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THE INDEPENDENT. SATI'HDAV. OBlUßin ■ Hta. - 11 IU _J- I'■ II,"" Georgia Press Association. The srrai-anniinl meeting of Hie Aiwi ation Hill ha held at Columliits, ou Mon day, December lfitb. Itejirea, ntutivex of newnpuperH will come prepared to pay their dors. A cordial invitation is cstendivl to ed-1 iters and publisher* of newspapers in Florida and Alabama to be present. By order of J. H. Estjll, President. J. R. Christian, Secretary. THE WHOLE DIFFICULTY SETTLED It ia rumored that some of the officer* of the government at Washington have at different times attempted to suppress dis patches tending to tho amieable settlement of the Cnban or Virginins difficulties. Not only have the bloodthirsty war lnmnds attempted to aupprrsa dispatches, but to substitute for them, intelligence manufac tured for tho purpose of arousing greater ill-feeling toward Spain. There ia nospon taneous outburst of feeling throughout the entire country aguinat Hpain, nor would there be if there were not busy hands se cretly at work to fan the flame of war. Tlie startling statements of the insult of our Minister to Hpain, which were spread with the greatest haste all over tho country just j as tlie war spirit indicated signs of yield- i lug to rational reflection, have been traced to no reliahle source, but have been de- ! nounred as false in authentic dispatches, j The matter umlonbtedly demands gome Settlement, but it is not of such pressing urgency as to precipitate this Government into s protracted and expensive war, until j every ether means of reasonable adjust ment bo exhausted. It has occurred, it is an event now iu the past, and doubtless does justify a demand for separation; but it | is not like the capture of Mason and Hli dell—an act that may he remedied bv j prompt action. we esu gain nothing by precipitation. The capture of the Virginins involves some intricate questions of international law, and when those questions cotne to be submitted to the calm and searching judgment of the world it maybe found that we, as a nation, are not blameless, and that the commander of the Virginins, liis crew and his pus sengor*. were not faultless in the premises and perhaps our position may not be much better than Great Britain, in the ease of the Alabamu and other vessels that were fltted out in England during our civil strife. The submission of these ques tions to the arbitrament of war will not elu cidate them, und though frenzied Hpain might full an easy victim hi our prowess, sneh a victory might not justify us in the face of the worhl.or ou the page of history. Even the acquisition, no matter liow great the commercial or political advan tage might l>e to uh, might, prove a curse that would make us rue tho day that we departed from tho established customs of civilized nations, of submission to friendly and impartial arbitration before resorting to the sword. We have nothing to gain by a war with Hpain. Wo don't wunt it if we can honorably avoid it. While the treatment of the captives on the Vir ginius by the Spanish authorities wi re of a brutal character and shocking to the moral sensibilities, the injury to our national honor is no greater than that of Great Britain toward the Federal Government during our civil war. Notwithstanding the inflnmatory dispatches that have traversed the wires, and the war-liko responses that have come from so many quarters, war is no more iminent than it was proceeding the Alabama Claim’s difficulty. Our controversy with Great Uritain was as to the conduct aud responsibilities of that power; but in our present difficulty, our position ia embarrassed with serious doubts as to the propriety of the conduct in our Government in permitting the lifting out of expeditions agnimit a friendly power. War with Great Britain was honorably averted by submitting our controversy to friendly arbitration, and the reparation made to us was far more satisfactory than any we could have enforced by war. Our dif ficulties with Hpain have not passed be yond tho reach of amicable adjustment. Our Minister at Madrid ia still the accred ited representative of our Government, and is received and protected by the Govern ment of Spain. Tho Spanish Minister is still in Washington in friendly communi cation with our home authorities, and, in tho person of Admiral Polo, a diplomatist of large and comprehensive view sand sym pathies, thoroughly fumilinr with our lan guage, our customs, and our institutions, which is a sure guamnti'e to us that noth ing will be done on the part of Spain that will place us beyond the hope of a peace ful solution of the troubles. If we could rely its much upon the sober temperament of our Minister, as we oau npou the calm, prudent Admiral Polo, wo would appre hend no troubles w hatever. The activity shown by our people iu the war prepara tious are only preliminary, and is nothing more than the usual prudential prepara tions made by every nation on the first sign of war on the zodiac. We have been just as active before when the clouds were more portentiouß.and yet they wore dispelld without the expenditure of treasury anil loss of life. The clouds that darkened the-hori zon one week ago have sll vanished in the honorable aeo< ptauee of honorable terms. Wliv should wo want war ? Can we gain anything by it ? If it is merely to acquire Cuba, we can get it cheaper than by war. If it is for satisfaction, we cun got it more honorably in a civil arbitrament. The dif flonltie snow seem to be settled between onr. selves and the Spanish Government; but the Caban author; tie i prole it against the set tlement. The objection on the'i part will prove futile, and will ] ass off up on more serious reflections. A countryman had his pocket picked of two hundred and fifty dollars in the Atlau fti jws’.v'Ti 'yn dcqxt the other day. THE PRESIDENT,* MESSAGE. SYNOPTICAL REVIEWOF THE DOC UMENT. TWO NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. THE riV*('KS AXII TIIK YIRQINII* AFKAIH. [Special t'i tks Savannah Morning News ) Washington. December^.