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Newspaper Page TextOLD SERIES---VOL. LXXIX. (£f)rontclf anb Terms of Subscription. DAILY. C e montli 5 1 00 Tin eo months 2 50 One year 10 00 TRI WEEKLY. One year... * & 00 Hix months 2 60 WEEKLY. Hir month*. 1 00 I Os MT 2 00 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4. “ ( ARRET-BAGGERH AND THEIR FUTURE.” We publish this morning a significant article on the “Carpet-Baggers and their Future,” from the New York Timex, which is the recognized organ of Presi dent Grant. If the Administration should adopt and adhere to the policy indicated in tiiis article, the South will soon have an end of the corrupt rule of the carpet baggers. General Giant can afford to be just, and even generous, toward the South. A policy of peace, reconcilia tion and justice ori his part, during the next four years, will bring to the South good government and substantial pros perity. It is time thut the war and its devastating effects should he succeeded by an era of true amity and real mate rial advancement. President Grant lias it, now in his power to serve the South and conciliate the Southern people.— Now is the opportunity. SPAIN’S POLICY TOWARDS CUBA. Continually the telegraph announces new revolts in Spain. This proud old Kingdom, which once swayed the desti nies of the world, and made even the British lion tremble for the dominion of the seas, seems to he in a chronic state of revolution, and unable to preserve tranquility at, home or establish peace and security in her possessions abroad. As in her ancient colonial possession, Mexico, pronunciurnentos, revolts and the rule of the bayonet are the great political characteristics of the Spanish Kingdom. At the same time, revolu tion, rebellion, and devastating and bloody war prevail in the fertile Island of Cuba, so long the stay and prop of the waning fortunes of the Spanish Kingdom. This Kingdom proper is al most bankrupt—her credits hawked about in European money centres, and her revenues assigned and her rirfh mines mortgaged to replenish the ever-recur ring deficiencies of her financial budget. From this overwhelming burthen of debt Culm per s< has not been exempted; but so fertile lias been her soil and so valua ble her productions, that even under the rigorous exactions of Spanish military rule she has nourished. Now, however, under a system of confiscation, and the pledge as security of the “embargoed’, estates, a scheme has been inaugurated which promises, at no distant day, to destroy the future progress and prosper ity of an island which heretofore has played so important a part in the com merce of the New World. Only lately a royal decree Y>f King Amadeus, dated August !), 1872, has been promulgated, officially, by the Captain-General of Culm, having such a design. Tiiis decree creates a Junta or com mittee of fifteen persons, who are charged with the collection of the means of liquidating the Spanish war debt for tin* defense of the island And of admin istering the embargoed estates of in surgents and disaffected subjects. The administration of embargoed property is done away with and the Junta estab lished in its place, but with powers much more extensive. It is well known in what a shaky condition the Spanish Rank of Havana lms been placed by the virtually compulsory loans for wav pur poses and by its forcibly extended cir culation. This circulation has reached the amount of sixty millions, and is al ready at nearly twenty per cent, dis count. and there are not a few who be lieve that its pretended specie reserve is a fiction, and that if the bank were to close to-day the notes would be sub sequently worthless, though they bear the Government guaranty. But this de cree is designed to sustain its waning fortunes. It first authorizes the Treas ury t >f Cuba to issue sixty millions of bonds, bearing eight per cent, interest, thirty millions of which shall he issued ,m January 1. 1873, with seventeen years to run. These bonds are to be placed on the market simultaneously at Madrid, Paris, London and Havana. It is apparent that the Spanish King desires to enlist European sympathy by interest to retain his power of a posses sion that is fast slipping from beyond his control. It is equally plain that .under this policy the rich commerce of the United States and Cuba will be hopelessly destroyed by the continuance of Spanish rule marked by such policy. Now we are greatly mistaken if the in genuity of Brother Jonathan is not equal to the discovery of a well grounded plea for interference to arrest this loss. This wo take to be the tendency of Northern public opinion; and we shall lie surprised if Northern interests suf fev a year to elapse before decided ac tion. The people of the South may as wvll look at this matter squarely in the face, and prepare for it. The aequire musit of Cuba is a “ manifest destiny” which cannot be ignored. BILL A 111’ vs. A. 11. S. The mere act of transferring from the K nne ( '■uui u rciaJ to the columns of the Chronicle' .v Sentinel a piquant edito rial. bearing' the head-line, " Alexander 11. Stephens -the Atlanta Sun," seems to disturb greatly the genial philosopher of Liberty Hall, and makes the editor of the Atlanta A <n terribly irate, and use strong words -very strong words. The terse, sharp, incisive essay which Mr. “Arp” displays in the editorial columns of his sprightly journal for the benefit of his readers, although con ceived in a despair of ever pleasing the immaculate guardian of the principles of the people of Georgia, aiul although ut tered with a sad, but prayerful trust that he, Bill Arp. the editor of the Rome Coiiitut rcial, in common with the people of Georgia—in common with the people «of the whole South— might be aide to .do something to please the great but •phlegmatic High Priest of Principle be fore he dies, provokes the wrath of the sage of Liberty Hall. Stung if by a nettle, A. 11. S. turns fiercely, ; , u> * only upon Bill Arp. the eccentric of- j fend sr, but upon our unfortunate selves, ! who \vith “insolent audacity,” dared, to repul dish, “without comment or dis sent ” A. T s lamentation ; and indeed | upon the w hole people of the South; to ! chasten, con or demolisa for error, i or unpardonal , L'“ si n. As to Arp, pAier unfortunate genius, i H. S. essays birch him of anticipated , glory; and, by ids skill in dialectics, conveys the impre ssicn that his touch ing but stinging eilitonal only “ pur ports,” as appearing *“ tlj e columns of the Chronicle and Se to be his creation. A reader might well infer that Aqi’s chef eTouvre con cocted "in the sanctum of t.he ( hkoxicle. A. H. S. honors us over-much by the insinuation. The terae, piqitant leader is beyond the range of our abilities. Nothing but the genius of rhll Arp could have ever made sorrowful words so painfully immortal. But an insinua tion is not sufficient. The Chronicle must stand ns God-father, if not God -1 father “ endorser”—or “ gi/asi en | dorser.” Still, the Chronicle is honor |ed over-much ; hut the maker is so j strong and the risk so small, we accept the liability just as Tristum Shandy ac cepted the moral obligation—to see where the thing will lead to. We might avoid even tiiis responsibility by pre senting as a shield the plea so lately pleaded by A. 11. 8. to escape the shafts of the Sun’s Atlanta contemporary, the Atlanta Constitution. But it would be a pity to spoil such a pretty fight for want of a quasi endorsement. So let it stand. When Bill Arp’s genius is un horsed in the tournament, we will sur render our estate —as quasi endorser. A. H. 8. charges us as “quasi en dorser” with the design and desire to weaken anil destroy his (our A. H. S.’s) influence with the honest masses of the people of the State. A. H. 8. is mis taken. We repel the charge. We have no such design. We have no such de sire. That influence was weakened in those sore and grevious days of the Con federacy, when the Vice-President for sook Richmond. It was lost when Lee capitulated for want of soldiers. The immortal Lee called for men. The soldiers in the field did double duty on half rations and in forced marches. A law provided for sending every available man to the field. Mr. Stephens stayed away from the Capitol, remaining at Liberty Hall, and remained silent, or denounced privately if not publicly the only means of salvation, falling back to the line of State Rights. The honest masses recoiled at the significance of his silence, or with grief pondered his denunciation. Then and there warm hearted men and sympathy failed, and the cold phlegm of obdurate principle shocked the honest masses —the hus bands ami the sons and the brothers and the fathers who admitted secession to be “rightful,” and who had chosen Mr. Stephens as the second officer in the Confederacy, and braved the hail of bullets in the field, or offered their lives for the “Lost Cause,”of which Mr. Stephens is an historian. Still, we would not detract one iota from the principles of A. H. 8. or their influence with the honest masses. As significant of princi ple, we would that A. H. 8. —Alexander Salvator Hominum —inscribed as a magic monogram upon the labarum of Democratic faith, may become as potent and renowned in the history of Demo cratic liberty as I. H. S. is in the history of religious liberty, et In Hoc Signo Vinces. A. H. S. affirms that if there is any one truth established, it is that seces sion was not resorted to in pursuance of his teaching, advice or counsel, but that lie admitted its rightfnlness. Mr. Arp should admit the plea. Mr. Stephens is only a compiler and commentator. But surely A. H. S. will not deny that he became a living exponent and univer sal example, which taught and endorsed, and diffused the principle of secession, not as a peaceable “remedy,” but as an active force when he became Vice-Presi dent of the Southern Confederacy, and in this he taught—philosophy teaching by example. A. 11. 