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THE INDEPENDENT.
WffvT'i. ia:arj=s;as:rE-:;'r=r-r—-
UnHUMV, DSI'KMHKH U, IMS.
J. C. GALLAIIER, Editor and Proprietor.
Georgia Press Association.
The semiannual meeting of the Associ
ation will be hold at Columbus, on Mon
day, Ikeceinbor 15tb. StptMcvUline of
newspapers will come prepared to pay their
duos.
A cordial invitation is extended to ed
itor* and publishers of newspapers in
Florida and Alabama to be present. By
order of J. 11. EtrrtUi, President.
J. It. Christian, Secretary.
H P. FARROW AT WAR WITH BUR
RING AND MAJOR SMYTHE.
While we differ in polities with ,1. L.
Dunning, Postmaster at Atlanta,and Major
Smytlio, the United States Marshal for
Georgia, we are frank to admit that, those
men are honest and upright., anil further
believe that their official conduct, properly
understood, is unexceptionable and free
from the blight of suspicion or blame.
Wo do not know either of these men suf
ficiently to ciuim an acquaintanceship, hut
snob bus been their official conduct tint
their character for honesty and official nets
could not be attacked. It is true that
there has been in the Post Office in At
lanta some defalcations, and, unfortunately
for Mr. Dunning, his own son wan ac
cused and doubtless was guilty. But the
old man met the troubles and made up the
deficit. Another one of his clerks rob lied
the mail hi the amount of six thousand
dollars, and is now paying the penalty of
his Radical enterprise with Grant, Alex
nuder & Cos. Hut old man Dunning paid
the full amount stolen by his thieving
clerk, and for his honesty in nil of his
offleial acts, and particularly in the two
eases above specified, the aforesaid Hi dge-
Pig Farrow is making tlie most strenuous
efforts to depose him. Dunning being a
Republican, and an “honest man,” is par
adoxical to Farrow, and on account of his
honesty ho regards him as an unworthy
recipient, of the patronage of a thieving
administration. Dunning won’t steal and
divide with Furrow, therefore, Furrow is
now seeking to lmvo him removed and
his plats- filled with one that will. And,
ss honesty is obnoxious to the administra
tion, we have no doubt Dunning will be
turned out in the cohl and Furrow’s thiev
ing proclivities gratified.
What is the objection to Major Smytho ?
Nothing, except that he is an honest man
and therefore objectionable to Farrow.
He can’t use him for vile aud selfish pur
poses. He discharges his official duties
faithfully and honestly, and will not. pan
der to the whims and caprices of the con
temptible pettifoger, and Farrow well
knows that, he has nothing to do but to
establish the honesty of these men to de
pose them from office. This ho can do by
the records of their respective offices, and
by every citizen with whom they have had
official transactions. These men will learn
it they desire to continue in office, that
honesty is a great misfortune.
FINANCES.
All tho circumstances considered, we
have not been ablo to decipher any ma
teriul improvement in the financial con
dition of our section of tho country, but
believe that the apparent improvement is
attributable to the honesty of the planters
in attempting to savo their merchants
harmless; but, wo believe now ns wo be
lieved when we wrote the first article on
this subject at the commencement of the
financial disorder. We then said that the
sacrifice of tho crops of tho South and
West would heal the financial disorder
at the North and transfer the burthen to
the South. Wo then warned our people
to take care of their own interests to avert
the blow that would inevitably fall upon
them in tho event of a sacrifice of their
crops. Many have sacrificed their crops;
indeed, all to setae extent have made sacri
fices, and these sacrifices have tempo
rarily ini proved the financial condition of
our section, ami, in sll probability, per
manently improved it at the North. And
why ? They hava received tho bene
fit of our sacrifices, and in the coming
season we are to tcoitxc the penalties of
oar stupidity in not protecting our own
interests. Suppose our sacrifices have
paid onr debts, hasn’t it left ns without
means to carry on our planting operations
for the coining year. If the next crop is
to be Vnode by buying supplies on a credit
at from 25-to SO per cent, over cash prices,
the profits of that crop is absorbed in the j
percent., and the planter’s condition un
improved. It takes all of the resources!
to meet the liabilities if sacrifices have tu
bs made, when reasonable compensation j
for the cotton crops will meet tho liabili-!
ties and hnve a profit sufficient to make
the next crop. But if the plan tors have j
to moke their crops on supplies purchased |
at such a per cent, for credit that exceeds
the profits of his next crop,they will scarce-;
Ijr outlive the difficulties that is now upon
them for years to come. But by a com
bination of bankers, merchants and plan
ers, the cotton could have been held until
remunerative prices would have been paid
snd handsome profits realized to the
planters instead of disaster, the result of
sacrifice* or a misconception of honesty.
80, to our readers we say that if money
matters ore easy at tho North, they would i
he easy with you at the South if you hud j
your crops to sell. But, if you have no >
money and nothing to sell, ami alt to buy, ;
you need not expect an improvement in
tho finances. We hava warned you, but
you heeded us not.
The New Orleans Times has received
the following poetical gem from a gifted
correspondent:
O, wunst i luved another gal her name
in was manor; but betsy dere my luv fur
you is 40 times more hicr.
yurs furever, Sam Bixkr.