—The Presi ident’s message wns received to-day in both Houses. It opens by a reference to the financial crisis, tho Grangers’ movo | ment and the Virginias matter, which latter it says is in course of negotiation, and likely to bo amicably anil honorably arranged. It refers to the Vienna Expo sition, which was creditable to the arti atans of tho United Stub*; to the recep tion of the Western embassadors by the Emperor of China, anil to the need of ! further legislation to suppress the Coolie , trade. Jt recommend* A COMMISSION ; for the purpose of anihfing and deter | mining the amount to be paid for losses caused by tin Confederate privateer*. It ! refers to the mixed commission for deter mining claims between British subjects and American citizens, and asks for an appropriation to pay the amount of de cisions aguiust the United .States. It also recommends a law creating a special court of three judges to hear and deter mine all claims of aliens against the United States, arising out of sets com mitted ngainst their perrons and property during the insurrection. It asks the de cision of Congress on the subject of the action of the Ottoman and Egyptian gov ernments relieving foreign Consuls of judicial powers. The President transniita the application of the Republic of U A V'l'i > I u l If 1 K.' I in HANTO DOM] NOO. that the United States shall exercise a protectorate over tlmt Republic. The message discusses ut some length the question of the right of expatriation, par ticularly as to citizens of the United States residing permanently abroad with their families, and suggests legislation on the subject, ft refers to the establish ment of a Republic in Spain, and to the efforts of the new government to alailisli slavery in all her dominions, which efforts are opposed by tlie reactionary slaveholders of CI'IIA, who are vainly striving to stop the .march of civilization, Tho baneful influence had tints far succeeded ill defeating the i efforts of nil liberal-minded men in Spain to abolish slavery in Cuba, aud in pre venting the proposed reform in that island. In the interest of humanity, civ ilization and progress it was to he hoped S that the evil influence might bo soon Inverted. In reference to (lie OAI'TI'UE OF THE VIHOIND H, and to the inhuman and illegal murder of fifty-three of her passengers and crew, the President snyd that the Spanish Gov | eminent had recognized the justice of liis I demands, and hml arranged for tlie imme ; dratc delivery of the vessel, and for the ‘ surrender of the survivors of the passeu j gers and crew, and for a salute to the flag, j pud for proceedings looking to the pun ishment of tin *se who muy be proved to have been guilty of illegal acts of violence towards citizens of the United States, and, also, towards indemnifying those who may bo shown to bo entitled to indemni ty. The correspondence on the subject had been conducted in cypher and by cable, and was therefore not in a condi tion to lie submitted to Congress. The President expresses liis conviction that the existence of African slavery in Cuba is a principal cause of the lamentable con dition of the Island, anil does not doubt that Congress shares his hopes that it will hkiii be made to disappear, and that peace and prosperity will follow its abolition. He suggests TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. One to authorize tlie President to ap prove so much of any measure of Con | gresa as his judgment may dictate, with out approving the whole; and the other is to provide that when an extra session of Congress is convened by Executive proclamation, the legislation shall bo con fined to such subjects us the Executive may bring before Congress from time to time, in writing. He recommends the erection ut Washington of suitable build ings for Cabinet officers, mjd for such otli eiuls as now receive commutation for quar ters, thus setting an example to the States Aiiieh may induce them to erect buildings for their Senators. Tho message goes very fully into THE FINANCIAL QUESTION", and declares that the country never can have permanent prosperity until specie payments be reached. Ho recommends legislation prohibiting national bunks from the payment of interest eu deposits and forcing them into resumption, if only in legal tender notes. lfe suggests the question whether bunking should not be made free, but securing all the present safeguards to bill-holders. He notices the improvement in American ship-build ing during the past year, anil hopes for a eoutiuuance of it. In regard to the prob lem of CHEAP transportation, he refers to tho Erie and Illinois canals, and suggests whether it would not lie wise statesmanship to pledga to tlie States that own these canals, tlmt if they will enlarge them, the General Govern ment will look after and keep in a navi gable condition the great public high-ways with which these canals connect, to-wit: The Hudson River, the St. Clair flats aud the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. He recommends a government exploration of tho upper Amazon river and its tributaries, a revision and codification uf the tariff laws, and tlie opening <if more mints; en il ’ises the recommendation of the IYwt-i master General for the