
effort and action.
“Hound tlic uliirifm, Mow tlui fifo
And to a hcuhuouh world proclaim”
that onr representative form of govern
ment. is not a failure; that there is still loft
a great moral interest in the public mind
that the Republic has a lung lease of life
uud u future tilled with promise anil hope.
We do not exaggerate tho importance of
what has occurred. The gains which lmve
been made on every hand against a once
compact, powerful and irresistable party
cannot be mistaken for transient uud fleet
ing gleams of reason that brighten the
darkness for a mmm pt to tnoek us nnd
then disappear. There can hardly boa
mistake as to the significance and scope of
the victory. It tolls ns that tho people
are tired of the dominations of railroad
kings; that they will no longer be tho vic
tims of corruptionists and robbers; that
they are yet powerful to savo institutions
under which they have longlivodin prosper
ity from the peril of demolition and ruin.
The reform impulse of last year proved abor
five because the public mind had not been
fully aroused. Just as the forlorn band
led by Monmoth invaded England and
failed before the tyranny of James had be
come intolerable. The I’rinee of Orange
came afterward nnd completed what ho
left undone. One division of an army is
often required to fill with dead bodies the
ditches over which the next may walk dry
shod, and tho followers of Greeley, though
sacrificed, succeeded in preparing the way
for the victorious legions who arc now
accomplishing what they failed to accom
plish. The fact that this is “an off year”
cannot break the force of these splendid re
sults. Both sides bent their strength in
tho contest. The panic,which was brought
on under tho administration of the domi
nant party, prevented the lavish expendi
ture of money on the part of tho Repub
licans, which marked the Presidential can
vass, it is true; but there is every reason to
believe that all the remaining resources of
the party was invoked, and the conflict
was a fair measure of strength. Radical
journals will attempt to belittle this up
rising of the masses, but their petty efforts
will break like brittle rods against the logic
of these facts. Many had begun to be
lieve Unit it was impossible fee any organ
ization to beat back a large and powerful
party which so long continued to practice
flagrant corruptions and yet was victorious
on almost every fit-id. But the result
shows how gigantic error can bo struck
down with little pebbles of truth if prop
erly directed. It shows that if a resolute
and courageous opposition, worthy of the
confidence of the country, will not abate
one jot or tittle of heart or hope, but steer
right on in the face of the most adverse
circumstances, the tide of victory w ill ul
timately change and the unfaltering devo
tion find its reward. Without pretending
to penetrate the future too far there is
enough in the auspicious events of tho
hour to warrant the belief that tho recent
signal triumphs are but the precursors of
still more glorious achievements yet to
to come. We have but to persevere,
strictly adhering to the principles of the
constitution, and groat and grand will be
the results.
Mr. Davis, of California, found a box
containing $40,000 in gold, and he be
came so excited over it that he dropped
dead.
THE BAVANNAH "ADVERTISER AND
REPUBLICAN.”
On the tide, claiming to swim like
apples, referring to our letter from Savan
nah, in which we sisiko of tho Fair,
Savannah’s indifference, nnd the Great
Eastern, like the little things that did
swim (hut didn’t smell like apples), spciiks
of ns as follows;
The Tnorrn/.EH OT a Goon Man. —Our
virtuous and ascetic friend Onllaher, of
the Quitman Independent, is a circo
lnaniac. He can't •abenr’ the horse opera,
eud the sound of a brass band throws him
Into a spasm. He came to see the Fair
lust week, run afoul of the circus, and it
seems mistook the colored children and
nurses for the citizens of refinement, of
which Savannah is so proud. He says:
“On Monday and Tuesday the Great
Eastern, so called, paraded the streets with
their band of music and cages, followed by
their steam fife (misnamed piano), and
though this is one of the populous cities
of the South, with every facility for train
ing and educating the mind and refining
the morals, the citizens nro still the sub
jects of excitement, with a curiosity far in
excess of the ‘backwoodsmen.’ 1 was ut
terly astonished to see tho multitudes lead
away by a little steam engine, trained to
whistle; so I have come to the conclusion
at last that people raised in cities are
people still.”
We wero not aware that tho Advertiser
nnd Republican was conducted by the
j colored children an l nurses, and that w e
j hud mistaken them for the citizens of ro
; finernent, of which Savannah is so proud.