LATEST NEWS.
Washington News anil Notes.
GENF.RAL GORDON LOOKING
AFTI llt STOLEN COTTON.
BAZAINE CONDEMNED TO DEATH
Details in Regard to flic Virgiuius.
mwocntTic mayor for Rostov.
WAHntNOTON NEWS ANT) NOTES.
Washington, December 10.—The sur
vivor* of the Virgiuius will be delivered
in daylight on Tuesday next.
In the Civil Rights Convention the pre
liminary proceedings were interrupted by
a motion of Mr. Curry, of Texas, that
Pinohlmck be declared permanent Presi
dent by acclamation. The motion pro
duced considerable excitement and whs
lost. The call of States then proceeded,
and the chairmen of Btate delegations
were appointed on a Committee of Per
manent Organization. The Convention
throughout was somewhat turbulent, and
did not udjoiirn until half-past twelve.
SKNTONO FOB THE VTBOINITIS.
Washington, December 10. —The naval
details for receiving the Virginiiis at. Ha
vana and the survivors of the Hurriel
butchery at Santiago do Cuba are com
pleted. According to the diplomatic
agreement, the Canandaigua, under com
mand of Captain Lowry, will sail from
New York to-morrow to receive the Vir
ginias, and the prisoners at Sautiago will
bo delivered up to Captain Brain, of the
Juniata. Captain Lowry had a two hours
consultation with Becretary II- binson and
the Bureau officers of the Navy Department
to-dsy, during which the details and eti
quette of saluting our flag were arranged
as far as possible. Bear Admiral Scott, at
Key West, will have the strongest naval
force under his command that has ever
been collected by this government st any
port since the war. The Virgiuius will
be given up on Tuesday of next week.
A FFA rH IN CUBA,
Havana, December 8, via. Kkv West,
December 10.—The National Integrity
Society has issued a circular praising the
troops in the field. It says all good Span
iards, who cannot be with them in the
field ought to applaud their doings, send
them affectionate greetings, and present
them with groceries, clothing, tobacco and
other necessary things as thanks for their
services. It solicits subscriptions for that
purpose.
It is reported that a Protestant chapel
will be established in Havana.
Tho British war-vessel Niolie ha* ar
rived hero.
Telegrams announcing the refusal of
the United States to allow the Virgiuius
to be delivered to a neutral power creates
dissatisfaction here, the impression for
the past three days; according to the tele
grams, being that the United States Gov
ernment would consent to leave the peace
of the island undisturbed.
the noun earn and tjie vir.t.K or havke.
New Y'ork, December 10.—In answer
to a dispatch from the agent at New York,
tho following was received from the Chief
Director of the General Transatlantic
Company, dated Paris, December 9th:
“The report of the crew of the Loch Earn
is absolutely false. Tho steamer ma
mnuvered correctly, aud the officers and
crew fully and nobly discharged their
duties, Captain Surmount especially. The
Loch Earn only was in fault. We will
send report and testimony of witnesses. ”
THE MOIIIDE ANI) OHIO ItAIUBOAD.
Washington, December 10. —Proceed-
ings against tho Mobile and Ohio Rail
road have, by order of the Attorney Gen
eral, been discontinued, llis order to the
District Attorney is, in effect, a* follows:
“You are ordered not. to bring Buit for
duties paid the Confederate Government
by the company during the war, and, if
brought, to dismiss it.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Baltimore, December 10.—The Board
of Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to-day unanimously re-elected
John W. Garrett President for tho ensu
ing year, being his sixteenth term. In
the absence of Air. Garrett in Europe,
John King, Jr., was unanimously elected
President, pro tern.
LONDON IN* A FOG.
London, December 10.—London is en
veloped in a dense fog this morning.
There were numerous accidents yesterday,
both iti streets and on the Thames. Hos
pitals are filled with people who were run
over or otherwise wounded on the river.
Three persons were killed by collisions
between various crafts.
FROM KNOXVILLE.
Knoxvtt.t.k, Tenn., December 10.—In
the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of
the Bank of East Tennessee against
Mabry, administrator of Churehwell, de
ceased, involving a half million of property
in Tennessee aud two millions in other
Stab's, n filial decision, was rendered in
favor of General Mabry, of Knoxville.
THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS.
San Francisco, December 10.—Thirty
five Democratic members of the Legisla
ture, in- a caucus last night, resolved to
make nominations for U. S. Senator.
None, however, wore made. Tho purpose
appears to be to block proceedings in joint
convention by voting steadily for Demo
crats—
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR FOR BOSTON.
Boston, December 10.—Samuel C.
Cobb, Democrat, but nominated on all the
tickets except the straight Prohibition,
was elected Mayor to-day.
IRVING.
New York. December 10.—Irving, the
self-accused Nathan murderer, is sentenced
to seven years for burglary.
COTTON CI.AIMS.
Wasiunoton December 10.— General
Gordon, of Georgia, submitted a resolu
tion directing the Bccretury of the Treasury
to communicate to the Senate the number
of bah* of cotton seized under orders of
the Department after the close of the war;
from whom ami where taken and by whom
taken; when and where sold, at what
price and what disposition was made of
the proceeds before being paid into the
Treasury. Also, a list of claims filed l>e
fore him under the act of March, 1872,
showing the name of such claimant, how
much was alleged to have been taken, Ac.;
also, the amount of expense deducted
from the proceeds of the sales of such
cotton, and whether the same has been
allowed by the department, and in whose
favor. It was laid over.
bazaine’s triad.