establishment of Post Office Havings Depositories, and in vites the consideration of Congresi to tlie priqwmition for a Postal Telegraph. He recommends legislation in regard to the judicial proceeding* in Utah, and also in regard to rnr. lUNKiirprcy I,AW, which he considered os productive of more evil than good. If not totally re pealed, it should bo modified in those por tions providing for involuntary bankrupt cy. Those portions should be repealed. He calls attention to the immense aggre gate of claims against the government, many of them growing out of the rebel lion, aud not a few of them fabricated and supported by false testimony. He recommends that persons having claims Is- required to present them at un early period, and that the personal attendance of witnesses be required by the Court of Claims. In regard to THE Win AN QUBHTION, he rocommemls a territorial form of gov ernment for the Indian Territory. He also recommends such action as will per mit the settlement of body of Russian colonists on the public lands, and endorses the proposition fora census in 1875. THE WASHINGTON HINO. He endorses the Washington Hoard of Public Works, and speaks of the great improvement of the city under the ope rations of the Board; recommends a lib eral policy on the part of Congress in de fraying a portion of the expenses, and suggests the establishment of a National University. He recommends the passage of an enabling act for the admission of Colorado as a Htate, and suggests tin opening of a canal for the purpose of irri gation for the eastern slopes of the ltoeky Mountains to the Missouri Kiver. In conclusion he renews his recommendation for OENKHAL AMNESTY, and says there are a numlw r of persons yet laboring under disabilities, very small, but enough to keep up a constant irri tation. There can bo no possible danger to the government in restoring them to eligibility to hold office, aud suggests the enactment of a law better to secure the civil rights which freedom should secure but has not effectually secured to tlie en franchised slave. The reading of the message iu the House occupied an hour and a half. It was ordered to lie printed and referred to the Committee of the Whole. [From the Courier Jourmi!.] Revenue Deficit. One. of the first questions that will en gage the attention of Congress is that of increasing the revenue of the Government, which has fallen, since the panic bega.i, to a deficiency of many millions of dol lars. How will the mutter be remedied is already the topic of discussion among j Congressional financiers. 1 fispiitehes from Washington indicate that an effort will la made und we are sorry to hear the pre i diction that it will meet with tmt slight opjaiaitiou —to increase the tariff. The organization of the body which is soon to assemble will likely he effect ed wit h a view to this end. It is proposed to re enact the old tux on tea and coffee, .wnd protection ists are clamoring loudly for an increase of duty on metals, cotton and woolen goods and staple productions. Under the (ires ent distress of all manufacturing interest • these appeals w ill likely prove effective, j and some of the most odious of our old | revenue laws may find their pliers again ,on the statute books. Tile folly of impos ing protective duties for the purpose of ! increasing the revenue will hardly restrain i many Congressmen who are directly or , indirectly interested in manufactures, and they may yield to the demands of the lob byists, forgetting that in most cases pro tective duties diminish the revenue hv practically excluding the importation of those foreign articles against which so injurious and forluddiug a discrimination is made. All experience has shown that the largest revenue is collected when the tariff is fixed upon a strict revenue basis, because the imports under such encour agement are larger, whereas every step in the direction of protection is one in the direction of prohibition. The warnings which tlie West has furnished by the re cent elections to the party iu (mwer will be in vain if it adopts such a pennywise and pound foolish policy ub that indicated. A protective party may remain joined to 1 its idols, but a day of reckoning will i come. [From tho Pittsfield (Mass.) Eagle.] Tlie Unfortunate Man of New Ashford. To begin with, lie was born of poor parents which first misfortune is enough to make him wish he never had been born —and his troubles commenced very soon after that sad event. At six weeks of age the whooping-cough seized him, and after days of pain and sorrow, Ihe apparently died. His mother "laid j him out.” ami told her neighbors lie was | dead. They all wept over the pretty little | corpse, when one of them, of a meddle j some disposition, thought from his looks j that there might he life in him, and com j meneed blowing breath into his lungs and tossing him in her arms, lie came back to life again. When he was six months i old his sister rocked him out of a cradle into ail ohl-fashiimed fire-place, and left him lying under the “fore-stick” in a hot bed of coals, while she went out to call 1 her mother, who was picking up chips in the door-yard. He woxso badly burned the flesh all came off’ his arms, leaving the bone bare' Due side of his head was full of live coals when he was picked up, and his eye-lids were so burned that when they healed they grew togeth er, closing the eves. A year later the doe ror severed tho lids and found the eyes all right aud the eyesight was good. Life with this subject was not unusually rough l again until he was six years old, when he wax seized with rheumatic fever, and it ended iu a fever sore on his right leg. The bone