8. declares most solemnly that if the people follow the load of Bill Arp and his Greeleyite crew, or a reconcilia tion Greeleyite, he will not bojv the knee to Baal in the worship of a false political god,if for no other reason than because of that scriptural injunction, thou slialt not follow the multitude to do evil. Who is to decide which is the true god iu politics—A. 11. 8., Bill Arp, or the multitude? It is written also in the same good book that in a multitude of counselors there is wisdom. The Chronicle and Bill Arp, having prefer od the wisdom of the multitude for peace and reconciliation, this gives sore displeasure to the sage of Liberty Hall. This is the height of our offend ing. Again, when Cicero’s fate stared historical A. H. 8. in the face, he pro nounced an unctions encomium upon General Grant, the conqueror. Is the encomium to be repeated upon Demo cratic principles, or seek we for another? Again, A. H. 8. seems to be greatly alarmed, lest Southern Democracy should beoom ■ Radicalised under the lead of Bill Arp and other Greeleyites. We honestly believe that Arp will not lead the Democracy to the bottomless pit of a “ final resting place.” Tile wheels of the Democratic chariot had become soothed, like Chief Justice i Marshall’s gig. That venerable and reverend jurist journeying to Court found I his progress stopped by an intervening | sapling, locking his judicial gig through its spokes. Progress was impossible. In despair he sought the generous advice of an old darkey upon the way side, who frankly said: “Test back a little, old master, and we’ll draw that sapling out, aud you kin go to Court as fast as you please.” The Democratic party was scotched by a seeesh sapling. There was no progress. Honest old Horace Greeley offered himself to draw the secesli sapling out, if the Demo cratic party would just back a little, for peace and reconciliation. Mr. Greeley, it is true, is without the reward for his labor; but he has drawn the seeesh sap ling out. So that Mr. Democratic Ste- phens can go to the Senatorial Court just as fast as lie pleases, if he is “fully j satisfied that a majority of the people interested in tiie matter desire him to do so.” And the Democratic party is no more in danger of being Radicalised j than before benevolent old Horace came to the rescue of the party, as he came to the rescue of Jefferson Davis with an acceptable bail bond. Peace and recon ciliation have been successful, although H. G. has been defeated: and the Ad ministration and its organs so interpret the late election. We have gained this much: Peace and prosperity for the South: but we have iucurred the lasting wrath of the political philosopher who presides over the destiuies of Liberty Hall. Thus much on account, from the Chronicle and Sentinel as a quasi en- I dorser. GO M UST, YOUNG MAN ! The life of Richard C. M. McCormick, a third time elected Delegate to Congress I from the silver bearing territory of Ari zona, furnishes a useful lessou to anibi tious young men about to go West. Born in New York in 1*12: a Wall street operator in 1830; a newspaper corres pondent in Europe and Asia, aud aj spectator at Sebastopol, in 1834-’55: the author of a book in 1860; Republican editor «jd war correspondent in 1861 and 1862; Secretary of Arizona in 1563; Governor in 1866; iu 1868 elected Dele gate; re-elected in 1870, and again in 1872, this last time without opposition. Young man, before you go West graduate in Wall street, make a tonr | around the world, see war and study ‘ polities as a Republican editor. The cafs on the Air-Line Railroad crossed over the Broad river bridge on the sth instant, and are running to Cherokee Creek ou this side, where a trestle is being built. It is thought that the train will reach Limestone Springs by the first of next month. A writer in the Sumter News com plains of the “utter want of accommo dation,'’ “the enormously high rates of freight," Ac., on .the W., C. A A. R. R., as seriously impairing the interests of Sumter, and urges the construction of a new road direct to Charleston. THE GKOROIA ELECTION. From the Secretary of State the At lanta Constitution learns that the official returns from all the counties but two— Harralson and Rabun—are in. The vote stands thus : Greeley 75,896 Grant 62,485 Greelev’s majority 13,411 O’Conor 8,999 The whole vote polled is 142,370. The whole vote polled in 1868 at the Presi dent’s election was as follows : Seymour 102,822 Grant 57,134 159,956 Seymour’s majority 45,588 It will thus be seen that the Demo cratic vote fell off 22,927. The Radical vote increased 5,351, which was due to successful fraud. At Governor Smith’s election the vote stood : Smith 103,076 Walker 41,45*3 144,528 Smith’s majority 61,624 We thus have 142,370 against 144,528 a month ago, as the vote of the State, showing a decrease of 2,158, which the two unreported counties will change some. The aggregate vote differs very little at the two elections, but the particulars differ widely. Smith got the largest Democratic vote ever polled in Georgia —larger than Seymour’s vote. The Dem ocratic vote in iB7O was 96,685 out of 166,505. The Radical vote then was 69,822. The Radical vote for Grant in November was 62,485 against 41,452 for Walker in October, or an increase of 21,032. Add this to the large stay-at home Democratic element, and the large falling oft' of Greeley’s majority below Smith’s is accounted for without any implication of Democratic unfairness in Smith’s election. The official Congressional vote is as follows : FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Rawls 8,319 Sloan 6,979 Rawls’ official majority 1,340 SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Whiteley 9,616 Wright 9,530 Whiteley’s official majority 86 THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Cook 6,145 Brown 4,455 Cook’s official majority 1,630 FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Harris 10,319 Bethune 8,466 Harris’ official majority 1,853 FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Freeman 10,910 Glenn 10,631 Freeman’s official majority 279 SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Blount 9,993 Anderson • 6,196 Blount’s official majority 3,797 « SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Young 7,915 Dever 4,331 EIOIITH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Wright 9,097 Clayton 6,230 Dußose 1,293 Wright’s official maj. over Clay ton 2,467 Wright’s majority over both.... 2,174 NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Bell 7,257 Darnell 4,318 Bell’s official majority 1,938 Counties not heard from —Haralson, in the Seventh, and Rabun, in the Ninth Districts. [From the New York Times.] “Carpet-Baggers” amt Tlielr Future, j The antics which Gov. Warmotli, of Louisiana, is jnst now practicing, may be regarded as one of tlie last convulsive I kicks of carpet-bagging in the South. Warmoth is a very interesting and lively representative of his class. He is young, full of energy and resource, courageous, of popular address, a clever speaker, a fast liver, an unbridled speculator, and as unscrupulous politician, in the meanest and lowest sense of the term, as any American State has ever been cursed with. Anything that abuse of power and betrayal of trust are equal to, Wav moth may be counted on to accomplish, if bis interest lies that way. The His tory of the fertile State which