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THE INDEPENDENT. s ■ SATIJrtDAV. JAVIAIiI a. I .J 4. t'Ues.-.' -,r- - ■■ ra J. C. GALLAIIER, Editor and Proprietor. HuW DO YwU KNOW VV3AT WE ARE FOR? Tile .Vnriiht(/ Jfiirr cbeK'*tw mn ag the opponents t > the tVißhtitntioiul C-onven tion. We <liil not toy w>. We cai.l v < fivon-il some chilngSs ift the, Const! to Hen. or rather, tlmt some changes might 1h) nr,jet? with propriety. Wliilu wo thought that changes might t>? mode for the gem rai weal, we simply presented the tjn 4i°i> to tlio people wtiether they worn able at present to pay for tho weal or not. We are not the strictest eebnemixt in the world, for we believe in paying the tid dler, bat onr enquiry was, “couldn’t the fiddler he dispensed with until we were able to have n donee without involving ourselves. ” Onr friend is a man of dm taste and really want', n new house for In wife nml beautiful daughters, but, his crop f bled in quantity mid quality and the prices' were rodnceil on account of the financial crisis. Will my friend, already hurthened with debt for tho snUo of per sonal comfort and tho gratification of tiute, iucrriv'.o his financial embarrass ments. If a person ought not nor will not involve liimself beyond his nldlity to pay, ought he to involve by a deliberate net# corporation of which lie is a member. This is a question we submitto tho people, for onr opinions lire not infalliable; there fore, wo will not dictate to onr renders, lint will cheerfully abide by tho de -eion of the people. lint wlmt are the proposed changes in tlio Constitution that i.e -c >si tnte an immediate convocation of tho people’s representatives to itmke ? One urged is to alter tlio ft<institution so ns to pornmuently locate the Capital at Milledge vdie. And what ia the argument in ml vocaicy of this elinugc ? “Tlmt it was re moved to Atlanta by corruptionists.” This we think is “too thin” ever to attain'to the dignity of logic. If an unrighteous assembly do a righteous net, slull the ac t with its good e(Teels be ignored. If tlio removal of tlio Capital to Atlanta wim wrong, attack it upon that high ground; don’t, even by implication, admit that the thing donu w#s unexceptionable, but ob jected to because it was done by the wrong party. If Atlanta is the wrong place for the Capital let the why’s be shown in ar gument, If Milledgeville is the rit lit place, let the reasons bo given. Is the Capital at Milledgeville more aecr.ssablo to the people’s representative than At lanta? Will tho mileage, lie less? Will money expended on a Capital in Millodgo vilh—-a town now dilapidated, with no prospective growth boa better invest ment than money invested for State pur poses in a rapidly growing and prospiT ons city. If no, lot that bo the issue. The argument that the sale of the State's property in Atlanta will pay the expenses of a Convention doesn't lessen the ex pense* of the Convention. It is imma terial whether tho funds to meet tlio ex penses of a (iwiventiou is raised by taxa tion or by the sale of property belonging to thu State—the cost to the people is the same. That the State should dispose of prop erty valuable and at all times convertible into money at its full value, on account of its locality, and spend the proceeds of the sale in removing to properly valueless, on account of the obscurity of its locality, npenks very little for the pride, enterprise and prosperity of the State. That onr . judiciary ry*!ey ought to be chan,-rd so as to revert back to the old antiquated sys tem, long fince abandoned on account of its inefficiency, wo think is all bosh. That a Lumpkin, a Colquitt, a Stephen*, and others practised in tho Inferior Courts of former times, with profit mid honor, we don’t, pretend to doubt; lmt that either of them or indebted to the Inferior courts for their legal uttainmon!- Mld judicial greatness, is simply prepos terous. We make no war upon the present or tho former judicial system of the.slate; . it);er-v.il suit us, lmt we would rather .- • the State progressing tlmn retrograding. If the people wish to make tho change of the Capital an 1 alter the judicial system, with womanly amiability wo will nequiese. Tlio press is warming no all over t! o State upon tho subject. The argument in btvor of the Convention and change of too ('(in stitution is about as weak as the objections urged. We see tlmt the Indwexmcnt is els-c 1 among the epp ments to the Convention. If the report given in the papers be cor rect, we are in a hopeless minority, and we are willing to bo so considered until the necessity or utility of the change is better established. The press of the State is said to be di vided upon this issue for a Convention ns follows: Opposed to It. -llrnnswiek Appeal, Ilainbridgo Sun, Madison .1 nrmtl, Black shear Georgian, Album- News. Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Herald, Savannah Advertiser, Newnnti Herald. Thouniston Herald, Catoosa Courier, Quitman Inju PENDENT. In Faro* of It.—The Angn-t-i Chron icle, Constitntimn.list, Macon Telegrnpli, Cqhnubn* Sun. Griffin News, Savnumili News, Athens Watchmnn, Forsyth Advi r tiser, Covington Kutcrpriae, Greenville Vindicator, Franklin News, Curollten Tiro 's, Norcross Advance, Lawreue, ville Herald, Gain.-.-ville PVprlo. Ihiltou Citir.