decayed and passed away from | the knee to the ankle, and a consultation of physicians was held on the subject of amputation. It was decided that lie was too weak to stand it, and so the limb re mained upon the trunk. Months after wards it begun to held, and after three years of crutch gymnastic he was well again. Hardly had he thrown aside the crutches when he fell from a tree, break ing liis right arm. It. began to heal promptly, but one night ho threshed it over the head of his bed; made anew break; inflanuijion got into it, ulceration followed, and after six months lying iu bed he had it amputated at the shoulder. After he had the measles, the typhoid fever, which caused an eighteen months illness—bat after all, with only one arm, with olio leg shorter by three inches than the other and one ankle joint loss and stiff, this man follows chopping ns a business and can put op a cord and a 1 half of wood a day. WHECK OK THE VILLE DE HAVRE, TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. INTENSE jUFTEBIHQ OF THE PA33ENGEB3 THE ILL-FATED STEAMER. New York December A—Special dis patches give the following items of inter est about the loss of Ihe Villo ilu Havre: Most of the passengers were too terrified to try to save themselves. Many prayed, and many lay down with tlio calmness of utter despair. Home hearing the wnter pouring into tho ship, never quitted their staterooms. Whole families thus wont down together. The four boats lowered by the Loclieam found the passengers and crew floating on the waves holding to planks, buoys, spurs ami Whatever could bo seized as the wreck went down. Many had thus prepared themselves from the first. Many of the women Saved were floating on the water. Tlie Captain of the Villo du Havre is reported to have lieen quite exhausted by his three days and nights of uninterrupted duty. Toe officer who was in command when the collision took place was lost. The sufferings of those who were rescued were intense, the cold being very severe. Many persons were nearly insensible, and would have perished in a few minutes more. The iC/M'iii and were nearly all a matter of hap hazard, as time permitted no organized effort or attempt at choice. The pure rof the steamer says; “In a few minutes after the collision the ship begun to sink,amidst great disorder and frantic terror. Tlie scene wax awful lieyoud all description. The air was filled with shrieks, but some were heard saying, candy, ‘As we must die, let's die nobly.' The water rushed into her hold with incredible velocity. I undressed myself, and, with a companion jumped overlsiurd and swam toward tin Loclieam, then a half mile distant. As I left I heard the ship cracking, and look ing lsick, saw her go down with one plunge forward. For a moment tin shrieks were terrible, then all was silent. Alas ! it wan the silence of death ! COMiRESSIONAIi NOTES. Washington December A—ln the 8 note Sumner again pressed liis civil rights bill. Terry and Edmunds opjioacd it,und it went on tho table without a division. This ac tion (sixtpouod tlie bill indefinitely, and probably defeats it. In the House, Beck made a powerful" speech against Seating the Louisiana dele gates. In the Senate, Gordon introduced a bill aiding the Atlantic and Great Western Canal, providing that the United States shall guarantee the payment of interest on the bands of the canal company to t..e extent of %4ft,ono per mile. In the House, Sheldon amlSvplier were seatid. The House adjourned without voting on I’inebboek. In the Senate, Williams was nominated for Chief Justice, and Bristow for Attor ney General. it is understood that Pinelibacl. s ere deutialx, !■- a m >mb,T from Louisiana, at ; large, will be allowed to go to the Com mittee on Elections By this <sursc lie will be able to push liis claim to a seat in ! the Senate, which would lapse upon his | swearing into the House. -♦ • *■ John G. Whittier on Cuba. The following letter is published in the Springfield Rtpuhlityin : Awusm i<v. Nov. 19, 187'V My Dnui Sumner -Thanks for thy ■ manly and just letter on the Cuban dilfi , ctllty. It was the word needed. The ! summary shooting of the passengers of j the Virginias -filibusters as they may j have been, and probably were-—is shock ling and unjustifiable. Hi have ts*eu the | wholesale butcheries in Franco, both by ' the Commune and the Government. But I in this case, no min among us s.i regrets and deplores the bloody deed as do Cos telar and the intelligent Uepnblicans of | Spain. If we seize this occasion to strike j at them, we give direct aid and comfort to : ultramontane popery, to Don Carlos, and ! the ehiel priesthood who are fighting ; iguiust Republicanism in Europe. We do . a deoil in crushing out the Republic of ! Spain, under its noble President, which i can only find its parallel of atrocity in tic ! crushing out of the Roman Republic by the so called French Republic of lStli | Heaven preserve us from sneh infamy 1 1 i hope and believe wiser und worthier coun sels will prevail, and that the only demand | of our Government upon Spain shall be I the speedy emancipation of the enslaved j in Cuba, and the rights and liberties per ! taming to citizens of the Spanish Repnb ! lie secured to the people of all classes in her dependencies. Believe me always and truly, thy friend, John G. Whittier. — An Imfortant Liteh.vuv Event. -The purchase from the Boston firm of Jus. U. Osgood A Cos. (successors of Tieknor A Fields) of tin" Atlantic MoiUhli/ and Em-i/ Sttuniai/hy Hurd A Houghton,of Now York and of Our Yount/ Folia by Scribner A Cos., also of New York, is the most impor tant literary event that has been announced in a long time. It can