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ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XXII
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1870.
NUMBER 21
DfrklQ Jntflligenffr
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
Wo-'nesday. May 28. 1870.
ComptrvlUr ficncral’i Report tor 1M®-
We are pleased to see that most of
the presses ot the Bute hare taken
favorable notice of the Annual Report
mode to the Governor by Major Bell,
the Com pi roller General ot the Suie, which
has recently been transmitted to them ; and are
more pleased that most of them hare made
copious extracts from it, as from the limited
number of copies ordered to be printed in pam
phlet form only, the important statistical and
other interesting information which the able
document embraces could not reach the people.
Among the many notices taken of the Report,
we copy the following, for a reason wc shall
give, horn the Air-Lint Eagle. That paper
sajs:
“ We are Indebted to the courtesy ot Major
Msdioon Bell, Comptroller General of the State
ol Georgia, tor a copy of his Annual Report, for
the year 1808, and take this method ot return
ing him our sincere thanks lor this valuable
document. From s cursory examination ot this
report, we hesitate not to pronounce it among
the ablest and most Interesting that litve tvtr
emunaled from that department. It displays an
immense amount of labor and care in iis prepar
ation; and while It gives the resources ot the
Stale and a minute account of the iec*-ipts and
expenditures lor the polittcsl year 1869, it con
tains a mass of sUtistical information rarely to
be Sound in a public document ot this kind. We
venture to predict, that when the true merits o'
this document shall be properly understood, i.
will be sought with avidity by all who lttl an
iDteiest in the resources and pro-perity ot our
State. We lake great pleasure in commending
it to the perusal oi our citizens generally as a
source ol useful and interesting information,
preseated in an attractive and condensed form,
which reflects great credit upon our worthy and
much esteemed Comptroller General.”
HaJob Bell is oneof the representstive men
ot Northeast Georgia— au old arid intluential
citizen ot GaineaviUe, where the Eayle is pub
lished. The merited compliment, theielore,
paid him at his old home, must, we are sure, be
grateful to him, and appreciating as we do his
ability and faithfulness, as a public officer in
high trust, to the State, we tranaier it to our col
umns. There are exceptions to the generally
received sentiment as conveyed in the old say-
ing, “ a prophet is without honor in his own
country ” and the case of Major Bbll is one
ot these. But lew men enjoy more ol the con
fidence of the people ot Northeast Georgia
lhau he, and tew have more and warmer friends
in the ciicies in which he has moved previous to
his removal here, the capital of the Btate, where
bis official duties require his almost daily pres
ence.
fob in Aium iV’-nxioBscxa.
Tennessee Correspondence.
Jacksboho’.Tknn., May 14,1870.
A Card to (be Public.
“They Love Darkness Rather than Light
Because their Deeds ark Evil.”—The com-
This venerable village is situated about three i mittee appointed by the Triumvirate in P^pi-
and n<-ar the Southwestern exireml'y ot tae fcr- j against the officers ol the btate Road, with the
tile and delightful Powell Valley. The latter is j exce ption of Binator Wooten, met on yesterday,
exceedingly productive, densely populated, ana j The committee is composed, of the following
Colonel John W. A. Sanford and the
Attorney General,—Col. Hanford is our first
autl only choice to fill the high and respt nsible
position ol Attorney-General tor the Biate ol
Alabama. We therefore lake the liberty to
bring his name prominently before the coining
Democratic Convention, and insist that his
claims shall not he in aoy wise overlooked. - To
give nim the go-bye, under ail the circumstan
ces, would be a burniug shame. He served the
biate most acceptably during the Patton Gov
ernment in ibis high posiiion, but, in common
w ith ms lellows, lost his place by me incoming
ot the present reconstruction laws and radical
usurpation.
Cot. 8. should, by all means, be reinstated
next tail in this position—be restored to the of
fice lrom which no was most illegally and
.wioogiuily ejected.
It were superfluous lor us to say to our read
ers, that Col. b D a ripe scholar, a thorough
lawyer,an accomplished gentleman, and a Dem
ocrat of the nrai water. We shall be greatly
disappointed and mortified it he does net re
ceive the unanimous Vote of the Democratic
tXmveruiou for Aitoiney General.
We clip the foregoing complimentary notice
of one whom from liis , ouiuiul days wc have
known, and wnose public carter in Alabama
whither be moved from Miileagvide iu his early
manhood, we have watched with a pleased and
more than ordinary iustauce. 3-any of our
readers will recognize m Col. Ban ford, the
son ol one ot Georgia’s true and uoble men—
c*en. John W. A Banford who siul re sices
ai the old Stale Capital—and the worthy son
loo of an able and patriotic geutleman who in
his day and lime hath done the State valuable
service We congratulate our old and highly
esteemed Milledceville triend, upon the promise
given by his son. that his career in Alabama
will continue to be. as it thus iar has been, one
of usefulness and honor; aud are proud iu con
fidently indulging the hope mat like the Father
the Son may live long in the State ot his adop
tion, respected, honored, auG beloved, by all to
whom bis worth may be made knowu.
Dowu ou Saunter.
The New York Times (Republican) thus
sneers at Sumner’s recently proposed bill lor the
protection of the negro:
“ Mr. Sumner is anxious to have another bill
passed tor me protection oi the ut-gto -posi
tively only one more. This lime lie in.sires to
secure equal rictus tor the colored race on rail
roads, steamboats, aud puolic conveyances,
and in theaters, common schools, aud public
institutions geueialiy. When all this is conced
ed, Mr. Sumner admits '.hat be enu thick ol
nothing Jett to ask iu behall ot me negro, ree
ing that Congress has done so little h r ibe bene
fit ot the whue race this sessiou, might not this
new claim be kept over tor a time? Once Mr.
Sumner said that it the negro hau the ballot, ms
freedom would be complete. He was wrong, it
seems; but is it not too soon to miuu before ibe
couuuy with auoiht r “ little bill ? ”
Rise Iu (be Stlaalsslppl River.
There has been a great rise in the Mississippi
river, iu maDy places greater tUau it has been
since 1828. au incalculable amount ol damage
has already been done. Besides '.he destruction
ol houses, which has beeu very great, it has
caused the inuudaiiou ot thorn-amis ol aeies ol
land, and done serious damage t > gr apt olive
crops. The rise in the lower Mississippi has
greatly alarmed the Southern pointers, and, ai
last accounts, tears were entenained that the
levees would give way, and the whole country
submerged. The low-iying laud at Koek islaud
and the central parts ot the city were under
water,aud at this place some tiny families weie
driven livm their houses, garde.is were destroyed,
and teuces air* sidewalks earned a a ay.