Vkbhatli.ks, Dec. 10. —Counsel, conclud
ing his argument in favor of Bozine, de
clared that the Marshal did not surrender
his army in the field, he was guilty of viola
ting article 25 of the army code.
bazaink'h sentence.
Vbbsaieebs, Dec. 10.—Lnchand, coun
sel for Bazaine, in his peroration, said: “I
deeply sympathise with the valiant soldier
overwhelmed by this terrible accusation.
I fear not death for him. He is brave and
fears nothing but the loss of his honor,
for the sake of his wife and children. 1
feel most for France, which will deplore
the loss of a valorous soldier. Your hon
or’s and patriotism forbids that you con
demn him. You know what political
trials are on the spot, on which posterity
has raised statue to those executed after
such trials.”
M. Pauncet replied, demanding that a
terrible example be made as a lesson to
the rising generation. Before the Judges
withdrew, Bazaine said:
"I have two words in my breast- honor
and country. I have never been want
ing towards this proud motto during
forty-two years of service, t swear be
fore Christ that I have not betrayed
France.’’
After a long deliberation the Judges de
clared Bazaine guilty of the charges of the
capitulation of Metz and the army in open
field, without doing all that, wu*proscribed
by honor and duty to avoid surrender, and
unanimously condemned him to death,
and to be degraded from his rauk previous
to his execution.
After judgment had been rendered, all
the members of the court signed an ap
peal for mercy, which the Duke d’Aumale
immediately conveyed in person to Presi
dent MueMahon. Bazaine was greatly ag
itated when he heard the decision of the
court.
THE BAZAINE VERDICT.
Paws, December 11.—The crowd at tho
Trintion to-day warmly cheered the vt r
diet. The sentence includes the payment
of costs anil expulsion from the Legion of
Honor.
THE T.ONDON ITIKSK ON BAZAINE.
London, December 11. —The Times
says Bazaine is justly convicted. The
Telegraph considers him a sacrifice to
national vanity. The jVeuw hopes, as the
evidence was so conflicting, that sentence
will he commuted to perpetual exile or
imprisonment.
rarer) tn the bureau.
New Yobk, December 11.—A special
dispatch from Washington to the Tribune
says: The Secretary of War has sent a
letter to the House making direct charges
of fraud and roalfensaneo in office against
Brigadier-General O. O. Howard in con
nection with his management of the
Freedmcn’s Bureau. The latter is ao
compaiiied by evidence from the records
and account* of the bureau which fully
sustains the Secretary’s charges.
FINCHBACK.
Washington, December 11.-— Pinchback
having a headache, he called Downing to
the chair. Mr. Sumner, in declining to
address the convention, said he coidd
serve them better in the Senate. The
committee which invited Sumner disagree
whether Sumner did or did not kindly
chide them. An uproar characterizes the
convention. No progress in business be
yond permanent organization.
QU 11 T COMPLIANCE.
Havana, December 11.—The tone of
the press, and the expressions of the au
thorities and prominent Spaniards, indi
cate a quiet compliance with the protocol.
CONGRESS.
Washington, December 11.—The House
is engaged on the salary quest ion.
Senate. Mr. Carpenter was elected
President pro tern.
Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, introduced a
bill for the free transmission of periodicals,
magazines and newspapers, through the
mails.
INDIAN OUTRAGES.
Galveston, December 11.—The In
dians, in a raid on the Nences river, killed
twenty-four persons, mostly sheep herders.
Tlie raiders are supposed to be Comanches.
Americans and Mexicans faro alike nt their
hands.
underwood’s successor.
Washington, December 11.—The suc
cessor of Judge Underwood lies between
Hughes, Wickham and Willoughby. The
President will hold the matter over till
Monday.
The Civil Bights Convention visited the
President, and expressed themselves
pleased with the President’s remarks.
THE CURE OP SANTA CRUZ.
Bayonne, December 11.—It is rumored
that liizarraga has captured and shot the
Cure of Santa Cruz.
FATE OF A SEDUCER.
St. Louis, December 10.—Cronabold,
aged 22. killed Balticher, aged 36, who
ruined Crouabold’s sister, aged IG.
FLOGGED.
Newcastle, Del. , December 10.—Tho
bank robbers were publicly whipped to
day in the presence of two thousand.
A question for the next strong-minded
convention “Which should the women
prefer, breaches of promise, or promise of
breeches. ”
GEORGIA NEWS.
Seven colored burglars were arrested in
Savannah last week.
Judge Peyton Reynold*, of Macon died
of small pox on the sth inst.
Stock in the Langley Factory near Au
gusta is selling at sll2 per share.
It is saiil there are five eases of small
pox in Atlanta. Macon has twenty.
Mollie Wuhlrup, a Maoou widow, at
tempted suicide last Sunday, but the ef
forts of physicians saved her life.
Mrs. Ida Malone, a widow woman, was
burned to death in Macon on tho stli
inst.