not hut be regar ded as a cession on tlie part of Boston of a very large share of its literary prestige which the Boston people, who have been prouder of their city’s literary distinction titan of any other characteristic, w ill not relinquish willingly. Their opposition to the sacrifice w ill be intensified by the fact that it reacts iu favor of New York. The transfer will be regarded generally through out the country us another assertion of New York's commercial supremacy, which is thus asserted even iu tlie most intellec tual of pursuits. Books are a commodity, and magazine publishing a business, after ail, and the transfer appears to be an in dication that the commercial character of book-making is even more essential than intellectual traditions and associations. Tue Atlantic lias for many years been the leading exponent of the moat aggre-sive classes of New England, and it is so in timately associated with the certain phases of intellectuality that its migration to New York is a species of transplanting, the suc cess of which must be determined- in the future. Now it is merely curious and in teresting. Our Yount/ Folks will be merged into the new juvenile magazine announced by Scribner A Cos. under the title of St. Nicholas. If Messrs Osgood A Cos. are going out of the periodical business many will be anxious to know what is t., become of the North American Rcc'sir, which they publish, and which hi'-, stood alone for many void's iu the field it occu pies. STATE NEWS. Mr. Alex. St. Clair Abrams, formerly of Atlanta, has gone to New York. Mr. W. A. Kennedy, of Liberty county, mode eight barrels of sugar from half an acre of eane. Mr. J. R. Christian, of the Thomnsville Times, was married ou the 25th of Novem ber to Mi * A. 11. Evans, of Terrel county. John H. Harimi, of Hancock county, aged fifteen, accidently shot himself on Thursday lust. He died almost instantly. Mr. Francis Bliley, of Atlanta, has iri ivented a writing machine and bna applied for a (latent. The machine is worked with keys like those of a piano. Milton Malone, who wns to be hung in Atlanta on the 28th inst., committed mii eidc by taking morphine, and breathed liis last just one hour before the time ap pointedfor his execution. The Rome papers report that Hall, the accomplice of Donnahoe, the ruffian who shot Miss Bash in Folk county on the 17th inst., was killed by the officers who went in search of him. It is believed a reward will be offered for Donnahoe by the Gov ernor. The Georgia annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will ne'ct in Macon on the 17th of Deoemcer. The Methodists of that city have liegun early iu making prejmrntiuns for that im portant assemblage, xml are looking up homes fur the ministers and other delegates w ho will be in attendance. The Americas Republican (fives an ac count of the suicide of Mrs. Jarrett Davis, and Sumter county. On the morning of the Add inst., Mr. Davis had occasion to leave home ou business at this place, and his wife, wiio was partially insane by reu son of their reduced eirotimxtaiioex, and the protracted ill-health of herself and husband, ami the continued necessity for medical attention, affected In r mind to tlmt extent os to cause the committal of the act of taking h"r own life. She laid on a former occasion tried to eopimit suicide by jumping into a well in the yard, but was timely rescued by parties who discovered her when she made tin leap into the well. Mrs. Davis bus been an object of solicitude, and for some time of watchful care. On this occasion she provided herself wit h a couple of hanks of cotton yarn, entered the smoke-house with out tlie notice of anvone ou Sunday morn ing last and bung herself. She was not found until life was entirely extinct. How Fortunes are made in Russia. A letter from St. P ttr imrg to the f)eut*('he Xiuhnchtcn describes the nmu m r in which large fortune* are made bv railway contractors in Russia; Instead of paying to every laborer one rouble a day, n* agreed on, the eon tractors pay only forty hojM'ks, neglecting the rent for ng lert r bad workmanship. By making small presents to the more intelligent of the laborers, they induce them to per suade their comrades that they (the con tra* tern) are in the right. Thus the con tractors pocket thousands of roubles every day. Occasionally there art* distnrhnnee.- ou account of thin, but. as the government is very ntixiona to have tlie railways rin ished as noon as possible, the authorities take aim i*t always tie* }nirt of tlie con tractors, and many a laborer line been Hog ged in order that the pockets of the <*on traetors may be tilled. The writer of the letter, who i‘ tic-roughly conversant with Uusaian affairs, distinctly adds that h does not write of the past, but of tlie pres ent., and that this is now occurring at the construction of the line of railway from Odcmw to Sebastopol. At St. Petersburg the talk of the town ."t present is the large fortune which i? young officer of the Hus Mars of the Guard, certain Tolstoy, who bad a contract for a section of tlmt railway, has made in the wuy described. ♦ Wendcli Phil cs says to the negro: “Ueeogniti n never comes from *w tting up a claim. The world worships but one tiling—success. Go and do something that nobody else can do; g * and be some thing that ri -body else ecu b \ anil the world will reogn izp you.” Wendell Phillips is h fraud. Hasn’t the negro raised more cotton and sugar than anybody else can do and isn’t he a negro, which nobody else can be, and has the worl 1 ever recognized him ? Don’t attempt too much, my col ored friend. Be virtuous- and plentiful of money —and you will he happy. The New Yolk