>-n. Griffin Star, fturnes villa Patriot. Groom boro Herald, Athens Georgian. Wsslher Jon Gazette. Thomson Journal, Klbeiton Gazette, W'lvnesboro Expositor, S: nder- - ville Georgian, Louisville News and Far mer, Entonton Messenger, MilledgcviMe Union, Ameriens Republican, Thomu- ville Enterprise, Buinbridge Democrat, Albany Central City, Hvvkhn.ville Dispatch, Perry- Home Journal, Tuibottou Standard, Kast man Times. An Indian princess, the ranee of Per tab Singh, heir apparent of the maharajah of Cashmere, died about: ix weeks ago in India of Kiimll-]>ox. The funeral proces sion was attended by 21,(00 persons, and in accordance with Il’ndoo custom the body' was burned. BAD WORDS! !He in Gone! Lhc is Goeo !It is Gone ! What words convey to the heart a great or burthen of amines.-, than those uttered by •v lung aufl known friend to n son-owing husbiiod, in ttccerita of grief mid mournful whisperings, “She is gone.” Who can I probe aud find tlio depth of that wound | when the piercing words, though uttered |in deepest sympathy, falls upon hi* ear, “She is gone.” Though it comes at tin ! sid hour of twilight, or in the dirk gloom if thi* noon of night, or v.-hen Aurora's earliest beams first guild the eastern hori zon, the pain is none the 1, It itrue it intensifies t he darkae*# of the night and makes the lonely spirit gloomy. But, Oh 1 docs it not veil th - spirit in gloomy snd ueri 1 .), even in tho light of the brightest day. “She's gone I” tlio companion of his lioßom, the sharer of his joys and sor rows, the mother of his India i gone. With the utterance of these words, what u panoramic view burnt* npon the vision of Ida undying memory. Every geutlem-is and kind olliee are painted there with the reward of tier sweet and grab ful smile; hi* every lmrsli word ia w ritten in legible character# there, with the pain that it inflicted and the sad face she wore, to tes tify nguin-t, him. Hut, is the pain le \ severe when n weeping wife is nrouaed ■ from her clnnihei-M of exhaustion to hear the sad news that, the husband over whom she has watched with wifely tender ness and vigilance through a protracted illness, alternately hoping and despairing. "He is gone. I” Oh, how weighty the be reavement; whftt a host of responsibilities rush upon her mind; lier provider, her protector, the guardian of In-r every interest, her confident, her friend, her companion is g*ie. What a mournful sadness the sound of that word brings--- “Gone I” A dear friend ho* left us to he gone for years “or it may be forever,"and our hearts arc sad and lonely. Is it. l<-< tt.ul when we itay of the old year in which wo liavo enjoyed mid endured much, “it is gone." It will never return; it. has per formed its mission; it lias carried us on nearer to that homo whither it will-soon be announced of ns he or she is gone. What talcs of sadness it linn borne away in its sable robes, into the eternal gone. II; tv. many hearts have bled, how many eye ; have wept, how many widows have rent the air with moans, and how oft have the breezes of heaven w.uftM away the or phan's pitiful cry, “He is gone 1” Now we nay the Old Year is gone. AV’lmt is its rocord against ns, to he re vealed in eternity ? Can we review it with pleasure or shame ? Can wo say we have improved every opportunity it afforded ns, or shall we, weeping over the past that can never return, in mournful sadness say, “It is gone ! Jt is gone I” Tax, the Old Year is gone; it's events lire recorded and sealed -no new trials, no reinvesitigutions, no changes can bo made. I It is God's record; his Angel has written it. Many events, perhaps, if an angel can weep, ih blotted with tears of pity. “It is gone I” Tho bright sun mid the pale moon will shine on it no more. Its pros perities and disasters, its storms and culms, its pleasures and pains, its joys and sor rows, were till foi led in tho dark drapery of the noon of night, and “it is gone.” In it our loved ones pa, s ,1 away, and “they arc gone.” Tho melodies we heard then are hushed into silence, and the songsters are gone. Tho flower# that bloomed then liavo faded, and their fra grance is wasted and gone. Lurid flumes have been extinguished, and nothing of the Old Year remains but its ember:;, to torture memory. ... • . AGAINST THE CONVENTION. The following is an extract from the Grand Jury Presentments of Gwinnett county, made last w eek. It is sensible and to the point: “The subject of tlio calling of a State Convention to revise our State Constitu tion is engaging the attention of the pies; and people ill some .sections of the State. While we arc free to confess that .some amendments to Hiat iuetmincnt •'< necei;- sai-y, yet inasmuch as these amendments can be made by the Legislature in the discharge of their legitimate duties, w.t think a convention of the people nt the present is uncalled for and impolitic. ‘The homestead' is too largo and we think should be modified, and several otlnr amendments probably should 1 amide, but it iin the power of tlie Legislature to make these amendments without the in tervention of a e mvi ntion of the people. Under our present organic law our people arc prospering, and are as well protected in their per .eu and property as at any pe riod of our history, it we* a maxim of our fathers ‘lo tinie r ns little as possible with Constitutions,’ and they were ns wise and far-seeing and us patriotic as their de seeudents, and it is not unsafe to follow their counsel*. The expense of a conven tion, which, in our opinion, there is no immediate n:eessity for. would add to mil already heavy bill then of taxation, without any corresponding benefit. Governor Sam Third took tho Kimball House by storm last Saturday, and told the people how much he loved Grant ami Dun ning, and afterword sent n marked copy of the daily papers to Ulysses in order tlmt the lntt r might know how good n friend he had in Saumel. Hmn is a creature of circumstances. Three years ago we heard him in a speech, from the balcony of the National Hotel, denounce Grant as a fraud and the Re publican party its having so degenerated