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6 WAR GLIMMERINGS. j M'EADY PREPARATIONS FOJc THE\ CONFLICT. The Ultimatum nx Viewed by London Times—Activity Still ContiniiCK t the ; Navy Yards—Orders Peremptory and Plenary to Chiefs of Bureaus. London, November 26, 1873. j Gen. Waletby complains that bis Asbantcc anadllia- ( riea are utterly worthless and unable to follow up ai vantages on account of their tardiness and cow- | ardice. The Times is hopeful ot the Pacific solution of tbs Virginias question. The Daily News lays it is rumored that the ultimatum ( cf the United States is equivalent to a declaration of i war. Philadelph ra, November 2C, 1813. ' Increased activity exists at the Navy Yard. Admiral Porter inspected a vessel yesterday. The dispatch boat Pinta, has been ordered to sea. j Havana, November 20, 1873. A grande reception and serenade was given Senor tiolor, Colonial Minister at Casina Espanal. Nf.w Yobk, Nov. 26, 1873. A dispatch to the Herald says that on Tuesday eve ning Robeson received information which quickened all possible activity his department in preparing for the eriqjs. Orders peremptory were issued by the Secretary to the Chief of Bureau to put the Navy in the best possible condition without awaiting the ap proval of the Secretary. Next, orders were iesued to Hear Admiral Cose, commanding European squadron, to leave but one ship at Cadiz and proceed with the ether vessels, under full stesm, to Key West. Dis patches were then prepared for Rear Admirals com manding the South Pacific and South Atlantic Stations, which are now on their way to order all vessels of their fleets to Key West, under steam, and report to the Navy depart ment at that point A telegram was sent to the com mander of the Eist India squadron informing him of the gravity of the situation and to issue orders at once to every vessel of the fleet to prepare for any emergency per contra. The Times, in a double leaded editorial, says we have reason to believe that negotiations with Spain have assumed shape, which places the prospect of war at much greater distance than was the case yes terday. Sheridan to Take Command. Chicago, November 20, 1873. Gen. Sheridan has been ordered to Washington, to confer in regard to military affairs in case of war with Spain, in the event of which he would have chief command in the field. Secretary Robeson at Brooklyn Navy Yard. 9 New Yosk, November 26, 1873. Secretary Robeson reached the Brooklyn Navy Yard at noon to-day, in company with the Naval construc tor. They visited Colorado and expressed themselves satisfied with the manner in which work was going on. The work will be continued as usual. Arrangements Between Fish and Admiral Palo in Regard to the Virginias Affair. Washington, November 26, 1873. The Star gives the foilowmg, as the points of ar< rangement between Secretary Fish and Admiral Polo: The surrender of the Yirginius, with the usual salute to the flag : the restoration of the surviving members of the crew, and proper indemnity to the fa rallies of those executed. Wahapal lor Cuban Waters. Washington, November 26,1873. The Wahapal passed Cape Henry en route for Cu ban waters. Sheridan comes here ostensibly ior consultation over Indian affairs. A Spanish Journal Justifies the Yirginius Butchery. Madrid, November 23, 1873. The Ignaldo newspaper justifies the execution of the Virginias captives, and cites as a precedent for the act the Spanish authorities’ circular issued by the United States Government during the civil war declar ing Confederate privateers pirates. London, November 26,1873. A dispatch from Madrid Bays tbe North German : squadron on Tuesday last formed in line of battle be- : lore Cartagena to enforce a demand upon the Insur gents for the restoration of 25,000 pezetas which had been extorted from the German subjects, followed by bombardment. The insurgents paid the money. Command of the West India Squadron. Washington, November 2G, 1873. j It is said that Admiral Porter is to comrnaud the West India squadron. The Secretary of State has no news from Madrid j to-night. Communication lrorn the Colonial Minister, j Havana, November 26,1878. The Official Gazette publishes to-day a communi- j cation addressed by the Spanish Colonial Minister, j on the 24th Inst., to the political Governor of the j island, directing the immediate compliance with the \ alleged telegram from the Spanish Government, j dated September 15th, ordering the release of em bargoed estates of foreigners. THE WAR SPIRIT SUBSIDING. A Peaceful Solution of the Embroglio More j Hopeful than Ever. Washington, November 25, 1073. The Cabinet was in session only about two hours j to-day. All the members were present except Secre tary Kobeson, who is in Philadelphia in connection j with the naval