We will not say Hint we identified tho men
of the Advertiser nnd Republican in the
i immense crowd following the Great East
' ern steam fife. To lie competent witnesses
! to testify that there was none but colored
children and nurses pursuing the band
wagon and steam fife, they must them
selves have been in the crowd, and we
would like to know their self-classification
—whether colored children or nurses.
If tho latter, whether wet or dry ?
Upon tho receipt of this information we
will compliment them with an adveetiso
i incut, and try to procure them a situat ion.
! If not nurses themselves, there is one
j thing very manifest from their own testi
mony—that they are tlioro lghly acquainted
j with all the nurses, and that the nurses arc
; not of the refined citizens.
STATU NEWS.
Atlanta has anew pork packing estab
lishment.
The German Mills in Tattnall county
have resumed operations.
A concert was given in Tliomasville hu t
week in aid of the Bainhridge sufferers.
One. hundred and one dollars w as realized.
Hon. A. H. Stephens arrived in Wash
ington on Tuesday last to take I,r seat in
tho House of Representatives on Monday
next.
Alex. fit., (‘lair Abrams, late editor of
the Atlanta lh-rnld lias been presented
with a handsome gold watch by liis
friends,
The gin-house of Hon. R. ,T. Hightower,
of Johnson county, was accidentally
burned tho other day—making the forty
fourth since the ffOtli of September*
Mr, Allen Russel], the oldest constable
in Chatham county, is dead. He was
elected to office in 1835, and was a mein
her of the Republican Blues for thirty
years.
The jury in (he ease of Pike, of Macon,
tried for the killing of Burr, failed to
make up a verdict. Five were for con
victing him of manslaughter and seven
were for acquittal.
The dwelling house, kitchen nndsmol;"-
liouNO of Mr. 11. McManus, of Bibb
county, were destroyed by fire on Thurs
day night. His loss is three thousand
dollars, with no insurance,
Elias Barnett, a merchant of Milledge
ville, died there on the 21st inst. I lis re
mains were brought to Savannah. Two
days after his store was robbed of a wagon
load of.goods.
The wife of Mingo Norman, colored,
who escaped from the jail in Hinesville a
short time ago, has been arrested, ns it is
believed she furnished her husband with
th(> anger with which ho bored through
the floor of his cell.
Tin- Atlanta Ucrnbl says Gen. Bothnia-,
of Talbot county, is going to Washington
if he can raise the funds, to contest the
seat of Colonel Henry R. Harris, of Meri
t wether county, elected from the fourth
i district.
The hard times in Middle Georgia have
resulted in the foreclosing of hundreds of
crop liens. Several large planters in
Spalding county, according to tin- Star,
have had their stock levied on, cribs nailed
up, and cotton seized by the sheriff for
debts due their factors.
We regret to announce, says the Macon
Telegraph, that telegrams were received in
this city lute yesterday afternoon, announc
ing the death, at Cloverdulo, Dade county,
Gu., of Mrs Anna Lou do Graffenried,
wife of M. do Graffenried, Esq., and
daughter of our late fellow-citizen, Hon.
James A. Nisbet.
A man bv tho name of Ludovig Meyer,
his wife and five children, who emigrated
to this State a short time ago, and settled
at No. 2 Central Railroad, narrowly css
esped death last, week. Tlu-y lmd all
partaken freely of strychnine, mistaking
it. for quinine. They took such large
doses that it caused them to vomit freely,
and thereby saved their lives.
The liabilities of Burr and Flanders, of
Macon, are $190,540 40, against sllO,-
810 20 assets. Of the amounts owing.
$31,000 is to the Central Bank, 32,000
to Macon Rank and Trust Company,
SIO,OOO to the First National Bank, $20,-
000 to the Macon Loan Association, and
$7,000 to the Exchange Bank. Milo
Freeman has been selected as receiver.
Air. Lynch, a book-keeper in the em
ployment. of tho W. ,t A 11. It. Cos., was
rut) over by a locomotive in Atlanta on
the 21st inst, receiving injuries which re
sulted in his death. No blame attaches
to the engineer. The unfortunate man
attempted to cross the track immediately
in front of the nioving x engine and in his
haste, his boot heel struck the rail throw
ing him right across the track. His leg.
were terribly crushed, nnd death soon
relieved him of his sufferings.