that h' could no longer remain a member. But, like the dog, he him gone back io his vomit; mid. like the old blue sow,returned to tin 1 wallow ia the mire. It was Platt l’v him, of Cincinnati, who taught hia friends how to buy tender geese, but he could not always get them ill maikct. One morning he saw n lot and inquired of the farmer how many there were. “About n dozen," was the replv, "W-w well,” raid Platt, “I k-k-kivp b-b --lioarding-hou.se, and my b-b-b. unders are the dnrndest e-e-eaters you over s-s-saw. P-p-piek me out nil-nine of the t-t-tough est you've g-grgnt.” The farmer com-1 plied, and he'd aside the other three ten- j der ones. Platt picked them up carefully, 1 and puttin'*thorn into hisbnskut. said: “1 b-b-belivc I’ll t-t-tako tb " three." LATEST NEWS. T it e -Stliking Engineers. ——— [THE WASHINGTON FLUNKEY". COMPLICA TIONS LV MADRID. - — u this sixnr.o ov this vihowus. t’O Vl, Vl. \ V 1)1X1 El). Cure A<tO, December 31.—There are rn ] mors of a general strike of tlm locomotive | engineer: on nearly all the roads centering 1 here to-morrow or next day, unless the : various companies decide to restore the j former rates of pity, which soma of them, j it ia thought, will do. N;/.v York, Dee, 31. -The engineers of [ the Eastern Division of the Penn tviinin | Itsilroud have be n'in s ssion in Jcr.-oy | City for the past three hours to finally de j osle whether to strike t - sorrow. The off - i corn of the company are apprehensive of I trouble. The engineers, pilots anil other | ferry hands of tho company reported this i morning that they accede to the reduction of ten percent, of their snhiry. i At two o’clock a committee from the 1 engineers waited on tho Aasi taut. Soprr i.itendont, in Jci'‘V (lily,and had ao • fez i net: with him. Tin y ri ported that the engineers of the New York Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, numbering one hundred and thirty-, ix, had decided to ite cept the proposed reduction, and would not strike, but would present a remon strance to President Tompson, asking that wlicti the business improves their pay la raised to the former amount. NJ.W VRAM's I>A V. Wakiiinoton, DeoetniiiT 31. After (he President's reception to-morrow all the lends of departments will r< reive, with the exception of tin' Postmaster General and Mrs. Cruiwi'll, and Secretary and Miv Delano tho former on account of not be ing in their new residence, nud the latter owing to a recent death in the family. The officers of the navy will call on the Secretary of tin: Navy, and the officers of the army on the Keci<!zry of War. Tin Chief’s of Bmrumi, General Sherman and other prominent officials, together with hundreds of sitiz.t ns, will receive c .ilr. Spiritous liquors will not bo dispensed to the same extent as heretofore. The day will be observed ns a general holiday. Tin: viii.iintea. Nnw Youk, December 81.- The repor t. r who visited the navy yard ihi> at ternoou, while engaged in conversation vvi'li Hear Admiral Itowan's Hern iary, ventured to remark that ninny people seemed to lie of the impres' ion tlmt the Virginius was stink on purpose, , ; the bout moans of . tiling the trouble bctwei n Spain and the United Stall s. A gentleman dr.-sred in the naval uniform said: “That is not so, sir; the Virginius .ink t'ii stress of weather, lim it ropot! i are untrue. lam tie: e-riinmu IH tie-'. 'p. eudanoe'ed the liv- sof the Virginias of fleers and crew Ir.i ng to hoop her i d.v ' The V ;:,el was 1 lf'i'..worthy, and all.- gether out of report'.” He also reniai'i . and that tho accounts so far us publidvd in the newspaper*, wc reeovreet; and that tl. Virginius lmd gone down through no fault of those on I word, THU I*.Atl.ilO.tl) KTP.TKM. Cot.rMiu s, December 31. Tlio < Noit> nu nt amongst the citizens about the eu gitieers’ strike is gradually dying o- t here, an the railroad authorities are di monstra ting their ability to pet a sufficient num ber of engineers to run regular trains. Wahuisuiton,December 31. Dispatrlii from several points indicate t-liat the strike is prae! ieitlly over, and the men are re turning to work. Loinsvtt.i.r, December 31. -It is rit tuored that tl.oongineeis on the L tuievil: and Nasinille mql<irei:‘ Southern I ’ .: I - intend striking at midnight. li.Xl.Pil hFKI CIS. Havana, Deceiuh* r 31. The st.aa kip Yazoo, at this port, from Philadelphia, re ports having encountered a hurricane on the ‘23th and 2(>th of December, oil the const of North Carolina. No satisfaetTiry replies have been ro eoived in answer to the telegrams and let ters of the Haviun igent of the New ior.t As ociati and 1 :casenquiring as to tl o wliero abeuts of Ualph lxe 'ler, the missing Tri bune correspondent. CASniU.Ut VXD RAI-MUttoN. Maouii), December 31. There ia a com plete rupture between President Cast, lea ami Senor Sidmeron, President of the Cort, s. There is some excitenu nt in Madrid, but the success of the Gev,ail ment is sure. In tlio Cortes it is consid ered certain. xmvSf'Vl'KllH eoNSm.tOATION. (’oi.rMUD.'t, G.v., December 31. --The Sun oiiil Timex, daily newspaper, to day consolidated with the 1 V ,-></r*r, of this city, under the proprietorship of A. It. Calhoun, late of Philadelphia. i Mourns' and smmxieV cosyj:nt'.on. Man, uesr: u. N. 11., December 31. Ar rangements have b -en made for the Far mers and Mechanics C.-mv-ution at Mar.e’ne.' tev on the 2t>th and 21st of Janu ary. nuitx ED. MoSToOVVUY, Deeeinber 31. A fire this imrn'ug on Court street destroy and three buildings. The loss is V tO.iHik; p.u lly insured. AFFAIItS IN SPAIN. lit in no*', December, 31. A special tlis jHiteb to the Doily Ai k s from Modified re ports that the situation in that city is se rious. 