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About The independent. (Quitman, Ga.) 1873-1874 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1873)
TIIE INDEPENDENT. •ATIBIHV, lIKUCMOKII HO.IHJ3. J. C. GALLAHER, Editor and Proprietor. “THE LIGHT 18 WAKING." It cannot ho tlint Georgia'*- favorite of former years, whoeo every political act dmonstnited liis regurd and respect for t'l Constitution and lavra; whose highest u..,)irationa were to act uprightly in l>oli tie*, fta well a* in Ilia private tranaactiona, Cit'.ld now at heart depart from prineiplea life-long held, and by him advocated and defended against every aaaault. Then, if tho endorsement of the “back-pay” to Congressmen by Mr. Stephana i a mat ter of conaeience with him, the error must Ik; of the mind; hence, “the light in wan ing.” How can Mr. Stephen! or any other man, honest at heart, justify or even excuse an agent, employed at a final aalary, appropriating a large mini to hid ow n nm ol Ida employer's money entrusted to bis care, upon the simple pretext that Ilia salary for two years lmd been inadequate to meet llis fancied want*. Tf one agent can't do it justifiably, a number of agents for tho wimo principal, under tho same contract, is no more justifiable. A nmn lh-r of conspirators to rob or steal doesn’t b-ss'en the crime. If an agent appropri i ,es to his own use fifty per cent, of the j..h,cipal's money more than the salary lie "agreed to serve for, lie is a defaulter b<> has violated his contract, mid is guilty of embezzlement. And, twenty years ago, Mr. Stephen*’ pure heart and brilliant mind would have suid it was w rong, and would have prosecuted to conviction the man that did it. Was it upon principle wrong twenty years ago ? If so, Ims the • teriiul principle of right changed, and that which was wrong become right ? Or, l as the brilliant light of the intellect of twenty yeurs ago turned into the dim twi light of imbecility ? Were not our repre sentatives agents for tlie people, to take e-tre of their finances, as well ns other interests ? Did they not agree; indeed, were they not anxious to servo for the then fixed salary ? Then where is the correctness of the principle of these agents appropriating fifty per cent, of the people’s money to their own use moro than they contracted to servo for? That Congress may inereaso the salary of its members, to tuko effect in the future, | there is no doubt; but not to lake effect during tho period of that Congress. Mr. ! Htephens would have said so when in tire ; euith of Ids intellectual glory; but it is evening with him now, and the light is wauing. Gan it be in the evening twilight that, from sickly aspirations, he will por lult base policies to warp tho* gem-like principles that adorned tho character of Ida earlier life ? No; he is still acting Upon priuciple, but is mistaken; hence We think the “light is waning.” THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. This appointment is nnottrer eviilonco that Grant is cither incapable of selecting competent men to fill tho high positions iu tire Government, or else it is evidence of some wicked design to be uccom plished through this suppliant tool who is known to favor all of Grant’s centralization cobeinet, and who is tho avowed advocate nl Grant's re-election. If tho President bad looked to the general interest of the country in the selection of a Chief Justice, Mr. Williams would lmvo been the last among ten thousand. But, as neither ouulities of heart or qualifications of mind are essential pre-requisites to appoint ments to high positions. Mr. Williams j ) osaessing neither, is the Executive's pet, and the one altogether lovely. Tho New York Sun, speaking of the appointment, f iva “it is n selection unfit to he made.” j Tire Now York Commercial Advertiser (a Republican paper) suys: "General Grant ■might have nominated some other gentle- man who would have given more sat inflic tion to the country.” Tho New York JitprtM says! “A lawyer of greater ex perience nml professional training is due to the i>laoe.” The Baltimore Sun says: “If o strong tendency to centralization in nil his views is safety to the people of the States of this Union, then is Mr. Wil liams, the nominee for Chief Justice, a snfe jnaii—not otherwise. Besides, he is strongly partition. ” The New York World rays: “It is a piece of indefensible favor- j itcißin." Tho Springfield liepuhlienn intimates that Mr. Williams’ appointment was! through tho influence of his wife. Mr. W. should remember that one of his pre iteoessora wosacquainted with one of those wonderful women, and he hiul to eross the l iver of stieks because he di.l know her. Mr. W. should remember that woman persuaded mull to eat an apple long ago, end the same influence might he wielded iu rnode-n times; but, as we have no stock i:i fust women, wo will throw no obstacles iu the way. We think Grant finds in Williams just w hat he wants—neither an able jurist nor a true miui; and wo add that President Gnmt is eminently qualified to select in ferior men. DIDN'T WESTELL YOB That Farrow would have Old Man Dun ping removed from the Post Office in Atlanta ? We knew he had but to charge and prove that he was honest, to have him removed, and also substitute one against v. liom no such charges could be sustained, end he did this in the person of Sam Idaho Bard, who him been trying to get n nibble at the pnblio “pap” ever since the war. But Old Sam possesses the essential quali fications too extensively, and that, |>er bapß, has been one of the hindering causes to his preferment. Forty thousand able-bodied workmen are