preparations. The Spanish question was debated, bnt no addi-i tional facts presented by the Secretary of State, nor was any new action taken relative to the subject. Nothing has occurred since the capture of the Vir- : ginius and the executions which followed, to show 1 that the Spanish government is influenced by 1 any tut a friendly desire to preserve peace between 1 the two nations, and, if possible, to cultivate stronger i relations of friendship. This Government will act : towards Bpa in as toward all other countries, in cases 1 of controversy, and await with proper respect replies j to our complaints. There is, however, anxiety ex- j pressed for intelligence from Spain of a decisive char acter, in order that Congress may, in the President’s message, be made acquainted with all the facts. There are indications that dispatches were re ceived here to-night by both Secretary of State < Fish and Admital Polo, the Spanish Minister, from Madrid of a character which givaa more than hereto fore promise of a peaceful solution of the present complications, and it is known that these gentlemen were in private conference for several hours to-ulght at the residence of Mr. Fish comparing dispatches and discussing generally the situation of affairs. It aeeiua to be the impression that instead of our Government having to wait for reports from Minister Sickle* concerning the Spanish Cabinet’s views, the Spanish Cabinet has conferred extraordinary powers on Admiral Palo to communicate directly with our Government through the Secretary of State. At all events the Spanish Minister is now brought into more intimate communication with Secretary Fish than at any time since the present trouble began. It was remarked to-night by a gentleman prominently connected with this Government that things look more hopeful now than ever THE CUBAN SPIRIT. Significant Editorial from Piano iW la Marina. Havana, November 25,1873. liiario de la Marina has an editorial to-day of which the following is an extract : “The Washington Gov ernment knows to-day and the United States Congress will know to-morrow the jusctice with which the Spanish authorities have acted. They will take care or the national honor without suffering themselves to be influenced by the cries of the masses who know cot what these Cuban patriots are far from our minds a feeling of arogauce, farther •till s feeling of debility. From our hearts we j neither seek nor shun peril. If the mother country j can aid uf. we will thank her, bnt If we must contend j atone, there are enough Spaniards in Cubs to keep ' our banner safe. We will sell very dearly that which ! was once the ot brilliant flower of the crown of Oastello. The funeral of the late Count Siufemando took place to-day. The attendance was large, and the ceremonies imposing. The murderer committed sui cide In prison last night, by taking pollon. . THE CRASH. DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN MO Z? E FA IL l EES- ONE IN MA CO N AND ONE IN FORT VALEEV. [SPECIAL TO ATLANTA HERALD, j Macon, Ga. , November 20, 1873. Co 1 . D. G. Hughes, a prominent planter of Twiggs county, died of paralysis to day. Hughes & Vickers have made an assign ment of their property, B. H. Hill assignee. William E. Blown, banker at Foft Valley, has failed with liabilities amounting to one hundred thousand dollars. Lathrop, of Sa vannah, is the chief creditor. Gotton firm at 14| cents. Mr. George Keith was married to Miss Sallie North this morning. KELLY. A MISTRIAL PROBABLE. SPECIAL TO THE HERALD. Covington, Nov. 26, 1873. The jury in the ease of Kelly, charged with ' the murder of Captain Hardman, are hung. It is thought that they will make a mistrial | of it. G. — Crop Statistics. The Corn Crop Less tlinu in 1869-The Cotton Product 3,100,000 Bales. Washington, November 26,1873. The November statistical report of the Departm en of Agriculture, now in press, makes a showing lor the corn product quite as unfavorable as that which fore casted the short crop of 1869. The preliminary report of the aggregato quantity in that yetr, indicated a total of eight hundred and seventy-four millions less than the estimate for he large crops ot 1870; and the present returns point j to a product of about eight hundred and fifty-tight millions. The estimate of the last year's crop of Illinois was two hundred aud seventeen millions; the estimate of th*4 present crop is one hundred and thirty-two mil lions. Only six States show a crop equal to las* year’s, viz ; Virginia, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Oregon and Rhode Island. The per centage of deficiency in the principal corn ! growing section, in comparison with the total pro duct of last year, is as follows: Kentucky 4 per cent. Ohio 11, Indiana 22, Illinois 39, lowa 28, Missouri 