11F.ATH OF A I'.UUSt.VN JOUItNAUST. Pali's. December 31.- Antonio (fid ig uana the S'mior editor of Gaiiguani’s -l/< .<- srui/rr, is dead. Tin: FAFF. OF AN EX-M'NATOIi. New York, December 31. Ex-State Senator Graham was found guilty of etc - [ bezzlement and remanded for sentence/ GEORGIA NEWS. Frank If. D’Antigtiao wim shot by E. j ,W. Hack in Augusta on Chriatmus Eve, ! and died shortly afterwords. Air. Thoma* H. KUnkin, nasinttint liook-! keeper in the Havantuh Xetr* ofliew, died ;on tin) 2-11 h nit. He was a young man of j .sterling integrity and fine bimiucan quali- i ties. The colored people of Thomas county i expr.HH an aversion to a political content: l to fill the office of Ordinary, made vacant! !by the death of Judge H. H. Tooko, They 1 Imy tle y wifi be Butlfified with any iuipnr ; tial, capable Ilian. Dull'Key. of Jasper county, was shot j and mortally wounded by lii.seon.siu, 'I in-, [ man (.‘onwell, one night recently, while on their way to a. party. Duff, before fie .died, furnished.kin slayer with money to leave the State. Golumbus naturallygntnildes ab-.ut her lax. h. Tli iSVw any: ■■The ass.-,;, id value ! ;of taxable real est it.: in Col’iude.v- ia about 1 P'*S,2K.t.ooo. J .not year the city tax wi.s! I two per cent, if 310,230 worth of tfi, i ' comfiiinis c m he sold, the rate of taxation ; I call tie minced to out and a lmif per j cent.” The “meanest man in Macon” i tho: One who tells a custormr tlmt Ids m i I. ! Inn’s keroHt ue at twenty-five cent, a gal lon is dangerous, and then sells him an j article for forty tents, which linn been ; stealthily purchased of said neighbor on ! the interim for the said twenty-fivi cents Tile Atlanta ll'-rul'l lean,s from School | Goiuiiiis*inner Ore that of tfi" SriAo.OUO op proptialed to the eountie (or school p .r --pae s has been paid oni*. Some! of the counties have, with t heir portions, run school:, three montfia. The Gotnuiis sioui.r favor* local taxation an a noons of! anpplt In- ntmg the ,State School .Fund so as to Flake it efficient- that is, for the Hev eini ev/illiries to decide uhifhr r they will impose such taxes, and to what i.mount, il" will recotmu.ml thi;. t<> the I eg'sh.- ttire. The Athens 'tVil. hmmi ."■■ y i that n ess, of uuueiud l/ruFiiity v.as wiinei.-ed )>;, some citizens of that pl.e-* on Tio : day lust, A party in a hupgy, eoe-iaiing of a mun, wonie.n and ti Minill eliilil, Wippo .i : to be husbund, wife and infant, were ; eeu . driving dove Lumpkin fireet. i’!;e man set med to be in a Jierfeet rao • and b, ,;n to beat the woman and child with hi fist. She called tor help and 1.- then t out of Ibe buggy and commenced tl.i iwin . rocks nt her. Failing to kit her. be took, the buggy lim -and beat tier with the • nd of them. He th. n drove l u, oe. ,hfi, beating the woman and child die ervine for help in the me.'.'.ntirue. At ti.e tun yard bmneh two negro women ran out t<t. her Resist.inee, but hod, mounted a;',tin, mid, a: ming 1 in: ■ll wit 11 : .el. , •■.< *. them buck. He tfi.cn pre-e. eded. on hi way towards the Fair Gr.'Snde, : l.d tlie is -t seen of him tin w; b tim. tin >. man and child and threatening to itol tin 111. The Cenotaph erected in Augusta in! honor of the c.ulfeder.lte dead of St. James Sabbath (school end of Hiebiuond . conn tv, was unveil. (1 on Wedneaduy. Ilia <V. /•/,! : ' -ays tied the uotupb i the work of Mr. T. M-irkwnlter, nniti.le cutler, of that city, mid i- exes': liuaiv handsome and elegant. The bnse of the, O-uotaph is Slone Mountain ; -unit . three blocks, the first being tw.lv and; tlie upper six feet square. Ns'Xl to the fie t granite Ido. k i: a square ssu tion of inur’oh' crown si wfitli c pediment on s ue!;' side. On three of the f ,nr ■ id, -i n j tablet fi r tic u.of the fallen br.iv, : Allow thi‘ section lisas the “il. e )•' octagon shaped. Outlie w-sl ride of thi. oeOeron are cliiseled in bold rebel two ciossed Gnufed' rate thiu.s and two mu , k, talso eixr s, and. U. n.'iit 1 ! is the I.utin inscription, ■'h morittlix *t Yrritua." On the euat aide of the oetagmi is a wreath of lamvl !> '. cut in held r '.i -f, and be lief: til it me the words, “Dm,. Ihu-t.rum i t ;rn J’.ttrio M*ri." Ahuve the Octagon ri ■ a spire or obelisk et liuliau mnvkh, twelve f.'.-t . iglit inches liie.li. The r-ntire Cenotaph is tliiriy-i wo fei t in In igiit f.. ui the top of th" brick fouad.itien. As ah ,v. Hint. .1, three rides of the square ljfi*ck ; marble above the granite eon: ins tabl .- whereou ava iiutci fibed !h*> names of the; Cnlif.'di I .lie dead of the S.d.l al’l Sel.o-d and the eounty. Tho ‘ and let ifiu the v.v --•i 1" eoiitains the wvrds in l i:> • eao.tals, "These Men Di-d in Dofemie of the Pnn- | eipfi s of t!u) De i.nation of Indepen dence. " Dawson JonvmD. Th" truth of the fol lowing is von filed for by a friend; A negro living in nneighboriflg county had been fortunate enough to utvuundate eon- ] aid-..-,able of liras world' good' , desired as all loyal sttbj-. sh.r.dit t > lay tax ot. the same. It being n new bitsinc ; t iiiui, lie did not know th. :v v.a • : m, i officer for ree.fivin., fi x. a id conclm!,-.! all list was ltei'e y was to find a Ulan vvitii il v.liiie skin. Cans: qucii'dr le- il >,h and tie first man be met wit!:, y !■■ ss, t w : to pay my tax: litas' 1 gib it to you V” (hi boiler tohl it w ailfi !■ ■ r ■.■ ia .