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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. —■— 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. - 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.”