he literal ly rules, has, for the term of his Gover norship, been a humiliating story of fraud and violence in the places where justice and the preservation of order should alone be regarded. His last bold attempt to alter tlie election returns, by recasting the election board, is intended to obtain some place in which be can be secure from the reverses that have else where overtaken bis kind, and which he can plainly see are in store in tlie imme diate future for himself. Whatever may be the date at which the overthrow of the corrupt and dis graceful domination of Warmoth may take placo in Louisiana, it is certain ] that recent public events have made the downfall of his class throughout the j South only a question of time, and of no very extended time at that. Let no j enthusiastic Democrat lay the flattering unction to his soul that such an event would cut short the career of Republi cans and of immigrants from the North alone. Though the earliest, and some J of the worst, corruptionists in the South were Republicans, that was owing to the peculiar constitution of the voting population, which made it impossible for Southern Democrats to make much headway, and gave the offices in the main to’ professed Republicans, most of whom, of white complexion, were North ern bom. The bad habit of shooting Southern men avowing Republican prin ciples had prevailed too long to allow of any different state of things. But the Republican corruptionists from the North found ready and skillful partners in the South, and in some of the black est chapters of the recent humiliating history of the Southern States, the names' of native Democrats occur with unpleasant frequency. Democrat or Republican, however, it is a matter for sincere rejoicing that the end of their rule, where it has not al ready been reached, is approaching. The causes are various. The Amnesty act was, peiliaps, the* chief, as it was among the first. This restored to politi cal activity in the South the great body of men who were aequaiuied intimately with public affairs, aud who had the character aud capacity to deal with them. The next blow to the ruleof the corruptionists was the nomination of Greeley at Baltimore. That divided them. Many of them, like Warjpoth, thought they saw a “revolution, and went over to the Fusion movement. It divided the Democrats, also, and brought some of the shrewedest and most capable of them into active co operation with the better Republicans, and, what is most important, established political sympathy between them and the negroes. It can no longer be said that negroes are all one side, and the Southern whites on the other Another beneficent effect of Mr. Gree ley’s nomination and defeat is, that it is now perfectly clear that whatever wild hopes the Southerners may have enter tained of modifying the resnlts of the war, bv unfriendly legislation or un-1 friendly administration, must be aban- j doned. The influence of this fact will extend in the South to all, even to those who had been unconscious of entertain ing any such hopes, but whose spirit has been one of ill-concealed discontent : and even animosity toward the National Government. Probably one result will be that Southern men will not be very prominent in national politics during i the next few years. Another result, j equally probable, and flowing from the . former, will be that Southern men will : take all the more earnestly to their home affairs, as affording rewards for their legitimate ambition, and a field for active and efficient work. Cer tainly, the field is ample. The South needs efficient and economical State Governments and she can only get them from the hands of her own citizens. — She needs a carefully-developed system of schools, adapted to her peculiar popu lation; she requires cheap, simple, and effective Court*, especially for minor causes and for criminal procedure; she needs, and needs absolutely, a vigorous AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 4, IS7*2. enforcement of the laws for the protec tion of person and property; and she needs a judicious, prudent, but patient and eontinnal effort to improve her ma terial resources in all legitimate ways. These are no easy tasks. To perform them well will bring labor enough to tax any generation of active public men; but it will bring solid satisfaction, and well-earned reputation also, to those who bear their part in it. THE ARREST OF JAY GOULD. He is Charged YVith Appropriating Nine Millions of Erie’s Money. The affidavit of President Watson, of the Erie Railway, avers that the company has cause of action against Jay Gould for more than the sum of $9,726,541 26, to which interest is to be added; that such cause of action arises from the fraudulent detention, embezzlement and misapplication of the moneys and property of the said company; that Gould,' while acting as President and Treasurer of said corporation, lias beeu guilty of fraud in incurring the obliga tions for which this action is brought; that at the same time Gould was copart ner with Henry N. Smith, Henry H. Martin and James B. Bach, under the firm name of Smith, Gould, Martin & Cos., bankers and brokers, and the agents and brokers of the Erie Company; and that all the moneys claimed as having been at any time to the credit of the said Erie Company on the books of said firm were received for said railway com pany during, the time Gould was its President and Treasurer; that at various times from the 3d of August, 1868, to the 9th of November, 1869, the said Erie Company created and issued 407,347 shares of the par Value of $40,734,700, increasing the capital stock, exclusive of preferred stock, to $75,000,000; that Gould, by the devices above set forth, fraudulently misapplied the money of the Erie Company, and was thereby guilty of fraud upon the said company to the extent of $3,941,858, for which further sum with interest this action is in part brought. That Gould, having been in the early part of 1869 engaged in specu lation in shares of the Reading Railroad, and having lost $359,012, as appears by the books of said firm, on May 17tli, or dered the said loss charged to the Erie Railway Company, and on the 31st of December, 1869, transferred to his own account the further sum of $168,803 69, then to the credit of the Erie Company on the books of said firm, which said Gould fraudulently embezzled and mis applied. Gould is also charged with fraudu lently misapplying $13,580 of the com pany’s money in January, 1869, to cover his losses in speculation in New York Central stock; also withdrawing from the moneys of the Erie Company in Au gust, 1809, the sum of $61,000, which was paid to James Fisk, Jr., who Gould knew had no legal claim for said sum or any portion thereof; also with paying out of the funds of Erie’s23,ss4 75 with-/ out authority or warrant, to secure his own re-election as director in October, 1866. Also with, on the 28th of Decem ber, 1870, further increasing the capital stock of Erie by $2,000,000; on the 13th of January, 1871, further increasing the same by $1,000,000, at the rate of $22 per share, or thereabouts; and misap plying the whole proceeds, to the extent of' $660,000. Henry N. Smith, in his affidavit, says he has read the affidavit of Peter W. Watson, President of the Erie Railway Company, plaintiff; that the facts therein stated touching tlie organization, existence and business of the firm of Smith, Gould, Martin & Cos. are true, and the deponent was a member of the said firm as therein stated. This de ponent further says that the books of account of said firm were intended to be, and, as he believes, were accurately kept, and that the results of said ac counts, as stated in the affidavit of said Watson, are in all respects accurate. Deponent further says that the accounts in tlie books of Smith, Gould, Martin & Cos., embracing the transactions in question, were kept under tlie orders and supervision of Jay Gould, and the various transfers of account referred to in the affidavit of said Watson were made by the direction of said Gould. The New York Herald says, in its monetary article: The arrest of Jay Gould to-day at tlie suit of the Erie Railway Company is the direct result of the corner in Erie got up a short time ago, by which Smith and Gould, who were then working in uni son, were heavily squeezed. But these gentlemen vowed to bo revenged upon the Drew clique, and proceeded to lay their wires, but sudden disagreement ended their plans, and opened ft bitter quarrel between them, and waj to the knife was declared. In his anger, Smith is said to have remarked to one of his friends; “ I’ll make (hat little monkey (meaning Gonhl) grind an) organ yet for his living.” He further said he would ruin him in a week. In the meantime Gould, by skillful manipulations, man aged to get both Smith and Drew short on Northwestern, and then run up the stock as was done to-day to 290. It is said that Smith, finding himself short, asked Gould to let him have fifty thou sand shares of that stock, threatening to bring the present suit against him in GB.se of his refusal. Gould, however, would not accede to the demand, and hence the suit and present arrest. As Gould left his | office this afternoon to give bail at the j sheriff’s office, he gave orders to his brokers not to sell a share of stock at any price. Travers & Duncan, who be came sureties ou tlie order of arrest, are said to be short ou Northwestern to a ; considerable amount, Henry M. Smith is said to bo short forty thousand shares, and Daniel Drew i ten thousand shares of Northwest com | moil. TERRIFIC TORNADO IX SICILY. The Town of Pala/.zolo Swept Away— -1,000 Families Utterly Homeless- Great Loss of Life and Property. New York, November 20.