Mr. M. G. Reilly, an old member of the
Irish Jasper Greens of Bavauuuh, was
buried on Monday last
A youth, aged eighteen, was recently
married, iu Hpuuliliug county, to a widow ,
aged forty-two.
A movement is on foot in Augusta to
raise contributions for the family of the
heroic ex-Confederate, Joseph Fry.
Mr. Fleming Foster, of Uuthbert, was
drowned in the Pataulu river recently
while fishing.
There are three lettersforO. N. Hendry,
of Boston, Ga., aud one for David Bradley
of Valdosta, publiahe iu the list of unmail
able letters in tlie Savannah Post Office.
The Columbus Sun says that on Thurs
day the 4th inst. the receipts of cotton at
fdl the ports of this country were the heav
iest since the war.
Home time ago, a gentleman who stopped
at one of the Macon hotels missed nine
teen dollars from his pockets. Suspicion
fell upon a chambermaid aud she was ur
rested, her friends paring the money back
to the gentleman. Recently the gentle
man discovered the nineteen dollars in a
seldom used pocket, and lost no time in
refunding it to those who paid the woman
out of trouble, A singular thing about the
affair is that the woman confessed her
guilt,
Augusta Constitutwnoiint of Saturday:
Ye.-terday afternoon, we received u most
touching letter from a little girl in this
city. It was written in French language,
and may Is; translated thus: Mr. Editor:
In yesterday’s pa|s;r I saw the last letter
of poor Capt. Fry. He was a gallant man I
I have wept for the Sake of his children.
My dear sir, euolosed you will find one
golden dollar. It is a very small sum, but
I hope you will not refuse it, a; it comes
from a little gill. It it a so urenir of my
own papa, autl it is given by au orphan to
the orphans of Captain Fry.
The noted case of the State vs. James
L. Pierce, charged w ith improper preposi
tions ton young Ituly in Cartor-ville, is
now iu process of investigation in Bartow
Superior Court. It will be remembered
that Mr. Pierce was tile Al t.iodisr
preacher in charge st Carteraviln at tin
time. He was tried liy the Methodist
Conference and acquitted The trial ol
Mr. Pierce commenced y> steriluv, (Friday)
aud wilt last, uo doubt, till Tuesday night.
The trial is tedious and all the ground
fiercely fought over.
The Macon Telegraph emit Messenger
says: A planter iu au adjacent county, like
some other planters we have heard of,
found llim Ac Ii somewhat embarrassed by
the operations of the season, and f it rt
necessary for his relief that he should go
through a course of bankruptcy. Having
more corn on hand—of his own raising—
than he cured to return as assets, he bor
rowed it neighbor’s crib and filled it from
his fields with a goodly store, w hich he
did not want to pass through the bank
rupt court. This was all very well ; but.
unfortunately for the moeum of liis plan,
the neighbor, whose crib he borrowed,
was also behind, and the officers of the
law invaded his premises and levied on
everything in sight, unhiding the crib of
corn belonging to the candidate for dis
charge iu bankruptcy.
LuGrunge Ilefwrter: There is a matter
to which we desire to cull the attention of
the press in Georgia. Within the last
three months,two or throe well know n men
iu Georgia have been announced ih-ml, and
the newspapers have written eloquent obit
uaries over them. But these men, with a
perversity as provoking as it is inexorable,
still live. Now when a newspaper in good
standing makes a solemn assertion that
any man is dead, that man should die. For
him to live is u dangerous infringement on
the liberty of the press. We hope the
Press Association next week will petition
the Begislature to pass a law that a mail
announced dead by the press niustdin. In
that case we propose to publish a statement
that Barn Bal'd is dead, and hire all our ex
changes to copy it.
Wo clip the following from the Thomas
ville Enterprise in regard to the missing
man, Juniper Hall, who is supposed to
have been murdered on the 27th of No
vember last: “Since our last issue nothiug
now has been developed in this ease, hut
from the brother of the missing man, who
is perhaps tvs well post 'd in the attending
circumstances and confessions of the ne
groes as any one, we learn the follow ing,
which is more concise than our first re
port as well as inert) indicative of willful
murder: ‘Four of the negroes Emanuel,
Charley,Mingo and Bird—belonged on the
plantation and accompanied Mr. Hall to
town in the morning. The fifth, Nimrod,
a son of Bird, worked at one of the brick
yards here aud left town w ith the others,
but did not accompany them to the plan
tation. At the 8 mile pond some two or
three persons, who were en route for the
fishery, were camped for the night when
the wagon ami negroes passed. They say
Mr. Hall, as they suppose, was some forty
|or fifty yards in the roar of the wagon.
After going a few hundred yards tho wag
|on was halted for an hour or two, during
which time the negroes indulged freely in
loud and boisterous language, whooping,
I veiling, etc. Then one of them returned
! to the campers and inquired if they had
seen anything of Mr. Hall. Upon being
told that such a man was but a short dis
- lance behind the wagon when it passed,
jhe went back. hut soon returned aud pvo
i penned the same question again. Kesiun
| iug their journey early next morning the
j campers knew nothiug about the affair
j until their return from the fishery some
i days afterward. After arriving at home
; two of the negro, s, mounted, returned or
left in the direction of town, but came
back some time during the night, in the
morning Charley and Emanuel left, we be
lieve. tor the ostensible purpose of hunt
ing Mr. Hall, aud were gone all day.
