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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1876)
qp)tottttlg anti jSnUtral. WEDNESDAY. .FEBRUARY 23, 18f6. MR. HARDK WAX’S DRFKNM. An editorial addressed to Hon. Thor Hardeman, Chairman of the State Dem ocratic Executive Committee, which ap peared in the Chronicle and Sentinel several days ago, haa drawn a reply from that gentleman. Mr. Hardman's letter appears elsewhere in this paper this morning. We commend it to the attention of oar readers. It is ingeni ously written, like everything that comes from the pen of the distinguished writer. The bad places are adroitly avoided or skimmed over ada the sore spots tenderly touched. We are afraid that Mr. Hardeman is bnt half con vinced by his own reasoning and We are very confident that the people will be satisfied with his explanation. A better proof of the badness of the cause cannot be offered than the fact that Mr. Hardeman, with all his ingenuity, is obliged to make such a lame defense. Mr. Hardeman dwells at length upon the propriety of the appointment of Oeneral Lawton as a member of the National Executive Committee. We have never questioned the wisdom of the oommittee in making this selection. Mr. Hardeman cannot have a higher opinion of the ability and integrity of General Lawton than we entertain. Mr. Hardeman cannot speak louder in praise of General Lawton than we have spoken. But when Mr. Hardeman en deavors to couple the appointment of General Lawton with the selection of Senator Gordon as his “ alternate” upon the National Committee, while we admire the adroitness of the movement, we permit it to pass unexposed. Mr. Hardeman must know that it is not usual to appoint “alternates” upon National Committees. His excuse is a very flimsy one : That he didn’t know whether General Lawton would accept, and it was important to have Georgia represented at the meeting of the Com mittee. General Lawton was in easy reach of the Committee. It was easy enough to telegraph him his appoint ment, and ask his acceptance, if that had been deemed neoessary. Men are elected delegates and alternates to con ventions without the electors knowing that they will accept, but they usually do. General Lawton wonld have gone to Washington if it had been possible for him to do so, and the same oontin genoies that might prevent his attend anoe might also prevent the attendance of any other person selected. The idea that General Gordon was the proper person for an alternate because he was on the gronad does not smoant to mnoh. Members of Congress sometimes leave Washington City; and, as a matter of faot, we believe that General Gordon is now absent from his post. Circum stances might also oompel his absence on the 22d instant. The patent objec tion to Gen. Gordon’s appointment was that he was believed by many to be the pronounoed advocate of a particular candidate for the Presidency, to-wit : Mr. Thxjrman, of Ohio; and it was mani festly improper for the partisan of any candidate to be on a committee where he oonld do so much to advance the inter ests of his favorite. Mr. Hardbman jumps over all these objections by say ing that, as General Lawton is certain to attend the meeting, no harm can oome of the aotion of the Committee. If a man shoots at another and misses him, no harm is done the party shot at, but the law punishes the party shooting for the attempt. Mr. Hardeman defends the resolution passed by the Committee to govern the selection of delegates by repeating the stale cry of “expense.” The times are hard and to save the people the expense of selecting delegates to the National Convention, the Committee generously proffered to do the work for them. Mr. Hardeman says it oosts more to hold one State Convention than nine Distriot Conventions. We say that it does not. We think even Mr. Hardeman will ad mit that the hotel expenses of a delegate to tho State Convention will be about the same as the delegate to a District Convention. The only other item of expense remaining is the railroad fare. It has usually been the oustom of rail way companies to pass delegates to State Conventions for half fare; it has rarely been the case that they have charged less than fall fare to delegates to District Conventions. There is nothing whatever in this plea of expense, and Mr. Hardeman does himself injnstioe in making such a puerile defense. He says that so far- as the appointment of the Distriot delegates is concerned it does not make any difference whether a State Convention is held or not, beoause at such Convention the Distriot represen tatives retire and choose their delegates. This is true, but they do not permit the Executive Committee to seleot the dele , gates from the Stste-at-large. He also says that in 1872 the State Convention appointed a oommittee of three from each Congressional District to suggest the names of delegates from the State at-large, and evidently thinks this faot furnishes a justification of the action of the Committee. Mr. Hardeman must know that the oases are not analogous. That Committee suggested names for ratification or rejection by the Conven tion. This Committee propose to select the delegates themselves. Mr. Harde man refers to the fact that in 1868 Gen eral Gordon and others were appointed delegates to the National Convention, and that General Gordon was nominated for Governor by the State Executive Committee. This may be true, but it famishes no precedent to authorize what was done in Atlanta a few weeks ago. In 1868 politics in Georgia were in a chaotic state, and many things were done then which wonld not be tolerated row. Mr. Hardeman wonld scarcely venture a candidacy for Governor upon a nomination by the Executive Oommit tee. If he did he wonld soon discover how little attention the people wonld pay to his “precedent.” Mr. Hardeman offers a very bungling interpretation of the resolution adopted by the Committee. He says, with refer ence to the appointment of delegates from the State at-large: “The Commit “ tee, unwilling to nsnrp any power “ whatever, decided they wonld not “ select themselves, or even recommend “ persons for the position, but would " remit the whole question to the Dis “ Conventions, and ask them, in case “ they failed to agree upon four dele “ gates, to empower them to seleot from * the names suggested by their Conven “ tions the delegates and alternates.” He confesses that the wording of the resolution is "unfortunate,” and that the words “shall empower, Ac.,” imply more than the Committee “designed or desired.” This resolution, he thinks, is only a reguest to the District Conven tions to empower the Executive Oom mittee to sot for them in the event they fail to select delegates from the Btate at-large. The resolution appeared in an official report of the proceedings signed by Mr. Hardeman, and famished to the Atlanta papers for publication. We deny Mr. Hardeman’s right to interpret and prefer to let the resolution speak for itself. Here it is ; “ Besolvetl , That a Convention of “ Congressional Districts be sailed by “ the Executive Committee of each • District, on Wednesday, the 26th day “of April, *t sack place as each Die * trict Committee shall select, to nom “ inate two delegates and two alternates “ each to the National Democratic Con “ vention, and that said Distriet Con- mentions nominate fonr names as del* “ egates at large; and if Di*' “ trict Convention* shall foil to agree >* the selection of the samr four delc “ gatm at large, the* sham, empower “ the State Executive Committee to te “ led from the names nominated four “ delegates for the State at large from “ all the names designated.” This is certainly plain enough. It is to interpret Lh° of this resolution. If all the nine District Conventions do not agree in selec tion of the same fonr delegates at large they shall empower the Executive Com mittee to seleot iron the names nomi nated delegates from the State-at-large. That is to nay if A. receives the votes of eight District Conventions for delegates from the State-at-large, and B. receives the vote of only one District Convention, the Executive Committee, under this reso lutioD, will hsve an undoubted right to select B. as a delegate instead of A., and thus nullify the expressed wish of the people ! We agree with Mr. Hardeman ; the wording is indeed unfortunate. But the wording is also so explicit that the reeolation cannot be explained away. There is no mistaking its meaning. Mr. Hardeman says he did not see the re port of the meeting until it was pub lished, or he would hsve “changed the phraseology” of the resolution. Does Mr. Hardeman mean to say that he did not hear tbe'resolntion read and did not vote for its adoption ? Did he Hot un derstand its meaning then as well as he doee now ? Has the structure of the Eoglish language been changed since the meeting of the Committee? Sup pose Mr. Hardeman had seen the reso lution after the adjournment of the meeting and before its appearance in print, what right wonld he have had to “change the phraseology,” unless in deed the Chairman is also the Com mittee? Mr. Hardeman says he will not call a meeting of the Committee in or der to let the members decide whether or not they will reconsider their mis chievous action. So be it. The Com mittee has exceeded its powers, has been guilty of a gross act of usurpation, and oar advice to the people is to pay no attention to their command—to go ahead and select delegates to a State Convention,- to be held in Atlanta a week or two before the assembling of the National Democratic Convention, and treat this