—The Lon don Times, of the Bth, has the follow ing account of a hurricane in Sicily, which destroyed the town of Palazzolo: There has been no instance of such a calamity within the MEMORY of living man. No earthquake ever caused so much destruction. There are houses ruined, houses fallen to the very ground, walls cleft from end to end, walls hanging out wards as if to rest on adjoining houses. There are roofs wholly swept away, sunken vaults, balcouies'toru from their places, windows aud shutters either en tirely carried off or hanging loose from the walls, lamp posts forced from their sockets, uprooted trees. Along the northeast side of the town NOT A SINGLE HOUSE REMAINS In which the whole roof and windows do not require thorough repair. The streets are a mass of fragments and rub bish. The incidents of the disaster are so strange as to be almost incredible. There was a store with twenty-five hec tolitres of wheat, of which NOT A TRACE Is anywhere to be seen. The books of the Excise aud of the Sand Registry offices have vanished, and only their torn leaves have been found here aud there at great distances. In one house all tfie copper kitchen utensils were blown through the roof. In another, benches and heavy chests flew through the window. The iron bars gs pne bal cony are to be seen curled up one way, those of another twisted up another way. There is the pillar of a palace which has been moved forward one foot without breaking, and stands isolated, all in one piece. There is the wall of another palace which has fallen back more than three feet without a crack. There is a beam of one house which has thrust it self into another house. There is half a bedstead, the other half of which flies NO ONE KNOWS WHERE. All the tiles of one bijilding are huddled together in one spot ou the roof, crushed and broken up as small as if they had been pounded. The rafters of another building are all bare. The tiles have flown no one can see where. In a stable on the bare ground men are LAYING THE BODIES # One by one as tljey are being dug out. Most of them are in their night dresses, having been crushed as they were quiet ly sleeping. Their features and forms are so disfigured that one cannot look at them without shuddering. Their nos trils, ears and mouths are etopped up with earth. The white dust lias every where pierced tlirough the skin. Here is the body of a man holding close to his heart a child, probably his own.— The skulls of both are shattered. There are two young men IN EACH OTHER’S ARMS, Probably brothers. The chests and backs of both are crushed. Near them is another youth covered with blood.— He was clerk in a Government office. He has his eyeg-’iass still stuck in his right eye. He was probably reading or writing when he was struck. There are some mangled past recognition; others that seem unhurt and look AS IF THEY WERE SLEF.FINO. Without exaggeration, one-thiriU of the town is dismantled and more than a thousand families literally without a home. About a thousand more have only oue little corner of what was once their house to shelter them. The dead are thirty-two; seriously hurt, about half a score. [From the Baltimore Gazette.] French Spoliation Claims. Everybody has heard of the French spoliation claims, but very few know how they originated. A pamphlet issued by Mr. Causten, of Washington, fur nishes the desired information. To under stand how the claims arose, it is neces sary to premise that, by our treaty of alliance with France iu 1778, we agreed, in consideration of tlie aid extended by France to the colonies then engaged iu the war for independence, to guarantee forever to France the possession of her colonies in America. Wlieq, however, the French revolution broke out, and, to stem the career of conquest entered upon by France, an armed coalition of the European sovereigns was formed against her, our Government was placed in a serious dilemma. It had either to make common cause with France, in de fense of her American possessions, or repudiate the treaty stipulation by which we engaged to protect them from inva sion or conquest. To unite with France in a w r ar against the combined Powers of Europe, weak as we were from the struggle through which we had but re cently passed, and bnrthened with the debt we had incurred iu maintaining it, would have jeopardised our newly ac quired independence, and wrought for us, in any event, such grievous injury that we should have found it difficult to recover from. Asa means of relief, re peated appeals were made to France, and money offered to release us from this perpetual and most onerous treaty obligation. France insisted on keep ing us bound by the conditions of the compact. These we were in no condition to fulfill, and, finally, Wash ington cut the Gordian knot by issuing a proclamation of neutrality. The sale of French prizes in our ports, and the departure of privateers from them, car rying French commissions, were subse quently prohibited. In consequence of this repudiation of the latter and spirit of our treaty with France, the letter re taliated, by arming and sending out, from Ban Domingo alone, eighty-seven cruisers to prey upon the commerce of United States. The aggregate result of these predatory incursions was tlie cap ture, between the years 1792 and 1801, of more than fifteen hundred American vessels, entailing a loss upon our citi zens of from eight to thirteen millions of dollars. Not one of these captures was legally made, as our commercial treaty with France establishes, and as the French Government ultimately ac knowledged. After many and tedious negotiations on tlie subject, and when we were on tlie very verge of war with France, in consequence of these out rages, a treaty was agreed upon where by our Government consented to relin quish these claims against France, ami, as an equivalent, France released the United States from the perpetual obliga tion to protect and defend the French dependencies in America against any and all belligerents. By thus setting off the claims of American citizens against the treaty obligations due by the United States to France, our Government became bound, in honor, to indemnify the claimants. This it has failed to do ; although “ be tween the years 1827 and 184(1 twenty two reports of committees, ali in favor of the claimants, were made in tlie two Houses of Congress, each by a bill, and each bill for a compromise sum of five millions.of dollars.” The bill passed both Houses on two different occasions, and was vetoed, in the first instance, by President Polk, ou the ground of “inex pediency,” and, in the second, by Presi dent Pierce, who subsequently acknowl edged “he had made a mistake.” We pass over the more recent efforts to get both Houses to act upon the hill, stating merely as a matter of interest that, al though those efforts were baffled, the justice of the claims was acknowledged, and that an agreement was reached at the last session of Congress whereby it was understood that the bill should be taken up for consideration iu the House of Representatives on the second Wed nesday of December next, and in the Senalp on.the same day. Mr. Causten, therefore, notifies claimants who failed to present tlielr memorials to Congress at the last session, to prepare them forthwith. A confident belief is express ed that these claims will be recognized, and indemnity allowed, before the ses sion closes. A 'P&ijfing Machine. From the American we learn that there is now in Baltimore a very curious piece of mechanism, which imitates not only the various sounds of the human voice, hut combines them into words and sentences. It lias been exhibited to members of the press by the inven tor, Pro lessor Fabers Erben, at liis rooms in Barnum’s Hotel, who explain? ed the walkings of the contrivance.