said to be out of employment iu New Yoik city. This estimate only includes those who had work, nre still w illing and anxious to labor, but have hem thrown out of employment by the hard times. It will be a sail Christinas Season ill many a elio'.d there. SLEEPING ON A CITY WHARF ONE OF THE DUTIES OF A CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICIAL. so DBcmr.n nv A .n n v in tiik V. a. MIsTHH’T COIRT IV S WANS All. We gather from the Morning Keirs the following facts: “Several mouths ago I Policeman DeDuring discovered a negro | asleep on one of the wharves, and arrested . ami carrieil him to the Barracks as a vio ! lator of a City Ordinance. Tho negro ; proved to be .Tosiuli < Irant, a Custom | House watchman. After the case was disposed of by the city authorities, the suid Josiuh succeeded in hnving the police man indicted for interferingwith a Custom House official in tho discharge of his duty, j The case was tried on the 12th iust. be- I fore Judge Wood, and before a jury of negroes, carpet-baggers anil sealnwngs. i The proof showed that Grant hiul been j placed as watchman on board of a schooner which had just, arrived with fruit, i in order to prevent tho cargo from being discharged until the custom regulations had been complied with. Instead of re maining on duty he loft the schooner and went off on to the wharf, and laid him- | self down to sleep, ‘without any prayer to Hohh Grant bis precious self to keep.' j Being found under these suspicious cir cumstances by the Policeman, it was his duty to arrest hurt, and he did. The ver dict of the jury was guilty, and Judge i Woods’sentence was a fine of one hundred , ! dollars and to be imprisoned one month.” ! Will the city authorities pay that fine, j or will they let DeDuring be the sole suf- : ferer for faithfully discharging bis duty to j the city ? We have no doubt that the j city will pay the fine and continue liis ( monthly pay during the period of his im prisonment. Now that infamously corrupt jury had, 1 tinder their oath, to decide tligt leaving the schooner, where he (Josiuh Grant) had been placed us h. watchman, and going i to sleep, was one of the duties of a Custom ; House official, before they could find a verdict of guilty. If Judge Woods had charged the law correctly, when that verdict won rendered, , it was his duty ns an honest man end n just Judge to set aside the verdict so ; contrary to law and evidence. Judge j Woods would hold, no doubt, that a Cus tom House official may rob, steal, or even burn tho city down with impunity, and the j Policemen dare not arrest them. The Strange Story of a Poacher. In tho Bavarian mountains, near Fartcn- 1 Uirehen, the traveler often meets a young \ woman with hollow clucks and wild eyes, ; i whose rich blonde hair floats loosely around her head. Hhe docs not attempt to injure \ any one, but flees before every wayfarer. A few yearn ago she was the brightest and [ prettiest young girl in the mountain dis trict. Hhe became tho bride of Joseph Falkuer, a stalwart young fellow. In time their union was .blessed with two children, yet sho could not prevail upon her husband to abandon a puncher's existence. One night when lie had gone out with his rifle on bis shoulder, on a marauding excursion, bo was followed l>y a party of forest keepers, who sought to capture him. < )ne who ventured too near was shot by Fulk nor, and the others took to flight, Falk- j ner hovered around the village after this ; occurrence, and in a few days was joined j liy bis wife and children. The police and foresters now began to hunt vigorously for the outlaw. Fullmer started for the Austrian border, } carrying his four-year-old boy with one | j hand and supporting his wife, Aline Marin, j with the other. She carried tho y, Hugest I child in her arms. Ono evening during j | tlieir flight as they w ere resting in the 1 forest, the quick ear of Fullmer detected the sound of hor. es’ hoofs upon the road- ! I way which led by tho copse iu which they j were concealed. His wife and children were sleeping. He torn hod Maria's arm, i “the gendarmes,” he said. She invoke, } ! and her affrighted movement roused the I j sloepiligflifnut on her bosom. The child began to cry and tho efforts of the mother j to quiet it by pressing it to her bosom ; only caused it to cry the louder. The gendarmes had halted and were listening | I’nlkner snatched the infant from its 1 mother’s arms, and placed his hand over the little mouth. For ten minutes the pursuers halted by tho roadside; for ten : minutes the father’s firm hand suppressed the sobbing of the child. At length the gendarmes rode on, and the motliersonglit with her warm lips to infuse life into the pale ones of her baby. Iu vain, the child was deoil. Fullmer cried, “On;” he put his hov on his back and Marie followed with the little corpse. At daybreak the border was reached. They encountered an employee j of the Austrian Customs. “Have you anything to give up ?” he asked. “Noth ing," said Fullmer, quietly. His wife, j however, stepping forward, showed the j dead child w hom she had carried in her apron, and said: “1 have someone to hand over, for this mail is a murderer, j He has killed his own sou.” Fullmer was arrested and he is now in prison. His ; older boy lias found a friend and pro tector in the Tyrol. Marie lost her reason, and either sits motionless in her room, or wanders on the mountains anil through the forest, She takes but little nourishment nud will soon die. - ■ -•••■ A Honwnua Stokv of Octraoe. Be- \ fruit, December 11. A year and a-half ago j one Charles Louis Alton, was employed to teach in a Homan Catholic school nt War ren, twelves miles from Detroit; also to act as sexton of the church. During tin period Alton outraged the person of not less than eighteen school girls, none of w hom were over folirti in yeursaf age. 11 appears the crimes were all committed in the church, which adjoins the school house*; ami that fiend succeeded iu terrify ing liis victims into silence for over a year. : The neighborhood is settled bv Hollanders, genenUlv uneducated, and tuo children were all of that nationality. Alton es caped. 