resolution as a nullity. This may not be done. The people may sabmit to usurpation rather than do anything that might bo construed into an attempt to divide the party, bnt Mr. Hardeman may feel assured that this thing will not be forgotten, and that no other Executive Committee will be given an opportunity to act as this Com mittee has acted. A few words personal to Mr. Harde man : Before the end of the Guberna torial campaign he will have reason to regret that he sanctioned the “unfor tunate wording” of the resolution above quoted, and that he did not make haste to rectify the wrong that had been done. He has supplied his opponents with a weapon which they will not fail to use against him, and which is certain to have its effect. They can say that Mr. Hardeman is a candidate for Governor, and that he is also Chairman of the State Executive Oommittee. That as such Chairman he has charge and con trol of the preliminaries of the cam paign. That he has virtually the power of naming the time and plaoe for hold ing the Convention to whioh his name will be presented as a candidate for Gov ernor. That as such Chairman he can select the time and place most favorable to his snooess. That he opposed hold ing a Convention the assembling of which wonld have put an end to his term of service. He may expect all these things to be said about him, and he may expect them to have their weight. The people will then require some better defense than rounded periods about “patriotism” and arduous public ser vices. THE RIGHTS OP THE COLORED CITI ZEN. We don’t know that there was any ur gent necessity for the passage of the resolntions offered in the House by Mr. Baoon, of Bibb, last Tuesday. The Northern people mnst know that the white people of Georgia have no desire to abridge the rights or interfere with the privileges of the colored citizens of this State. Still, as there may be per sons North foolish enongh to believe the false statements of Morton & Cos., it is perhaps well enough to make a formal denial of their truth. Mr. Ba con’s resolntions express the views of the white people of Georgia. We recog nize the faot that the colored men are citizens and voters under the Constitu tion and laws of the United States, and that they are entitled to be treated in every resspeot as white men are treated. They are given the full protection of the law with regard to life and property, and equal educational facilities. If a Constitutional Convention should as semble to-morrow no member would be ass enough to attempt to ohange the status of the colored raoe. On the con trary, the Constitution framed by that Convention wonld be as mneb for the benefit of the blacks as of the whites. The races are living peacefully and pleasantly together, and Morton & Cos. need not attempt to make trouble be tween them. TAYING CHURCH PROPERTY. We have already notioed the passage in the lower branoh of the Rhode Island Legislature of a bill subjecting to taxa tion the land on whioh chnrohes stand, whilst containing the exemption of the buildings. A bill to similar purpose, though we are not acquainted with its details, reoently passed the lower branoh of the Colorado Legislature. The Colorado bill for taxing ohnrch property has been defeated in the up per branoh, and the immediate adjourn ment of the Legislature put an end to the movement in that Territory for the preseut. In Rhode Island the bill now lies in the Senate, and a very determin ed opposition to its passage has been organized outside. The papers are filled with communications for and against the bill, but mostly against it, and a remonstrance has been prepared in which the signers set forth their be lief that the traditions of the State, the present sentiment of the peo ple, and the future well-being of the commonwealth “ have been, are “ now, and will be a liberal and praise “ worthy forbearance relative to taxing “ religions and chartered charitable in “ stitntions;” and that they believe “no " such exingency has arrived that oalls “ for any snoh departure from onr tra “ ditional and meritorious forbearance, “ and until aneh time arrives, they do “ most earnestly and respectfully desii| “ that exemption be continued.” The arguments on the other aide have been condensed into the following ques tion, which is persistently put into the columns of the Providenoe Journal by one correspondent without an answer directly to the purpoee being offered : “Is there any essential difference be tween making a direct donation of the “ pnblic money to support sectarian “ riews of religion, and relieving eoelee- siastioal investments of their propor tion of taxation ?* MASSACHUSETTS RAILROADS. The annual report of the Massachu setts Railroad Commissioner for 187* shows the effects of the general depres sion of business on transportation in that State. The gross earnings of the roads were $32,589,485, a decrease of over $1,000,000, or nearly 6 per rent. The passenger traffic fell off 1.4 per cent, but the ohief decrease was in the freight —lO per. emit The falling off il passenger receipts is the first in the Malory of the State; it was a decrease almost exclusively in'the through travel, the number of those going from and oomiog into the State haring diminished 47# *BB, while those traveling within the State decreased 137,351- Of the entire Mfnii£e for the year, 44 per cent, was from freight and per oenfc from passengers. The aetinoome of the roads was s9.fi4flJ7*flr about #0 per rent,TO percent, being consumed in operating expenses. The total number ef pm • seugere carried was 42.082,000, and the total freight moved was 10,927,000 tons. Of the 63 corporations in the State, in- eluding street roads, 26 paid dividends varying from 1 to 10 per cent., and averaging B.T per oent. aCBBNCK AMD BABCOCK. There seems to be an active associa tion, with Republican ideas, among the elass which secures office from the party representing those ideas, a deteriora tion in honest principle utterly con founding to the admitted standards re specting qneetions of right and wrong. Consequently the official representa tives of this self-asserted “ party of moral ideas” (as its rank and file, in cluding its pulpit exponents, love to term it) are abundant in “ ideas,’’ with the morality left out! The persons whose conduct confirms this statement are too numerous to catalogue, for they include half, or nearly half, of the army of Republican officials. State and Fed eral, beginning with the highest and ending with the lowest. Several of them, however, are pil loried before the people at present, and the history of two of them may serve “to point a moral and adorn a tale.” We refer to Sohenck and Baboock. The first, onr Minister to Great Britain, is tainted with connection in the worthless Emma silver mine—a swindle palmed off by adventurers, also Repnblioans, on the London stock market—and he is now being proceeded against in the English Coarts to make him disgorge moneys alleged to have been “ made” by his godfathership of the mine and for his endorsement—so effectual because of his high official position—of the schemers who introduced it there. And then comes Babcook, the President’s private secretary. We shall make no oommente on his present position for the reason that he is now on trial be fore the coarts. Bat these cases, in dependent of others quotable, show the look of moral sense which we think is so remarkably illustrated among officials of the Republican party. They use their official positions to get gain, sure that so long as they can keep their oonnivances inside the edges of the law, all their moral obliquities will be condoned by the Repnblican press and pu'pit. Alas 1 for onr country, that this, without exaggeration, is the spec tacle the young are in effect instructed to applaud now, and to imitate in the the future, when they shall beoome “ office bearers” in it. Thank God ! that in oontrast, the Democratic party can show its Tweed, Connolly, Genet and others in exile, a Canal Ring broken, and money restored to the public treas ury through its efforts to purify itself of unwoitby members. KDUCATIONAL. The New Orleans School Board has au outstanding debt of $375,866 60, about five-sixths of which is for teach ers’ salaries. A resolution offered at a late session of the Board that music teachers in the schools be dispensed with would appear to be in order, though it failed to be adopted. The arrangements for the next session of the National Educational Association, which meets in Baltimore in July, have been placed in the hands of a oommit tee, consisting of President Porter, of Yale; Prof. Vrnablh, of the University of Virginia, and Prof. Shepherd, Su perintendent of Instruction in Balti more. There has been a law and a medical department connected with the lowa State College for some years past, and recently the homeopathists sent a pe tition to the Legislature to have a chair of that school added. The discussion raised by the effort is likely to result in outtiug off all professional departments, as it is claimed that it is unfair to tax the people for the education of profes sional men. Free school education cost the people of Ohio in 1875, $3,633,968 55, an in crease of almost half a million dollars over 1874. There was no corresponding increase in the number of pupils, the enrollment being only 4,186 greater. The average oost for each one of the 712,129 ohildren attending school was sl7 29. The State owns 11,834 school houses, valued at $19,876,604, and employs 22,- 492 teachers. Publio instruction has received a great impulse in Portugal, lately. In