— Talking machines have been invented at various times, but this is the only one that has combined such great range pf utterance with such perfect articulation. The machine is a complete system of tubes, levers, keys and modifying ap pliances, a great many manipulations being sometimes necessary to produce the desired sound. It is thus des cribed : The machine is constructed in imita tion of the human organs of speech, all the mechanical appliances being adjust ed so as to produce the effect of the dif ferent muscles used in articulation. The largest portion of the apparatus is a bellows, which performs the same function as the lungs in the human body. This feeds a variety of tubes through which the sound escapes, which are managed by fourteen levers, each representing a vowel or consonant, and extending out to a sort of key board, by the manipulation of which the various ; combinations of sound are produced.- Here sits the performer, tlje Professor’s i wife, who manages the macliiipj with : great dexterity. The sensitiveness of ; her ear is jenjarljable, inasmuch as she makes tbs machine speak in languages foreign to her, when slio necessarily I must imitate each word from reooffec tiou of the sound. The many combina | tions sometimes necessary to express a I single word demands skill and rapidity on her part. Leading from the bellows is a w ind pipe for the conduction of the air, aud an India rubber larynx, with vocal cords, modeled after those of a human being, opening and closing in the same manuer. The sound escapes from an imitation of the human mouth, the up per jaw being of wood, with a lip of leather,and the lower jaw of india rubber. The mouth has a palate of hard rubber and a tongue of flexible rubber. There is alsq a for the escape of the air when the mouth is closed, in imita tion of the vent which in the human or ganism is afforded by the nostrils. Fourteen sounds are all that are used by the machine for the production of speech. All the other sounds are pro duced out of these fourteen by combina tion or by modifying their action either by separating the vocal chords or bring- ing them together. The Professor made the machine ut ter sibilant, guttural, laughing and other articulate sounds. It then ntter ers many different names and short sen tences. ' Its articulation is somewhat slow, bnt is very distinct and audible. It speaks German excellently, the harsh, gutteral sound being initated exactly ; its English has a German accent now and then, showing the nativity of the in ventor. When it speaffs prenc-h a mask is attached, having apparatus by means of which tht; usual sound of the French tongue is imitated. This pia.sk is a rather ghastly simulacrum of a human face. The eyes move and the mouth works, and the words pour out, but the immovability of the features and the ab sence of expression creates a wierd and uncanny feeling in the spectator. The Professor says that the machine can sing as well as talk, its voice having a compass of two octaves, bnt as the ar rangement was not in order he was un able to give an example of its perform ance. The Professor has many testimo nials from scientific men in every civil i ized country, and from many European i courts. ENGLISH RAILWAYS. A Financial Review of the System for the Last Twenty Years. [From the l’all Mali Gazette.] There are no exponents of the devel opment of the country’s wealth in re cent times more striking than oflr rail way statistics. For twenty years we have been sinking from £11,900,000 to £15,000,000 of hard easii annually in the railways of the United Kingdom. The figures for these years, 1852-1871, arebefore us. In 1852 tlie whole capital raised upon Shares, debentures and loans by tlie various companies amount ed in actual money to £264,166,000, By 1871 this sum had increased to £552,- i680,000. From the savings of nineteen years upwards of £288,500,000 had there fore been invested in these undertakings. In the earlier year we had 7,336 miles of permanent way. By 1871 the total length was 15,376 miles. The cost per mile of railroad in 1851 was £33,283 ; but land, wages and commodities generally rose in value between that time and the present, and railway construction be came more costly. l'n 1871 the average cost of the lines then open was £35,944 a mile, or £2,661 more than in 1851. Some account, too, should be taken in this comparison of the circumstance that latterly the lines have been more, driven into towns than formerly, and* thus a greater proportionate cost has accrued. Li 1851 the total receipts which tlie companies gathered from all sources were £15,710,000; nineteen years of en terprise more than trebled the sum, the receipts in 1871 amounting to £48,89?,- 000. The receipts per mile in the earlier year were £2,1i1; in the latter £3,063, exclusive of miscellaneous receipts in 1871 -an increase of £922, or forty three per cent, on the average mile. The number of passengers conveyed in 1851 is put down at 89,102,000. But here tlie figures are of the most irregular and in determinate value. They simply repre sent journeys. The man, for example, v*ho travels from Westminster to Victo ria counts for one, just as he who travels from London to Edinburg counts for one. Bearing this in mind, we may col late the passengers in 1851 with those in 1871—namely, with 375,220,000. Hence more than four-fold the number are con veyed now who were carried twenty years ago. Season ticket holders are not reckoned in these figures. Tlie re ceipts per train mile in 1851 were ss. 2d.; in 1871 they were ss. 3d. Last year the gross receipts from passenger traffic were £20,622,000; from goods traffic, £26,485,000; from miscellaneous sources, £1,785,000; making a total of £48,892,- 000. From this, forty-seven per cent , or £23,153,000, had to be taken for working expenses, leaving the net re-* ceipts at £25,740,000. This may be called half a million sterling a week— the net earnings of tlie railways of the United Kingdom. The not receipts in the year were equal to £4 13s. per cent, ou the paid-up capital. Retcrnino Funeral Procession At tacked r.Y Riotous Negroes. —ln Savan nah, on Sunday afternoon, a most vil lainous outrage was perpetrated by a large crowd of riotous negroes. The News gives the following particulars : The Cleburne Hose Company had been out to tlie Catholic Cemetery to pay the last tribute to a deceased comrade, Win. J. Kelly, and were returning from the funeral in procession with the Hiber nian Brass Band. They were proceed ing quietly down Reynolds street, tlie baud playing at the time, when sudden ly they were startled by a veil from a horde of negroes who had congregated in the vicinity, which was followed by a shower of stones and missiles. The negroes continued to rush at them, throwing stones indiscriminately, and cursing and yelling in the most outra geous manner. The company was so surprised at the attack that for a mo ment they stopped almost involuntarily, but quickly recovering, they dashed after the black scoundrels and put them to flight, The men were called to ranks by the President, Mv. Wm. Gibbons, and the line moved on. After reaching East Broad street the negroes renewed the attack from a distance for a few minutes and then hastily disappeared. Several persons ou tlie sidewalk wore struck with rocks. When the attack was first made a little white boy, about seven of age, who was following the pro? cession, was struck oil the head by a rock, causing an ugly cut. One or two members of the band were also struck with stones. The South Carolina Presbyterians and the Colored Population. The Synod of South Carolina, at its session in Columbia, recently, had under con sideration the duty and responsibility of tlfp church ip connection with the colored population —a subject which developed much interest, and the dis cussion of which resulted in the adop tion of the following resolutions, intro duced by Dr. .T. B. Adger: Resolved, That this Synod is glad to lioaj' of any willingness among the colored people within opr bounds to instruc tion from our ministers, and that all our ministers and members of our church are hereby encouraged to engage earn estly in every proper way in the good work of promoting the knowledge of the Gospel amongst this people. Resolved, That iq the judgment of this Synod, the way is clear, the General Assembly concurring, for our ministers to assist this people iu organizing them selves into Presbyterian Churches, sepa rate from our Presbyteries, with the un derstanding that they may look to us for religious instruction, so far as we can furnish it, until God, in His providence, shall raise up competent ministers of their own to lead them in the right way. Resqlved, That this Synod, while ex pressing o"'n opinion in this form, are sensible of the desirableness of har mony of opinion and action in our whole church, and would, therefore, overture the General Assembly, at its next meet ing, to rpeQMider the plan it recom mended in 186 U. Disastrous Fire on Edisto Island.