detectives are still puz zling their wits over tie- whereabouts o- Hharkey. The rumor of his Having taken passagt* on a steamer Umnd for Brazil hav ing been punctured bv the }mssenger clerk, tlie story was started that the missing mur derer was seen on a Pennsylvania railroad train by some Newark ladies on the day of liis eseajve. Their attention was attracted to an individual in female attire, whose de meanor aroused th* ir As they }mssed out of the ear they observed as the person drew back hin or her dress to allow them to pass, that the object of their sus picious wore a grey pair of pantaloons un derneath it. Their suspicions wore com municat'd to till* deteetives, wllO hftVO sin(‘e made diligent search for the murderer in Newark and other places along the [line of the road. < vi*r twenty houses were searched by the detectives Monday, but no tract'of the fu gitive was discovered. About thirty places were ransacked yesterday with the same result. Tho detective* are working very quietly, and are forbidden t > talk about the business on hand under pain of having charges preferred against them. Chief Mitfcsell believes that Sharkey is still in the city, and that ilu* avenues of escape are so guarded that escape is nearly impossible. Sharkey’s two female confederates -still pre serve their composure, and chuckle nt tho authorities when they are asked for infor mation concerning tlie escaped bird. A Tumi, i.iNo S\loon Episod.b- The New York 7W''m-do!lsthe following story: A man named WYiboldentered a saloon in India street. Brooklyu. E. I)., last Satur day. and willed for a glass of beer. After drinking, ho seated himself in u ohair in the centre of the room, and soon after be gan to stare at the proprietor, who imag ined the customer to lei deeply engaged in thought. The soloon keeper desiring to go j out, asked the visitor to attend to his uf i fairs in his absence, and although there was no reply, he took it for granted that his request would be complied with, and immediately left the saloon. A little while afterward he returned, and the visitor still | sat upright and motionless near the table, i The brewer who supplied the restaurant ! keeper with beer soon afterward came in ! and invited all hands to drink. The keeper, becoming enraged at his indiffer ence, came from behind the counter, ! pulled him out of his chair, dragged him ! to the bar, and shoved a glass of beer to | ward him. As the pioprietor withdrew | his hand from the collar of the vistor, the I latter sank to the floor, and the startling | discovery was made that Weibold was dead, i He had probably expired immediately af- Iter drinking the glass of beer, and had been a corpse more than an hour. Coro ner whit 'hall held an inquest in the ease, jmd it wa-ascertained that Weibold die ! j of hear! and sense. [From the Chicago Tribune.] How an American Officer Had Some Fun. A Peruvian officer; stationed on board a j man-of-war in Callao harbor, hud a lovely | and devoted Peruvian wife, and both wen devoted to each othor, but both uu reaaoiuibly jealous. An American officer, j a friend of mine, fond of a practical joke, ( ami a parent favorite with huftbond and j wife, conceived a very clever trick, as he i thought, to break them of their unfounded j jealousy, lie caused a note to be sent to j the wife, that her husband was in the j habit of going to a certain street and num her, and asking t the door for a Sig nori tn Mercedes, each week, on nuch a day and hour. He alno had an anonymous note neat to tlie hunband, that the wife was wen weekly going ut tlie same day and hour to Hueh a street ami number, ana asking at tne door for Signora Mercedes. It was a large drew*-making establishment, but never patronized bV the wife, Securing in some wav tin- aid of n servant of the estab* ment, he awaited the “tun,’’ as he sup posed. The wife, true to tier womanly curiosity an l j**d >;ny, era* first, closely veiled, and in a tumbling voice wiid, “Hignorita MereedeH, ” and was shown into an ante-room. Tue husband, a few min utes later and punctual to the hour specified presented himself at the door and rung. To the boy who opened he slid simply “.Signora Mercedi*,” and was at once shown into the room where Hat his wife! Both begun at once: “I have found you out!” “I have caught, you!” etc. Nei ther would listen to explanation or reason, The wife Kerenmed hwucried; the bu&lmd swore ami storm ed—each accusing the other. After Iwjih were exhausted, the lady of tho establishment,hearing the noise, rarue in, lietemd to the parties in aston ishment, and protested that she had wen neitiior of tlu m ever there before. The lw>y wins called in; in fright lie confessed to tin* money paid him for the “fur.;” was eutted, kicked and discharged and the hiislmnd and wife went home arm in arm, happy ami ashamed. Bat the friend who h;wl gotten up the “fun”: The evening of the denouement, while in liis room a knock came at the door. He said,“coine in,” and in walked the hus. bund and wife. Without a word they “went for” him th n and there. They **ratcid him and ton* out his hair; they banged and l**at him, and pulled out his beard; they cuffi and and kicked him and left him with torn clothes, bleeding und dis figured. He kept liis bed for a week, hi* eyes were closed for ufoituight, and his fiends on shiplnwird never dured to oak him what was the matter with him. J>ut he only got Ins deserved after ail. In Colnmbas, Oliio, the r* in a eontro vi*rv going on ns to wlmtlu'i* color 'd ju r sous Hucmhl b* excluded from the jnaqm r mid dr< ss cirele <f the Athena um. H< vernl • i S hts ago, Ki<^hiird Porter, a negro, pri son Kd himself and a girl to