1 ♦•*-- A Wreck with Font Decomposed Bodies. The steamer Lady Head arrived „t Halifax, N. S , from Sable Island on Thursday. There lmve been no wrecks at the island since last report. The health of the inhabitants hud boon good. The weather there for the lust three months, lias been very stormy. Since the last Ivisit’of the Liutv Head to the island the f schooner Zephyr, of St. Fierro, Miguetou, had drifted ashore. Four bodies iu a state of decomposition were found on board. The schooner was leaded with fish. Her masts and rigging were gone, and her hull covered with seaweed. l*rom the date of her papers, found ou board, the vessel is supposed to lmve been dismasted , last July, and boon flouting in the ocean ! 1 ever since. ; j LATEST NEWS. ; Washington News and Notes. ! DE LIVE 111 OF THE VIRGIN! O', Ac., Ac. Washington, December 17.—-In the , Senate to-day, Mr. Bogy reporting a pri -1 vute bill from the Committee on Indian ! Affairs, took occasion to severely criticise 1 the administration of Indian Affairs, and pronounced tho whole legislation a furor i from beginning to end. The House bill increasing the number Jof enlisted men in the navy to 10,000 was reported, but Mr. Hhermaii opposing the bill, it went over. There was a long debate on the House bill to repeal tho bankrupt law. Mr. Ed j moods moved its reference to the Judiciary j Committee. He wus satisfied of the im policy of an absolute repeal of the bill, ! but thought that the committee would t be able to prepare a bill which would re- I lieve the present law of its obnoxious fea | lures, and moved, at the same time, to protect the interests of both creditors and debtors. Mr. Frelinhuysen was also op posed to absolute repeal, and wanted it 1 referred. During the discussion on the motion to refe-, tliAnoruing hour expired. ! The general disposition indicates a re- I peal. Mr. Fenton made a long speech on the ! finances, arguing in favor of the iimne- I diate contraction of the currency and a j reduction of the government expenses. There was considerable dismission over 1 adopting the House recess resolution, 1 which was indefinitely postponed. The special naval appropriation bill of | four millions was passed in the House to day. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, said if he i had been present, yesterday he would have voted for tho repeal of tho bank ruptcy act, and against tho repeal of the j salary bill. Mr. Stephens also presented the me morial of the Cuban meeting held in New York, requesting the recognition of the Cuban beliigerants. It wiih referred to the Committee on Foreign Adairs. There was another field day in the House on tho salary bill. After the lull bad been amended by requiring restitu tion of the back pay received by those! members who had also been members o' i the lust Congress, a substitute was adopted in spite of the opposition of the j friends of the reduction and of tho com-, mittee who had charge of tho bill. Tire substitute makes the salary of me nils r SO,OOO, with an allowance for actual trav eling expenses, hut A has no retroactive I effect. There was great confusion and excitement in the House during the last l three or four hours, and it was not until 0 o’clock that the House adjourned. UEuvmr of the nsonirs. Key West, Deember 18. The small steamer Dispatch, Capt. W. D. Whiting, which had been assigned by the United j States Government to the duty of re ceiving the surrender, sailed from Key West Sunday evening, and arrived iu the j harbor of Bahia Honda the next morning, I where sho fonnd the Virgin ins in charge of: tho Spanish sloop of war La Favorita, He-, nor do la Camara commanding. Shortly after noon the latter came on board the 1 Dispatch and made arrangements with- Captain Whiting for the surrender at nine o’clock Tuesday morning, llis visit was • returned later in the day by Captain Whiting. The intercourse was of the most courteous character. On Tuesday | the weather was bright and clear. Tin only spectators of the scene about to take place were the men on the Dispatch and the La Favorita, and some ragged ftnd dirty Cubans in fishing smacks, apparently intent upon fishing alone. At half-past eight the gig came over from the La Fuvoiitu to the.Virginius, containing mi oarsman and a single officer. As the latter stepped on the deck, a pretty officer and half a dozen men, who had stood watch ] on the Virginias during the night, went j over the side and remained in the dingy, awaiting orders. Punctually, as bells on Dispatch struck for nine, and before the echo had died away, the American flag flew to the flag-staff of the Virginias, and j as the same moment n boat containing ‘ Capt.. Whiting and Lieut. Murinx put away from the Dispatch. As they as cended tho accommodation ladder of the Virginias, a single man on deck, who proved to he Honor de la Camara, advanced and made a courteous salute. The officers then read their respective instructions and Captain do la Camara remarked that iu obedience to the requirements of his j government he had the honor to turn over j the steamer