- The store and gin house of Mr. Jolm Wright, situated on Edisto Island, about one mile from the Edisto wharf, were destroyed by fire at oue o’clock on last Wednesday. The tire originated iu the moteing room, and was caused by an at tempt to light a pipe made by a colored woman employed therein. The room was filled with a dense mass of floating lint, which ignited from a match the wo man had struck. The progress of the flames was so rapid that the gin-house liamls barely escaped with their lives. Several were severely hnfne.j. One <jol ojpd xjraiqan every particle of cloth ing burnt off of her, and her condition was such that she was not expected to live. The giu house contained ion Mc- Carthy gins, a corn mill and bolting mu chine, grain fans, elevators, and other machinery, as well as about twenty-four bales of sea island cotton and two thou sand bushels of sea island cotton seed, ad of which were completely destroyed. The gin-liouse and engine attached to the gin house wire also destroyed. The store contained a large stoek of dry goods, groceries, Ac., ali of which, ex cepting about oue hundred and fifty dol lars’ worth of dry goods, were lost; There was no insurance. The loss is es timated at between thirty-five and (fifty thousand dollars.- -Chari' Con \<u ... A Classical Dispute. —“Kickero,” or “ Sisero,” is tfie issue in Chiilieothe, Q. Prof. Dowd, the principal of one of the public schools, required his pupils to say “ Kickero;” whereupon divers of the parents rebelled, and demanded that the children should be allowed to say “Sisero.” The professor was inexor able, and the “ Siseronians,” by the pulling of wires, secured his dismissal, against the protest of a largo pari of the community. K&w, with high clamor, the brave" “ Kickeronians” rush to the rescue, declaring that they will put out the present school board, and put in an other that shall defer to Dowd, and cling to “ Kickero.” We trust that this highly classical contest will pof end so tragically as that of the geologists and antiquarians did iu Calaveras county, though when the alternative is “ Kick,” or “ Sis,” the aspect is certainly threat ening. “ Sometimes,” says Mr. Yellow plush (we slightly improve his spelling!, “ I got cias.es and sometimes kix.” Such uncertain fate as this seems to impend over the poor children of Ohillicothe. Froudb's Gesticulations. They’ve got Fronde down to a pretty fine point in New York. A statistical student says that in the first twenty-five minutes of his lecture Thursday night, he put his hands in his pockets twenty-one times, and lifted his coat-tail thirty-five times, by actual count. REPORT ON’ THE l . S. CURRENCY. Bank Issues - Interest—Charters— Usury, Ac. The United States Comptroller’s re port to Congress comments upon the un equal distribution of the $100,000,000 first authorized, and the distribution of $54,000,000 subsequently authorized, and the amount apportioned to each State. $42,000,000 of this have been issued, and the remainder assigned to banks either . in process of organization or applying to do so. No further applications can he considered, and itis probable that the wh01e5354,000,000 of banknotes so au thorized will be issued previous to the meeting of the 43dCongress. After this issue tlie law provides for a redistribu tion of $25,000,000 by transferring that amount from Nexv York and New Eng land to the West and South. The Comp troller considers this impracticable, and recommends its repeal, and the issue of $5,000,000 of circulation annually for the next five years to States which have not their proportion. The amount of taxation, State and Na tional, paid by national banks during the last four years is given witli great care. This table will show that tlie ratio of dividends to the capital of the na tional banks in the aggregate, without deducting bad debts, is 10 per ceut., and U-i. dividends to the capital and surplus Jess than Hi per cent. A comparison of > tiie’dividends of the national banks with 142 English banks, representing $340,- 000,000, is also given. The law in reference to reserve is dis cussed, and statistics showing the ratio of reserve to circulation and deposits of national banks in the different States and cities of the Union, for four years, are given and reference made to the Chicago and Boston fires as confirma tion of the wisdom of the law in re quiring a sufficient reserve and the ac cumulation of a large surplus fund, The Comptroller is opposed to any change of law in reference to the amount of reserve required, but suggests that it may be for the advantage of tlie banks to hold a larger proportion of reserve in their own hands, instead of placing it on deposit in city banks, where it is largely used for speculative purposes. A num ber of applications have been made to tlie Comptroller to commence proceed ings for forfeit of tlie charters of certain banks on account of usurious transac tions. Tlie law provides as a penalty for usury a forfeiture of twice the amount of interest, and Congress is requested to interpret the law, and state whether or not it intended to forfeit the charter of the bank in addition to the imposition of tlie penalty referred to. A statement of broken national banks, amount of dividends paid, and an estimate of pro bable dividends given, shows that tlie national banks, exclusive of four banks which were depositories of public money, will pay to their creditors in tlie aggregate dividends amounting to 86 per cent. Four of the banks which have failed during the past year have paid dividends iu full to their creditors, and two dividends of 70 and 50 per cent., with two other dividends yet to be dis tributed. Locking up of greenbacks in New York city is referred to, and the amount of coin, gold, Treasury notes, and checks payable in specie ‘ ’ 1 1 y the New York city banks for iuur years past given separately, and amendments to the act withholding interest, and im posing penalty upon bunks whose capital lias been impaired, and who refuse to go into liquidation; to prevent t[io circu lation of sUfiiplfisters in the Southern States, and authorizing banks to organ ize without circulation under the pres ent law by deposit of SIO,OOO in United States bonds, instead of one-third of their capital, as now required and sug gested. important amendments proposed. The organization of banks without cir culation, upon a deposit of SIO,OOO in United States bonds instead of one-third of capital; a penalty on the withholding of interest from banks whose capital is impaired, and who refuse to go into li quidation, under section 42 of tlie act; to prevent the circulation of sliinplasters by railroads and other corporations in tlie South; defining more fully the duties of tlie Comptroller and the receiver in the final closing of insolvent banks; per mitting banks to loan 10 per cent,, both on capital and surplus, Epizooty. —The damp and foggy weath er of yesterday seemed to have a most injurious effect upon tlie epizooty, or rather upon tlie animals. A large num ber of new cases were reported, and the indications are that nothing in the shape of horse or mule flesh will escape the infection. Broad street was almost de serted by the drays, as a great many gs the dray flqyseq gfc qfl’ duty and the whole available force was employed on Reynolds street moving cotton. We have also to report that several deaths have occurred, most of them caused by improper treatment or by working the horse before lie had entirely recovered, thus cspiKiqijf q pqlqpse. 