Romo Commercial: We saw yesterday
several particles of gold taken from a re
cently discovered vein of the precious
metal on the place of (’apt. John W. Tur
ner, ten miles west of Rome. The vein,
or deposit, from which this gold was taken
is in a-Mnall running stream of water, but
is not thought to be tho richest at this
point, ns other indications point to a more
abundant deposit near by. An old miner,
who has had iniuiv years experience in Cali
fornia, and who is examining and working
this for Capt. Turner, says that ho never
saw a better prospect in the mining
LATEST NEWS.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
ADMIRAL POLO AS PACIFICATOR.
TUB WAR FUELING IN CUBA.
CONFLICTING NEWSPAPER REPORTS
Work, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
THE GKORGIA GRANGERS.
THE VIBOINrCS AFFAIR IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, November 23.—There was
a Cabinet session of two hours duration
to-day. Ail tlio members were present
except Robeson, who is in Philadelphia.
The Virginias affair only received consid
eration. ft. is stab and that Secretary Robe
son will issue an order for a battalion of
marines to accompany the Franklin to Key
West, 800 strong, and the command of the
same will bo tendered Lieutenant Col.
James Forney, son of Col. John W. For
ney. At, the Cabinet meeting to-day no
additional facts were presented by the
Secretary of State, nor was any new action
taken relative to the subject. Nothing has
occurred since the capture of the Virginius
and the executions w hich followed, to show
that the Spanish Government is influenced
by any but a friendly desire to preserve
peace between the two nntious, and if pos
sible to cultivate stronger relations of
friendship. This government will act to
wards Spain ns towards all other countries
in cases of controversy, and await with
proper respect, replies to our com plaints.
There is, however, anxiety expressed for
intelligence from Spain of a decisive char
acter, iu order that Congress may, in the
President’s message, be made acquainted
with nil tho facts.
There are indications that dispatches
were received to night by both Secretary
Fisli and Admiral Polo, the Spanish Min
ister, from Madrid, of a character which
gives more tiam a promise of a peaceful
solution of the present complications; and
it is known that these gentlemen were iu
private conference for several hours to*
night at tlic residence of Mr. Fish, com
paring dispatches and discussing generally
the situation of affairs. It, seems to lie
the impression that, instead of our govern
ment having to Wait for reports from Min
ister Sickles concerning the Spanish Cabi
net’s views, tlic Spanish Cabinet Ims con
ferred extraordinary powers on Admiral
Polo to communicate directly with our
government through the R-.•rotary of
State. At all events, the Spanish Minis
ter is now brought into more intimate
communication with Secretary Fish tlmn
at tint time since the present trouble be
gan. It was remarked to-night, by a gen
tleman prominently cotraeoted with this
government, that things look fur more
hopeful now than over.
W’AB TAI.K IN CUBA.
New York, November 23. A letter
from Havana, dated November 20th, says
there is much talk of a war with the
United States. The Captain-General and
his military chief*have had several meet
ings, but tho result of their deliberations
is not known. One thing is certain, how
ever, nnd that is that preparations for de
fense are being actively made. Guns are
being mounted on nil the forts around the
city. Who they will get to man theta i.,
another matter, ns they have no artillery
men. Powder is also being supplied, and
a general bustle is noticed around the
arsenals. Tho people talk warlike, and ex
press their determination to make no con
cession. They say they will fight to the
last before they will give up the Virginias
or any of the persons who took a part in
the execution of her crew. The Conserv
ative journals publish articles to excite the
people, uud the Republican papers join
in for fear tii y will not he considered
patriotic. The statement that the Tor
nudo is a captured liloolcade-ruimer is
incorrect. She was built in England
for the Chilian Government at the
time of the war w ith Spain, and was cap
tured by the Spanish man-of-war Geroua,
and taken into Cadiz, where she was con
demned and sold. She was a fine vessel.
THE FEKUNG IN CUBA.