Virginias to the American authorities. Captain Whiting accepted, j and ascertaining that a receipt would be J acceptable gave one. Thtjje was a word or two more civilly spoken and the Span- j iard stopped over the side, signalled his j oarsmen and in ten minutes was again upon the deck of his own vessel, having j discharged with becoming dignity the un- i pleasant duty imposed upon him by his j government. The engines of the Virginius were found to be in a bad condition, and she had to j be towed to sou by the Dispatch. Both vessels left tho harbor at IIP. M., the Spanish flag being displayed by the fort as- they passed. At BP. M. they were met by the naval tug Fortune. Steam j was subsequently got up on the Virginius and she, with the Dispatch, went to Tor- j togas, where they were met by- the Ossip pee and a coal schooner. Provisions will! bo transferred from the Ossippee to the Virgiuius, and whatever coal may be need ed will be supplied by the schooner. When supplied with provisions and coal the Virginius will probably bo sent to a Northern port. Washington and Norfolk are mentioned among tho prize officers. Much to the disappointment of some offi- j cers, the Federal Courts are now anxious |ly looking out for her arrival. Hhe will 1 not enter the harbor of Key West at all, express orders to that effect having been received from Washington. The Fortune proceeded to Key West 1 where she arrived at 4 o'clock this after noon, with a dispatch to Admiral Scott, I giving a full account of the surrender, 1 Tho officers anil crews of the Dispatch and La Favorita, the members of the prize ' crews and the cgfK-spondcnt of the Tri bun* were only witnesses of tire surrender. Not a single person appeared on the bay, and not on inhabitant of the tow n of Bahia Honda or the surrounding country felt sufficient interest in the proceedings to walk or sail to the scene. Home Americans presented themselves at the entrance of the harbor iu a chartered vessel, but not being provided with clearance paper and passports, were stopped by a boat from the fort iu several attempts to enter the har bor, and finally withdrew without witness ing the surrender. A SI-ECIMKN KAMCAL. Montgomery, December 17.—The Sen ate last night unseated Hatch, Henator for Hale county, who was elected last spring to fill a vacancy. It seems thst Hatch was three yeurs ago postmaster at the county site of Hale county. Moneys were missed from the Kublsnnd Hutch made an affidavit accusing Bullhorn, bis clerk. Af i tor Hanborn had been jailed several I months, tho investigation pressed Hatch so close that he wrote a confession of his own guilt, which was published, and agreed with special agent Pettier, bridge to pay | up. Knit was commenced in the United States Court, mid Hutch was turned out of office. He then ran for the Benato ami was elected by a large majority, but on the above showing, the Honutc declared him ineligible. He is a Republican. NEW YORK NOTES. New York, December, 18.—A meeting of the creditorsof the firm of Wolf A Levy, of New Orleans, held at the Astor House j to-day, Wolf said the firm is willing to pay iu full, and nske.l an extension of twelve to twenty-four months. A com mittee w.is appointed to investigate the uf fuirs of the firm, hut nothing further was done. The Edgar Stowart, which made six successful landings in Cuba, is reported fitting out at Baltimore. The Dramatic Association gives a per formance next Wednesday for tho benefit of the w idow sand orphans of the Virgiuius massacre affair, under tho management of Mr. Sheridan Shook, proprietor of the Union Square Theatre. Westhiill, Whitteinore & Cos., dealers in woolens, have failed. THE I.ONUON TIMES OX AMERICAN FINANCES. London, December 18.- The Times this morning editorially approves of .Secretary Richardson’s additional taxation proposi tion and thinks the demand for retrench ment is inopportune, in view of tho large ex penditures necessitated by the Cuban diffi culty. The Tim's suyathat without a surplus revenue, return to specie payments will be indefinitely postponed,and that if Congress desires to practice economy it might re linquish the lim-k salaries. The Times does not believe increased taxation will be voted this session. CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, December 18.—In the Senate, Gen. Gordon’s resolution of en quiry regarding the seizure and sale of cotton,und the disposition of the proceeds, passed. It is sweeping, and will unearth some State secrets. The Semite is debating economy in public printing. The proceedings of thcHoirse are merely routine. WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES. Washington, December 17. —A dele gation from Oregon, opposing tho nomi nation of Williams to he Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was before the Judi ciary Committee this morning. Samuel G. Brown and Robert Riggins, both of South Carolina, and imprisoned at Albany for offenses agSiinst the Kti-Klux law, have been pardoned. THE SENATE TEA SSI’(STATION COMMITTEE. Washington, December 17.—The Sen ate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard leave this city on Monday for Atlanta, Gn., where they will continue the examination of subjects referred to them, then proceed to New Orleans and and other Southern points. STONE MOUNTAIN. Atlanta, Ga., December 17.—At tho i municipal election held to-day at Stone Mountain, the Mayor and Council pledged to grant no more liquor licenses were elec ted by a handsome majority. The election was warmly contested on both sides. THE CALIFORNIA SENATOR. San Francisco, December IK.