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•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.
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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.
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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.
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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.