32, Kansas 31. The deficiency for New York is 8 per cent., and 16 for Pennsylvania. ! In most of the Southern B<ates the crop is smaller than that of last year, and there has been a direct comparison made between the total product of grain in each county in 1872 and 1873 having for its elements both compara. tive yield and extent of area. The cotton reports of November, unlike those of comxiarative condition ; earlier in the season, make exact estimates of expect- I ed|crop in each county stated in the form of a per centage of last year’s crop. The aggregate of these estimates varies but little from three million seven | hundred thousand bales. The season for picking has j been unusually fine thus far, yet the | results may be modified by an unexceptionably i favorable season in the latter part of November and ! in December, or by storms affecting injuriously the saving of the top crop. The Btate percentages in j comparison with last year are calculated as follows: l North Carolina 92, Georgia 97, Florida 97. Alabama 91, ; Mississippi 85, Louisiana 80, Texas, 112, Arkansas 102, i Tennessee 102. These figures would be mrch lower I hut for the increase of area planted. The estimated : total area is i:i round numbers nine and a half mil | lions. A tabulated statement of the results of these 1 returns, including the * area and yield per acre will be ! found in the report now in press. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A boiler in a book store of San Francisco exploded to-day. Three hurt, one fatally. Loss $90,C00. Navigation on the Hudson river to Albany has been suspended, and the steamers have gone into winter quarters—the earliest closing during the present cen tury. Under the orders of the union, ihe Brooklyn plas terers have stopped work until employers guarantee them four dollars s day during the winter. Employ ers generally refuse. A State Grange was organized in Camden, N. J., yesterday. J. D. Hunter A Cos., live stock dealers, have failed in Kansas City, Mo., for one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. The associated bank* of New York have $35,000,000 in legal tenders. Arrived in New York—Mercedita, Prisis, Olympic, Victoria, Spain. Arrived out—Wesser, W. G. Putnam, Elizabeth Tay lor, Edmond Richardson, Spain and California. The Huntsville arrived at New York yeaterdsy. Iu the Ingereoll case the jury brought in a verdict j of guilty. The sentence was deferred till Friday. The Alderman of New l’ork city to-day passed a reso- ! lution to take initiatory step* to issue legal tenders 1 secured by the city in payment for labor on city works on account. John T. Irving, the self-accused] accomplice in the Nathan murder, was arraigned yesterday and com mitted for trial on an old charge of burglary. The Canada arrived at New York yesterday. An infernal machine, filled with powder and balls, ; withlacifer matches, v as sent to Comptroller Green ! by mail yesterday. The Georgians, Resolve, Zena, Briik, E. A. Hooper, | and B. N. Hawkins arrived in Charleston yesterday; j and the I. B. Buffos and J. G. Norwoo 1 sailed. WASHINGTON. Resignation o! John Delano, Chief Clerk iu • the Department of Interior. Washington, November 25, ls7J. j Mr. John Delano resigns the chief clerkship of the Interior Department, on account of persistent ill health. Ho was capable and polite, aud his retire ment under the circumstances causes general sor row among his numerous and cherished associates and those who have had business with the depart ment. Congressional Caucussiug. Washington, November 26, 1873. Congress will caucus for officers SaTurdav ulght. i All departments closed at noon and will remain closed to marrow. PENNSYLVANIA. Tbo Bankruptcy of Jay Cooke Jk Cos. Philadelphia, November 23, 1873. Iu the United States District Court this morning, Judge Cadwallader, the petitions of sundry parties asking for an adjudication in bankruptcy in the case of Jay Cooke & Cos. were grauted, and J. Gillingham Felt, Esq., appointed receiver. The Judge intimated that future proceedings under the adjudicant should be had under the forty-third section of the bankrupt aet, which authorizes the appointment of a trustee and committee by the creditors. LONDON. A New England Baron. London, November 26, 1873. The Lord Chief Justice of ths Court of Common Picas raised the peerage and. becomes Baron Coleridge. Ten of tbe crew of the ship Clyde, wrecked oil Yal entfa, Ireland, was drowned. ARCHBISHOP LEDOCH.VW’SKL Hehlis, November 27, 187!). Archbishop Lodoch.wekl bu been ordered to re sign within • wee* iron the notice. He bie received .letter from the Pope exhorting him to ftnnne.i. ATLANTA WELKJLtf HERAlaD— December 3,1873. The Usury Laws—Ought They to be Restored ? ; To the Editors of the Herald: I perceive that in your