- In joint ! session Booth received 57, Farley 41. and Sliafter 48 votes for United States Sena tor. HEAVY FAILURES. New York, December 18. — Two heavy dry goods houses have failed for a half million each. Kent’s remains. Washington, December 18.—The Pres ident lias gone with Dent’s remains. A Kentucky Horror. —On Monday night, the Ist inst., about eleven o’clock, a gaug of men disguised by caps with visors for tlie face, rode up to the house of the widow Stumper, near Turley’s old mill, on Slate, in this county, and poured ! coal-oil on a portion of the building, to which they then applied a match. The woman was aroused, mid run out of her house, pistol in hand, and fired several shots at the miscreants, She then turned to the house and began to extingush the flames. While thus engaged one of the cowardly scoundrels fired upon her with a double-barrelled shot-gun, the charge of buckshot taking effect upon her person, producing wounds which resulted in her death the following morning (Tuesday). I Dr. Walker attended the unfortunate woman, and did all in the power of medi cal skill to alleviate her sufferings. Mrs, Stamper, while not a notorious prostitute, was still a woman of easy vir tue. She was a young woman, not more than twenty-five or thirty years of age. The rumor that the parties guilty' of the cowardly murder of this lone woman were women in the neighborhood, to whom she had become obnoxious, is exploded by the j testimony of Mr. Alexander, w ho distinctly heard the voices of men.—Jft Sterling j i AY) Sentinel. GEORGIA NEWS. Handelsvilie is troubled with lamp smasher*. Fifty eases of new English machinery have just been recaived at the Milledgj viile cotton factory. Columbus paid out 818.7,000 for cotton during the week ending Friday, an average | of 827,000 daily. It is reported authoritatively that the Atlanta and Ricliliioud Air Line Railroad was on Thursday lust, sold to the Pennsyl | vania Central Railroad. Col. H. A. Thornton, of Randolph coun- I ty, came to his death the other day, by a i young colt kicking him on the breast, kill ing him instantly. The ThomosviU* Times’. The Hall mys tery is still the topic of conversation. The Grand Jury found true bills against the five negroes with whom Mr. Hull was last seen, for murder. George Huff and John Puekett, ofTilre I county, while returning from the circus in i Griffin oil Thursday last, lmd a shooting match, which result, and in the dangerous, j if not mortal, wounding of both. Cicero Goggnn, of Haralson county, stabbed Mr. William J. Reeves near the : heart the other day la-cause the latter, when Sheriff, once arrested the former. Mr. Reeves is iu u very critical coudi ! tion. Cora Norman, who furnished tools to | her husband, with which he escaped from the Liberty county jail, was tried last : week in the Superior Court of that county ! and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment \ iu the penitentiary. Mr. J.tines 11. Nichols, of White county, it has been said, owns the handsomest country residence and estate in Georgia. He is the li iwling stock raiser and hay cul tivator in that section of Georgia. His place it is claimed, cost him 8100,000. A gentleman in Elberton has received a letter stating that Grant, Alexander A Cos. propose to build a railroad from Toeeoa City to Elberton if the people of Kibe it will raise a subscription of $lOO,l KM), and they say they cun have it completed in early spring. Judge 11. 11. Tooke, Ordinary of Thom as county, was stricken with paralysis on Monday last, and has been in a very precarious condition over since. Judge Tooke is the oldest Ordinary iu the Htate with the exception of Haywood Brookins, of Washington county. Judge Tooke bus I been in office over forty years. The Macon Telegraph seems to have some misgivings its to the genuineness of ! the telegraphic report of Mr. Stephens’ speech on the “back-salary grab.” The editor says: “If the honorable gentleman made that speech us reported, Ire has simply gun* </ ft. If he did not make it, llis redress must be on the Associated Press or the Magnetic Telegraph Company. The Columbus Sun says there is a cm rent rumor on the streets of that city, that in a field some three or four miles from Colum bus, n gentleman now dead, just after the war, buried a quantity of gold and silver. From cypher memoranda left among his papers the. exact spot has been discovered. Search revealed the fact that a hole had been dug there, and murks indicating the presence of a small box discovered. Thon eh carefully disguised, traces of recent dig ging were found. When the third dig ging was finished the ls>x could not be fonnd. It h. and been removed with all its precious contents. It is supposed that a negro, somewhat covenant with his mas ter's; movements, has possessed himself of the treasure. In the U. S. Circuit Court, in Suv.ftiEnli, on Friday last. Policeman DeDuring wm tined one hundred dollars and one mouth’s imprisonment, for arresting a negro named .Josiah Grant, a Custom House watchman, ! whom he found asleep on one of the wharves. Notwithstanding the feet that the policeman shook him several trim s be fore he spoke, Grant swore that be was not asleep. This arrest was made some months ago, and the case was disposed of by the city authorities, hut Gruut sought refuge among the U. S. officials and suc ceeded in having the policeman indicted under a Congressional law, upon the charge of “interfering with a Custom House official in the discharge of his duty.” Judge Woods tried the ease. A special telegram to the Atlanta Ilrrnltl from Cartemville, under date of the Kith, relates the