the small towns there is a oontinual increase of teachers, while in the capital and other large oities night schools and those for adults are being constantly established. Much of this activity is due to the efforts of private individuals and societies. The Academy of Civiliza tion, inaugurated on the 7th of Novem ber, opened the first of its popular schools on the first of December. This society proposes to establish in Lisbon 20 sohools for adults, 10 for ohildren, and a popular library. The Cinoinnati Board of Education are considering the advisability of abolishing the intermediate department of the public sohools. The views of the principals of the distriot and inter mediate schools were requested, and nearly all of them concurred in the opinion that the present classification of the sohools ought to be remodeled. The Committe of the Board who have had the subject under consideration, be lieve that a discontinuance of the inter mediate department will materially bene fit the schools, and considerably reduce the cost of maintaining them. In an address on “Self Culture,” de livered at a reoent session of the Ver mont State Teaohers’ Association, occur the following pertinent thoughts: “Teaching to not a trick to be learned in a few hours at an educational conven tion, or a trade to be gained in three months at a normal school. It is rather a profession—the work of a lifetime, It is good to compare ourselves with heroio men and women and to be in the presence of genins, either in men or books. To secure the means of onltnre often requires money; and teaohers are often themselves to blame that they do not have more of it. They Bhonld make their servioes worth better prices, and should get better prices.” Ednostion is making progress in Rus sia. It appears from official documents that in 1866 only one oonsoript ont of each hundred was able to read and write, while in 1870 the average had risen to eleven in each hundred, and this aver age has been still further increased of late years. The municipal council of St. Petersburg is thinking of making attendance at sohool compulsory in the city and district adjoining, lor all chil dren from eight to twelve years of age. The yearly report of the education de partment states that exoluding Finland, the •Caucasus and Central Asia, there are 22,768 elementary schools, with 754,431 male and 185,066 female schol ars. This shows one seholsr to 48 msles and 205 females, and one sohool to 3,294 inhabitants. In the German provinces there is one sohool to 2,044 persons, and one scholar to 15 males and 24 females. In the Gymnasia, where the pnpils have the option of learning French or Ger man, 11,382 prefer German and 8,508 French, this preponderance for German being almost entirely furnished by the pnpils entering daring the last two years. • Mr. B. H. Hill s argument in favor of the extension of Stats aid to the Marietta, Canton end EHijay Railroad did not hsve mask in fluence upon Die Georgia Legislature. bill embodying hie viewe came before the House Tuesday, and was defeated by an over whelming vote. There is a belief gaining ground oa when a railroad is really naaded private capital and private credit oan be ob tained sufficient for its construction; when not needed it is wrong to rink the pnhhc money in s prodtleae enterprise. Georgia com went very extensively into the State aid business, and the htrisry of the Brunswick and Albany. Mason red Brunswick, Osrtareritte and Tan Wert and Alabama and Chattanooga Railroads w not calculated to cause a repetition of the experiment. We have no doubt that the peo ple along the Hue of the Marietta Bold are anxious for Its construction, but they rnret build it themselvee, and not ask the State to do it. State aid is very dead Just at present in Georgia. THE ENGLISH LAND LAW. John Bright end Lord Derby are at issue ae to the number of landowners in Great Britain. The controversy is one of cations rather than real interest to people on this side of the Atlantic. Mr. Bright stated that more than half the land in England was owned by some three score of noblemen. According to Lord Derby, a forthcoming return will show that there are really abont 600,000 landowners. Mr. Bright replies that the smaller number possess by far the largest part of the land; and that he thinks it unnecessary to include in his calculation petty owners of houses and gardens. These figures are chiefly pertinent to onr English brethren as bearing npon the proposed modification of the land laws of the empire. In Mr. Bright’s judgment, the division of land into large estates is principally oansed by the law of settlement and entail. He would make every life tenant adsolute owner in fee, with power either to divide the property after death, or to leave it to a single devisee. In this manner the ten dency of dispersion by death, by waste, or by private inclination would be left to operate freely; and apparently Mr. Bright believes that the consequence would be a large increase in the number of freehold occupancies. This is a problem likely to carry con sequencies of mnch graver import than any thing yet touched by the English Liberals. To change the law as Mr. Bright proposes will be to revolution ized the organization of English society —it will remove the last grand distinc tion between the peasant and the noble. MINOR TOPICS. A woman named Mrs. Horne, who will be 107 years old next St. Patrick’s Day, is still carrying on the struggle for existence in a part of Sheffield, England, known as the fever dens. She still mourns over her three dead “chil dren,” the youngest of whom was sixty-five when he died. She is at present in a most des titute condition, but says she will “die in the streets” before she will go to the workhouse. At the Thomas conoert in Watertown, N. Y., last week, a Lowville conple were present, and when the Wagnkb selection was reached the Lowville chap leaned toward his girl and ex plained, “Wagner was here last night and give a concert. Him and Thomas are great friends, and Thomas always puts two or three of his pieces in the programme.” Cal. Wag ner, the minstrel, had given the entertain ment. General Ord. Commander of the Military Department of Texas, in giving his testimony before the Select Committee of the House, on the Texan frontier troubles, reaches the con clusion that the only remedy for the evils is to be found in an iDoreass of the cavalry force.with authority to pursue the bands of marauders across the river into Mexican Territory. Ho believes the general authorities of Mexico would not object to this course. Upon the subject of opening the Centennial exposition on Sunday the Newark Advertiser says: “There will be a wide diversity of opin ion on the subject, but it is safe to say that the prevailing eeutiment of the great religious bodies of the country will be earnestly enlisted on the side of closing the exposition on Sun days. and a very large share of the conserva tive minds among the non-professors of re ligions creeds will sympathize with them on grounds of publio policy and order. They will regard it as a dangerous innovation upon a time-honored custom, a declaration of inde pendence from a Divine ordinance.” The Smithsonian Institute has been investi gating the stories of pygmies in Tennessee. They never have claimed out there to have them alive, suoh as Dr. Schweinfurth found in Afrioa lately, but they have declared that the ground was full of them. Plowmen turn them up by the dozen buried in little graves about two feet long and covered by slabs of stone, such as is not found in the neighbor hood. AU that the Smithsonian people have been able to find, however, have been shown conclusively to be the remains of quite young ohildren. Teeth and other bones alike testify unmistakably to the youth of the remains at the time of their death, and the general theory is that the “finds” are of cemeteries for tho burial of dead “little Indians” by wholesale. If the spectroscope is valuable and efficient in matters celestial, it is not less so in those of a terreßtial nature. For tests and analyses as a laboratory instrument, it becomes every day more serviceable. One of its applications is well worth notice—namely, in testing the quality pf water. In some places water is to be found injurious to health, owing, perhaps, to its being contaminated by infiftration from a sewer or cesspool. The spectroscope .furnish es the means of discovering such infiltration. Thus a quantity of salt of lithium is thrown into the sewer or cesspool, and, after a time, the drinking water is examined by this won derful instrument. If the lithium line appears in the spectrum, it is a proof that some por tion of the lithium sail thrown into the sewer has found its way into the drinking water, and that the latter is consequently poisoned by foul drainage. THE GEORGIA RAILROAD. Shall Coal Be Used t Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: I notice in your columns an item to the effect that the Georgia Railroad is about to alter some its engines into coal burners. While it is' presumed that “those in authority” have thoroughly investigated the subject and know what they are doing, it may not be out of place to mention some facts on ihe sub ject, and thus see whether the road is likely to gain or lose by the change. The Georgia Railroad paid for “fuel for lo oomotives” last year $83,921 25. The mileage was 1,140,269 miles. The cost of fuel was, therefore, 7 36-100 cents per mile. Now, what does coal cost per mile ? On those roads which have made extended experiments on the sub ject (notably the Pennsylvania, Balti more and Ohio and Reading Railroads) the coal was always obtained for use from coal beds on the line of the road. So far as I know, no railroad has ever, attempted to bring coal to its line, unless compelled to do it. On the roads referred to and many others the average run obtained from a ton of coal for passenger trains is 50 miles within a very small fraction. Now, what must a ton of coal cost the Georgia Railroad to be as cheap as wood ? Obviously, 50 miles at 7 36-100 cents per mile is $3 68. From this mnst be deducted l-sto 1 3of a cord of wood for firing up the engine and the cost of altering the engine. The Georgia Railroad must, therefore, put coal on its road ready for use at less than $3 50 per ton, in order not to ex ceed the oost of wood. If it will cost more than that snm, it is simple folly to “try” it —unless, indeed, ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, who, J believe, owns a coal mine, will offer inducements for its use. “Wood Burner.” ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD. General Sherman Pressed os the Republican Candidate far the Presidency—The Influ ences at Work—The District Investigation. Washington, February 13.—A strong combination is in progress to make General Wm. T. Sherman the Republi can candidate for the Presidency, and it is confidently asserted that in a very short time it' will display very formid able proportions. The recent rapture in the Senate is mnch wider in its scope and farther-reaching in its results thau is supposed by the publio. It is a revolt against the recognized Repnt lioan man agers, including Grant, ißprton, Conk ling and Blaine, and looks to anew leadership entirely free from the in fluences of Giantism. In the Honse there is bitter jealousy of Blaine, and a very general desire among all the lesser leaders to clip his wings and bring him down to their owe level. They confess his skill as a parliamentary leader, bnt charge that he is sacrificing the party to. his own inordinate ambition. The move ment for General Sherman is concentrat ing the dissatisfied from all the camps, and has a shrewd manager in his brother, Senator Sherman, of Ohio. It is known that Gen. Sherman is not in sympathy with the violent and nsnrping policy of Grant in the Southern States ; that he wonld make short work of whisky rings and political hangers-on generally, and that he wonld not be a partizsn president in the blind sense that allows political hacks to distribnte the army in election campaigns, or to appoint or retain corrupt qr incom petent offioers in obedience to political necessities. The positive ohill that is thrown npon the Hayes movement in Ohio by the Cincinnati Gazette, the Commercial and other journals settles it Ohio will present some other man than Hayes, ana it looks now as if the result will be a united and earnest delegation for General Sherman. He is a brother-in-law of the Ewings, the most powerful Democratic family in Ohio, and i* is urged he would sweep the Buckeye State at the election. What is moat significant in this move in the fact that it shows the entire absence of any concentration of senti ment among the Repnblican managers as to their candidate for 1876. Maine has abolished capital punish- DEATH OF AN OLD WARRIOR. He Four lit the A'ferine Pirates, and Nearly Braaffht at a War with Spoil. Capt. Victor 1. Randolph died near Blount Soriogs,Ala., on January 28th. He was born inCulpepper county, Vir ginia, July 24, 1797, was commissioned from that State a midshipman in the United States lavy in the year 1814, and sailed under Capt. Stephen Deca tur. He Rervedwith great credit in the fieroe conflicts sith the Algerine pirates, that ended in toir extermination. He was with the lati Capt. Josiah Tattnall at the bombardnent of Vera Crnz, and canght the lattei in his arms when he fell, dangerouslj wounded by a Mexican missile. Duriig President Taylor’s administration le was given the com mand of the Unted States ship Albany, and, in obedieme to orders from Wash ington, he diabinded the several hun dred adventureis who had collected on Round Island fir the unlawful purpose of invading Cnla. Soon thereafter, by the merest accident, war between the United States aid Spain was averted, as follows : The United States sloops-of war Albany and Germantown, each car rying twenty-tvo guns, under the com mand of Capt. Randolph, happened to cast anchor in tie harbor of Havana at the time whm a reign of terror prevailed, jnst following the execu tions of lopez and Critten den. A Spanish frigate and brig had captund the crew of an Ameri can merchantman, under the pretense that they were ilibusters. Capt. Ran- dolph visited Captain-General Concha, demanded th*ir release, and was refused. After a stormy interview the former left, informing the latter that be wonld set frte the American crew be fore snndown. The Albany and Ger mantown were immediately pnt under way and sailed out under the bristling guns of Moro Castle. In sight were the Spanish frigate and brig, conveying captured American merchantman to ward the moath of the harbor. Thou sands of the oitizens of Havana throng ed the shore to witness the expected naval battle. The guns of the United States vessels were shotted, and all hands ordereu on deck to prepare for action, end then the two bore down npon the Spaniards, When the dis tance between them was less than a league, the United States steam frigate Saranac, commanded by Capt. Tatt nall, appeared, and made signals to the Albany to heave to. As Capt. Tattnall ranked Capt. Randolph, the latter was compelled to obey, much to the char grin of the now excited and expectant crews of the tue vessels that had been prepared for action. The Saranac, whose commander had gotten wind of the situation that morning, had been put under ful headway of steam, in order to prevjnt hostilities that wonld have resulted h a final declaration of war between tile two countries. He had his ordersfrom Washington to keep peace at all liazards. A delay of less than twenty ninutes and the Saranac would have reached the scene too late to prevent a fight that wonld have been speedily followed by the invasion and capture of the island of Cuba by the United States forces. A NUPPHt-TABLE HORROR. A San Fran else* Husband Shoots His Wife and Kills Himself In the Presence of Their Children. IFrom the Sar, Francisco Call, of the 20tfL] Last evening, at half-past six o’clock, a tragedy was enacted at 510 Powell street, between Bush and Sutter. A man and hij wife exchanged angry words just as they were about to sit down to snpptr, and he ordered her to leave the house, but she refused to do so, whereupon he shot her, and then shot himself in the head, producing a wound wuich caused his death half an hour after he bad inflicted it. The man who had attempted murder, and then killed himsel( was named Lewis M. Henry, and was by profession an engi neer. Prior to four years ago, he had been employed in the United States Mint, from which place he was discharg ed for some reason which is not given. Some time after his removal from office he preferred charges against General LaGrange, the Superintendent, but these have not been disposed of. After he had made the charges he sought to regain his lost position, but proved unsuccess ful. He then became despondent, and took to drinking to excess, and often re turned home in a state of intoxication. This led to trouble between hnsband and wife, and within a week she refused to occupy the same room with him, and slept in a room in the basement with her children. Last Friday night he did not return home, and yesterday he did not come home until about six o’clock in the evening. He went into the din ing room, which is in the front part of the basement, and sat down in a rock ing-chair near the fire-place while sup per was being prepared. The table was spread, the meats served up, and the tea poured out, when Henry’s two sons, Lorenzo and Lewis N., aged respective ly fourteen and ten years, sat at the ta ble. The wife entered the dining room and asked her hnsband to have some supper. He refused, and said that he would not eat a meal in the house so long as she refused to occupy the same room with him. She told him that she would not remain with him while he was drunk. He thereupon said: “Then, by the Eternal, you shall leave this house!” As he made this remark, he drew a revolver from his hip-pocket; but before he could use it, his eldest son arose from his seat at the table and took hold of his father, saying: “Fath er, you put that up.” He did so, but instantly drew it a second time, and, pointing it at his wife’s head, fired. The wife gave a scream, and attempted to run away, when her husband fired a second shot. This shot took effect, aud the woman fell to the floor. The hus band, probably thinking that he had killed her, turned the muzzle of the weapon to his own head, fired, and fell to the floor. The eldest boy, before the second shot was fired, picked up an in fant which had been going toward Mrs. Henry, and ran with it into the kitchen, while the youngest boy, too terrified to act or speak, sat at the table a witness of the tragedy. A few minutes after the last shot had been fired, Mr. Robert Pateman and wife, who oconpy rooms in this house, entered, and were soon informed of what had transpired. Mr. Pateman summoned officer Niles, while other messengers were sent after physi cians. When the officer arrived he fouud Mrs. Henry in the dining room holding a wet towel to her head to stanch the blood which flowed from a slight scalp