! That evening (Wednesday )nhe sous of Mr.
Hall returned home, having been absent
some days at the fishery. Their father
j failing to make his appearance, and his
j mule having been found at a neighbor’s
; with the bridle and saddle on, they had
the negroes arrested on Thursday morn
ing and questioned separately. Nimrod
and Emanuel confessed that he had been
j killed by the partv and agreed as to a cer
i tain log behind which his body was first
i hid, but they differed as to the final dis
; positiou made of it, one saying they
threw it into one pond and the
other declaring that it was another point.
From that time, November 27th, until
Monday evening last search has been kept
up. One of the ponds has been thoroughly
hunted, the other drained and the woods
for several miles around carefully searched,
but without success. Thus the matter
rests and it is quite probable that the re
mains of this unfortunate man will never
be fi. nnd. ”
FLORIDA NEWS.
The jail at New Troy was burned last
Sunday night,
W. J. Busli, the defaulting tax collector
of Lake City, who escaped a few days
since, publishes u curd stating that he was
persecuted mid therefore vamosed.
The preliminary steps are being taken
by tho county medical societies of tho
Statu to organize a Florida State Medical
Society. New county societies are lieiug
formed generally throughout the Stute.
On the night of the Kith of November
an attempt whs mode hi murder the lion.
James T. Magbee, Judge of the HixtL
Judicial Circuit, while engaged in holding
court at Pine Level, the county seat of
Manatee county.
The Live Oak Timm thinks that, tlie ex
tension of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
from Live Oak to some point on the Su
wannee river at or near New Troy, is a
work that should lie done, anil that as soon
as possible.
The Tnllalinssee Sentinel says: Never has
there been a time in the history of the
Republican party in Floridu when it has
been in so great danger ns at the present.
Many are resting upon their arms in
fancied security, while political sappers
and miners are secretly anil busily at work
for the destruction of the party.
The Jacksonville Union records a curi
oils freak of an owl. As Mrs. Freeland
was sitting in her room on Monday night,
the doors being open, an owl flew in.
! She tried to turn it ont, but the owl at
j tiicki and her anil bit her on the ear. Assist
ance arriving, the owl was captured anil
j confined.
The Jacksonville Unirni says that Miss
Jane Bileox, living near Mandarin, fifteen
i years old, has niude on h r little farm this
| year fifty bushels of corn, one barrel of
i sugar, one barrel of syrup, and two hnn
; dred bushels of sweet potatoes. Besides,
Miss Jane has started a promising orange
; grove. This young and worthy farmer
j lias made this crop without anv help, ex
j eept a little assistance rendered her in har
j vesting by a visiting sister.
Palatka IfernUi: Mr. S. Marshal, of
I Lake Griffin, writes that his grove consists
iof one thousand budded orange trees,
! three hundred of which arc now bearing
' fruit; also, three thousand bananas that
i will bear m-xt your, fivi thousand guaves,
ready for transplanting, beside* various
other choice fruits. W would add that
i the country bordering on lakes Griffin,
I Hntns unit Harris, is rapidly settling up,
: in fact, much <>l the travel tlmt now comes
leswai pastas up the Oekluwaha river.
Allar delight and w t!i the upper lakes; no
I \>.,'.!(!■ , - * the Paradise of East
Fieri *
IV t /. < • Sunday night, Mr.
1 Biiffuui nmt u.ily hml retired for the
j night, when -.oil'.- ,ly they heard a hr
! rible IKII-e under t; r • ;ns the growls
land barking inert- ,1 the family grew
i more and more alarmed. In a small room
j where unfinished boards find been tempo
rarily laid, there slej 1 a a tv comer. Ml
Z. W. Wyatt, of Gee ■•>, Mu le
; who fancied that all c. 1 fa and shaken
the house. The animal, which proved to
!he a large hear, set on My all the dogs in
I town, had upturned that p i t of t e floor
i where the heil stood. Amidst the rtim
: Ming of loose boards, the howls of
wounded dogs, anil the growls of Bruin,
, as he fought for his life, the scene rnav be
i mere easily imagined than described.
Without harm the bear made his retreat
back to the forest or swamp. Next morn
ing the tracks of this animal wore plainly
visible in the sand. If wild animals are
permitted to come into the very centre of
our town, we think it time that some atl
i ditioual force lie added to our police.
An important esse whs decided I>V
Judge White in Jefferson Circuit Court
last week. The AArrrhser thus states it:
A planter giving a merchant a statutory
I lien for provisions and necessities to make
j * crop, plaintiff required defendant ami
11 concerned in the crop to come into
; court under the law in Thompson's Digest,
and declare what amount was owing to
them, so that the equity of redemption
might he sold. The plaintiffs also require
I the commission merchant mortgagees to
I come into court with an itemized account,
so that the Judge might determine if any
thing had Iteeti furnished which was not
necessary to raise the crop. The incon
i sisteney of this proposition was most elo
j qnent-ly illustrated in the able argument
befi re the court of M. T> I’apy, Esq., anil
I the court ruled that, in a statutory lien
i the parties to it could not lie called into
court to answer such questions ns to the
j things furnished, nor could the products
of the farm raised by means of such sup
plies furnished for that purpose be levied
on and sold under au execution of an
| older date than the statutory lien. The
ruling went to this extent, that the pro
ductions of the sand made by the assistance
I of advances which were secured by statu
| tory lien, duly recorded, could not be lev
ied on and taken possession of by an ex
ecution creditor while under the lien, and
the parties eoulil not Is l compelled to show
an itemized account showing what was
and what was not necessary to make the crop
in a court of law,but that the matters could
Ibe in vestignted in a court of equity on
; the suggestion of fraud of collusion.