following horrible accident that occurred near there on that dav: "A lady by the name of Mrs. Jane Beck, came here on a visit on the 11 a. m. train, accompanied by her two children. Shortly afterwards she took a dray to go out to her brother-in-law, Mr. Hiram Dobbs. On her wav a team, w hich met them in the road, became frightened at a passing train and dashed into the dray. Tho tongue of the wagon struck Mrs. Beck in the left breast and ranging upward, broke her neck. Drs. Hunicter and Young arrived shortly afterwards and did nil that could be done, but she died almost in stantly. Hhe leaves two children, a girl seven veins old and a hoy five years old. Roth children were severely injured, but it is thought they will recover. * . FLORIDA NEWS. A circulating library, with 1,500 volumes, has been started in Jacksonville. J. H. Stephens, confined in the county jail at Lake City for the murder of John Puncher, was released last week on SIO,OOO bail. Wm. 11. Christy announces that he w ill prosecute his claims to his sent as Senator of the Eighteenth Senatorial District at the incoming session of the Legislature. Nathan Jerry, confined in jail at Fer nandina on the charge of a murderous as sault upon Capt. Temple, made liis escape, after overpowering the jailor, on Thursday morning. Col. M. H. Alberger, who was arrested on the charge of robbing the Post Office of Jacksonville, was on Thursday last re lieved of this imputation "by the Grand July, who, after a thorough investigation, dismissed the charge. Horatio Jenkins, Jr. ex-Colleotor of In ternal Revenue, District of Florida, has i been indicted in the United States Dis trict Court for embezzlement of 821,000. The amount found to be due tlio Govern ment is said to be $20,200 55. The horse of the Rev. Wm. Robinson, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, fell upon him while he was in Levy county, and injured him so j that if be does not die of the injury, and ; this is not improbable, it is thought he will] be crippled for life. Whilst Mr. H. J. Cook, who resides about thirteen miles southwest of Marianna was standing at the door of his house with his little child, about three years old, re cently, he was tired upon by someone concealed, and he and his child instantly killed No cine to the fiendish perpetra tor of the crime. Mr. Geo. Peek, of Vermont, who recent ly brought suit in the U. 8. District Court at Jacksonville, to recover damages sus tained to a trunk full of clothing belonging to his wife, which fell from a ear on the St. Johns Railway into a ditch, obtained n verdict on Wednesday for $1,331 28 and costs. The company claim the lessees arc the responsible parties. SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS. Sam Bard has been nominated for Pos'- master of Atlanta. Professor Agassiz died in Boston, Mass,, | on Monday morning last Major It. A. Kinzio, attached to Sheri ! dan’s staff as Paymaster, is dead. The demand for satisfaction from Spain j for the seizure of German vessels is great ly exciting the public iu Germany. All the gambling houses in New York j are closed. They are apprehensive a raid j will he made. | Ronald Melville, son of the Earl of Lever i and Melville, is about to become a member 1 of the firm of Jay Cooke, McCullough A j Cos., of London. The Paris correspondent of the Times says: Bazuine intended to put himself head of the Alphonsoists had his sentence I been commuted by banishment. John A. Mitchm r, in charge of the dead letter office in Washington, is liehl ! in five thousand dollars bail on the charge of stealing money fiom dead letters. A dispatch from Havana on the 13tli j inst., says: The Virginius has gone to Bahia Honda, sixty miles west of Havanu, I where she will b_- delivered. John M. Brush, an old army telegrapher, was killed in Carbondale, 111., on the 14th : inst., by the proprietor of the Planter’s 1 Hotel. Brush accidentally spilled ink over the register w hile entering his name. Tho notice of a reduction of ten per cent,to employes and railroad men from the coal regions around Pittsburg, Pa., is embarrassing trade. The men prefer idle ness to living rates and hours. The Island of St. Ula, off Cannes, is the place of Bnzaine's confinement. He will be sent there this week.. The Marshal received the news of the commutation of his sentence without emotion. The bark Arrabid, from Calcutta for Boston, foundered at sea. Tbirteen of the e tern were lost w hile bailing. The balance were landed at Gravesend from the bark Tropic, which rescued them. The Empire'-a Eugenie was deeply af ; fected at the verdict and sentence of Mar- I slial Bazuine. Hi r agitation is so great i that she lias been compelled to postpone the visit she was aliout to make to Queen Victoria. It is stated that David A. Sage, City | Treasurer of Chicago, is $400,000 short. The bulk of the amount is locked up in ; the suspended national banks, and it is l thought this will be secured from ulti . mate loss, Samuel Kildreth, aged 69, and Oliver Donald, aged 72, inmates of the Westfoul Poor Farm, near Lowell, Mass., were f mud dead in their room on the 14th iust. It is supposed that Kildreth murdered Donald and then committed suicide. The coal barge, which blockaded the Arapile* in New York harbor, is sinking in the mml, and its removal is becoming daily more difficult. It is feared ami ! hoped that the Are piles will become badly j strained by remaining on the dry docks. President Grant, iu replying to the Civil Rights Convention, said: “1 am very glad to receive the Convention and to listen to your remarks. 