A Policeman Shot.—Yesterday morning,
between 1 and 2 o’clock, Hemy VV. Shaw, an
ex policeman, shot aud dangerously' wounded
John Cooper, a policemaa of mis city, m the
bar-io mi oi .Mr r-hirlitx, on the t on ei oi Third
aud l’oplar sirte.s Su»w, .» a mi.-imed, j
was intoxicated *u the lime nu.i g -i u. abusing 1
Cooper iu a vioieul manner a- u light cusurd, j
dunug which cmaw Uiew his . . m . niie dowu !
ot> it. If i -.iiider Cooper, r. i -the ball j
P-iSSiOg tu.uu B U Cooper’s eiu., im .*r Ihe top OI j
the rigui hip cone. Three oiiici pou euieu were
present who separated the parties, and arrested
bhuw, who was badly beat up about the lace,
and lodged him in jam—Macon leUgraph <&
Messenger.
What Becoutea or the Gold.
What becomes ot all the gold :s a question
easier asked than answered. The y ross, -roducis
ol the gold mines of Australia for the 18 years
lrom their discovery up to 1868 were £147,342,-
767 sterling. The yield lrom the California
mine* has also been iuimeme, end there are
gold bearing fields in other parts o' tne .woild
that are contiaally contributing the ir shares u>
swell the aggregate. Yet gold, to ihc casual
observer is not any more plentiful than it was iu
tormer yeeie.
ax tends in tne limits ot Tennessee about forty
miles, lo Cumberland Gap. Many a floe mule,
many a ro'u.-tious porkir, many a thousand
bushels of wh«at and maize, has this fine valley
contributed to the Atlanta maiket; and tbeie
are rn<>re of the (ime s^rt left.
The rew Knoxvflie& Ken'urkyrailroad tapetbis
happy valley of plenty hi C-iryville, at its south
western" extremny. At Caryville, Cove creek,
a fine vigorous stream, p/mes aweeping down
lrom the Elk Gap iu the Cumberland Mountains,
en miles beyond ; and amid thickets of Rhodo
dendron and Sabriin, w here the rattle-snake
sometimes sinps a warning to the trespassers on
his hitherto undisturbed domain, these waters
vie with the pick-axe and the spade in laying bare
the vast beds of iron and coal which abound
there. Your readers have already made tbem-
8'lves comfortable bes-de fires ot Coal Creek
coal Now, they can lest the superior qualities
of the Cove Creek coal. The mines are ten
miles apart, >»nd the coal lrom them is very
Itmiar; yet in some respects the latter Is to he
preferred. Mess-rs. Morran and Kennedy have
opened a mine at Caryville, and are prepared to
fill orders for this excellent coal. It would be
well tor the good citizeus ot Atlanta to provide
themselves during the summer with next
winter’s supply of coal. Their past experience
ot the difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply
during the winter months ought to be a warn
ing for the future.
We find the crops of small grain, especially
wheat, locking extremely promising in this fer
tile valley. The season has been very backward
and unfavorable lor planting maize Indeed,
m iff to the depth ot several inches, fell hereon
Easier Sunday. The fresh green of the young
leaves of the forest, and the dazz ing white of
the flowers of the Cornus Florida flushing
through the forest, tell of the lateness of the
season.
The elevation of Jacksboro’, and of the val
ley in which it is situated, above the level of
the sea, is less than $1,000 feet-less than Atlan
ta 1 But a mile north ot the town, the Cumber
land Mountain rises abruptly to the height of
about 1,200 feet above the level of the valley,
and consequently more than 2,000 feet above
the level ot the sea. The change of climate in
passing from the Valley to the Mountain's sum
mit is striking. We made the ascent yesterday.
The scene which bursts upon the vision on
stepping on the high table rock, on the very
summit ot the mountain, is gorgeous beyond
description. The Jolty range of Unicoy Moun
tains, dividing Tennessee from North Carolina,
lay dim and gigantic on the Southeastern hori
zon. Nearer was spread out the beautiful valley
ot Eastern Tennessee; and flashing streams and
picturesque villages, and wide fields, and vast
forests tinted with varying hues, offered to the
enraptured gaze the most enchanting prospect.
To add to the magic beauty of the scene, high
and stalely clouds, in straggling masses, swept
across (he blue heavens from the Northeast,
dappling the vast landscape with ever-varying
lights and shadows.
blowly did we withdraw from this enchanting
visiou aud descend with reluctant steps down
to the Itvi 1 ot common mortality. At the base
ot the mountain, we enjoyed a taste from the
Mineral Springs, two in number,one chalybeate,
the other sulpunr. These springs and others iu
this vicinity, will doubtless attract public atten
tion on account ot their medicinal virtues, since
access to them has been opened up by the new
railway.
The Knoxville & Kentucky railway extends
from Knoxville in a Northern direction, and is
in running order to Caryville, abont forty miles.
It has been pushed forward energetically by the
present authorities of the road. General Joseph
A. Mabry iB the President, John L. Moses, Esq.,
the Treasurer, and Co ouel Terry, (a brother ot
General Terry, ot your city,) is the able and effi
cient Chief Engineer. The equipments of the
ro-d is admirable; and although terminating
in a wild mountain region, the travel over the
road are respectable, and the freights are al
ready immense. The road is chartered 25 miles
beyond Caryville, to the Kentucky border, 8
miles ot which are graded, leaving 12 miles ■ '
road, carefully surveyed and located, but as yet
the grading not commenced. It is a link in ihe
great railway chain surveyed nearly 35 years
ago, and designed to efiect a direct connection
between Cincinnati, Ouio, aud the Southern At
lantic Seaboard.
Jacksboro is a pleasant village, and is the seat
ot justice ot the prosperous and wealthy county
ot Campbell. Many oi its citizens, and those ot
the surrounding country, are characterized by a
high degree ol refinement and intelligence. For
purity ot atmosphere and health, surely it can
not be sui passed on the globe. Making a re
mark to ihis efiect in the hearing ot one of the
citizens to-day, he mentioned, in confirmation ot
my opinion, the case ot an old lady ot this
county, who had recently died at the age of 115
years. Burely Ponce de Leon’ssought-ior foun
tain of health must exist somewhere in this
neighborhood. Makhos.
A Prominent Citizen Shot.—Yesterday
aiternoon between three and tour o’clock, as
Mr. John Biougiiton, prescription^in the drug
store oi L. W. Hunt & Co., was walking from
dinner aloDg on First street, between Oak and
Arch, he was hailed from the opposite side
of the street, by Mr. Henry G. Ross, and he
stopped to ascertain what Mr. Ross wanted.