Havana, November 25.—The Dinrio de
let Mnrina has au editorial to-day, of which
tlic following is an extract:
The Washington govenriiment knows to
day, nnd the United States Congress will
know to-morrow, the justice with which
the Spanish authorities have acted. They
will take care of tho National honor w ith
out suffering themselves to be infinenced
by the cries of the masses, who know not
whet these Caban patriots are. Far from
our minds boa feeling of nrrogauce—fur
ther still a feeling of debility. From our
hearts we neither seek nor slum peril, if
the’Americans oblige us to tight we will;
if the mother country can aid 11s we will
thank her; but. if we must contend alone,
there are enough Spaniards in Cuba to keep
our banner safe. W o will sell very dearly
that which was once the most "brilliant
flower of the crown of Castile.
The funeral of the late Count San Fer
nando took place to day. The attendance
was large and the ceremonies imposing.
AT Till. BROOKLYN NAVY YAIID.
New York, November 25.—Two thou
sand five hundred men were paid at
the navy yard to-day, the most ofwhoni
have been employed since the Virginias
outrage. The Spanish irouehul Arapiles
has not left the yard yet, hut was painted
to-day and the last work upon her in the
dry dock will bo done to-morrow. Work
in the yard was going on ns usual this af
ternoon, although several reports stated
that there hud been* orders received stop
ping work.
im-TBimmoN of currency.
Washington, November 25. The
Comptroller of the Currency recommends
a repeal of section six of the act of July,
IH7O, providing for the withdrawal of
tr25,000,0(H) of currency from New York,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massa
chusetts, and the authorization of £25,-
000,000 additional currency, to be distrib
uted to banks West and South. He thinks
from three to five years would be required
to distribute this amount.
MAKING CAETRIDOFS.
Boston, November 25.—The United
States Cartridge Company commence this
week to run their works day and night,
with two sets of men. They have press
ing orders for several millions of car
tridges from the War and Navy Depart
ments, and also largo orders for commercial
work.
It is said the United States frigate Col
orado will be brought from New York to
Charlestown Navy Yard to be fitted for
sea.
WHAT THE HERALD SAYS.
New York, November 20.—A dispatch
to the Herald says on Tuesday evening
Secretary Robeson received information
...l: .1, j{ nossihk'.the activity in
his department in preparing for a cri is.
Orders peremptory and plenary were issued
by the Secretary to the chiefs of bureaus
to put the navy iu the best possible condi
tion, without awaiting for the approval of
the Secretary. Next, orders were issued
to Rear Admiral Case, commanding the
European squadron, to leave but one ship
at Cadiz, and proceed with the other ves
sels under full steam to Key West. Dis
patches were then prepared for the Rear
Admirals commanding at South Pacific
and South Atlantic stations, which arc
now on the wav, ti i order ull vessels of
their fleets to Key West under steam, and
report to tim Navy Department at that
point. A telegram was sent to the com
mander of the East India squadron .inform
ing him of the gravity of the situation,
directing him to issue orders at once to
every vessel of the fleet to prepare for any
emergency.
PER CONTBA.
The Times, in a double leaded editorial,
says; “We have reason to believe that the
negotiation with Spain lias assumed a shape
which places the prospect of war at a much
greater distance than was the case yes
terday.”
WHO WILL BE THE LEADER.
Chicago, November 26. —General Sheri
dan has been ordered to Washington to
confer in regard to military affairs, and in
ease of war with Spain, which general
would have chief command iu the field.
THE GEORGIA GRANGERS.
Atlanta, November 25.— The mass
meeting of farmers and patrons to-duv was
largely attended and the session wns har
monious and enthusiastic. The meeting
resolved to plant one third of their crop
next year in cotton. The farmers favor
cash payments ami declare their right to
control the price of cotton.
Havana and it* Defenses.
In view of a possible war with Spain
and the natural result involving the fate
of the Island of Cuba, the city of Havana
takes precedence os an objective point in
the hostilities that would be directed
against tile island. Of all the Spanish
dominions in America, Cuba has remained
intact with the exception of an interval
of a year, when Havana fell into the
hands of tho British, Hfter a vigorous
siege on land and sea of fifty-four days.
This event occurred in 1763. The British
subsequently exchanged their hold upon
Havana and a large domain around it
which they held for Florida, anl Florida
was reconquered by Spain at a later date.
Havana lues always been a naval head
quarters, and was used for fitting out x
-pedilions against the enemies of Spain.