• l by th ■ comprehending white gentleman, th" ne gro gave him i? 25, and asked if that was enough. “1 suppose it lsaid the whit: mail, ‘Boss, giai me shovin' for dat.’ said ; the negro. Again the wits of the white man were at work, and he won handed. ' the negro a slipo; paper with the inscrip tion; “As Sirs* liffed the rcrpeid out of tlie wifilen . likewise have I lifted twenty five dollars out of thi -d n nc:;io's ! pocket.” Not long after this the negro! met the tax collector proper, who asked ! him for his tax. “Dona paid it, bo- •• iim't In re’s do ’eeipt,” at tho *••;•> time iia.n i- ; ing the piece of paner to the tafiecr. He read: “As Mokos lifttwl the serpent out of, tlie vvi'dt : liess, likewise In ve 1 lifted (wen-! ty-live d,die.s out of this and n lie ;• yr'# ; pocket.” • Held on boa. you read nm wrong," ejneulatad the a.-toitished dar- \ kie, its l:e utmtehed the paper and eu: ri.d ! it to miotlier man. who began to rnui, ! “A* Moses lifted —.” Here ho was inter rnpled by tho negro, who exclaimed: “Look-n-yar; jest giut mo tint pnp->r. I’m gwine to lift dat white man ont'ii hia Ijoots, 'fore God I is." With this he left and not having been heard from sir. ,-e, it is t.np- j posed he i> s',ill looking for toe man to whom he j ael liis tax. ♦— . AMv i no. '■: ! 'os re action. - The name of Johns Hopkins, of Baltimore, who do and ; last week, will now Is' enrolled among those very wealthy men who hove put i their millions to the best of uses, fin additi; u to auui rotis olmrities to seko Is in his !;fn time Air. Hopkins left mi en dowment of t ve l.tll’ions and three I,mi ll rod thousand dollars radii.,d .stock fori the gn at university at his country Heat of | Ciitton, near Baltimore. Free s.fiiolnr-! \ ships for the use of Maryland, Virginia; aii.t North Carolina youth are to be e-tab- j Dished out of gratitude to these States, from which Air. Hopkins derived Ins pun- : eipul trade ns a merelinut. In addition to the railrbad stock Mr. Hopkins- donated i the university four hundred acres of land j at Clifton and a splendid marble building! in the city. Altogether it is one of the; grandest ’ bequests for educational pur-, poses ever made, and will cause tlie y oung men of the South to cherish tlie mime cl 1 the liberal benefactor. Mr. Hopkins also )e‘t about three mil lii n dollars for the use of the Baltimore! general hospital. FLORIDA NEWS. Marianna Courier; ’ Borne extravagant and reckless assassin ill Manatee county MnnatidiTed a good load for 11 drutble-bar relied gait by i xpending it in a fruitless effort to murder Judy • Magbee. If he had .struck bin mark ntul accomplished his piirprwti he would uothiivu obtained value received. Liberty Hilling*':, of Femandina, has got hiuiKfclf into trouble. According to the Obm-rrr be Rwutra to the tax collector tlmt lie is worth SI,OOO. while in reality he is worth £IO,OOO. T!:e Obxrrrrr then goes on to siv: “We therefore pronounce the oath imidc to the return, now bef .uv us", signed by Lifiei ty BiUilif s, t-> have been false, liud we assert that, htt /o* ai l to bo so when he took it, and that he took such false o Mi knowingly ai.fi for a frau dulent purpose.” A Feriitindhm nxm diseovertil c b.irglar in a at;ee in that town the other night and proceeded to iuforat the pntiprit-tora. They were soon on hand and find the thief, as they thought, surnmnded. Jn ,t at this moment a younger brother of fit ■ nmu who made the discovery, l- ai ina- (i.e noise, eitnie across the #tre- 1 to join the other ;. He was luiiled by tin at- and, strange to • wy, turned t ud ran, and v.a shot . t nad ironnJi fi twice. In tho mtmn tim • the thi-f escaped. The A err Era records the fact that Mr. M. Martin, with his wife mid daughter, arrived nt (fiiii sevdie reti ntly fr; m lowa, having traveled alibut fourteen hundred mihs acres# the country in a covered tuig'/ii*. He brought an t xtra !• *rn w ith him. He i* in better health tlmn when he** rteiLthelad ha\. final thi jour ney well, srel his teams are in first rat - work mg ord< r. The I/iv • O k 77-. # rays: “Ilarriilton enmity is paying n tax of i ; 2B on tt. • ■ l.Otttfi and i:i imiking r.o improvein- nts'if nny kind, tiirc -in■ cnrntv i paving a t..\ of -Jti on tl..- “.or fi: i.d is'bold ing a four thou.-icnd dollar conrt-Uon.s<>. IV" do not liD'i'i whi thi i limnilfi ti vvdl he out of debt or not when tlie present ns-i-.'-inent I e-fihefi !; bat w. do know that riuwannee will fi.iv* a i uD liou tlmt will hist ftft.v vc.irs with proper ear -, and be entirely free from debt” Tlio Jacksonville H-,a>!Ji,.„.. sharply views tin- <:..*•■ of Horatio Jenkins. ! tliink.i tin t t! -r* ..... bnt one pro;- r eonr ", trader the e-Venii:-‘.a: ccter Mr Jenkins, if he had been tho liorn-.it man claimed for him. t;r i that was to ,y to the court: “My-Micwu rolfi.ed. I fieet who did i: and tho purpose for which it v, an ( fi ~u, b: ( I was not a jwrty, and ■ ■ ; ' ■" f • ! .fi -"d, fact AVI-!, tl would h. v 1. and to the detectlbn if the c induxi!, find whatever m. y b In eotm oor his ass. v mimes, tin popular : t.ipi"; ion cannot be obi iterat'd tb-fi P -rtie- intimately .v soen !. fit wi'b hint in the I" litit ill • •! ■ me* in w ide! he has bean ini,,deed for the past four r lira c --! i' : ‘ '• tb" r nig MOF. y-. A man igim.gl id ing, living n f>iniV f in ( i.*iioni* ruiuity, cr tl with* on/* <1 m; upon i ;'- orai)(r pov f * on tin- nif;lst of tin* 1-itb infit. Arming ljitnKoif, ho w* nt out nm! uliot at tin in twice* an they fM, with what result i not huown licyoml tln ir th jHH tuiv. jiltt tho c*ml vjs not yet, :;s the Ap ili.ehicola Tiw< tells ns that Iho next iiA.hl. aa ho aiul his f .rnilv, r with n Mr. Dmiluun, wer • nt supfjor :v 5-bot was tire<l outsith*. liir'ilinjr took <lown ln riHe anti about t <;< nut, when Mr. Dunham that hebiuf l. tt • -h it th A.;:., an l . ‘ the H’.'ht. Tu j iloor war* Act i.> ol u j • *r.ied . t,, 's. H.’.ttiiD imulo hia (X:*. Ivin rear, in :• few minutes a . < md :.'t fir- 1 h ;lu>rt diet: ?.••• from tiie bensc. Xh w Silt I 1 ■ . f I \ .