The latter gentleman walked across the street to
where Broughton was standiug, and asked him
a question in regard to some family difficulty
which has existed between them for some time
past, ana while Mr. Broughtoa was replying,
Mr. Ross drew his pistol and shot him—the nail
entering near tne centre ot the breast-bone and
ranging diagonally through the body and right
lung passed out near Ihe centre ot the right
shoulder-blade, inflicting what bis physicians
say, is an exceedingly dangerous, but not neces
sarily mortal wound. W uen shot, Mr. Brough
ton staggered back against the fence and tell,
and uls wou'd be murderer turned, and walkiDg
hastily to the coner ot First and Arch streets,
then started oft in a brisk run and eflicted his
escape. Mr. B. was taken up and carried to bis
residence near the Macon Cotton Factory, where
he received the surgical attention ot Dra. Geo.
W. Holmes and Crowell W. Johnson.
The affair produced quite a sensation through
out the city, as both men are well known—the
assailant having been raised here, and the as
sailed having lived here since the close ot the
war. He is a native, we believe, o! Norfolk,
Va., and is known as a worthy anu estimable
gentleman.
It is not our province, nor would it be prudent
for us to slate here what we have heard as lo
the canse ot this most unlortunaie affair, as the
parlies are brothers-iu-law, and they have not
been lriendiy tor some time. It will, doubt
less, ail be brought beiore the courts at an early
day.
P. S —At 10 o’clock last night. Dr. Holmes,
who had just left Mr. Brougiton, informed us
that he bad revived somewhat from the stunning
and stupiiying effects ot his wound, aud that
his pulse was much better than when he ieit
him late in the afternoon.—Macon. Telegraph dt
Messenger.
The Religions Press or New York.
The Boston Post says:
“The religious press of this country has
become a by-word and a reproach. Almost
without exception it ts prostituted to the inter
ests ol party and taction, or to some baser pur
pose. The New York Independent has the bad
pre eminence of beiog the most profligate in
ibis apostacy. Not only have the teachings oi
religion iv+n perverted aud ihe i a :il- ot :e> gion
nit:, dthe-noicd, but morality ru.u > -c ai \otue
have been degraded by the uupiKity and
hvp^ciisy of this journal. Its religious disguise
tails to conceal its sinister character, and its pro
fessions ot piety fade into the most subtle pre
tences ot a vague and dreamy phil isephy. The
latest developments ot its degt nerauy are seen
in iis disingenious treatment ot the McFarland
case. In which it is not suipassed even by the
Tribune, which makes no profession ot anv
other religion than that of tree love and free
[nought and unbounded latitudiaarianism. The
pity is that in an inieiligentcoiumunUy such per
nicious journalism should find encouragement
aud suppoit.
Bmwaluff.
The Boston Past says: Bro wnlow is going to
the Sulphur Springs. He has been for years
consigning bis enemies to regions where sulphur
springs eternal.
Everybody most remember stories about per
sons at a party who wished to play at being
married, and asked a gentleman—generally a
gray-haired and very respectable person—to
“ make believe” join them in the bonds of wed
lock, and how, aiter the ceremony bad been
finished, it was found, to the consternation of all
parties concerned, that the benevolent old man
Had actually beeu made a “judge ” the day be
fore, and the reluctant lovers were really man
and wife. The denouement generally is the con
sent ot the b ishiui swain and the blushing bride
to stay married. The reverse of tnis old story
must now be told of Chicago. A party of mar
ried folk met ihe other evening at a house, and,
unthinking of the awful fate that a waited them,
proproed to plav at being divorce 1. marriage
having palled upon their taste. A <r- .• 1 :n m—
whetner an old one in whose hair vreri* u.i -=or
silvery age, or a young one devoid oi cap i ary
grayness, is not stated—e&id he would make be
neve divorce them. He performed the ceie-
mony; bat, ah 1 his pretence of making believe
was oitter mockery. He was an agent author
ized to pronounce divorces, and, like a fiend, he
gloated over his victims. The golden bowl was
broken, the links of love severed; at one tell
swoop oi the demon martial, relations had fallen
from the unhappy jokers as a mantle. What
was to be done ? It love will find out a way,
as the old ballad tells us it will, think what
mast be the stimulating power ot divorce! The
gentlemen, to avoid scandal, slunk to their de
serted homes and took a good comfortable sleep.
The ladies went to a hotel, and dreamed of the
time when love should reunite what law bad
severed. Bat who will pay the hotel bills.—N.
7. World.
Senators: Walter Brock, J. M. Colman, C. B.
Wooten. Rtpiesentaiives A. H. Lee, J. A Max
well, R. 1L Faiks, R. W. Phillips aud E.
Tweedy.
Mr. Phillips of Echo’s, offered the resolutions
subjoined, which were voted down by the com
mittee.
D. Pike Hill, Cleik, made the only speech
against their adoption.
Mr. Phillips made the poiDt of order that the
Clerk.could not be beard, not being a member of
the committee. The committee decided that the
Clerk should be heard. Query. Is D. Pike Hill
the mouthpiece of the Sunerintendent ?
Parks, of Gwinnett, offered a resolution that
the committee hold its sessions at the depot, and
parties having business before the committee
c m be heard in person or by counsel, which
was adopted.
The doors were closed and none but the
Clerk and the committee allowed to be present.
Will Senator Brock redeem his pledges in
the Senate ?
RESOLUTIONS OFFERED BY PHILLIPS, OF ECHOLS.
Whereas, Charges have been preferred
against the managers of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad by Ihe public press, as well
as by individuals directly and indirectly con
nected with the same;
And whereas, In accordance with a joint
resolution adopted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, a committee has beefi appoint
ed, whose duty it is to make a full and thorough
examination into the condition and manage
ment of the finances of the road; be it therefore
• Resolved, In order to facilitate said examina
tion, that a suitable individual, who has had
experience in the management ot railroads be
sent lor to aid the committee in the investiga
tion.
Resolved further, That all persona who have
been aggrieved, or who have any knowledge of
the mismanagement of the road in any manner,
or the improper use of the pub ic funds, are re
quested to furnish the committee with their
cause of complaint, and with evidence that will
lead lo a full exposure of the conduct ot the de
linquent parties. Be it further
Resolved, That all peisons and parties shall
have the right and privilege oi introducing
Counsel for the purpose of vindicating his or
their cause during the investigation, and that the
daily sessions ot the committee shall be open
and free tor the attendance of all men.