It is consideicd almost impregnable, and
being the key to the entire island, the
possession of the island without Havana
would be of comparatively little value.
Tfie present strength of Havana is a
i matter of the greatest interest. Its gen
eral plan of defenses has been constructed
in the old style; but a profusion of treas
ure has of late year* been expended to
l render the city eml harbor as far as possi
ble proof against all assaults. And it is
highly probable, that the fortifications
that nave been erected, the precautions
that have been taken, the difficulties that
have been thrown in the way, and the
case with which the defenses themselves
call be used against attack, that tho cap
ture of Havana would be a difficult enter
prise to accomplish. The walls of the
city, running from the mouth of the har
bor across tlm peninsula to the inner dime,
inclose an ellipse of 2,000 by 1,100 yards;
but at the present time more than twice
; that space outside of them is completely
| covered by buildings. There are six forts,
i numerous land and water batteries, forin
, ing a continuous line running along both
j shores, besides tho waffs and citadel. The
forts ore named the Morro, La Cabana,
j l’rincipe, La Punta, Atari's, and Numero
! 4, or Sail Diego.
M >rro Castfc is deemed impregnable,
but it is believed a competent naval force
i could pass it. Even if successful, how*.
; ever, ono thousand guns could be brought
ito bear on tho ships after ente ring the
i harbor. For this, among other reasons,
I military authorities agree that if the place
[ i>e taken it must be taken by operations
j conducted on laud. LaCabana is as
■ strong, if not stronger work, than the
j Morro. In 1702 tho latter was battered
j an entire day within short range, by three
j English line of battle ships. They had
; to retire without making an impression.
| after being badly disabled. Rut for tile
I rigorous attack on land by which a broach
j was made, and the storming of tho fort,
| the British could never have taken the
i city. Ray mil, a competent authority, says:
I “The Mom) is raised so high above the
; level of tho sen that even a first rate vessel
of war could not hatter it. But La Punta
has not the same advantage. It is, nevor-
I theless, so situated that it can only be
attacked by a very narrow channel, in
which tho assailants must be exposed to
such a tremendous fire as few would he
able to withstand."
Havana can only bo attacked on the
, land side with any hope of success, and,
| even should such all attempt be made, the
difficulties to which a besieging army
would be exposed are almost insurmoun
table. One of these is the great scarcity
jof good water. It could only be found
nine miles from the city, and the people,
aware of its absolute necessity, would use
every exertion to cut off the supply. It
would therefore be necessary, in case of
the city being invested, that the besieg
ers should have strong detachments in
entrenchments to; protect the watering
places and prevent communication with
the camp being interrupted. But, this
difficulty, with all others, would be cer
tainly overcome by an enterprising and
determined commander having adequate
resources at liis disposal. The number of
land forces necessary,’ it is estimated,
would not exceed 50,000 men. It is clear,
however, that a large army would be re
quired to invest Havana, and a powerful
fleet to act in co-operation. All the in
surgents require is arms, and these could
be very easily landed on either the north
ern or southern coasts of the district in
which they operate. The patriot forces
would be able to take care of all the Span
ish troops outside of Havana, where the
garrison is reported to be 20,000, not in
cluding the numerous ships-of-war, with
their sailors aud marines.
A Rose That Lived Eighteen Y..aks rx
a Child’s Coffin.— Mr. B. F. Remington,
of this city, who was present when some
bodies were being disinterred at Claysviile,
Harrison county, for reinterment in Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cyatliiana, informs us
that a matallic ease, in which had been
placed the body of a two year old child, a
daughter of Dr. Curran, was opened. The
body was found to be remarkably well
preserved, and the features wearing almost
the same expression they did when the
child breathed its last, with the exception
of the sinking of one eye, a.slight flattening
of the nose and shrinking of the upper lip.
A rose-bud had been placed on the breast
of the child when buried, and when tlie
case was opened it was found that the
bud had expanded into a beautiful full
blown rose, and was lying upon the breast
of the sweet little child, who hod been an
angel for more than eighteen years. It
was a beautiful sight, and was accepted ns
a good omen bv those who looked upon it,
and truly felt that “of such is the kingdom
of heaven.” — Pe.ri* Kentuckian.
[Fromthe MarsmTctcprapb of B*;nnlay.J
Young America on the War Path—One
School Bey Stabs Another to Death.