wound, and discovered Henry lying on the floor where he had fallen. Between his knees was a silver-mounted ivory handled revolver of the Smith A Wes son pattern, three chambers of which were empty. The officer picked np the wounded man and placed him on a lounge, on which he remained until he died. The wounded woman was taken to her room, where a medioal man at tended her. The wound she received is not dangerous. The deceased man was a native of Illinois, abont thirty-eight years of age. He came to California m 1850. Died in Georgia. —The Rochester, N. Y., Express says: “A telegram from Mr. John B. Y, Warner, at Greeuesboro, Georgia, yesterday afternoon, announced the sudden death of his father, Hod. Horatio G. Warner, at that plaee. The news was wholly unexpected, and natu rally created much surprise and sadness when it became known; for Jndge War ner was quite generally known aDd re spected as a man of wealth, position and ability. He has resided in Rochester and Western New York a large part of his active life, studied and practiced law in this city, and has held many posi tions of trust and responsibility, always creditably and with evident purpose to act well his part, and to serve the pnblic faithfully. He was a graduate of Union College, a man of fine literary and aesthetic tastes, and a lover of art, al ways a student, and a writer of more than common energy. Mnch of his leisure was devoted to literary pnrsnits, and he delighted in composing nove lettes and tales, some of which have appeared in print and gained for the au thor no little credit. Oar readers will remember the story of Early Southern's life, from his pen, which we published a few months sinoe. He was an earnest politician, and at one time was editor and publisher of the Daily Advertiser of this city. The title of Jndge was derived from his appointment to the Common Pleas bench in Madison county, where he for some years resided, up to 1840. In 1871 he was appointed a Regent of the University of this State, and no one took more pride in fulfilling the duties of that honorable office than himself. The old Rochester Bank, among the early financial institutions of Rochester, was oondneted by Judge Warner, after its insolvency, till its af fairs finally closed- He was one of the first promoters of the East Side Savings Bank, and one of its trustees from the beginning. The large stone mansion on Mt. Hope Avenue opposite the cemetery is a monument of Judge Warner’s ar chitectural taste. oas long been a striking object, located in thp midst of wide spreading lawns, with pleasapt groves and gardens, This house was built soon after his return from California, where he went some fifteen je&i* ago to settle the estate of a deceased brother, who left a Itrge property to be u&ented by brothers and sisters. The delicate health of members of his family induced the Judge to purchase a plantation at Greeuesboro, Gfl., a few years since, for his son; and at that place he has latter ly spent his Winters with his family. When he left Rochester a few weeks ago, for his Southern home, he was in full health, and no premonition of the sad event we have now to announce was felt by any one of the party. He leaves a wife, one son and two daughters. The remains will be interred in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and will reach this city during the ensuing week. THE TRIAL OF BABCOCK; THE BEGINNING OF THE END. (Mac Arguments Commenced—The Court Room Crowded—Col. Broadhead’a Speech Creates Profound Sensation. St. Louis, February 19.—The dosing arguments have been oommenoed, and will dose probably Monday night. The Court room is crowded. Taking up the revocation order of the President, Col. Broadhead said: “The President had declared that Babcock did not influence him in the revocation of the order transferring the supervisors, but that did not prove that Babcock had not worked elsewhere to that end. The testimony shows that he went to Doug lass, who had the power to revoke the order. It shows that by warning that gentleman of the disastrous effect which this order must have on his prospects for preferment, he tried to induoe action on his part. It shows that Joyce, on receiving information that the order had been reduced to a temporary arrangement, telegraphed Babcock : ‘Push things,’ and they were pushed. The explanation which the President and Supervisor Tutton gave for the re vocation of that order were not at ail adequate to the act. [Sensation.] They explained that becanse tbe Supervisors all over the country had learned of the order some days before, they had time to straighten np affairs if anything was wrong, and therefore the whole scheme would be defeated; but such was not at all the case. The order, as suggested originally—and the President himßelf claims the credit of it—was intended not to discover frauds already commit ted, but to secure future benefits. It was held that the distillers had gotten into such ruts with the old Su pervisors, that new ones would readily catch them napping.” The Colonel re peated that the reasons given by the “President and Mr. Tutton*were not at all sufficient, as they amounted to really no reasons at all. There were other and more powerful influences brought to bear, and the exigencies of the case seemed to be such that the President stepped down from his high position to interfere with the duties of one of the department officers. The order was re voked too, by telegraph, which, of itself, was a strange proceeding, and question able in law. This suspension was made the day after Joyce telegraphed Bab cock to push things against the weaken ing enemy.” This portion of the speech created a profound sensation. A MINER’S LUCK {From the Amador (Cal.) Ledger .] About four years ago an Austrian, whose name, we believe, is John Travis, bid adieu to his native land, emigrated to America, and finally determined to court the fickle goddess of Fortune in the land of gold. He left a wife and family behind, intending to return for them as poob as circumstances would permit. He fixed upon Amador county as the scene of his toil. Being a mau industrious and of steady habits, he ex perienced little difficulty in finding em ployment. He worked principally in the Oneida mine, and at the end of four years, by perseverance and frugality, he had amassed about SI,BOO in gold. Lit tle writing had passed between the pair during these years of separation. Hav ing accumulated this amount of money, ha determined to return home for his family in Dalmatia, expecting to give them an agreeable surprise. With the greater portion of his gold sewed up in a belt which he wore around his waist, he went to New York, where betook pas sage on board a steamer bound for Hamburg, thinking to make the remain der of the journey by land. At length the vessel reached her destined port, and visions of home and a reunion with his long-lost friends danced before him. But a cruel fate vetoed the realization of his dream of bliss. On mooring along side of the wharf planks were placed from the vessel to the shore to enable the passengers to land. All eager to press the soil of the Fatherland again, some twenty or thirty stepped upon the treacherous plank, when it gave way, precipitating its living freight into the water. A scene ensued that beggars description. Five of them perished be fore assistance could bo rendered. Travis happened to be one of the num ber on the plank when it broke, but be ing an expert swimmer he struck out manfully for the landing place ; but the qelt of coin around him dragged him like a millstone beneath the wave. He fought bard to save both his life and gold. The conviction, however, soon forced itself upon his mind that he must part with one or the other. Taking his band of wealth from his body, he cast it into the sea and lived to tell his tale. The water was some four or five fathoms deep and the bottom muddy. He spent three days in a diligent search for the buried treasure, without success. Six teen hundred dollors, representing years of toil and self-denial, were gone. Counting the slender stock of money which he had reserved for incidental ex penses, he found that he had just about enough to take him home or bring him back to California. Which shoald he do? Togo home with his tale of dis aster would be worse than useless. Turning his back upon the friends he longed to see, he took a steerage pas sage across the Atlantic, made hi* way back to the Pacifio coast, and arrived in this State a few weeks ago. We under stand he is now in Amador county, un daunted by the sad reverses of the past, but determined, if possible, to build up his broken fortunes once more. FROM LOUISIANA. Opposition to Kellogg’s Impeachment— Whisky Indictments. New Orleans, February 18.— It is stated that a majority of ihe Conserva tive caucus opposes the impeachment of Governor Kellogg. G. M. Bayly and B. M. Pond, r.t Bay ly A Pond, were indicted for distilling withoat paying the special tax, pleaded not guilty and were bailed. Charges Against New Orleans Municipal Authorities. Charges having been published in the press that the Mayor and Administrators of this city had misapplied the consoli dated interest fnnd, the {Senate to-day passed a resolution instructing the Fi nance Committee to investigate the charges and report; also, instructing the Attorney General to institute crim inal proceedings against the guilty parties. An Adjustment Creditable to Both Parties. New Obleans, February 18.