R. W. Phillips, ol Echols.
These resolutious were vottd down. The
committee, therefore, refuses to open the door to
the public during the investigation.
R. W. Phillips, of Eehols.
The above appeared in the Constitution of yes
terday evening, and I must say excited my sur
prise and contempt “ D. Pike Hill, Clerk,
made the only speech against their adoption.”
This is false.
“ Mr. Phillips made the point of order that
the Clerk could not be heard, not being a mem
ber of the committee.” This is false.
“ The committee decided that the Clerk could
be heard.” This is false.
“ Query—is D. Pike Hill the mouthpiece of
the Superintendent?” As to this I shall pursue
the even tenor of my way, regardless of jeers or
taunts, falsehood or slanders. If the person who
reported the above article in the Constitution
was not present at the session ol the committee
on yesterday, then I say he was misinformed,
but if be was present, he has wilfully lied.
D. p. Hill.
Fashion*-Someiblntc We Should Laugh
nt If seeu In Africa.
We might have thought it absurd if Dr. Liv
ingstone had written Three years ago that he
had found in Africa a tribe, the women ot which
dress as follows: “Tne Dsyous are beautiful
women, with exquisite complexion and line
forms, and they dress in the most perfect taste.
They wear short dresses teaching the ankles.—
Up. m the forehead is perched & small hat, the
uoui of which rests upon the nose. They take
large bags ot hair and wool, saturate them with
butter and hang them on the back of ihe head,
covering the neck. Upon the small of the back
they vie a bunch ot cotton cloth, colored and
cut imo strips. Tneir shoes are beauties, coming
to a point at the toe and having the long and
sharp-pointed heel placed under the mid
dle ot the foot. This makes the toot very
small in appearance, but the wearer would
tip over forward but lor the bags on the
head and back. Each woman, when she
goes out, carries a large piantaiu leaf to
keep off the sun, which she bolds by the stem
between the thumb and forefinger, crooking her
elbow up from her body at an angle ot ninety.
The effect is more beautiful than you can
imagine. The gait ol the women is particularly
admired. The heavy ones have difficulty in
keeping their balance, but the light odcs pick
tneir way along as prettily as hens walk over
hot ashes. Young girts go barefooted. For
some years alter they are of age to put on their
shoes, they suffer with lameness and sore feet—
alter that their feet become permanently de
formed, and they have no more pain. Walking
is, however, not a favorite practice with them,
and running is impossible. The Government ot
the Dayous is really democratic, the ruler being
cuosen annually by voie of all the people; yet
it is said the women do not want to vote. All
they care tor is plenty ot hair and litue shoes.
TLe men are satisfied with this division, and
the Btate is quite prosperoas, though the society
is rather vulgar and uciuteUectual.”
Air-Link Railroad.— The work of construc
tion on this road is progressing more rapidly
now than at any time neretoiore. There are
about oue hundred bands at work on this end
ol the line, and we understand that the force be
low is being largely increased.
We visited the depot grounds on Wednesday
evening, and were pleased to note the rapid
progress ot tne work at that point. Maj. Wood-
all, the ccnU actor, is an old railroader,
and seems to understand Lis business. We
could but note the steadiness with which bis
bands apply themselves to their work, which
induced us to believe that he had been fortunate
in his selections.
A corps ot engineers are now making an ex
perimental survey from this place to the Oconee
river, preparatory to locating the line between
this and Charlotte, N. C.—Air-Line Eagle.
A Word, fa Season.
A card addressed to the public over the signa
ture of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. A. P.
Hill appeared In yesterday morning’s paper,
denying, in most emphatic terms, a statement
which appeared in the Constitution ot the pre
vious evening concerning himself as Clerk to
the Legislative Committee now being engaged
<n investigating the affairs of the State Road.
The card referred to admonishes us, and it
should operate in our Judgment »s an admoni
tion to the press of our State, that reports from
unauthorized sources, concerning the action ot
the Committee while pursuing its investigation,
and especially a pre-judgment of their action,
should be cautiously avoided. Upon the Com
mittee there are men of unquestionable personal
integrity—Democrats too—who we feel confi
dent have entered upon the discharge of
their duties with the determination to
“whitewash’’ no malfeasance, should any
such be made to appear during the investigation
which will be a rigid one, on the part ot the
present or previous management of the Road
under Governor Bullock’s administration,
nor to countenance any other act which is detri
mental to the StaVs interest on the part of its
present officials. <*The Committee, in fact, are
entitled to a fair hearing. They have com
menced right, by;-$alling upon all who bave
charges to prefer against the management of the
Road to lay before them data and facts as a
basis of investigation, and having the power to
send for persons and papers, no charge, we are
assured, will escape the closest scrutiny. From
Mr. Hill’s card the public will see how easy
it is to put forth reports that are as baseless as
“ the fabric of a vision.” Democratic presses
should be warned by it. Mr. Hill, though the
Clerk of the investigating committee, is as sound
a Democrat os any in Georgia—has never since
the war voted any other than the Democratic
ticket—is a member of the State Democratic Exe
cutive Committee; is a Georgian by birth, keenly
alive to every true interest ot tke State, and the
maintenance of his own personal integrity.—
Elected to the position of Clerk of the Commit
tee, he will do his duty as an honest man, and can
not be made subservient to it, were it attempted,
which we do not believe, by which wrong to of
fraud upon, the people of his native State, may
be initiated or perpetrated. We counsel, there
fore, as we think it is “ a word in season,” that
the Committee be given a fair hearing; that it
be no more pre judged, but that judgment shall
come when Its work shall have been o|fjorined,
be it for or against their report- *
Oar City Press.
The appearance on yesterday of the “ Sun ”
in our city published by Messrs. A. M. Speights
& Co., the prospectus of which w^trtjced some
weeks ago, is evidence of progress wuh our city
press, as of all else ot progress which it is
making in its onward growth and prosperity.
We have received the fqst number ot this new
drily, and congratulate its editors and publish
ers upon its neat appearance, and interesting
and varied contents. Its “ heavy department,”
we are informed will be under the conduct of
au experienced journalist, who will doubtless
maintain in his conduct of this new daily the
reputation he has earned as a journalist. The
conduct of the commercial and local depart
ments, is entrusted, we notice, to Col. J. T.
Lumpkin and Mr. M. G. Rainwater, gentle
men favorably known to our city readers. In
politics, the will be independent It
has risen dispensing its ligbt-withdut the shadow
ot shade' before it, may it never set behind the
dark clouds Which overshadow all enterprises
that fail for lack of patronage and public appre
ciation. It certainly has bur best wishes for an
uninterrupted prosperous career.
Mess People at WHhlnxion.