(it . Id , f,f ■I Ii ..t : tention, as it' is no: lielievt'd !fi i *fi 1 ■ shot struck the building. Harding f.r-d ai the M'eoF.l flnsb. cm', d./eov-red t!ial hi . huiiso was ambush, and on three .-id'.-. ifor immediately on (lie r< j#*rt of hi-i i fie, an indiaeriiui* ; - di bulge of fii 'aims took piece, th-rding r. u. ificd to tin housn. Tenor twelve shots were fired, vet, strange to i no one was injured. Next morning th • marks of twenty id -.e Ice’ hot w |,,, i- a , „ ■ ; ... ] of the ho i", "me of til. a pi -iie till-nag.ll and hid; : . e in Fieopj , Ui .:, Apid ci.:. crop on tie ("rip. ia mpnati.ity !a .- ‘ i Kiuspu, and :! ■■ fruit is fiue.iiml nm v- 1 and by any in Florida. 'J'lie Bn:;. g:ov 'vill yield nearly ..no hundred t o - end <>:ai.g. . V-. '.fi. mu'- , - • n Here) nearly as :r uv, be .files w ! icii tin , me several smalh r ; invcs in the vicinity doing wi 11. Inflict tin v, .a-. to !•.- r.o sign of failure in any of them. Mr. Buiith, ril.lte (;• liutor, let. ; line yii.nig : n bemiug. and a yramg £>lcbi:i 1 o) iii'otM fi(- t"‘.'a hundred tr --. of the mv .• crop ihe 77' >• <.ays: “Xhia crop in the vieitiny o' \['.di:ci.ie' a was l.idly* iiijiiv.'d 1 y tin gal'-. tiioupU coi; ,1 rao!; syrup o' .inn eeedingly fine tpefiiity has lies il made. In Cailionn iuul Jackson counties the crop : heavii v than last year and yields wx !i. One plauter rnude two barrels of light su gar from an acre of laud. Another made eleven g ;lions ami one quart of syrup from forty-one gallons: of juice—a yield we lie Ui-ve unprecedented in the iminni .. tore of syrup. West I'k i idii is destined to become' it vnlmiblc seetieui of country for tin’ grow ing of sugar eane; lands arc e'hcap.tho cane grow with but little ear.', ratteens for five or six years, thus requiring but one plant ing in that length of time, yields a plente ous product and one that will, from its ex tra quality, always find a ready mark. .. 1 1 eiimnnio.ihs -fi or, 50 to GO ctu‘s p. r gallon, by the br.rre-l. SriaNisF. Cha"’.a in FonxrxE’- In t’c antutun of I tiVJ then- arrived in this city a young German from the city of Kcekliiv liatnon, Westphalia, in a state of luo t ulijcct provor'.y. lie ••ir;e his name es Louis Staenkopf, ad raid that he had been rubbed of all his clothes on heard the emigrant ship. To aggravate his mis ery he became affected with rhcnmrtism and wandered about the streets of New York furnished end ragged. Finally a lmmene countryman of ids look pitv on him and get him admitted to the German hospital, whence pear Steenkopf was dis charged shortly nsterwards with only a few shillings'in .hi# pocket. He was thrown upon the town a ain ia the dead of tin hard winter of i 'ol-2. real he wits more mi-orßble that: ever. Or.cday in the summer of 1672, by that time having i enme a filthy and di-'gnriing ln ggar, he piteously begged of a policeman to have him sent to the island. There he r, mailed two mouths, when ho suddenly received, through the German Cornu,-til.u loth rxvith an enclosure of three hundred dollars, and mi urgent request to return to his German home: A few hours after She New York pauper vi-ited a barber shop and a clothing store, and the next steamer carried him back to the Falla tland. Upon his arrival at- Recklinghausen. Steenkopf found that two of his wealthiest relatives had died suddenly, and that he, their sole relative, who a short time before had begged alms in the streets of New York, had, all of a sadden, become possessed of real estate and stocks valued at 1,200,000 thalers. A more singular and Midden revulsion of for tune has finely taken plnce. - AVnr 1 '-irk 1 Svh'loi/ v. SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS. Brigham Young is said to have sent or i der* to his agents in Europe to send over no fuinale saints over thirty years of age. It is said five hundred children ill Havre became fathcrlou,, and more than one hun dred women were made widows, by the loss of the Ville do Havre. A Key Went dispatch says an outbreak n.:., tliia "P ut and at Santiago de Cuba on ' the IStli ult., when the American Consul . tli played id ling on hia hotel. Thu eiti* ; zeus inaii'Ustl tlnu the hott 1 was not the ; Cmr alatf. The thig was finally taken ; down. A review of the produce trade of Chic ago for tin.- post year ih puldmhed. dhu receipts ot grain during the year were 731,01 id bushels; Hbipia iits, 01,335,703 ! bushelrt. 'I oe receipts ol hogs Were 4.330,- Dtju head; sheep, 300,000 tu ads; lumber 1,- 903,000 feet. The total Value of all ! prothic root ivod dming tht year is, in round uuubcrw, c2iri,tXiU,(XK). At a shooting match on Christmas day, a :fi pi. a riih.gt' near Drayton, Ohio, twa* : brotiiers, John and Henry Stowe, quar reled about loading n rifle. John called : fiemy a liar, wh u H-ury drew a revolver ; and allot John, kuliiig him in-nuitly. The '.q i'*ut..r.<, b.-:;ig much i xeiled. caught and lnmg Henrv to the limb of a tree, and wlifii he was taken down lift! was i xtinot ! Too mooli whiskey was the close of toe miscliief. A dispatch from New York on Dee. mb. r • Itltil Sara: “The ls-ipiee reports that tile Virginias, wlou off (fin pc Fear anil in sight of haul, in s]ate of nil the effort* of tin i r. w id* nd her, settled and w. nt down tu tlf L -tt i. Bhortly after the atrival of the U vsipce a r.q.utlii botirdvd the vews"! and !.;al i; iut. rview with an officer of the ih* k. TANARUS; la'.'er said he bud strict ord rs not to commit! ieate v.-;tii miylaidv in reht tioutotlie fouiuleruig of the Virginia*. !i would .ai .. gfi. the da. •of theoc "tirrclioe or the pjac • win ia u hftppi nod.’' Adi- oit -h from V. limington, N. t of the ■ sin"date, say: “Asteam-hip, throught to !i :. V:r ,i. ra . . ' ink iiisnitTsiiii. milts* iff the n. .in bar. ; h sunk In ; ght-falh . oios water, fivo-fatlioms on duck." - Exec, ion ofE. E. Ncshitt. Ad' natch fro:.i Liudxr.v,Victoria county Oifiarid, on L.