— The dif ficulty between Hon. Geo. Dnpre and J. M. Stoutmeyer, of the Times, was ad justed on the field creditably to both parties and satisfactory to their friends. THE GAY GAMBOLIERS. Running Them Ont of Richmond—A Member of the Legislature and a Judge Convicted and Sentenced. Richmond, Va., February 17.—The movements against gambling in this oitv, which have been in operation for some time past, are being still vigor ously pushed. Within the past few days a number of gamblers and others have been indicted by the grand jury of the Hustings Court, and to-day Joseph Graves, of the sporting fraternity, was tried, in bis absence, on the charge of dealing faro, found guilty, and sen tenced to jail for six months and SIOO fine. W. H. Fowle, member of the Legislature from Alexandria, plead guilty to playing draw poker, and was fined S3O. Geo. S. Stevens, Judge of Nelson County Court, charged with playing draw poker, not answering when called, had judgment entered against him in twq cases, with S3O fine in each. Eight or ten more indictments remain to be tried. All the gambling houses in Richmond have been closed for some time, and nearly all the sports have left the city. Pm and Ui|Mreet, A letter from General Fits Hugh Lee has been oalled out by that of General Longstreet, written to his ancle July 24, 1863, and saying that the battle of Gettysburg was not fought as he “would have had it.” General Fits Hugh Lee says: “Longstreet's letter to his uncle is first-rate in temper and tone, if it is genuine, and only given to the pnblic in his self-defense. His splendid corps is encamped in the hearts of all true South erners. His own courage and soldierly wisdom daring the war were of the high est order. If he had a different plan to fight Gettysburg upon, and it was given to General Lee before the battle, and General had written since regret ting be had not adopted it, I am one of those who are desirous to give him all the credit for military sagacity General Lee himself (if all this be true) was willing to confer, but in common with an army of Confederates, I ask for all the facts in the case, and especially the whole of the letter said to have been written in January, 1864, and of which only one short sentence haa been pub lished. " ___ Specie shipments of the week from New York, $2,267,974, of which $1,913,- 800 was in gold coin, j THE STAHS CAPITAL LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS YES , TBRDaY IN ATLANTA. Bills Concerning Richmond Connty Court and the Baptist Church In Augusta—Recovery for Damage by Sheep-Killing Dogs—The Atlanta Glass and Slate Insurance Com pany-Furnishing Minors With Deadly Weapons—. Still Slashing Away at the Code —Abolishing Connty Boards and Proriding for Future Appointments of Them—State School Commissioner’s Salary And Secre tary—State Aid Agaia Toted Down—Peni tentiary Convicts. [.Special Dispatch to Chronicle and Sentinel.) THE STATE SENATE. Atlanta, February 17.—1n the Senate to-day the following bills were passed: To fix the salary of thsJudge of Rich mond Connty Court, for county busi ness; to confirm the sale of certain real estate by the Trustees of the Baptist Church in Augusta; to create a Board of Commissioners in Greene county; to prevent the sale of farm products be tween sunset and sunrise in Clayton, Honston, Echols and Baldwin counties. The special oommittee to whioh was referred the bill to license keeping dogs and enoonrage sheep raising reported a substitute providing for reooyery for damage done by dogs killing sheep, which was adopted by yeas 21, nays 17. The substitute will be accepted by the House as the best that can be done to encourage sheep raising. Bills were passed to incorporate the Brunswiok Bank and Trust Company and the Atlanta Glass and Slate Insur ance Company of Georgia. The Gover nor has approved the following bills:' To pnnish any persons who shall sell, give, lend, or furnish any minor with deadly weapons; to authorize the Comp troller to collect by execution debts due the State by the lessees of penitentiary convicts; to allow Judges of County Courts certain fees. There were a number of local bills passed. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House resumed the consideration of the bill to repeal sections 1,254 to 1,265 of the Code, and organize anew public sohool law. The section abolish ing oountv boards organized under the act of 1872, after March Ist, 1876, was agreed to. An amendment was adopted making the term of th ) board two years, and that future appointments shall be made by Judges of the Superior Courts, upon the recommendation of grand ju ries at the Spring term, for two years. And the amendment was adopted that the compensation of members of the board, except Secretary, shall be three dollars per day for each day of actual service, to be paid out of the oounty school fund; also, that after the expira tion of the present term the State School Commissioner’s salary shall be SI,OOO per annum, and that the office of Secretary of the State School Commis sioner shall be abolished. The bill as amended passed—ayes, 101; nays, 52. The bill does not interfere with coun ties where there is a local law. The bill to loan the credit of the State to the Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad, reconsidered yesterday, was taken np and lost—yeas, 71; nays, 82. The bill to regulate leasing out peni tentiary convicts passed. It is consid ered a decided improvement on the present system. Bills Passed to Incorporate Various Compa nies— Providian for Payment of Expenses Incurred by Counties in tbe Late Insurrec tion—To Abolish the City Court of Augusta —And to Amend tbe Charter of the Presby terian Church—The Funding BUI Up To- Day—The Bribery Investigation. [Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel. THE STATE SENATE. Atlanta, Ga., February 18.—In the Senate to-day the following bills were passed : To incorporate Bibb Manufacturing Company; to incorporate the Atlantic and Mexican Gulf Canal Company; to incorporate Fulton Manufacturing Com pany; to incorporate Gold Mountain Manufacturing Company; to reduce and regulate the fees of tax receivers and collectors, allowing three per cent, in Richmond, Fulton, Chatham and Bibb counties; to amend the laws relating to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Cave Springs. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the H.use the following bills were passed: To define the duties and liabilities of Receivers appointed for railroads; to create liens; to amend the act to desig nate holidays to be observed in this State; to prohibit the sale of liquor within two miles of the Female Academy at Fort Valley and Sunnyside, in Spauld ing county; to prevent the killing of wild turkeyß and partridges in Greene county; to provide for payment of insolvent costs to officers in Clark county; to make penal the har boring of escaped convicts; to re duce the compensation of Collector, Receiver and Treasurer of Butts coun ty; to appropriate money to pay ex penses incurred by the counties in the late insurrectionary districts, excluding payment to the military; to fix the man ner in which judgments of foreclosures shall be taken on mortgages given to loan and building associations; to pre scribe the compensation of Tax Collec tor and Receiver of Bibb county; to au thorize the Mayor and Counoil of Rome to settle their bonded indebtedness; to amend the laws of limitation; for the re lief of Grubb and others, securities of Wimberly, late Tax Collector of Burke couuty; to provide for the sale of lhe North and South Railroad; to protect Ordinaries when the administration of estates is vested in Clerks of the Supe rior Courts; to amend section 2,527 of the Code, as to returns of admistrators, etc.; to abolish the City Court of Augusta; to amend the charter of the Presbyterian Church at Augusta; to amend the act to amend section 4441 of the Code as far as it relates to Richmond and other coun ties; to relieve the Building and Loan Associations from the tax of last year; to provide for registration of bonds; to amend the aet creating a Board of Com missioners iu Bibb couDty; to provide for the manner in which injunctions shall be granted. The bill to compel the municipal au thorities to levy a tax for principal and interest on bonds when due was lost. The bill for the relief of Boorman, Johnston A Cos. was lost. The bill to provide for the is6ue of new bonds and to retire outstanding bonds of the Macon and Brunswick and the North and South Railroads comes up to-morrow. It has passed the Senate, and is known as the funding bill. If it is passed, over twenty-six hundred thou sand dollars in new bonds will be issued to retire and pay tbe acorned interest on old bonds. It will meet with vigorous opposititou. The joint committee appointed to in vestigate the alleged bribing of the Legislature of ’72 to secure the endorse ment of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company will report to-morrow. There is no evidence that money was used by the Lease Com pany on members of the Legislature. The State University—Richmoud County Jury Lawn—Limiting the Power of Municipal Authorities of Augusta—The Commercial Bank of Angnsto—Charter of Harlem—Tbe Bonds of the Macon and Brunswick and North and South Railroads—Adoption of Mr. Walsh’s Substitute—The Mayor of Au gusta to Act as Recorder—Tbe Augusta In surance Company—Concerning the Solicitor of Richmond Connty Court—Prolongation. [Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel ] THE STATE SENATE. Atlanta, February 19, 1876.