There are a great many meau people “ hang
ing around” Washington, but the meanest of
all, according to Don Piatt, are those ex-Con-
gressmen elected to stay at borne, who sneak
back to the scenes of their former iniquity to
finish up the little trades and steals which they
had not concluded while serving the people as
accredited members. They look mean, and feel
mean, and they know that men know it. Borne
time ago a former celebrated member of Con
gress lobbied around the floors on all sorts of
nefarious errands, nntil a certain old Judge, who
had become nervous watching him, sent a page
to say that if he ever saw him come within
twenty feet ot his desk, he would rise and name
him to the Speaker.
Blackberries in Georgia.
Georgia is about to do a great business in
dried blackberries. She has orders, it ’ is said,
to ship large quantities to California, where they
find a ready market at high prices. North Car
olina bas also heavy orders to the same effect.—
Tennessee cou’d furnish a large amount of
blackberries it there should ,be a demand. So
says the Nashville Union <& American.
Revels' Lectures.
Revels, the negro Senator from Mississippi,
bas been on a lecturing tour to Boston and New
York and intermediate points. But his lectures
do not appear to give satisfaction to his Radi
cal friends. The New York Standard, lor
instance, says -
“ It seems unaccountable that Senator Revels
should ask people who are disposed to hear bis
lectures to listen to a rhetorical es ay of “ The
Tendency of the Age,” or a long disquisition on
“ The Press,” about which he can say but little
that is of interest or value to his people. The
condition of the c >iored race, their wants, their
capabilities, and their prospects, should rather
engage his attention. He should be not only
the champion, but the leader of his people,
teaching them a higher civilization, a purer
morality, and a firmer faith in their destiny.
Unless be can do this he will fail as a statesman,
and fall short of his mission.”
Two Stories About Carrier Pigeons —
We noticed, a few days since, at Mr. R. Wright’s
store, a flock of beautiful earner pieeons, which
are very tame and attractive. Mr. Wright, three
years ago, sold a carrier dove, reared at his
place, to a gentleman in a distant town. This
gentleman subsequently sold the dove to anoth
er party still further from Lewiston. A few
weeks ago there was a flapping of wings at the
doorway ot his store. The door opened, in
stepped the keen-eyed, beautiful dove, which
three years beiore bad been carried miles away,
and bad now reized the first moment oi freedom
to flee, like a spirit, home.
Not long since, Mr. Wright sent a dove from
bis flock to a friend in Portland, saying to him
“Let this dove loose at 1 o’clock today.” At
1:38 o’clock—thirty-eight minutes after being
let loose in Portland—the dove folded his wings
on Mr. Wrightis door steps in Lewiston. He
flew directly upward from Portland, spirally,
tor bis bearings, taking emphatically a bird’s-
eye-view, a§ though poised on a star, and ttun
hastened his flight nr eringiy homeward.—
Lewiston (Me.) -Journal.
The Women to Try McFahl np ^ysr
Again.—Reto York, Mag 13.—Then- - *> at a
mass meeting of the women ot New York next
Tuesday morning to protest against the McFar
land verdict. No men are to be admitted, and
Mrs. Stanton is to be the principal orator. It is
said that a canvass has revealed the fact that
some of the foremost women of the city are
anxious to express their indignation at the jury
and their sympathy tor Mrs. McFarland-Rich-
ardson. Ex Surgeon-General Hammond hav
ing made a public announcement that McFar
land was a dangerous person, from the peculiar
character of bis lunacy, to be at large, some of
his wife’s friends are seating legal advice, to see
it be cannot be pot in confinement. McFarland
spends his time in the newspaper offices in
Printing-house square. He will print in to mor
row’s papers selections from his wife’s love let-
ten, written to him tea yean since. They are
I gushing and loving la tout.—Courier Journal
From the Memphis Ledger.
Same Interesting Facts About Cleburne.
When General Cleburne was killed at Frank
lin, Tenn., in 1864, he was in his thirty-fifth
year. By education he was a druggist, and in
early life he was as thoroughly accomplished
es oue could be at uia age in that profession.
When about twenty-one years oi age, he aban
doned the monotony of bottles and labels and
the filling of prescriptions, and joined the
British arjiy as a private. The extent and
character of his servicts I have not been able to
ascertain, but it is not probable that he re
mained in the army many months. This much
is known : He laudtd at New York poor and
friend lets, and some years before the war was
found at Cincinnati by a gentleman ot Helena,
Arkansas, who induced him to go to that place
and accept, under him, a situation in his drug
st re. The young Irishman soon made friends,
who recognized his merits and talents, and per
suaded him to study law. He was soon admit
ted to the bar, and became the partner of Colo
nel MaDgnro, an eminent lawyer of Arkansas,
who was afterward one of Cleburne’s staff offi
cers, and who is still practicing law at Helena.
When the war broke ont Cleburne went out
from Phillips county as Captain ot a company.
His subsequent careeT is part of the known
history of ihe war, and his fame belongs alike
to the Bouth and to his native Ireland. Strange
and unnatural as it may seem, he had a brother
in the Federal army. Of this fact he never
spoke even to his most intimate friends, and
tew of them ever ventured to broach the subject.
Passing over this circumstance, which has
many painful parallels, we come to the saddest
romance of his great life, which involves an
other who was as gentle and pure, and patriotic
in her sphere, R9 he was brave and knightly and
fietce in war. She, too, has gone to ihe spirit
land, and we violate no sacred confidences now
in writing thus briefly a tender episode in the
warrior’s life. It will be remembered by hun
dreds and thousands of the surviving members
of the grand old Army of Tennessee, that while
the army was in winter quarters at Dalton, Gen
eral Cleburne had leave of absence and went to
Mobile, as it was impossible for him to get
through the lines to his home. When he re
turned to the army, it was observed by all who
knew General Cleburne that he was dressed up
as he never before had been. He wore a new
uniform, with the bufl trimmings and insigna of
a Confederate Major General; also, a new felt
hat, adorned with a sweeping black plume.—
The soldiers grew facetious over the change in
old Pat’s ” appearance, tor previously he bad
generally worn the garb of a common soldier,
and they explained the transformation in many
witty remarks. It subsequently transpired that
during the General’s absence, he had addressed
an accomplished and lovely young lady of Mo
bile, was accepted, and they became formerly
betrothed. A time was appointed for the cele
bration of their nuptials, but fate decided that
they should never meet again.