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Love and Suicide.
In the Darwinian ascent from the lower
animals the organism seems to have re
tained a large share of the imitative ele
ment of the monkey, and when one man
voluntarily goes off the hooks others are
likely to follow, until tic tiling becomes
epidemic. The most recent victim belong
ed over in Lafayette county. He want.si
Miss Dalton and she refused him. The
young lady is the belle of Tabor, and has
I caused luore war talk among tlie young
men of the neighborhood than the V rin-
I ins capture has among C billet officers.
When she goes to church a pin > vl ill
wind seems to sweep the m ight'oi hood,
carrying all susceptible young men to the
doors of the .sanctuary where she worships.
Among the most enthusiastic of her ad
! mirers was Louts Irving, the son of a
wealthy former. The girl showed him no
special'favor, but he was badly struck, aud
! her cheap; ; iuih scut thrills of happi
ness tip Mid down his spine. He told her
the condition nt his feelings, and.Vets re
jected him.
A sympathetic friend laid it down as hi*
opinion that woman’s nay means aye, aryl
Irving, on the streugiu of it, got a very
{ emphatic second rejection. This used the
: poor fellow up complet-’y took to his
! bed, and read melnncli 1 . Lust
Sunday he crawled to ti . door and
|as his divinity came out begg, and her to lis
ten to him. The thing was growing mo
notonous to her. anti she flatly told him
never to address her again. Irving said :
; “You will never see me alive again. Meu
I sometimes die for the things they love but
never can possess.” He started home with
a friend, and on the road drew a pistol and
said : “I am tired of life ; I can't live with
out her; I know I am going to hell, if the
Bible is true and there is a hell, but any
thing to get rid of the present. Good-bye. ’’
Before his frined could interfere, Irving
put the muzzle of the pistol to his head and
I tired, scattering his brains out upon the
! roadside.
A Poet's Strange Adventure.
The Chicago Times details a singular |
circumstance in connection with Brock
MoVicker's adventure. It is said the lit
tle girl the young poet saved from a terri- j
ble death by burning is his own and only
child. The following narrative is given:
Shortly before “Wild Edgerton’a" (Me- [
Vicker’s) Eurojiean trip,he was so severely
afflicted with rheumatism that it became i
the custom for a maid servant in his fa-;
thers family to help him on with his coat I
each morning. Once, when performing I
this service, she said to him iu a pleaseui
way, “Mr. McVicker, if this keeps on you
will have to get a wife to take care of you,
for I shall not be al ways here. ” “I might
be tempted, Lucy," ho remarked, “but I
never expect to find one who will have
me.”
•‘Perhaps yon have never triod,” sug
gested Lucy. “Hardly uny woman would
refuse as flue a man as you."
On theimpluse of the moment MeYicker
responded, “I’ll try at once ; Lucy be my j
wife ?”
“Agreed,” said Lucy, laconically. And 1
it is believed that soon after they were se
cretly married to evade the opposition of 1
his family. There was little love between j
the two—probably never more than orili- i
nary friendship, and this could not last. ;
Even before the memorable trip abroad, I
our poet had met and formed a deep at- j
tachmeot for a fair young actress, since
deceased. The attachment was one of >
those powerful, ineradicable sentiments j
known only to poets, we presume, aud it I
severed the legally wedded ones forever.
They parted l>v mutual consent, and the
miserable husband went across the ocean, ;
to wear ont his sorrows in foreign adven
tures, of which the world has heard.
Whilst absent in Europe the young ac
tress died, and when "Wild Edgerttra” ;
came back to America, he returned to his j
lonely Bohemian life, and has never Heon j
hia own wife, Lucy, since their formal j
parting. Since the' discovery that it was
his own child whom lie so providentially
saved the other day, a strong effort has j
been made to effect a reconiliation lie- |
tween Lucy and Brock, but the attempt
has proven an utter failure. He will a e
ht rno more, anti he feels he can never j
love again.
It seems that MeViekor found the little |
: girls clothes in a blaze. Witli his jack
knife he riddled the clothing of the luck
less little sufferer, and in less than a see- j
ond the burning fabric was sizzing iu the
mud of the gutter. The danger over, tin
condition of the child became painfully:
j mortifying to it modest young man lilv ■:
Brock MeVickt r. The youngster’s attire j
consisted of a pair of dirty sit eking-, .
shoes out at the to-• >nd down 1 1 !i. fie..- i
and—nothing in re <jt At \ ’
nothing iin re h
teen instead of six. • ■
mitt-eil hari-kari on tin* ' -
he covered his fe • v irfi t
wept, anil shortly
friend that lie never ■
etl rnaidi n ill his lit"
fTr ci the K ■ Ciiy .v,:. !. ; tribune.}
AHa ;f Breed G.. i who is Heir to sl,-
000, 000 in Pi' taburg.