One of the most lamentable homicides
that ever took place in this city, wns com
mitted about one o’clock yesterday after
noon, at the public bcliool in East Macon.
The occurrence is especially lamentable,
on account of the extreme youth of both
participants; and also on account of its
having occurred at one of the public
schools of the city. The circumstances
are about as fol’ows:
During the noon reoesa John Wall nnd
Thomas Howard, in company with other
lads, were engaged in a game of ball when
they had a dispute over the game, then a
scuffle, and finally both grew mad arid a
tight ensued. Howard struck Wall with a
brick-bat, and the hitter drew a knife and
inflicted three wounds upon Howard, two
of which would have been fatal. There
was a slight wound in the neck. In bis
hack, on the left of the spine, was another
wonnd which penetrated to tho cavity,
producing internal hemorruge. This
was a mortal wound. The tiiird wound
was iu the left thigh, a few inches below
the groin, which penetrated to and severed
the femoral artery. This, in all proba
bility, was the wound which was the im
mediate cause of the death of the lad.
The fight between the lads took place
at the foot of the enbankment near the
old Central depot, which is now used as a
school-house. Howard after being cut,
had climed up tiffs enbankment and
walked some twenty feet toward the behool
house, when he sank to the ground and
told his playmates to run for a doctor.
These were the Inst words be spoke, as ho
expired in a very few minutes -probably
in less that five minutes uftcr the cutting
w as done.
The bleeding from this wound in the
thigh was most profuse, and by it the boy
could be distinctly tracked from the place
where the cutting was done to where he
fell and expired.
As soon us the cutting was over Wall
disappeared from the ground oml has not
been seen since. It is supposed he went
to his home, which is about two and a half
miles in the country, ueur the Jones county
line.
Coroner Harman was notified of the
tragedy and was early upon the ground.
He soon empanneled a jury which, ~fter
receiving the Duly, which was examined
by Dr. McCreary," and hearing the testi
mony of some of the boys who were wit
nesses to the transaction, returned a ver
dict in accordance with tho übove facts.
Howard was a hid about sixteen years
old, and lived iu Ea.-t Macon with his
mother, who is a widow. He was at one
time employed in Burke’s printing office.
After the inquest his body was taken to
his mother’s house and prepared for
burial.
Wall is about the same age of Howard,
lie is a sou of Mr. Brad. Wail,who is dead,
and a grand-son of Air. John Low, one of
tile most respectable citizens of the county.
He had been in the school liut a short
time, and was n guided as a quiet and
peaeable lad. Up to a late hour last night
he had not been arrested.
There were no witnesses to this tragedy
except the school boys, most of whom
were small; but they all tell about the
same tale iu regard to it. It, seems to have
been one of those uuf ii tuuate occurrences
growing out of a suddsn and uucontro
lablo burst of passion, leading the youth to
seek to punish his antagonist by tue inflic
tion of seven personal injuries. No one
imagines for a moment that the boy meant
to slay his playmate, and the probability
is that he left the ground unaware of the
fearful result of the injuries he had in
flicted.
Brutality of Kellogg’s Metropolitans.
To the. I'ditor of the Tribune:
Sir: A< Kellogg first denied, and as
his press here, afterwards, has attempted
to soften or palliate the outrages commit
ted in Grant Parish in the presence of his
Metropolitan Police, l send you an ex
tract from a private letter, which 1 vouch
for as worthy of the highest credence.
The lady is a woman of rare intelligence,
refinement, and courage, and the daugh
ter of an eminent physician of this city.
You arc fn o to make whatever use of it
you may think proper.
J. Dickson Bruns.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 13, 1873.
Nov. 2, 1873.
Dear Father; You will perceive by
the-postmark that 1 am a refugee from
the “Mctropolitoiis,” having left home at
the suggestion of my friends. * * *
was absent, of course, so that I wns left
alone. My friends advised me to leave
in consequence of the outrageous conduct
of the M. P's., who seemed very violently
disposed towards * * * and one or
two others, and threatened what they
would do towards them and their families.
They sack houses, and nro followed by
evil-disposed negroes, who are encouraged
by them in their diabolical acts. Miss
Leoour, of Grant Parish, was outraged
by the negroes and left for dead in the
field, when she attempted to flee from
them. (She has since died.) Her little
brother, ten years old, plead with the M.