General Cleburne carried with him into Ten
nessee his wedding suit, and expected, at the
fiist opportunity, to return to Mobile to be mar
ried. The rest is quickly told. He fell at Frank
lin and was hurried in his bridal suit, as one of his
staff, who interred him, but recently informed
me. The young lady, some time after the war,
was married, but last year she passed away
from earth, and the betrothed spirits bave
doubtless met before the Great White Throne
of HeaveD, where all believers in Divine Reve
lation must admit “ there is no marriage or
giving in marriage.”
General Cleburne joined the Episcopal Church
before the war, and was buried at Franklin wiih
the full rites of that church, which were per
formed ou the occasion by Bishop Quiutard.
WASHINGTON.
SHADES OF HANNIBAL! PROTECT HIM.
Washington, May 16.—Hon. L. W- Pierce,
of the filth Mississippi Congressional District,
bas appointed Michael Howard, colored, to a
West Point cadetship. Young Howard’s lather
is r member of the Mississippi House ot R< p-
resentaiives.
SUNDAY WORK—CASES OF CONSCIENCE.
Mr. Boutwell was before the committee to-
Tbo Lady Brokers or Wall Street.
It seems that the sensation which prevailed
for some time in Wall street regarding the
lady brokers who had commenced business
there is dying out, or rather that the lady
brokers themselves are about to change their
occupation. “ Burleigh” writes to the Boston
Journal that “ the lady brokers of Wall street,
who have ceased to be a sensation, find the
pent up Utica of the Stock Board too limited
for the'r ability. They have taken fine rooms
in Park Row, and fitted them up for editorial
and publishing purposes, and are about to issue
a newspaper, in which the claims ot Mrs.
Woodhull to the Presidency are especially to
be urged. The banking business has not
amounted to much. The large rooms are lonely
to look at. The crowd, riready satisfied, no
longer flatten their noses on the glass door
plate, from a curiosity to see inside. One or
two lads and young men occupy the banking
portion of the rooms, are said to be relatives,
and now and then a visitor can be seen in the
private office. The ladies tnemselves are seldom
to be seen. Their visits to the room are rare
aud of short duration.”
A Singula.- VI#& ot City aud County
Bonds.
** A number of prominent citizens of California,
who are adverse to the scheme which is being'
pushed in that Btate, to induce cities and
counties to aid in the construction of railroads,
by issuing bonds for that purpose, have lately
addressed a letter to Gov. Haight asking his
opinion as to the constitutionality of such ac
tion. His reply is published in the California
papers, and is a full and very conclusive legal
argument, reaching an adverse conclusion. He
holds that it is outside the legitimate scope oi
the powers of cities or counties to issue corporate
bonds in aid of railroads. Whether regarded
as a subscription or as a donation, the principle
is practically the same. The question, says the
New York Times, “ is one of great importance
mother States than California, and the reason
ing has the same application in all. In New
York the amount involved is already very large,
and is yearly growing more formidable. Unless
some cbcck is interposed, the results cannot fail
to be disastrous, and we see no more effectual
way of doiDg it than to bring the question to
the test of constitutionality.”
day, arguing against the 4 per cent in the fund
ing bill. The committee spent much of their
time on Sunday, ia Cunsideiing financial mat- party bad given its pledge to that < fleet, aud the
ters.
A Catholic Priest at Alton, 111., has sent the
Secretary of the Treasury a check for three
hundre d dollars, and requests the receipt be sent
to the Right Rev S. J. Bettes, a Roman Catho
lic Bishop of Alton. The writer also requests
no questions be asked concerning the money, as
he is only permitted to say it belongs to the
United States Treasury.
An old soldier at Mt. Sterling, Illinois, for
wards filteen dollars conscience money, which
be says belongs to the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
Suit9 are being prepared against the ex col
lectors of internal revenue who are in arrears.
It is estimated that the total is $3,000,000.
RECONSTRUCTION OF VIRGINIA.
Washington, May 15.—Advices from Vir
ginia indicate that the Republicans of that Biate
intend to make an appeal to Congress tor sup
plemental construction, on the ground that
the Conservatives are inciting outrages against
the freedmen, and are endeavoring to keep col
ored Republicans away from registration, now
going on. It is possible that this is a mere
threat, but the dissatisfaction ot the Virginia
Radicals at the Conservative course of Walker
is strong enough tor them to appeal to Con
gress to remand Virginia to the condition of
Georgia. Congress, however, declined to inter
fere in the Richmond Mayoralty contest, and it
is somewhat doubtful it it would then demand
for interference with the general condition of
affairs. A good many Republicans oppose Mr.
Butler iu his belief that Congress has the right
now to interfere with any Btate in the Union
which is duly represented by Senators and
members.
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
The Cuban leaders in this city are now mak
ing preparations to avenge the death of Gen.
Coicontia, and achieve the independence of
their country. They have held several private
meetings and caucuses,and it cannot barm their
prospects lo state, that expeditions will soon
leave a certain port in the .North for Cuba.—
The gunboats have certainly proved serious ob
stacles to the success of similar enterprises, but
the principal difficulties heretofore.experienced,
arose from United States Marshal and private
detectives, who were permitted to act as Fid-
eral officers in looking after Caban expeditious
GOLD FROM CALIFORNIA.
A portion of the funds brought from Califor
nia by the chiet clerk O. E. Graves and assis
tants, on Friday, was a half milliou in gold,
which was weighed in the cash room ot the
treasnry, and deposited in the vaults. The coin
was fresh lrom the mint and is of the coinage
of 1869
NOMINATED.
The President nominated E. Phillips Jacobson
Uoind States Attorney lor the Southern District
ot Mississippi.
English Ladies not Models of Modesty.—
English ladies have generally been held up to
the admiration of the world as models of mod
esty, purity and correct demeanor. Their
praises in this respect have been ceaselessly
trumpeted through the two hemispheres, and
that, too, in spite of every-day practical assu
rances to the contrary. Recent events have
shown that in these high respects they bave
nothing particular to tio.-isi ol.acd that in tact
they are not a whit bet ei than t .. u .-isters of
other climes. The Divorce Court bas no more
ardent atlenders than tbe ladies, and during the
ce'ebrai ed Mordaunt case particularly, females
of the aristocracy coolly sat in the galleries and
drank in revelations which caused even men’s
ears to tingle. The very s--<me tiring occurred
during the discussions upon the D c-->!«?• i Wives’
Sist i " bill. Those goif ries detoe! to tbe
accommodation of the ladies fined with
tilled dame3 anxious to bear any little bits ot
indecency that might happen to be dropped in
the course of debate. Their hopes were not
very much gratified, although at times the oppo
nent s of the bill indulged in each details and
illustrations as to cause expressions of disgust
and even to elicit apologies. All possible mar
riages—of uncles with nieces, nephews with
aunts, and Wfdow3 w ith husbands’ brothers—
were predicted as likely to result lrom the
passing of the bill. So tar, indeed, was the
gamut ot what was likely to happen sounded,
that a would-be humorous member boldly stated
that the opponents would very likely end by
declaring that the bill would have the effect of
allowing a man to marry his own grand
father.—London Correspondence of New York
Berald.