Some time between 1840 and 1850 Wil
liam and Addison Mowry, sons of Dr.
Fetor Mo.try of Pittsburg, Pa., settled
rear what is non Bay City some time i
ala nit 1845.
William married an Indian girl gener
ally known as “Pedro’s daughter,” Pedro
being nu Indian well known throughout ,
this section. There were no ministers or ;
justices, and the marriage was celebrated
according to the Indian fashion. A fe
male child was born unto them. In the
fall of 1854, when the daughter was two
or three years of age, William Mowry re
turned to Pittsburg, his wife and child
remaining here. H was taken sick there, I
and soon afterward died. About ten days
I efore liis demise his brother Addison
died in Saginaw City, leaving no wife or!
children. William and Addison wer tht j
only surviving children of Dr. Peter
Mowry by his -eroiul wifi Before Wi!
hum’s death he conveyed to his motliei
Dr. Peter Mowry's second wife—his prop !
erty, being that portion received by hiui j
from his father’s targe estate, for the term |
of her natural life, lie to receive an an- j
unity of so(N> from her during his life.
Mrs Mowry (William's mother) had no |
property alien she married I)r. Peter, and
last year when she died at Pittsburg the
property conveyed to her by her son was!
bequeathed by her will to her relations ;
instead of to the Indian girl who wo* the
only heir t > the property of William aud
Addison Mowry. The relatives took pos
session of the property, and now hold it.
The estate embraces eighty acres of hind
in the city of Pittsburg, fronting on the
Alleghany river and on one of the prin
cipal streets of the city. This real estate
is valued at 8. , >,OOO per aere, which would
make the property worth $1,600,000. Per
sonal property, stocks, etc., will probably
increase this amount to $2,000,000.
These facts coining to the knowledge of !
a person who shall lie here n.,> leless. au
action of ejectment was commenced by
him, ns grantee of the girl—in her in
terest—it being a test ease.
The Indian wife and child of Mowry
are living near this city.
The Hanging of Mrs. Surratt.
Washington, Dec. I. —Judge Advocate
General Holt publishes a long rejoinder to
ex President Johnson. He says Mr
Johnson is guilty of a gross perversion in
his statement of what occurred at their
interview just previous to the hanging of
Mrs. Surratt. It would be seen by refer
ence to Gen. Elkin’s and Gen. Muzzy s
letters that the statements were expressed
by Mr. Johnson that he now seeks to put
into Holt’s mouth.
Mr Holt says :
“While nf course T ass- nted tin n. a- 1
do now, to the general doctrine that - \ is
ni> excuse for treason or otiu r erim the
vein in ut pres, utiition oi t’uui view , nu
from Mr. Johnson after reading tlu rt
commendation for commutation of * io
tenee. aud not from myself.”
Mr. Holt says that Mr. J> ui
tive for the original f. bi. ran ca
lumuywastoitppeittielta-l.itir
whom there was univ t al - o
the execution of Mrs. Suit..
of their church. This
upon his t ura, knowing . i
politi nl power ot thi
therefore, he grew sure .
concludes: “The. conduct >- - , i
Johnson, now so fully exposed, is i.r:i:y
humiliating histor' All that I havu unf
it red m that quarter in the way of re
lentless aspersion for the last eight years
has come solely from the fact that I so far
trusted to his honor as the Chief Magis
trate of the nutiou as to bold with him n
confidential interview on a matter of pub
lic business. Unhappy, most unhappy for
me that my official duty obliged me to do
this. Aud now, as a solemn warning to
those who are to come after me I leave
this record of the unparalleled treachery
which followed.”
A conceited y\ ungparson once said: “This
morning I preached to a congregation of
donkeys.” “I thought so retorted the
lady, when you called them your beloved
brethren. ”
Eugenie and Her Hopes.
From her home in Chiselhurst, the
widow of Napoleon 111 is still endeavoring
to regaiu for her son the last, influence O'.
the Napoleon dynasty. Her utternm es in
tended for the public car are carefully
worded, and, it must be copf weed, are
generally marked by discretion and good
taste. She recently wrote a letter for the
guidance of the Bonupartist deputies, and
certainly nobody could take exception to
it.foritonly advised them to be united and
to vote according to their consciences.
A week or two ago the fete day of Euge
nie recurred, aud though the ex-Empress
had ? quested tl a' there should lie no
formal observance of Hie occasion a large
number of visitors called, ci lining on foot
and in carriages. Finding that the ex-
Empress was “not at home" they turned
their steps toward the touib of Niq>oleon
111, where the numerous bouquets
brought to the Empress were deposited.
Home of the testimonials come from dis
tant parts of France, having been brought
by special messengers. The English no
bility were also profuse iu their expres
sions of respect toward the widowed lady
! who, for so many years, was a prominent
j figure in the eyes of the world.