P’s to protect his mother and sister, and
they replied, “that was not their busi
ness !” He then went to Colfax, and
begged tho Radical Sheriff— Register—to
arrest the negroes, and he refused. * * *
They sacked John Hickman’s house,
breaking up all his furniture. He was
not in the Colfax light; therefore they
had no excuse for this act. * * *
A gentleman in the north end of town
has a baby at his house. It is the finest
baby in Giles county, of course, and its
papa is proud of it. He was down in
town the other day in a crowd, when he
saw the nurse going across the streets
with a baby veiled to protect it from the
cool winds that have lately set in, when
he called to her to come there. “Now,”
says he to the crowd, “I’ll show you that
baby that I’ve been bragging of, and if
you don’t say it’s the best looking baby
in town, and the image of it’s papa, I’ll
treat. ” By this time the nurse had ar
rived, and he called her to him, took the
precious little darling, set it upon his
knee, ami saying, “nosv, its papa’s dot it,”
he raised the veil, when, horror of hor
rors 1 it was the blackest, slickest little
African yon ever saw. He dropped it,
motioned to the crowd to follow, went ii>
| to the nearest saloon aud laid a ‘V’ on the
counter, saying, “Boys, just drink that
I out,” and while the sugar was being stir
j red, he slipped out the back door and the
! scenes that knew him once, will know him
I no more until the boys forget to say, “now
! it’s papa’s dot it.” —Pulaski ( Tenn ) Citi
j sen.
Relics of Witchcraft. —The veritable
pins used by the Salem witches and now on
tile in the clerk's office in the courts of Essex
county .Mass., have been so appropriated
by relic hunters that those left are sealed
in a vial aud can only be seen through a
glass. The death warrant of one of the
1 malefactors, with the return of the officer
; that he had caused the prisoner to be
hanged until she was dead and burned,
(though the two last words are erased)
! still hangs on the wall of {lie clerk’s office
I in an excellent state tf praservattou.
A Pious Donkey.— Daily there passes
my door an old Cholo waterman, carrying
his water-jars, on the most diminutive and
stunted Of donkeys; and daily is the same
scene enacted. 'As Peru is a Catholic
country, there is erected in the centre of
four streets large wooden Or stono cross,
and it is the universal custom for every
man, woman, nnd child, whenever they
pass one of these wayside crosses, to stop,
and, making the sign of the cross, to how
before it. Some of the more devout kucel
nnd mutter an Ave Maria, while every one
doffs the hat. and makes the sign of tho
cross. Either this little donkey of the
squudor (or water-carrier) has been
brought up by u priest, or else ho pos
sess! * more devotion than the rest of his
species, for he invariably stops square be
fore the cross, sets his four legs sturdily
at right angles, puts up his long ears anil
straightens his stubby tail, and obstinately
and persistently refuses to move au inch.
The waterman dismounts, puffs at him,
kicks and shouts, tugs at his bridle, and
belabors him with a stout cudgel; lmt all
to no purpose. Standing as immovable as
a rook, the donkey brays and brays again,
his nose fairly rubbing the cross, and,
at every blow, only plants his feet more
firmly and brays the lender. Little and( n
key boys say;' “Let him alone—he is at
his devotions;” bystanders cry, "Look at
the piety of the beast;" and the waterman,
looking around in despair at the crowd,
says: "What shall I do ? What can I
do?” in the most hopeless tones; then
turning to the donkey, he says savagely to
it: “Beast, stop your braying; you are
nothing but an old fool, and your mother
was a fool before you !” This settles the
donkey, for he moves on, amid the jeers
of the lookers-on.—[LimaCorrcspondenco.
Heavy Defalcation of a Private
Banker.— The New York papers state that
Edward K. Winship, of No. 24 Broad St.
in that city, whose reputation rumor has
been busy for some time, is at length an
nounced a defaulter to the extent of 8400,
000. Winship was engaged in purchases
of claims of government employees at ten
Jier cent, discount, and receiving deposits
on which he paid three and a half per
cent, a mouth. He continued to nay in
terest, but when asked for principal in the
recent crisis he failed to respond, and at a
meeting of his creditors informed them by
tetter that he was a hopeless bankrupt.