Revels Defines His Position on Amnesty.
In the Senate, the other day. Revels, the ne
gro Mississippi benator, having been cal'ed
upon, proceeded to define his position and that
of the Republican party of Mississippi upon the
question of general amnesty—he was in favor of
removing the disabilities in the South just as
fast as the people gave evidence of loyalty.—
Wherever a man gave this evidence by ceasing
to denounce and oppose the laws of Congress,
by respecting them and laboring to carry them
out, be was in lavrr of removing his disabili
ties. It this could be truly said of a whole
Btate, he would be in favor of a removal of the
disabilities of that Btate.
In the State ot Mississippi the Republican
party pledged itself to universal amnesty, and
the Legislature has redeemed that pledge by the
passage of a resolution asking Congress to re
move tbe disabilities of citizens of the State,
and which he had presented. The condition oi
things in Mississippi was exceptional. The
lawlessness and violence prevailing in other re
constructed States did not exist there, but the
people were harmonious and prosperous. He
was in favor ot amnesty ia Mississippi, as the
Btaie was lit for it.
How Mr. Beck got Through the Cir
cumlocution Office.—Mr. Beck, of Kentucky,
gave in the House tbe other day a racy history
ot experiences in getting through the “Circum
locution Office.” ~He said that in collecting a
judgment ot the Court ot Claims a lawyer had
to go through the tollowiug devious ways:
First—Went to the Chief Clerk ot the First
Auditor, he stated the account and computed
the interest.
Second—Went to another Clerk in the same
office, who copied and numbered the account.
Third—Went to another Clerk in the First
Comptroller’s office, who registered in his book
tbe number and amount ot the account.
Fourth—Went to the Chiet Clerk of the First
Comptroller, who verified tne account and the
computation of interest.
Fitth—Went to the First Comptroller, who
signed it.
Sixth—Went to No. 3, who again verified it.
Seventh—Went to the Register’s Clerk, who
copied and registered it.
Eighth—Went to the Deputy Register, who
signed it.
Ninth—Went to the Warrant Clerk and ob
tained a warrant.
Tenth—Went to Mr. West, the Chief Clerk,
who signed it.
Eleventh—Went to Mr. Hartley, the Assist
ant Secretary, who signed it.
Twelfth—Went to Mr. Lamb, in the Comp
troller’s office, who registered it.
Thirteenth—Went to the Firet Comptroller,
who signed it.
Fourteenth—Went to the Register’s Clerk,
who copied it.
Fifteenth—Went to Register Allison, who
signed it.
Sixteenth—Went to Mr. Mann, in the draft
room, where the draft was made.
Seventeenth—Went to Mr. Tuttle, Assistant
Treasurer, who signed the draft.
Eighteenth—Went to the Register’s Clerk,
who recorded the draft.
Nineteenth—Went to Register Allison, who
signed the draft.
Twentieth—Went Lo Mr. Mann, who took my
receipt lor the drait aDd handed it over to me.
Twenty-first—Treated Mr. Mann to a whisky
toddy. (Loud laughter.)
A Y'oung Man Shoots Himself and His
Sweetheart.—A terrible love and murder
tragedy was enacted at Williamsburg to day. A
young man shot himself and affianced. Sylvanus
Smith had been paying attentions to Julia
Wells, boarding with a lamily named Depew,
No. 63 South Third street. He had been drink
ing hard lately, and the lady decided to diseard
him. Yesterday he came to the house pretty
well set up. Miss Wells came down stairs to
tell Smith to go, but seemg his condition, turned
to retreat up stairs, when Smith drew his revol
ver and fired, the ball entering the back of the
neck, passing up through and out at the top ot
her head.
He then placed a revolver to his own head
and fired two shots, lodging two ballets in hia
brain. He then attempted to follow the girl
up-stair?, fill there, and tried to fire another
shot at its own head, but his hand was too
weak to hold the pistol straight. Medical
attendance was obtained. The girl is in a very
precarious condition. She may recover, but
there are no hopes of Smith, though still alive.
One ball ha3 been estracrei. Mifb Wells is
twenty' years ot age, very respectable, and bas
many personal attractions. BLe works in a
store on Broadway.
!Tw,iald fcs »n 'wrnl Dilemma.
Suppose, says tne i :r *n Standardthe
corn crop tails on. iii.^ year, and cotton
declines to to 15 cents, what are those farm
ers who have plai.ted all cotton going to do ?—
Better think ot it. Cotton plowed up and the
land planted ia com would yet make a good
crop.
In San Francisco, a Chinese lady ot rank,
now there, when out walkiDg is attended by
three maids ot honor bearing lighted sticks of
punk, highly perfumed. “ Her lace is painted
with a reckless disregard ot expense, and her
hair is saturated with oil. Running through the
knot at ihe back of her head is au ivory dumb-
belL On ber head—gracefally waving in the
wind—is a flower, wuicb, from the fertilizing
effects oil is supposed to have, is judged to be
indigenous. Her short, highly-colored silk dress,
is beautifully embroidered, and her feet are en
cased ia the customary canoe-shaped sandals.”
From the Baltimore Gazette.
FROM TVASHINGTOL
INDIANS COMING TO TOE METROPOLIS.
Washington, May .16, 1870 -A telegram
from Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, an
nounces that Red Cloud and party would arrivo
at Fort Fetter man on the 15th, en route to this
city. Red Leaf is not one ot Red Cloua’s hand
but is a Brule at Yancton. Red Leaf, of the
Ogallallahs, is dead. General Binith will leave
Washington to-night, and it is probable Red
Cloud and party will be here in about a week.
ASSIGNMENT OF ARMY OFFICERS.
By direction ot the Secretary ot War, Cap
tain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Peter V.
Haines, Corps ot Engineers, is assigued to tem
porary duty under the direction ot, and will re
port by letter tor instructions as to the Secretary
of the Interior lor the purpose ol examining
and reporting upon twenty ‘miles of the Littlo
Rock and Fort Smith Riiiroad, now ready for
inspection. Brigadier auo Brevet Major General
P. St. George Cook, ami E. O. C. Urd are, by
direction of the President, assigned to duty ac
cording to their brevet rank. Major George C.