— 1n the Senate, bills were read the first and sec ond time during the morning session. The bill lost yesterday, to amend the act to regulate weighing corn, cotton and other produce, was reconsidered. The following bills were passed: To reorganize the government of the State University ; to amend the jury laws of Richmond county ; to limit the power of the municipal authorities of Augusta in issuing bonds to complete the canal, and to confirm the bonds al ready issued; to amend the charter of the Commercial Bank of Augusta ; to amend the charter of the City Bank of Maoon; to prescribe the duties of Tax Collectors; to abolish the offioe of Treas urer of Bibb; to fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Muscogee; to amend the act to oreate a County Court for Bibb; to prevent the sale of liquor with in three miles of Union Church, in Richmond county; to amend the charter of Harlem ; to exempt from jury duty railroad conductors.. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. In the Honse, the bill to authorize the Governor to issue bonds to retire by ex change recognized bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad and the bonds of the North and South Railroad was taken up. This gave rise to consider able debate. Several amendments were offered and voted down. Judge Speer offered a substitute to pay recognized bonds of the Maoon and Brunswiok Rail road falling due sine* the seiaure of the road, and to provide for its sale. Mr. Candler moved to amend the substitute. Mr. Walsh offered a substitute for the whole, which was adopted by a large majority. This provides for the issue of bonds to pay interest now due and fall ing due on bonds of both roads, the new bonds to have twenty years to run; to bear date July Ist, 1876, and to bear interest at 7 per cent., ‘payable semi-an nually. The bill will pass the Senate. The bill to require the Mayor of Au gusta to discharge the duties Reoorder passed. The following bills also passed; To appropriate money for the im provement of tbe baildiDgs of the Lnna tio Asylum; to authorize the payment of past due coupons held by persons in Augusta; to authorize married women to aot as guardians for minor children by former hnsbands; to prescribe the manner of hearing motions for new trials in criminal cases in Connty Courts; to incorporate the Augnsta Insurance Com pany; to fix the term of office of the So licitor of Richmond County Court. A resolution was adopted to prolong the session to 12 o’clock next Wednesday night. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NEWS FROM OYER THE WATER. Great Britain. London, February 19.—Mat Mailer, being relieved of the daty of lecturing, will remain at Oxford. The statement yesterday that Addle shaw A Warbnrton, of Manchester, had failed, is incorrect. It was Messrs. Edward Wilson & Cos., mannfactnring chemists, who failed, with liabilities es timated at $500,000, and the error arose from the announcement of the fact ooming through Addleshaw A Warbnr ton, who are solicitors. Heavy weather prevailed in the Eng lish Channel daring yesterday and last night, and the barometer fell to the lowest point during the Winter. The Channel ports tvere full nf refuged ves sels. The bark Blandina P, from New Orleans, for Leith, arrived at Falmouth, having lost two of her crew overboard daring the voyage. To-day’s weather report says a depression passed across Scotland and the North Sea last night, and lies over the west ooast of Norway. The barometer is now rising on the west coast of Great Britain. There have been general rains throughout the country, and local floods in the west of England. Turkey. London, February 19.—The Times' correspondent telegraphs from Noro that he met the insurgent chiefs at Snl tarina. They are unanimously deter mined to refuse all compromise with tbe Porte, and will fight for the complete freedom of their oountry. Germany. Vienna, Febrnary 19.—The Danube is flooding. The outlying suburbs are inundated. ItaJy. Roue, February 19.—General Mera bra is appointed Ambassador to London. Naples, February 19.—Victor Eman uel is here. He will remain during the Carnival. Americans are arriving from all parts to witness the Carnival. Franee. Paris, February 19— M. Lenoir is the responsible editor of the Republic Francaise and will undergo the sen tence of the Correetional Court. Adolph Sheadore Branguiard, the botanist, is dead. NEW YORK. The Advisory Council—Beecher Challenges the Truth From Man, Angels and God. New York, February 18.—Beecher, concluding before the Conncil, com pared himself to a central body on which all the rays of the sun were con centrated and upon which was being heaped all the trouble that could' be gathered on the face of the globe, forty times. In closing his answer Mr. Beecher said : “If there is any man on earth that has anything to say to my detriment, I here now challenge him to say it.” (Cries of “good, good,” and “hear, hear,” proceeded from various parts of the church, and‘Mr. Beecher continued) : “If there is any angel of God, I challenge him to say aught against me; aye, I go far beyond that, I challenge the truth from God himself.” A Detective Killed. A man was killed near Tarrytown while in a house with burglars. He was acting for the police. The man who shot him was not aware of the police arrangements. Action of Coal Producers. An important meeting of the several freat coal producing companies of New ork and Pennsylvania was held to-day in this city, at which a permanent or ganization of the so-called Board of Control was effected, and a series of rules regulating the coal traffic of sea board, and a schedule of prices for the government of the trade for the ensuing year was adopted. It was agreed that contractors’ prices for the month of March be as follows: Free on bond in New York lump, 4 40; steamer, 4 50; grate, 4 60; egg, 4 70; stove, 5 30; chest nut, 4 50. Acquittal of the Slayer of the Irish Giant- New Orleans and Texas Rallrond Company —An Inhuman Father. New Yobk, February 19.—Michael Fumell, who killed O’Baldwin, the Irish giant, was acquitted, the Judge saying that a small man, shat up in the room with a stalwart giant, who was about to strike him, was justified in ÜBing a pis tol under the circumstances. Suit is commenced against the Syra cuse, Birmingham and New York Rail road for $500,000, claimed for internal revenue tax. The bondholders of the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company met here to-day and reorganized into a new company, named the New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company. They will meet next Friday to complete the organization and elect offioers. James Gillespie, aged four years, died to-day from injuries received by being placed on a stove by his father, Robert Gillespie, who has been arrested. The child had committed some offense. The Advisory Council—lts Probable Conclu sion. Brooklyn, February 19.—1 tis thought the members of Council are much more favorably impressed with the appear ance of things generally than they ex pected to be, and more than probable their conclusion wilt commend the ac tion of Plymouth Church in dropping the name of Mrs. Moulton from the roll. But little can be learned in regard to the work of the oommittees on the dif ferent questions embodied in the letter missive, but all are ready or nearly so to report their conclusions on Monday next. It is thought that the oommittee who have under consideration rule No. 7 will recommend therein the use of the words “withdrawal of the watoh, care and fellowship of the church.” Heavy Land Slide—Off for Charleston. The rCcent gale and rains loosened the bluff and palisades on the King and Morgan estate, overhanging the Erie Railroad oil and coal docks. At 10 o’clock this morning a large piece of the oliff, covering three hundred yards, gave way and, rolling down hill, covered up five hundred feet of the river road and railroad track. The slide carried with it a number of large bowlders, weighing several tons. Tbe noise was heard all over the town. A detachment of ten men from the Old Gnard sailed this afternoon on the steamer Champion for Charleston, to participate in the oelebration of Wash ington’s bithday. PERILS OF THE DEEP. The Strath Clyde Diaaater. London, Febrnary 18. —Of twenty nine persons landed at Deal from the steamer Strath Clyde, many were great ly exhausted and three have since died. Accounts of tbe number on board tbe Strath Clyde are conflicting. Tbe most reliable seem to be' 30 crew and 26 pas sengers, of whom eleven were saved at Dover. The total number perished is put at 16, in addition to the three who died. The steamer Francona, which belongs to the Hamburg, American and West In dia line, was outward bound for the West Indies. She anchored in the down off Deal last night, and steamed eastward at daylight, coming to London to repair. She has since been reported as passing the Thames Haven. The Strath Cljde lien in Fairway, about two miles off Dover. Her masts are standing 25 feet above water. Latbb. —Two ladies and three gentle men are reported to have been picked up by a passing vessel bound for Lon don. Still Latxb. —Lists published by the papers this afternoon show that the Strath Clyde had 23 passengers and a crew numbering 47. Another person has died at Dover. Of forty known to be rescued, Only six were passengers, one of whom is among the four who have since died. A THIEVING LEGISLATOR. Another Radical Roam* ( an*hl. Richmond, February 19.