'l'ho large per centage of the sick horses and mules are doing well ami those first attacked are rapidly convalescing. One of the most serious inconveniences arising from the epidemic is the scarcity of work horses. It is tfififcult to get transportation for merchandize, wood or anything else. Fortunately our un exampled railroad facilities —tracks run ning to nearly all the warehouses—allow all the cotton which comes here or is sent away to be delivered and shipped without much delqy. The disease does not seem to be con finding itself to horses apd mules. An ancient William Qoat, confined iq tl(e pqlioe stable tfl prevent the malady attaching the horses, lias a fine case of the epizooty himself. Even human be ings do not eaeapo, and two or three gentlemen who are sick are said to have every symptom of the disease. Mr. Robert Banner has given the fol lowing letter to the public : Springfield, Mash . QA. all, 1872. Mr. RoyNCu, - JJtUVr Sir: In the Spring of 18(58 a disease broke out among my cavalry horses at Fort Sum ner, New Mexico, that appears to me identical with that now raging among horses in our cities, and in a veyy (yw days became an epidemic. At first it Gened all 'treatment, ami the great majority of horses attacked by it' died. On exaupning the tlpnqtq the’ dead horses, J foqqd the lining membrane of the jayyn\ Highly inflamed and thickened, and a black mucous pus filling it, causing suffocation. I order ed nil horses, on the first appearance of the disease, to be thoroughly rubbed between the lower jaws and along the larynx down the neck with spirits of turpentine, causing a very vaW'- nal irritation en l T uwrify’hirie thus treated and in a very few days entirely broke the dis temper ami cheeked the epidemic. I do not doubt that thousands of horses, where this epidemic prevails, can be saved by adopting this treat »y-qt. i; acts more quickly y .* cpunteV.-irritaiit than yuy ptfic-r ibniedy X know,' ain’t re lieves the (e¥ei- 6i the membrane.'of the larynx in a very ‘ few hours, spirits of turpentine is njwqys at hand, aud can l)« igcgoi readily applied than any other counter-irritant. It should he thoroughly rubbed iu through the hair to the skin, for a distance of some twelve or fifteen inches under the jaws and down the neck of the horse, immediate ly over the larynx. The remedy i<* se vere and makes the ' : Vi u , ij.oie tor'sevoral weeks, oauneff grdat suffering to the horse. Tbit ‘it acts promptly and ef fectively, and in my judgment it will be found the best, and perliaps the only cure for this fatal malady causing such suffering and loss among horses through out the country. My h,y*> of horses in duces ire t„ arteiress-yon and to ask you to give this communication such place in your paper as to reach the public in the most prompt and general wav, ynd stay one of the greatest misfortune, s n,ow threatening all ing by thousands the noblest animals created for the service of man. Very truly, yours, B, a, Roberts, Effeyet Brigadier General U. S. Army. The result of a post mortem examina tion of a horse that died of the “epizoo” at Atlanta, on Saturday, is recorded as follows in the Herald: Intense inflammation of the mucous or lining membrane of the larynx and trachea, or wind pipe; the inflamma tion extending itself to the bronchi or small air tubes, and the substance of the lung itself. The greatest iuflamma- NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 49. fion of the lung was iu the immediate vicinity of the small nil* tubes. From appearances, it is evident that the in flammation commenced in tile larynx, or the entrance of the wind pi|ie, tunl extending itself along the same mem brane the whole extent of the air tubes, and to the lung tissue iu the immediate vicinity of the first great distribution of these tubes. The inflammation of the lung, or pneumonia, was in this case evidently nil extension of tlie inflamma tion from tlie air tubes, differing from ordinary pneumonia or lung fever. Epizooty. —There is still a steady in crease in the number of cases of epizooty in tlie city, and the indications now arc that few horses will escape. Every liorso in the police stables lias been at tacked, and one of them has a serious case. A great many of the dray horses liavo it, and have been retired from ac tive service—still there are enough in harness, in connection with our railroad facilities, to do the business of the mer chants. The cotton men got even by bringing in steam power, as will he seen, from an article in another column. The disease here lias not been confined to the horses, but has also attacked the mules—among others those procured by the Southern Express Company to take tlie place of their horses. Most of the animals which take the malady stop work and receive immediate and careful attention from their owners and drivers, and some of them are even now rapidly convalescing, notwithstanding the severe and protracted cold spell of tlie past two weeks. Under the influence of the mild weather, which commenced yesterday, rapid improvement may be expected. In the last number of the Spirit of the Times, the following receipt of tlie treatment of the disease appears. It lias been used with satisfactory results by a well known owner of fancy stock in that city, who suggested that wo pub lish the same for the benefit of others : Influenza is characterized by extreme prostration and debility. During the febrile stage of the disease the patient should be kept quiet; good nursing, and warm clothing, with the greatest atten tion to feeding, are necessary. Tlie ap petite, if capricious, must be tempted with grass, carrots, brau mash, boiled linseed, skim milk, oat meal gruel, or anything else he will take. If tonics are required, iodide of iron in doses of a drachm, with half an ounce each of pow dered gentian and ginger, mixed with feed twice a day; or a stimulant may be administered—such as carbonate of am monia, one and a half drachms; cam phor, one drachms; and ginger, four drachms; syrup to form a ball.— In cases, however, which aro pro gressing favorably, nature had better be left to herself and tonics should only be resorted to when the symptoms really indicate the need of them. Asa rule, if the animal can ho induced to feed, wo may hopejfor the best; as the strength returns, a little led exercise may be given. The discharge of purulent matter from the noso iu tlie early stage is a good sign and indicates that the disease is becoming milder. Favorable progress is also marked by the urine being discharged more fre quently and in greater quantities, and by the fcoees becoming soft instead of being voided in pellets. A slight ten dency to “stock” iu the legs is also a favorable sign. It, is one of nature’s means of giving relief and often prevents the occurrence of mischief in important internal organs. But in thelatter stages it is asymptom of tlie inability of nature any longer to continue the conflict with the disease. If the attack q( this junc ture does not take q favorable turn,, the sumptoms will probably become more intense. The membrane of the nose may become mulberry red, and in very bad eases the discharge may he tinged with streaks of blood. The nose, the legs, the sheath and under the belly become more or less swollen; indeed, a general tendency to cp derna exists. The animal may wander unconsciously round his box and look at his sides and paw occasion ally with his fore feet, asi though in acute pain. Even spontaneous diarrhoea is to ho dreaded, ami far more the su perpurgation which is likely to result from cathartics or sedatives given to an animal in this malady. The disease of ten assumes an intermittent form, and the patient alternately gains strength for a time and relapses. Even if the animal survives, chronic cough, defec tive respiration, rheumatism, <W paraly sis are often after-veaultu of such ex treme deyglomgenta of influenza. When tlm patient ia recovering from a severe attack of influenza we must not expect any great and rapid amendment. The change will be gradual. We must tax our patience aud be satisfied to look on and seek to aid nature iu the gradual restoration of the system- 0- After a bad ease there wfifi bo during convales cence frequent changes, slight acces sions of fever, the appetite will often slowly return and will be capricious in character. It is always a good sign to see the horse lying down aud comforta ble in that position, especially if the breathing is not accelerated by it. At tacks of infi,quu*a are often complicated by various other deinngements, which will receive attention at our earliest con venience. I’robarlk Meeting of the New Con gress in December,— \ Washington dispatch to Cm Ne.w York Herald , on the 30th, syys there is every probability that the law of 18(57, requiring each now Congress to meet for organization on the 4th day of March instead of the first Monday iq liecembev, will have to be re enacted. Jt was yejiealed last session by a majority of three votes in the House, through the persistency of Mr. Dawes and the aid of the Democratic mombers. The coming- session contains but fifty five working days, of which the first half would be fully required by the Ap propriations Ocununioe if the estimates \ym*i now ready so that