Hunt, of the First Cavalry, has been ordered to
report to the Commanding General of the Divis
ion of Pacific for assignment to a post.
Captain and Brevet M"jor John H. Butler,
unassigned, having beeu found incapacited for
active service by reason ot a wound received in
action November, 1863, near Culpeper Court
House, Virginia, has been retired with the field
rank of Captain of light artillery. Brevet First
Lieutenant Bregtogle, uuassigped, has been
placed on the list ot retired officers, where disa
bility results from injuries received in line of
duty.
MEETING OF THE CABINET.
A special meeting of the Cabinet wa3 held to
day, lasting over two hours. It is not learned
that any matters ot unusual or general import
ance were under comideration.
CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
A Catholic Priest at Alton, Illinois sends tbe
Secretary ot the Treasury a cheek for $300, and
requests that a receipt oe sent to Right Rev. P
J. Balles, Roman Catholic Bishop ot Alton
The writer also requests that no questions be
asked concerning the money. It belongs to tho
United States, and that’s all he can say.
CONSCIENCE IN THE QAURTERMASTER’S DE-
parthent.
An old soldier at Mount Sterling, Illinois, for
wards fifteen dallars conscience money, which
he says belongs to the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO GERMAN CLERKS.
Secretary Boutwell to-day gives leave to all
German clerks in the Department to absent
themselves from duty from two o’clock, that
they may attend the celebration ol the laying ot
the" corner-stone ot the Steuben Monument ai
the Schuetzen Park, in this city. Similar leave
was given in the other Departments.
8PECIL TREASURY AGENTS—ILLICIT TRADE ON
THE RIO GRANDE.
Since the passage of the act limiting the num
ber of special Treasury agents, approved on the
12th instant, a number ot changes have been
made by Secretary Boutwell,thoroughly renrgnn
izing the special agent list in order to conform
with the law. Hereaiter each’agent will be fur
nished with a certificate of his appointment,
under the seal ol the Department, which certifi
cate will be surrendered at tho expiration of his
term of office. ^
Under the new law a new special agents’ dis
trict has been established in Texas under tho
supervision of Agent Henry S. Martin, tho
headquarters to be at Brownsville, Texas, and
the Department intends putting forth every
effort to break up the illicit trade along the Rio
Grande.
SEIZURES FOR VIOLATING THE REVENUE LAWS,
Supervisor Foulke reports to Commissioner
Delano the seizure of the match factory of
Walter Crumpler, in the First district of Cali
fornia, for an alleged violation ot the law in not
having proper stamps affixed. Supervisor Perry
reports the seizure ot Groot & Scarlet’s distillery
and rectifying house in Charlotte, North Caro*
lina.
ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS.
Lieutenant William H Emery hs.3 been
ordered to the practice squadron.
The following assistant paymasters have been
ordered to duty, viz: Joseph T Addick, as
assistant to the paymaster at the Philadelphia
navy yard; Cary N. Banders, as assistant to the
receiving ship at Pniladelphia; Lucius B. Hurd,
as assistant to the inspector ot provisions and
clothing at Philadelphia; Charles if. Bartlett,
assistant to inspector of provisions and
clothing at Boston navy yard; N. N. Barry, as
assistant to the paymaster of New York navy
yard; James A. King, as assistant to the pay
master at the Naval Academy.
SUITS AGAINST EX-C (ELECTORS.
The Commissioner ot Internal Revenue and
the Filth Auditor and Comptroller ot the Trea
sury are now preparing for suits against ex-col
lectors of internal revenue who are in arrears.
It is estimated thatthereis charges againstthem
on the books ot the Treasury Department not
les^han three millions ot dollars.
DR. SILL’S MISSION TO THE INDIANS.
General Sully reports to Commissioner Parker
the return to Helena, Montana, ot Dr. Sill, who
was engaged to attend the Grosand Asainaboine
Indians during the late ravages ot small pox
among those tribes at their agency, on the Miik-
water. General Sully says Dr. Bill is entitled to
many thanks for visiting that inclement section
of country. He thinks the agency very badly
located. The water of the Milkwater Is un
healthy, and the soil in the vicinity not good for
agricultural purposes.
LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE STEUBEN
MONUMENT.
The Germans of this District laid the corner
stone of the Steuben Monument at the Schuet
zen Park this afternoon. The occasion was one
of much interest, and a very large crowd assem-
gled to participate in the ceremonies and festiv
ities connected therewith. Among the distin
guished visitors present were President Grant,
Secretaries Belkuap, Robeson and Creswell,
General Sherman, Senator Schurz, Baron Gerdt
and several Representatives in Congress. The
corner-stone was laid with Masonic honors, and
speeches were made by Benator Schurz and
Representative Degener, ot Texas.
CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.
The Senate in executive session this afternoon
confirmed John F. Appleton to the Judge of the
United States District Court for t£e Eastern
District of Texas, vice John C. Watrons. re
signed.
REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES.
By the order of Secretary Belknap, issued last
week, discharging employees and ordering sales
of surplus property, the expenditures of the
War Department on account of salaries are
reduced as follows: Quartermaster’s Depart
ment per year $602,124; Commissary Depart
ment per year $91,140; Medical Department
per year $21,408; total $774,672. Proceeds or
the sales ol properiy to be turned into the
Treasury, estimated at $565,300; total $1,339,972.
Tl*e 11 Social Evil'» In Boston.
The recent raid of the Boston authorities
upon tne cUmi monde was, probably, the most
extensive, as well as the most successful ut the
kind ever known. Moral Gotham, with the
Herald as its mouthpiece, thus.comments upon
the wickedness of the “ Hub : ”
“ It is a notorious fact that Boston, in spite oi
her many philanthropic institutions lor the rec
lamation and suppression of wickedness, has for
the past ten or fifteen years been, in a moral
sense, emphatically the most abandoned city on
the American Continent. The “social evil,” as
it may be delicately termed, has not only flour
ished here in the usual organized forms, but
licentiousness seem3 to have existed everywhere
upon the very surface of society, and spotless
virtue has been the exception rather than the
general rule. This is rather a bold statement,
but both observation and statistics will show it
to be a lamentable fact. All classes ot society—
from the very aristocracy of the bouth End and
Beacon Hill down to the denizens of North End
and Fort Hill—have been tainted and diseased,
until there has beeu produced what may almost
be called a plague. For something over a dozen
years this state of society has existed unmolest
ed by the police, and encouraged rather than
obstructed, by the people generally ; but it has
finally assumed such a threatening and danger
ous aspect that the police have involuntarily
been obliged lo commence the process of III mi
ration.”