-c tnln-r 22d says: To-day th -iv was si nt to eternity, with •dl the n li n t-.i'.y and severity of a privatv x , ;,t!i . . iMihi gh aiv pihi n wa'e, Da -. ; L Unit ’ ■ .tt. It >1" Il itl tl" Ii iatc of ife and pliyaii ; lly a -plciiitid spec;men of the race, for a neirib-r cominittcxl ttittle, iiv.u ■ Fun • f l-i .it dfi.y y<: iiira if with ivunance. The crime was committed on ■bn in- of July 12 1 t, when blt. a ill; i rfi dI- ,' iru! and froth hi- vvlfr, t "Il thfi -tree'.- Santii Mice Hopvvood, .fithvlioia he had b. ea epnnulb!.; . Tla y : where. rf:er s.'inie conversation, in which -ia i :iiM',l to go to walk and nil she i rat and in.thi: g more t>. do with him. Nesbitt drew a revolver mid fired twice, both sin i ts tal ing fatal < fleet. The tragedy w ,- < naeted in a neat cot tag.: in tl." outskirts of the thriving town, arid Nesbitt w alked thrmtgli si vend xtre. ts to a Heem.d clr i hotel, v.lale he shut ; himself in a b droom of tho third story, after getting a gtaas of liquor. ITo whs easily di covered, for the uew* Kpr< ad lik wildfire. \Y: en eaptur. and a revolver, with two luin.'k di , :.ri_ and, w...* fe.md -il hi p. non. He .ekuovledge to several per • t!; ! lit tli •it itiitl liiUrtt Milfvr foi it. Vfhen t’ :<•*! ut. Ain Kov ra’>* r 1 ’? !lK‘ f via- ’K * him V.- t r Vt.*l Tbi‘ i( ‘ ni'i* wfts th •* Iso w;. <•1*1!/. tl witlvdi ink Ti?.* cN'iu- n-.v .s’anwrd 1 t !i.’ V..rf to! Ft vl t - I; iorwuik v.h‘a hr lost tll ; elf control o*ll .Uy, QvUvu’h Cimis<l from • v i lit ti • ii m st * I'-ju* tr a.hiiv v f" !h. jui'v in th<* pr, -m : t h- hal;, mi •.lll:rii • ilii-tara * ; til'ilik :imi j for <t iniii.'L.ti ? o thr scnteiicr. Th ai a \ i(lift of ;rait 4 V, iu>l tho pri. •,<. r was - ate nr !. the h> at-i K‘c vu p 1)■ 111 ! :i ioug to thi* (V>Ur:. 1. !i inmxvu< cm itivv* t v th. iarin/ that t!i<- ver<lirt was : most unjnst, t hat thy woman hud shot il TC'lf, uiA : •?- *r ’.iti x thu character of ; his eoDfim’Tiii nt he Ims exliihit'-d no feelai * <f ]iti nee, hut fi- -eirneti iu the most shocking manner, f rijKike in disgusting f rmsof wtauf u of r. s • tabilitv, and m mif 1 i \;r me fiorcti iiOfd. A few (lav plu vious t<> bis v eu j :• lit! fi -riff! v aid •di lik a • mat anlaS tli# morning ol the exitpo ’ion o inducted him- U acetuding to tlmt idea. He 1 1. pt well, app: ar 1 mieon • ri. -d ! ami th i ,sl hiniselt i. .fflv, though plainly. ' Hi* walked firmly front ltis * i-ll to the Heat- U,l'l. .: ; '; t'l t, ; . with vigor, i :• • j tion and t'ltbay Hurvey. il the few ape ;.i --turs who lmd bei n admitted by ticket. H. madearhort address, again asserting hi* complete inure, nee, calling judge and jury a ret of perjurers and his unfortu nate victim a pruatitutc for Iter relatives benefit. He knelt down without the slightest (motion while the hangman placed over i Lig head the bhu it cap and fixed the fatal nocso arntind iris ucek. The fifty-first i'calrn was then rend and the Lord's Dtuyer aid. At tke words “Thy will bo done,” a ni'it iH'ing divtw ti. lie fell stivvn feet, and without a struggle, i.c ’.ling a lifeleca : core. " suspended in the air. An applica • i u made bv Nesb-.u's rei.dives to the Governor of 611 ti.rip for his body was re fused, and it this it At rred Und; r the s< af l fold, within ti e jail walls. This is the first hanging which has ever taken place in this county or in in this section. - AxoTHFas Am: in, an Veskfl Seized.— We find the following in the rian Fran cisco summery of news bv tlie steamship Alaska: The Tir’.'x rays the Spanish gov eriinnutis carrying tilings with a high hand iu the Socloo Archipchago. The two German verae'.s. the Gazelle and Maria Louise, have i.e n lomlemucd by an improvised S; anish Cmut of Admiralty | without any defence heard or explanations a towed, and in Sjuft ol the rc-nenstrauce:- of the German m and British Consuls. It ; appears that two more German vessels have been seizyl. and er.e American ves sel. Telegrams hr ve been received from Li Kong th it ap. ntion of the British squadron in china has been ordered to Manilla to look after lAiti-fi interests; The New York lEr.il/, of Monday says, editorially: “Two reportstreaelu'd us Irian Washington in reference to the Chief Jus ticeship job. One is that the President Ims been pressing Mr. Williams’ confirma tion as n personal matter, at and threatening a withdrawal of his friend hip from those Senator.* who oppose tit * humiliation of the highest judicial ofli e in the United States. The other is that a majority of ti.e Senate will, notwit' at riding, refuse to confirm. We hope that the former report is baseless a* sincerely as we trust that the* latter is well founded. ” Fa'her Grimes’ Christinas. David Grime* is a rich farmer living near Ooei.ola, Clark county, lowa. His wife died last summer, and made a death bed request. It was tlmt her three daugh ters should lie committed to tho care of her sister, Mrs. Hoffman, of Chicago, for education. Tho father promised faithfully and nfti r the molhei ’* death sent his thred little girl* with Aunt Hoffman tube reared and educated. Father Grime*, from time to time, remitted various goodly stun# of money to Aunt Hoffman for the support of hi* children, and she scut buck receipt* for the .-atnie. David Grimes thought it was his duty ‘0 ! make his child. 11 a Christinas visit amt gv" them sinue nice prow nt,s with his own hands, for he had plenty, and loved hia girls. He accordingly went to Chicago, :u:d found Mrs. Hoffman living in good ! style. He a.