the door*ltt>t p erof tin Ath Lamm with two tickets for r served S4*nts in the parquet. The door keeper stopptil him, and going to the box-office, exchanged the ticket* for 81 50 the price paid for them. Porter refused the irion* y, ,‘tiid bft ill no happy frame of mind. Yesterday he met the Am >r-keeper on the afreets, and after declaring that lit* hud insulted him in refusing his tickets, knocked him down amt U-it him terribly. For this Porter was tine-1 fourteen dollars. Manager Sargent declares that the aduria siou of colored people to tie p.irqu* t of his thojitre will injure Ui h: ahj this being the case he Ims a pern et right to ex clude any person or eliu-n of pcrsoiu.. Mr. Sargent has succeeded in building up a splendid Imriness for tin- AthtMueonn and hm patron* regi t that any question of this character has arisen. Corn and Ccttcn. The November statistic**! report of tie Department of Agriculture is now in pleas. It makes showing for the corn product quite as unfavorable as that vvhi< h forecast the short crop of 1889. The preliminary r< port of the aggregate quantity in that yar induiitod a total oi 874,900,000 bnnhels, which was 220.000.000 less than the estimate for the large crop of 1870. and the present rtf rn.s point to a product of 828.tHHt.tMtO. The estimate of bust year’s crop in Illiuois was 217,00*), (H 50; the estimate of present crop is 152 f tXK),OOO, Only six States report crops equal to lsist year's, viz: Virginia, Georgia, Florida. West Virginia, Oregon and Rhode Island. r l’he per centage of detieieQCT in the prin cipal corn-growing sections in comparison with the total product Ft year is as follows: Kentucky, 4 per e* at.: Ohio, 11; Indiana, *2*2: Illinois, ill>; lowa, 28: Mis souri, 32: Kansas, 31. The dotuioney for New York is 8 per cent., and for Pennsyl vania 10. In most of the Southern States the crops are smaller than those of last year. The cotton reports of November, on]ike those of the comjsarnrive condition earlier in the season, made exact estimates of the eX|M*eted crop in each county, stated in the form of a per centnge, of last y ar’s crop. The aggregate of these estimated varies a little from 3,7SHMHH) bales. The season for picking has K en unusually fine thus far yet the result may Ik* nnHlitied by an exceptionally imtuvoidable w-ason in the latter part of Nrivemh t and in December by storm, affecting injuriously the saving of the top crop. Tim State percentages in comparison with last year’s are calculated as follows: North Carolina, 98; South Carolina, 82; Georg,ia 98; Florida. 97; Alabama, 91; Mississippi. 85; Lou isiana, 80; Texas, 112; Arkansas. 102; Tennessee, 102 percent. These fig ures would lx* much lower but for the in creased area planted. The estimated total area in round numbers is 950.000 acres. .Tu<lge Sheimin bus nl lust resigned his office ns United States Judge for the Northern district of Ohio. It will he re membered tlint during the lust sessiou of Congress the Judiciary Committee of the House wi re called upon to consider certain grave charges that bad been brought against him. which are familiar to the public, and he was threatened with impeachment. Congress adjourned before auv definite ac tion Inal been take in nhis ease, but it was un derstood that the investigation would be continued and acted upon by the new body, which is to assemble in a few days. Anticipating tin . scrutiny, Judge Sheninin has resigned. His resignation at guchya time will iu no way relieve him of the re proach which must attach to his eon duet. It will be talfu as a confession of judgment to all that has been alleged against him, and its recent date will show that lie held on as long as he could do so with any degree of prudence.. He aesigns only upon the eve of the apponehing ses ion of Congress, evidently dreading its ac tion. Ho relinquishes the salary of an office ouly when he sees the executioner coming to strip him of the robes he has stained. Few will desire to pursue him in a retirement ho never should have left, but his name will be remembered as a con spicuous one even at a period when cor ruption has grown to a rank and Insurant maturity. The opjHiuents of the new constitution of Pennsylvania have brought suit in the Supreme Court for an induction to prevent an election. Corruption iu Philadelphia dies hard. It is easy to see that the city will not slip out of the grasp of ifs numer ous rings without a desperate struggle. WE WILL HAVE NO WAR. 11l (hi* Auirrlran lirmaiiil. Yli-Ntnl .1 th, I/U.t Moment by the tpsul.li (love! n IIIi nll THE ArPAIII SEEMINGLY SETTLED. [Pfani the Couricr-Joimil.] TVxhhinoton, Nov. 28—After iliiys of unusual suspense* anil anxiety, the Spanish question has at lost received a definite so lution, and hence is now positively as sured. The negotiation has fluctuated ba i tween extremes, id one time promising ! peace and at another threatening war. <)n the eve of the 25th inst., the two govern ments had almost agreed on a settlement, and the greatest confidence obtained in high official quarters that all our deluuudu would be iqieedily conceded by Spai";. Mr. Sickles' diplomatic services had al ready been dispensed with, wild tho burden i of this hdairious negotiation had been as ; sinned lev Secretary Fish and Admiral Pv i 10, who enjoys in tho highest degree tho j confidence of his Government. MINISTER SII'KXES DEMANDS HIM rAXHINIIITfI. But in view of a possible unfavorable re -1 ply by the Madrid Cabinet to the Ameri can demands, a time hud Wen fixed at w hich, if the affair still remained unsettled. Mi ixter Sickles should ask for his pass port.,, close his legation and leave Madrid. This serious c