There is always sympathy felt for royal
! personages iu exile. The same courteous
; attentions were paid by English society to
j the family of the fugitive Louis Philippe,
at theif home at Claremont, as are now show n
:to the widow of Najioleon 111 at Camden
House. While no one can seriously object
i to snob evidences of respect, tht re is no
doubt that they serve to buoy up the hopes
of roval fugitives. We are not of those
who deem a Napoleonic restoration in the
person of the “Prince Imperial” an im
possibility ; and it is aafe to any that mauy
of the Frenchmen who sent their bou
| quet* to the tomb of the dead Emperor
j fervently believe that the empire will rise
: again.
Indeed, such a contingency is rendered
I far more probable by the McMahon rule
in France, anil it* recent pi obligation;
and there is no doubt that the hopes of
the ex-Empress are to-day higher than
they have been since the death of the Man
of Sedan.
j Captain Joseth Fry. —This gallant and
: chivalrous gentleman, says the Talladega
Watchtfnrer, who wu.* murdered in Cuba
by an irresponsible set of cowards, tht m
i selves in a partial state of revolt against
the parent government of Spain, was it
native of Florida, but from many strong
| attachments formed in Mobile, wis accus
tomed to cull that place “his home.” He
served in the old Unit* and States navy from
1844 to 1800 and was one of those noble
- : w :I pn motion ior eoun
;■ 1 • i! (Vnf- den.tt navy, in
.ith distinct! n to the
■ rig more actual hard
Con ft derate naval officer
we have any record.
Ivy on the Mississippi,
- pic,, on White River, and
• I career in command of the
o ' % the lust buttles of the war,
;to del', Mobile from the attacks
; directed against Spanish Fort and Blakely,
; coming out with hia ship riddled with
shot, and only after having expended the
last shot iu her lookers. The noble Fry re
tired to civil life, after the war, disabled’
by wounds and deprived of his profession
by the foe whose admiration hiul been
frequently expressed of his unsurpassable
bravery in action. He leaves a widow and
seven children—the oldest a cripple- in
New Orleans, in destitute circumstances.
A Dublin merchant named John John
son was very hard on his clerks, and ulu n
a visitor left the store without a purchase
he would discharge the clerk. He took
up a position near the door, and as ci,
turners passed ont he would enquire :•
they had been properly served. On ora
occasion a lady was negotiating with a
clerk for a shawl, but the sale was not
made. The clerk called the lady’s atten
tiou to the old gentleman, who was, as
usual, standing near the door, waiting to
waylay the Tally with the customary
question. “That old man,” said the (1 rk.
“is crazy. He may attempt to stop ye..
us you go out, and you hail best owl
him, as he is souk times dangerous."
The lady started for the door, unit as the
old man approached In l , she gave i, ,-hrii k
and darted out. Johnson was greatlv . -
touished, and walking hack to the
asked: “Do you know ILat u.di V" ■><
sir,” replied the ch fk, "In! j[ think •:.<
is crazy." "You an right.” nti.ruui tie
old gentleman, “she must be crazy.”
Ci.ad in Heaven's Livekt.—William
Nealis a middle-aged mail with a dirty
w hite neek tie aud a general attempt at a
sanctimonious style, stood at the bar of the
New York General Sessions on Friday,
and mildly pleaded guilty of grand lar
ceny. “Yon are a pious thief, I believe,”
said Recorder Hackett. “I have informa
tion that you habitually resort to churches
to ply your trade. From the papers before
.me I see that yon stole Mr. Edward M.
Voorfais’s poeketbook in Dr. Andrew’s
church. For a while yon may confine
your attentions to the chapel of a reforms
tory institution. I sentence you to five
•years in State prison at hard labor.”
Deaf Mute Weddino.—An unusual mar
riage took place in Staunton, Va., Tues
day morning, being the, union of two deaf
ninti'S, Mr. M. J. Jenkins, a planter of
Johnson’s Island, 8. C., and Miss Fannie
H. McKinney, one of the household offi
cers of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Insti
tution. who is iu Richmond. The mar
riage service was read by the Rev. Dr.
Manly, of the Baptist Church, and was
translated by signs by Superintendent
McCoy, to the fiej-f mutes among the
a idiene;, wil l the two prin i al purth 8
to the ceremony held copies in their
hands, and made responses l.v inclining
their heads at th* proper places.
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A Denver journalist whose mime, had
b lived at Jerusalem in the first century,
would probably have appeared iu the fifth,
chopt' roi Acta instead of that of Ananias,
s eree!oil a model sensation. While a
e. : w-i ing her baby her daughter
r with blood and says that
ay 's head. The mother
i>< nu.se you said you’d
y r serves, aud he took
: i imprinted a knock of
lighter’s brow with a
. 'u r immediately, then
into a .ub of scalding
' idled from the house a how
:tieriog shrieks which filled”
nearly tw columns of the paper. Pru
dent mothers in Denver now no longer
wash their babies.
An enraged traveler writing home
from the far West says: “Descending to
the bar-room, I took my turn at a tin wash
basin with a cake of yellow soap, and dried
myself on a musty towel hung on a broom.
A bootjack and a lean dog lie in the mid
dle of the floor, the chairs long ago ceased
to be quadrupeds, discomfort is king, and
dirt is prime minister. ’’
It was an Irish coroner who, when asked
how he accounted for an extraordinry
mortality in Limerick, replied sadly, “1
cannot tell There are people dying this
year who never died before.”