-ked where his dear one* were, and Mrs. H. told him they were nt board ing . 'in..' ..she •■'■mid take him to them. B’ne took him. They drove to the school ina tine carriage. When they were ns c !• ling the bra:. 1 steps, to the imposing i ti. e, the father noticed over the en rr.-.nci the “Hi me for the Friendless.” Ho w -. a ; iio;.!-hi :ut"d lowa Granger, was Giim. , bit the ti.ou, fit struck him, and in- ■ x 'aimed: “What a singular name for . da e school.” He Uiet his littlo • irl-, ; nd the matron invited the party to the industrial school room. He did not fdT that it was all right, but did not like to be inquisitive. The visit was short, amt the father looked at hia children and thought a good deal. The tine carriage roll- 1 1 :• way with Mrs. Hoffman and the' .•11 --.iit.itiv.• (.lime*. He asked no ques fi- '."! In was in some awe of AnntHoff- rad In 1 ti. 11 :y. He was an lowa far nn r and did nut understand city ways, es-' jus- ly tl;. ■of Ciii. ago. That evening (-1 M' imt-.i fi t- nd I'lr. Oarnr Jonea, iv • ■it 1; *- -: " ei. H> relat'd to Junes tlie of k..ring visited hi* cliil dn 11 a th. ;r I r.lit.g -ahool. June* lint* rally inquind the name of the *eh<H>l. ’ (i.iti • inn-..- i.tly -- id, "Home for the ,di :!.•>*." Then .Tones w. ts astonished, .:. 1 blurted out. "W hy tlmt is a elinrita :-. rituti- n. and u t a seminary.” Im ,l in. In wt’ - uqile-le arted Grime# wja 0 • 1 .v’.i-i.in-d i :tli Imme and mortification. i ■ 1 (di.:. - end Junes went to the la hft Mrs. Hoff. .:. at lira..". The two men informed Nil G; mi. 1 i..- i.i.i'i m, of the facts, and .. Was .1 ;. ~id. mid explained HH .: -Tiii- w -ra.ii; v. a... 1-r night the girls F. ;.le: -m; i"ii diiowledged to be their ::it, but ■ .id - !u* w.i unable to care for !ln io. i'd-'V v.. re J -i ly ei.nl when they •;i id w--r sj> .-dily provided with i'."d . . ... . ... .1 d.e,ut. The matron .n-n:-I t 1 tl, ■ 1 .11.1• •> 1 h aving. They ... ,nl !. o with tlieir father. b, • tab..:. .- matters over among 1 f Iv. s. ..in! .A there was some- f 1 . i in ti. -r ]'• ition at tho 1 !. !. I • i-■ one of the girls p .all If. Il r language is toueh . • ; Itv Were leaving slio said io t;i" mstroii; "\V.- -ik you Ivir no mneli for yonr kindle '!-• us, but w<- have been v.-ry un d eip here. Aii nigiit night long wo have en I F 1" t!. r. myself mid sisters, be ea 1 we thought that onr father had for :t. 11 ns. V> - km vv tlmt lie was able to .; ; i il*. nn-1 w’.i.-n one dav 1 realized ■di .t ibis v.as n elr-iity home, 1 thought I •liould di--. I didn't know why we Wero : and h re, mnl w. prontis. and each other 'ever to ii-.v to any one that father was rail. I didn't kn." how rich lie is, bn t I ' he ovv. I a vry large farm, and I 3-.. ,1 t: * eh on-.- of ns children 1 to ui" priqa-rty. Then . ; ' It t-and father to us, and ra w Half he has ome n.l we are going vv nt to . ■!! him tlmt yon and id: dy I- -Filing to Miras Bowman) 1 v.-iy good to us. Good- Id , p w ; Chii-.fiiu:* for yon 1 Fatlu r 1.01 . lit. r; mot. and ifft.-r a painful sep - . ; l wrong. Gniitesand .1 and ill-thr.- yoinip girls, eyes all . .. ; v i:!. joy. cut. r.-d tin* carriage : ■ •rpi l iv down tlie avenue, and Hi ; .1: 1 '. 1 M: . Hoffman’s house for iii. irti.:*." >/. / Kepoblu-ou 2(i. One ei Id r.-.v. day in ’ *32 a young ser -. tit - ee of tli Tremor Palace, at • p I id ov, n lii'.- dragged out of •tie..fih. ;1! ink s iu the grounds a . : h-. .windin', often v< ar* of age. A lew dav-. . that sergeant il# service, . ov Mm-shal l.az uiie. was sentenced to a- . 1 11 1 liv that hoy, new Ibie d’Anmale, - m "f I ■ J’ tfilqqii; and president of the court-martini. A church f-.ir dev ie-> in Troy rather da --it* th-- ni'ie!:-nniiriage chip off Tal ;-■■■- '.hr. A laeu'.-d colored man • 1 n . nt. . .--I ti.e crowded rooms anil ’•! ."d 1 : aim* i’li y said they were t if I'iigiit tonelied tlm : 1 ; the crowd. After .-■il - ' :e- - .and sum of money, the col or and. ■ i. vvi;.,,l tko burnt cork from th : i f :wo of the pillars of tho church were revealed. SEW U>YEIITISE\(EXTS. J. M. Ecu: 'cans. [ j. n. worn. BSRCUGKS & WiNG, WH fiKSALi; DE-'.LERS IN 7 O r> A C C 1 o, CSGAIIS, BNIFF-i, PIPES and SEOKERN AUTICT.ES, 1 1 I>ecn tu 1- Street, ATLANTA, GA. •T. ’ . .7OP, > ", Traveling Agent. _ j"-no-!.v OU]T)U.A Hicai SCHOOL. 1 J .WIN ; 1'..:-, ,1 l.;- the Board of Tms ii I • 7 !;ilv.' chariiO -f this institution, the >i 1 r v: • ctfnllr pivt notice that ti.. D -r. ra Tv .-lit M ,|jf e<.millCnee on MONDAY, Javiuary lit].. isTl. /ml contimie tweuty-four v. ■vl. -. Due notice will be given concerning tho Fall Term. l-i :: - rn-ir.etl to mnl;e this < qnal to any of v, , s >-j , Mi:*, y. hee >t lttlv appi-nU ’ country ftir their ; *t. Tt - s';. Iv. ill b..'rigid, 'and those w. * to “mn a fast Kche-lulo'' will do well to go clwevvheie. Arv !>■'* made for Munic and Fr- u*h if desirable, and sm h assistar.ee will lie pi i'd as th< wants of the school may demand. Tuition for tlie term of twenty.four weeks will bt -IH Oo for the first Mass; 'f’Jl (K) for the second; and for the third elms <JR) LO, payable at close of term. For anv farther information, inqr.ire of dcc2<i-tf li. V. FOIUIESTEH, frin. Notice. rpHE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR SALE I liis y." iurbie planta-tion, in Brooks conntv seven miles south of Quitman, on the public road leading to Madison, Fla., containing <&0 acres; 4(J acres in cultivation. Also all the stock farming implements, and the present crop of grain and forage of every description. All offered on fn vorabh crirs. Parties desiring to purchase Avil! be sh* wn ovf 1* the premises ataany hmc by au ;2;-xf JA:m V^TLSON.