Utingcuey actua'ly arrived. The Spanish Ministry finally and unex pectedly gave un unfavorable answer upon the point deemed essential by Mr. Fish, viz : tint surrender of the Virginins. Mr. Sickles accordingly requested his pass ports; but they were not promptly furnish ed, and the Spanish Government by their Ministry, renewed the negotiation. There was very little time now left for protract, A Ascii sion, nml no willingness on the side of the American Government to yield to any delay which would interfere with u prompt report of the case to lliggrese. It was felt that, if Spain wits really disposed to do justice, she Inal already all the facts upon which to base her action. Mr. Fish wns not willing to agree to any delay ex is jit a very brief one, and he would not consent to any terms short of mi altsolute surrender of the Virginins to the United States, with an understanding that her right to the possession of the Union flog nml [mpera should be paused upon not by Spain or any foreign power sitting as arbi trator. but bv an appropriate American tribunal. HIM IN YIELDS. This point is conceded, and the Virgin ias is to bo forthwith restored, with per haps a stipulation to tlie effect tlmt Spain shall have u reasonable time in w hich to exhibit proof to the United States to es tablish the position contended for by her, namely, that the vessel was and is not en titled to curry the American flag, or to have an American register. SUKKENDER OF THE CAFTTVEH. As already stated the surrender of the surviving captives follows, a logical eonse queue,- ~f the surrender of the vessel. For, unless Spain has a clear right to seize and bol lth vessel, she can have no right to detaiu the captives. The prisoners are lic et'.'dill ly to be given up to tlie United States, and doubtless will very soon be u(>- , un American soil, breathing the air of lib • erty. THE lI.AO TO BE SAT.CTT.D. Iu addition to these important codees sions ,Spain agrees that the American ri g shall be saluted at some future time, to be agreed upon, at the harbor of Santiago do Cuba. HFACII.-.H OFFICIALS TO BE TEIKD. Ii is also stipulated that (loveruor 15,;r --riel and the other officers who were respon sible for the exeemion of Uyuu, Fry and the rest, shall be tried ami punished for tins on,-use. It is understood that not on ly "■ ~ this proceeding in express violation of the treaty oi 17V0 le ts eel! the two na tions. but the Spanish law. It is mo t probable that these officers will be tried under the law of Spain, instead of tho treaty, the first mode being equally effec tive, and also less painful and humiliating tor a (rovernmeut which has bean com tviled to make so many other concessions. COin'ENSATION. This would leave only one point not comprehended, namely, the payment of a liberal money compi nsation to the families ol' those who Mitr'ered at Santiago de Cuba. The oriueiple of tliis allowance, how ever, would follow, of course, the condemnation of the acts of Burrinl and the Spanish offi cers by Spain; Inrt the ascertainment of the exact amount for each wouiti b, the work of computation, and perhaps involve a reference u> aome disinteresUd arbiter, t here is a case iu point where a United States vessel, tin Water witch. was fired upon by i 'lie of the nations claiming to control the Paraguay river, and a aubordi nate officer killed. 11l that case $10,(100 whs fixed Upon as the price to be paid by the offender's power. Taking this ns n precedent, Spain would have to pay sever al hundred thousand dollars, and probably Is- adjudged by an arbiter to pay in the neighborhood of half a million dollars. rue CONCLUSION KtACUED. Ihe above settlement in substance was reached late this evening, and the assent of Spain communicated by Admiral Polo to Secretary Fish. It is believed that the details of the agreement have not lawn reduced to writing; but Secretary Fish stated to-urght that he regarded the mat ter as finally settled. He was in excellent spirits, and was warmly congratulated by his friends upon the successful result. The question is seriously discussed whether Spain has the power to carry this agree ment in effect, but the best opinion seems to be that it will and can he done. THE SPANISH MINISTEK GRATIFIED. The Spanish minister stated to night that the matter was positively settled. Ho was deeply gratilied at the assurance of peace. THE FEELING AT HAVANA. New Yoke, Nov. 28.—A letter from Ha vana says the jieople there would ri'fuse to allow any order from Madrid to deliver up the \ irgiuius, or make other reparation for her seizure and the execution of her crew , to he carried out. THE CUBAN REPRESENTATIVES. Nsw York, Nov. 28.—M. Quesada and Carlos Del Casteilo published a card stat ing that they are only representatives of the Republican government of Cuba abroad; that the collection of funds for the suffering Cubans is without their authori ty, and against the commands of their Gov-, eminent; and condemning all attempts to enlist men, being in direct violation of the laws of the land. Of course Ben Butler is for war. He wanted us to go to war with Great Britain for the Alabama claims, and now he wants us to go to war with Spain because she captured a vessel and executed some men who were making war on her. Ben would get some tine pickings if he could be put in command of a captured city like Hav ana. He could rival Burriel ill cruelty, in malice and deformity. He could rob wo men and curse them, and then banish them from his lines w ithout money or food, and, on his return to Massachusetts, he might again tie come a respectable pencil, ns ho was after his occupation of N- ribmm. War would help Bi n wnndtfreasc#