--B. D. Ruf fin, a colored member of the House of Delegates from Dinwiddie county, was expelled to-day for improper conduct in abstracting money from the pay book of the Sergeant-at-Arms. His guilt was -established beyond doubt, as the miss ing money was traced to him and he confessed by giving an order against his per diem tor the amount. The money he took was that of another colored member which was in the pay book near his own. “s?y. pop,” said John Henry’s hope ful, the other day, “wasn’t it the Prince of Wales that swallowed Jonah ?” And John patted his head, and gave him a nickel, and told him he might some day be an alderman; and then as he put on his slippers, and found a small chestnut bur in each toe, he took that boy over his knee and wrestled with him—Cincin nati limes. FROM WASHINGTON. LATEST FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. Coagrewlonai Finley ▼. Wall—Criminal Proceedings Againvt Attorney.—The Ju dietary. Washington, February 18.—In the House to day Mr. Blackburn, of Ken tucky, offered a resolution calling on the President for information whether any executive offloes, acts or duties have been performed since the first of March, 1869, at a distance from the seat of Gov ernment, and for how long a period at any one time, and in what part of the United States; also, whether any pnblio necessity existed therefor. Objection being made tp present consideration the resolntion was laid over for one day. Mr. Robbins offered a resolntion ask ing the Secretary of War whether and what military officers acted as consular or diplomatic appointees. Reorganization of the Judiciary was resumed. Cincinnati was substituted for Louisville. The amendment substi tuting Mobile for New Orleans was re jected. Philadelphia for Pittsburg was rejected. Pending the vote ordering a third reading, the House adjourned. .Debate only to-morrow. The case of Finley vs. Wall, from Fla., will have a further hearing. The Committee on Privileges and Elections did not consider the Speuoer case this morning. The Paoific Railroad was considered. Further safeguards against the co-operation or oomnination of the roads were also disoußsed, and the Aus tin and Topolorampo road. No vote on any subject, and the main question was postponed to Tuesday. Taylor, Weed, and Gamage.a million aire lawyer, and an ex-Treasury agent, were arrested on a warrant from New Orleans for passing fraudulent claims against the Treasury. Taylor and Weed gave bail for sio,ooo. Gamage was not arrested. The amount is over $300,000. It is stated that Taylor and Weed, learning the probable fraudulent character of the olaim, had it erased from the docket of the Court of Claims. Later— Geo. Taylor and Juo. W. Weed, lawyers of this city, on February 10th, made a motion in the Court of Claims that the evidence of oerlaiu witnesses in the cases of Harriet A. Mills, for one hundred bales of cettou, valued at $40,- 000, and Mary O. Cleveland, for five hundred bales, valued at $230,000, shall cot be used in the trial of either case. On the 14th of Febrnary the Court or dered that the evidenoe may bo with drawn from use by plaintiffs, but held for use by defendants. The proceedings against Taylor and Weed are based up on the fraudulent character of the with drawn testimony. The Spencer Investigation—Honor* to the Memory of lteverUy Johnson—Srheuck’s Resignation. A majority of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections decided to day to investigate the second charge made made by the State of Alabama against Senator Spencer, that his elec tion to the United States Senate was secured by corrupt means and practices. The will her evidence upon seventeen of tbe specifications under this cliarg9, but refuse to investigate the remaining thirteen, and they also decline to in vestigate the first charge, namely, that the body by which Mr. Spencer claims to have been elected to the Senato of the United States was not the General Assembly of Alabama, this question having already been decided' in Spen oer’s favor in the Sykes-Spencer contest. The bar of the Supreme Court paid the customary tribute to the memory of Reverdy Johnson. Sohenck’s resignation is not received but is certainly expected. No intima tions as to his successor. The steamer Dispatch sails to-night for Port Royal. The Committee on the Pacifio Rail road agreed to report a bill making more speoifio and general the reports of railroad companies required by the aot of 1868. Harabletan’s Resignation Returned. Washington, February 13.—There has been a lively time among the Demo crats of the Ways and Means Committee sinoe Morrison asked for the resigna tion of Hambleton, the clerk. After a full consultation, Morrison was re quested to return Hambleton’s resigna tion, which he did, Mr. Wood informing the elerk that, with the exception of Morrison, the Democrats of the com mittee were fully satisfied with him; that he was qualified, and in every way fitted for the place. They did not desire him to leave, and the matter should go over till Tuesday, when the Republicans would be present, and their action in the matter woald be had. Reduction of Appropriation*—The Indian Bureau—Resignation of Colonell George B. McCartee—Hi* Account* All Correct—Fi nance* &c. Washington, February 19.—The Com mittee on Appropriations hope to reach a reduction of seven millions in execu tive aud legislative printing, and the Engraving Bureau will not resume work until au appropriation is made. Dyer telegraphs Pierrepont fvom St. Louis that he is satisfied he judged Sher man too harshly. The frontier members of Congress seem unanimously in favor of the trans fer of the Indian Bureau from the Inte rior to the War Department. Col. Geo. B, McCarter has tendered his resignation as Chief of the Burean of Engraving and Printing. It has been aooepted. Col. McCarter has several times asked to be relieved, but remained in office at the earnest solicitation of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Presi dent. The committee from the Treas ury, appointed by the Secretary to ex amine the affairs of the Bureau, com pleted its work, and report the accounts in all respects correot. Mr. Jewell, pres ent Assistant Chief, will be assigned to the charge of the Burean. Internal Revenue to-day, $287,660; for the month to date, $5,691,068; for the fiscal year to date, $72,709,413. Cus toms to-day, $519,093; for the month to date, $8,904,727; for the fiscal year to date, $95,778,672. The Dispatch will tow a monitor from Port Royal to Key West or Pensacola. The Committee on Appropriations had a consultation to-day with the Sec retary at the Treasury Department. In the House debate only. Kelly made his legal tender speech. CHINESE NEW YEAR. [From the Alta-Californian .) The Chinese residents do not ecem to be suffering muoh from the injunction pat on their fireworks. It may be safely said that every Chinaman in San Fran cisco will have fired some orackers by the time the festival is over, as that is part of the Oriental religion. Hereto fore it has been tbe custom of the Chi nese companies, on the arrival of a steamer during New Year’s week, to re quest a postponement of unloading, to give their employees full sweep for the festival, but this year no such request has been made, and accordingly a mail steamer now at the wharf will discharge this week. A mass meeting of Chinese was held yesterday afternoon in one of the alleys, and it was imagined that the demon stration was an indignation meeting to protest against the Democratic anti firecracker Board of Supervisors; but it declared that the concourse had no “political significance," but was only a gathering to hear from some of the mis sionaries on religious topics. A source of some amusement to the Caucasians is the performance at t&e theaters on Jackson street. The most “finished” play is presented at the Southside Theater. The places are packed nightly at four bits a head, and the sides of the stage are allowed to a portion of the spectators for standing room only. The audience talk and oomment on the act- ing whenever they please, as it goes along, which it does with an almost un interrupted aooompaniment of strings, pioolos and percussions. The musicians occupy a portion of the stage. It is known that the Chinese have something they oall a system of harmony, but it must be music of the future, and it is to be hoped that it is so remote it will never get much nearer. Yet some of the melodic themes oan be identified with civilized music, and are not displeasing, but it requires an acute ear to eliminate the jargon and appreciate the few notes which have familiar intervals. The Chinese theatrical music, which is elabo rate and difficult, has another peculiari ty, that it is mostly in a minor key. “A little of it goes a long ways.” The na tive singing is like the instrumentation, a thing of futurity, but it is introduced in the play, or opera, or whatever they term it, and is an item in the general amusement. The performance includes much pantomime and some excellent tumbling, and may be summed up in the compound description of Polonius — “comic pastoral.” In reply to the inter rogation of a reporter as to what it was all about, a good English speaking Chi naman said, “I can’t begin to explain it.” “Is it fnnny?” “No, not very funny; they stab and murder each other. ” WINSLOW. HU Wife and Child In London in Dtttroon. London, February 19.— Mrs. Wins low, her son and sister, are here. They have only about a hundred dollars, and seem in great trouble. “What will you have?” asked a waiter of one of the Indiana editors, at the din ner in Philadelphia, as he banded him a. bill of fare. And the Hoosier with the high forehead leaned back inhis chair, wiped his forehead thonghfully with a napkin, and ejaculated sternly:*“Gimme all 1”