1 have always be lieved that enfranchisement and equal rights should accompany emancipation. Tll“se rights should have followed without legislation. It is unfortunate that any enactment ia necessary to secure such rights, but existing prejudices seem to have rendered it necessary. I hope the present Congress will give the relief you seek.” A dispatch from Washington on tlie Kith inst. says: Col. Frederick Dent, the father of Mrs. Grant, died at midnight last niglit. His daughter, Mrs. Casey, is quite ill at Philadelphia, and an unfavorable effect at the sad news is apprehended. Col. Dent Ins resided for n long time at the White House, ns a guest of Ids daughter. The Colonel never abandoned bis Democracy, and liis somewhat forcible denunciations of the prevailing faction in its highest place lias been one of the fea tures of the executive mansion. He ate liis breakfast and smoked his agar yes -1 terdav morning. The National Civil Rights Convention, which adjourned tin* >/i* at a late hour on the night of the 12tfi inst., say in the I address adopted that their grievance* are ' many; that they take it for granted that action will be bail by Congress protecting them from individual distinctions in the enjoyment of common carriers, hotels, and other public places of convenience and refreshment, in public places of amuse ment, and in enjoying other civil rights, including entrance to public schools with out reference to race. They want the and mial of these rights punished with penalties. ————— A Deaf Mute Memorial Festival and Ball. A remarkable scene was witnessed at the Central Park Garden on the occasion of the celebration of the eighty-seventh anniversary of the birthday of Thomas Hopkins Callander, tho initiator of the deaf mute system of alphabet iu this coun try. The festival was conducted under tho auspices of the Manhattan Deaf Mute Literary Association, and accordingly in the speeches that were made not a sound was uttered, and in the dances that fol lowed the waltzers kept time to music they did not hear. Addresses announcing the objects cf the festival were made in signs by IV - O. Fitz gerald, the President of the Association, and Mr, Dunlap, the Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. I)r. Peet then delivered n tribute to the subject of the memorial iu the sign language, which was interpreted as lie went along by Dr. Gallundot. These silent speeches over the audience, whose claquering at the points to be ap plauded, enthusiastic as it was, had not been heard by themselves, devoted them selves to dancing. Waltz followed waltz, quadrille followed quadrille, and a pro gramme containing twenty-eight dances was put through before “Home, Sweet Home” sounded on ears tluV conlil not he r its strains. It was a curious sight to see during the pauses in the music the army of dancers foiling in quadrille phalanxes, every one freely gesticulating, and yet no speech falliug from their lips, and the only sound heard being the shuffling ol the feet on the floor, which, as might have been expected, was rather louder than in a ball-room w here the dancers were not deaf. But more curious still was it to reflect, when half a hundred or more couples were whirling aronud in almost ptrieet accord to one of Strauss’s waltzs, that hardly one of them heard a single strain of music to which they were capering so nimbjy, There was some hesitation perceptible at starting, but few mistakes were made after the time had once been obtained by watch ing the others, and the vibration of the floor had been caught. Flirtatious went on too as at ordinary balls; but the denioi zelles used their fingers to talk with and not to squeeze with. From their being absorbed iu watching each other’s motions and not hearing the noise of footsteps of those approaching, collisions constantly occurred, but not more perhaps than at the balls where the average awkward man is present. Altogether, the affair was as successful as it was unique.—Acta York Work/. Particulars of the Virginius Massacre. Asa matter of liisfi rv, which many of our readers may feel a desire to preserve, w 0 reprint the following account of the mas sacre: The Morning Star, from Santiago de Cuba, arrived in Netv York on the sth inst. The Morning Star was in port at Santiago when the Virginius was brought there, and during the executions. The second mate, Coffin, given a graphic des cription of the scenes of tlie tnetnorahlu period, and many of which are new. M r Coffin is an intelligent and respectably connected young American. His narra tive is corroborated in every detail by the other officers of the Morning Star,' He says that the Virginius was conveyed inbj tlie Tornado and another Spanisli man-of war on the evening of the Ist nit. It is not true that the inhabitants of Santiago were wild with joy. On the contrary, they were excessively quiet, und no demonstra tion whatever was made. The American flag, which had Ixcn borne at the mast-head of the captured vessel, lay conspicuously upon her quarter deck, to be trampled upon by her captor's crew, and was not removed until the next evening. On Sunday afternoon the pris oners were landed by the Tornado’s boats. All, with the exception of Ryan, Vurona, Del Sol and Cespedes, hml their elbows ! pinioned behind, and tlieir hands hand cuffed in front. This treatment of the | four latter seemed to be a sort of mock j respect to their supposed leadership. After they hud all been drawn up upon the | wharf, they were marched in the centra iof a strong guard to the prison. At 6:45 on Tuesday morning, Ryan, Varans, Del | Sol and Cespedes, were conducted to the slaughter-house, a walk