tho bills could lie fully prepared iu advance of the meeting. But there will he unavoid able delay in this particular,, amt the days of bjoioie the holiday ad’on.qmeqt vU fcft wasted ns before. There are eighty-three UilU on the House docket which are special (gdiae qqd most eomo up, and all the important legislation arising from the Treaty of Washington lias to bo consid ered iu committee and passed through each House. Nearly all the old Re publican members who are yevjofected to the new Congress w i e> writing to the CQiqmitt'??, ViVm whoare already in Wash mgiou urging the necessity of a session of the new Congress immediately upon tho expiration of the old, and the latter concur in the view's of their <<«o syond ents. Convention at Rome,— The ltoiqe Board of Trade, at a meeting held last weeki rwHslvod that the convention for pressing forward the opening of the Coosa, Etowah and Oostenaula rivers and tho great >South ern Canal, he held in Rome on the 4tli of Decembr next. Judge Underwood, Major C. H. D, Cokhv-M wad Thomas J. Ferry were appointed a committee of invitation. Judge Underwood, Major C. 11. Smith and J. M. Elliott were appointed q com mittee to prepare statiand make a report to the convention. Honorable Police Distinction,— The police authorities of Savannah have or dered that a member of the force iu the service o( the X’o* 6st City for three years be honored with a badge of honor, consisting of a gold laoe stripe on the left sleeve below the elbow—another stripe to be added for every successive or preceding period of the same dura tion. Several of the members of the force have mounted two aud three of these honorable badges. Erie Sues Drew. —A suit has been instituted by the Erie Railway Company against Daniel Drew to recover $5,000,- 000 alleged to have been embezzled by him while treasurer of the company in 1868, by the sale of 50,000 shares of watered stock. Further Particulars op the Mil- T.F.IHIKVII.LE FIUE.—A YoUNG MAN Burn kd'to Dkath. —From the Macon Telc <;ragh we get the following additional particulars of tho disastrous hie at Mil lodgeville on Friday morning: The lire broke out in a cellar under the Macon store of O, E. Besore, who lost a stock of goods valued at $9,000, upon which thero was no insuranee. Tliere being scarcely any means of de fense against fire, the flames hud their own way, and swept everything within their reach. The Milledgeville Hotel, a lino tin story brick building, Newell’s Hall and seven stores wero totally burned, caus ing a loss of SIOO,OOO, about one-fourth of which was couvered by insurance. During tho progress of the fire a young man munod Corey, who was en gaged in buaines in one of the stores that were burned, was in the building en deavoring to save some of his offocts, when a keg of powder exploded with terrific force, burying him in tho wreck of the burning building. His charred re mains were taken from the ruins Friday. Ed. Compton and several otlierß wore badly hurt at the same time, though no more lives wero lost. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Injunction Made Absolute,— ln the case of F. L. Cardozo vts. Niles G. Par ker, State Treasurer of South Carolina, after a hearing on Thursday, Judge Melton issued his final order, making absolute the injunction previously laid upon tho State Treasurer and his co defendants, the County Treasurers, en joining them, until further order, from paying out of tho proceeds of tho tax authorized to bo levied by tho Joint Resolution of the General Assembly, ap proved March 13th, 1872, or any part thereof for any purpose whatever, ex cept for payment of tho appropriation contained in the general appropriation act for tho fiscal year last past, approved March 13th, 1872, until those appropria tions have been fully paid and satisfied. The operation of tho injunction upon County Treasurers is excepted in regard to the disbursement of county taxes. All other taxes are required to bo paid into the State Treasury. Another injunction has been applied for, and the caso was to bo heard by- Judge Melton yesterday. Tho order in this latter case, if granted ns applied for by tho plaintiff, of which there was thought to be no doubt, will go much further than the one above mentioned. The one attempts merely to prevent the misappropriation of the taxes after they are collected; tho other one contem plates no collection of any taxes what ever until the new Legislature shall meet and, fix, and it is said, reduce the amount. Auousta Antiquities. —Our older citi zens are no doubt well aware that the first United States Arsenal erected here was built on what was afterwards tho site of tho celebrated Confederate Powder Works. Tho Arsenal was finished in tho year 1819, but some years afterwards anew Arsenal was built on the Sand Hills, and tho old one was intended for a powder manufactory. When tho war came on, Col. Rains estab lished in its stead tho Confederate Powder Works. The property was pur chased by tho city at the Government sale two or three weeks ago, and yester day,while tho laborers on the Canal were making some excavations, tho corner stone of the old Arsenal was resurrected. It was almost completely covered with mortar, but was restored and the in scription on it made legible. The stone was of tho soft quality which was for merly used in this city a great deal, and of which tlioro is so much in the City Hall building. The inscription is: 1819. J. Walter Phillips, Liontwwmt of Ordinance, Superintendent. Some days ago, on the same tract of land, the workmen, while digging seven feet below tho surface, fohnd two genuine Indian tomahawks, which had probably been there for morn than one hundred years. The tomahawks are of stone and were, no doubt, considered quite “nobby” when the young braves, their owners, first sported them, though hardly the thing to carry into a free fight in the present day. Hard on Telfair County. —A curious and melancholy stoi-y illustrative of great public disappointment in Telfair county, Ga., and tho trials of political life, is going the rounds of the Northern press. Strange to say, Telfair county, Ga., has never enjoyed a circus. Some body procured a number of old bills and posted them at Jaeksonville, announcing that the circus would be exhibited on a certain Friday. A great crowd of men, wornon, and children gathered, all wild with joy and expectation, but no circus appeared. After hope deferred had made a great many hearts sick, a little, hoy rushed into tho town crying tliat ho had soon the clown crossing tho river-. And who should tho clown turn out to be but Gon. Cook, coming to make a political speech t The crowd melted sadly away, aud the General had but a hard time of it. The Girls of the Atlanta High School Visit Mr. Stephens.-— ln At lanta, on Friday afternoon, tho pupils of tho Atlanta Female High School, with their teachers. Misses Taylor, Hay good, Clayton aud Latimer, under the lead of Mr. Bernard Mallon, the Superinteuil ant, visited Mr. Stephens in a body at the Kimball House, to tender him their respects. Mr. Stephens was escorted from hi* room to tho jmrlor of tho Kimball House by a number of gentlemen who were visiting him, where lie was intro duced to the young, ladies by Col. I. W. Avery. Ab address of welcome and con gratulation was read in helmlf of tho school girls by a young daughter of Gen. Gartrell, to which Mr. Stephens made eloquent response, while standing leaning upon his crutch and supported by Col. Johnson. U» is reported to have seemed deeply touched by tho delicate tribute paid him. A New Phase of the Xiwzoonu — Micßosoorio Discoveries —Tiie Colum bia (S. C.) Carollni reports that a number of micr««<je,pie examinations have been made. iu. that city of the nasal discharge from horses affected with tho prevalent disease. In eight eases ont of eleven animalculro were discovered. They are little cigar shaped concerns, and about the color of a strong Havana cigar. From the observations so fur, it appears that the organized bodies am found in the first stages of the disease-, when the discharge is thin; afterwards, when the discharge is thick, no animal culm can be found. One physician sug gests that the animal culm penetrated the mucus membrane of the horse, and thus it is after several days none are to ho discovered. Perliaps to tlioir subse quent pranks may lie attributed tho dropsy, which is appearing at the North as the sccoudaiy stage of the disease. Two Negro Prisoners Killed. —On Saturday last, three negro prisoners are reported to have attempted to escape from jail in Opelika, Ala. The jailer fired upon them, killing two of the fugi tives aud wounding the third.