Winship had a home on Staten Island and
lodges in New York city, bat is now sup
posed to be out of the country.
| How to Meet the Cuban Question. -
Hon. S. S. Cox, member of Congress far
New York, at the mass meeting held in
: Hteiuway Hall, in that city on Monday
:ha t, urged the intervention of civilized
powers to stop Spanish atrocities, or at
1 lent the recognition of the belligerency
iof the Cubans. He said we had strained
! a point for the oppressor, and should now
I do something for the oppressed. Let our
: people be free to go to Cuba to help lib
! erty, at their own risk, even, nnd Cuba
! would be free and independent. The
! time would surely come when the Island
would gravitate towards our federal sys
tem and join the band of the Union.
The Nusinr.it of Executions. —The
Secretary of State at Washington has re
ceived the following from Consul-General
| Hall:
! “Havana, November 18.—The Consul
i at. Santiago reports, under date of tho
i 13th, that the total number of executions
l of persons from the Virginias was fifty -
■ three, and that there had been no execu
tions since the Bth instant. The state
ment published here on the 14tli, respect
ing fifty-one additional executions, proves
untrue.”
The Wine-pino Post in Dei,swarf.
The following prisoners were whipped on
Saturday at New Castle, Delaware, between
eleven and twelve o’clock: Sky Duke. Sam
uel Bush and William Pickering, while,
received twenty lashes each; William Lll
i Strnsty and William Kenton, ten lashes
leach; A. Hawkins, pillory and one hun
-1 I red and forty lashes. Blood was drawn
I from two of the w hite men.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Bute,
| accompanied by Monsignor Capel, liavo
| left England for Rome. It is said their
j visit is connected with the establishment
of a Roman Catholic University in Bag
land. If the scheme receives the sanction
of the Pope, the Roman Catholic aristoc
racy have promised to give large pecu
niary' assistance. The Marquis of Bute s
contribution will be £SO,(XX).
_____ ♦
Says the Danbury Xeirs: “A little hoy
• has been fairly driven from a Sluwvou
: school by the disgraceful persecution of the
I other scholars, who taunted him with the
1 fact that his father had been a New 1 oik
juryman.”
Tho deed transferring Ford’s Theatre
*in Washington City to the United States,
was filed last Thursday. It was in this
house that Lincoln was killed. Tho price
paid w’as SIOO,OOO.
There is said to he a project among the
newspaper proprietors in London to ob
tain an act declaring nil original matter
in a newspaper copyright for forty-eight
hours after publication.
It is said that “the New York saloons
have abandoned the free lunch system. ’
Good heavens ! If this panic should spread
throughout the country, how- arc wo to
feed our lunch-fiends this winter.
XE W AD TER TIBEHENTS.
BEDELL & CO.,
Liquor TANARUS) ealers;
TOBACCO AGENTS,
140 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GA.
nnv39-tf
Lost or Mislaid.
VNOTE GIVEN ON THE sth DAY OF
June, 1873, for the sum of eighty dohar*
(SSO), at 10 per cent, interest, payable one uu.v
after date, to Hiram Fretwell, by Gus Mx-Fec,
Jno. T. Thranlier security, now the property of
the subscriber.
This is to forewarn all persons against trading
for said note. CANNETH YATES.
novß-lm _
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
THE COPARTNERSHIP EXISTING BE
TWEEN us is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. W. E. BARNES ’will settle the aflairs
of the late firm.
W. E. BARNES,
TIIOS. J. LIVINGSTON.
Quitman, Ga., November 5, 1873.
I RESPECTFULLY inform my old customers
and the public generally, that I shall con
tinue the Jewelry business at the old stand, aim
soldi it your patronage. I shall keep constantly
on hand a good stock of fine gold and silver
American and 6wiss watches, clocks of au sizes
and prices, jewelry of every description, including
Ladies’ anil Misses* setts, finger rings of every
size, style and price, bracelets, and a very isfgo
stock of silverware, such as cups, castors, spooky
and forks, knives of several kinds, cake bftxkeK
butter dishes; in short, I shall keep everything
kept in a first-class jewelry store. Call and see
me.
novlMrn W. E. BAENLS