of about ten minutes. Ryan wore a blue shirt over liis white shirt, with a silver star on tho breast, and trudged gaily along, as if going to his wedding. He smoked a cigar the entire route, and did not tlirow it away until the moment came for the firing. A priest advanced to liis side and offered the consolation of religion, hut Ryan waived him off. Even the Spanish officers were loud in tlieir admiration of the coolness and indifference with which he met his di .Ail. The American Consul having attempted a protest, Gen. Burriel placed a double row of sentinels around the consulate, thus keeping our representa ; tive a virtual prisoner until after the con clusion of the butcheries. At four o’clock on Friday afternoon, Captain Fry and thirty-six of his crew were shot. Mr Coffin w itnessed their execution from tho wall of the slaughter-house. Tho victims were ranged facing the wall and at a sufficient distance from it to give them room to full forward. Captain Fry having asked for n glass of water, one was handed him liy Charles Bell, the steward of the Morning Star. Fry then walked from the cud of the line {p the center, and 1 c dully awaited his fate, rle was the only man that dropp 'd dead at the first volley, notwithstanding t’:e fact that the firing party were but a short distance often feet away. Then ensued a horrible scene. Tire Spanish butchers advanced to w here tho w ounded men lay writhing and moaning in agony, and placing the muzzles of their g' ns in some instances into the mouths of , the r vii tims, polled the triggers, shut tering their heads into fragments. Others of tire dying men grasped the weapons thrust at them, with a despairing clutch, ind shot ait-r shot was poured into tlieir 101 e; before < eath quieted them. I’. O. Saunderson, the first mate of tire Morning Star, who was standing on the bridge of his vessel when the first volley was fired, says that for id out ten minutes the firing lvin iid and him of a Fourth of July celebra tion. All the bodies were tumbled into carts and taken ai one o the cemetery. Mr. Ci ttin says that this batch of victims, at least, secured to have no notion of tie fate that, iiwn'ted them. They walked along quite m rii v. singing, chatting, lniighinj. and smokiig, as if on a pleasure party. On the following morning twelve Cubans were led to the slaughter, and sim ilar disgusting scenes were re enacted. 1 Tire moment the preliminary order was given, the twelve turned their heads, as if in obedience to a preconcerted agreement, aud.thiowingtlieirhnndsi lortshonted ‘ (7- Culmlihr'." Tl i finished the executions. That day' the British war vessel Niohe ur rived. Her commander, Lambton Lor raine,'eft Jamaica in such haste that sev eral of his crew who were ashore on leave were left behind. He hardly stopped to east Anchor at Santiago before he hastened ashore, and protested against the killing < f any more of Virgiuius’ crew. General Burriel answered him saucily in a letter, which las already been published here, saying that any execution that had been ordered would be pro- e -tied with. Com mander Lorraine instantly returned a reply to tlie effect that, in the ab sence of an American man-of-wnr, Ire would protect not only the infer sts of bis own corn r , b t these of tire United Sates; anil that if G n. Burriel lirnred the hair of another prisoner’s head he would bombard the city. It was generally believed at Santiago that this action of the British command ant: saved the lives of the rest of the Vir ginias crew. Commander Lorraine after ward obtained five copies of the process of the court-martial condemning them to death, two of which he intended to trans mit to onr government, and two others to his own. Mr. Coffin closed his narrative bv the assertion that he would have been shot by the Spanish volunteers, but that they believed him to be a British subject, liis vessel sailing under British colors. A'A tC AS) YERTISKSIEXTH. QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL. HAVING been called bv the Board of Trun teus to take charge or thin institution, the Biibncriber would renpectfuliy give notice that the Spring Term will commence on MONDAY, January 12th, 1874, and coutinne twenty-four weeks. Due notice will be given concerning the Fall Term. Being determined to make this equal to any of the ttcboohi of the country, he confidently appeals to the citizens <f the town and country for their support. The discipline will be rigid, ami tbono who expect to “run a fast schedule” will do well to go elsewhere. Arrangements will be made for Music and French if desirable, ami such assistance will be procured as the wants of the school may demand* Tuition for the term of twenty •four weeks will be $lB 00 for the first class: $24 00 for the second* anti for the third class S3O 00, payable at dose or term. For anv further information, inquire of dec2o-tf K. V. FOIiRE.--.TKR, Prin. PAINE & HALL, Having recently received a large and well assorted stock of General >lereliandise, Consisting ot DRY GOODS, READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Etc., AXfiO A large and well selected stock of Family and Fancy Groceries. Owing to the great financial pressure, we havq ; determined to sell goods at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. Extraordinary bargains can now be obtained FOR CASH. We will take any kind of produce in exchange for goods, or in payment of accounts. Me will also take certificates of deposit on thq Savannah Banking and Trust Company. AD of our customers are earnestly* requested to com© forward at once and make settlements of their accounts.