issue of Sunday you take ground against the repeal of the usury j laws, aud warmly advocate their restoration jto the statute book. I read your article with care, and not without solicitude. It is a grave j question of public policy, deeply concerning the well-being of onr people, and hence should be treated with great care and consideration. I fear you have been hasty in arriving at your conclusions, and that, however honest, they will not be sustained upon a full heariug of the facts and the argument. My own mind is disposed to dissent from both your premi ses and your conclusions, and as I know yon desire to deal fairly with your readers—to give them the benefit of a fair discussion on i both sides of every public question—l beg : you will allow me space in your columns to i present my views for what they are worth. I write, as you at least well know, in no con ! troversiai spiiit, bnt solely for the discovery i and vindication of truth, and for the public j good. You arraign the aet repealing the usury laws on both positive and negative grounds. You charge first, that it has resulted in evil to the people; that you “can demonstrate that no tinkering with the past has done half : the injury." Secondly, that it has done no good ; that “it wonld be hard to find a single man in Georgia who wonld pretend to claim that any benefit has resulted from it.” For convenience sake, I will consider these two propositions in the order in which they occur. It is essential iu all reasoning, first, that one should he sure of the correctness of his premises; secondly, that the effect to be ex plained shall be the legitimate result of the causes stated. Incorrect premises, or a mis take in regard to facts, will always vitiate a conclusion. In attempting to demonstrate that the repeal of the usury laws has done double the injury to the community of all other disturbing causes, yon state that “its practical effect has been to divide the com munity into two classes—the borrowers and lenders." Was not this so before the repeal,- and, indeed, ever since the close of the war, when the nsury laws wrre in force, as well as when they were not, and to the same extent in the one case as in the other ? I have no hesitation in saying that it was; therefore, this prior existing effect can find no cause in the repeal, any more than the lamb in the fable muddied the stream when it drank below the wolf. I also take issue with you on the statement that the number of lenders of money has been “increased” since the repeal of tbe law, for it is notorious that money lenders were never scarcer than they have been within the last six or eight months, or .■ ince the repeal. Nor can I reconcile your two propositions, that money has become scarcer and dearer as the money lenders increased in numbers. Even if there were no more money to be lent than before, the competition ought to have cheapened the price. It is monopoly, and not diffusion of privileges, that usually leads to extortion. | Again, you state, iu proof of the evil effects |of the repeal of the usury laws, that there 1 were hundreds of thousands of dollars on deposit in the banks drawing a moderate in terest, and that “the moment the law was repealed this money was withdrawn, and every depositor who ‘had surplus funds was converted into a curbstone broker.” This is a significant statement, and I have no doubt, Messrs. Editors, but that it is made with entire sincerity. Bnt permit me, with all due respect, to assure you that you are iu error Yoi. ha.cViecn mi'sinfctrmed, for the facts are unquestionably otherwise. There was no nuusal withdrawal of jVivate deposits i from the banks of Atlanta (tcvwhick, I pre sume, you particularly refer,) for months af ter the passage of the repealing law, nor, I may add, have they been withdrawn at any time since with the slightest reference to that measure. The deposit accounts of onr banks remained about the same throughout the year, until the panic destroyed all confidence and occasioned a run upon them. Nor is it true in point of fact that money was dearer after the passage of the repealing act than it was before. On the contrary, it is a remarka ble fact that immediately after the approval of the act by tbe Governor, bank interest, which had rested for a long period at one and a half per cent, per month, actually went down to one per cent. Y’on can verify these statements by calling upon any bank presi dent of the city. It will be found difficult, if not impossible, to prove that any of the financial evils under which we in Georgia are now laboring, are justly chargeable to the repeal of the usury laws. I do not believe there is one that is not clearly traceable to other and palpable causes. On the other hand, I apprehend it will be found equally troublesome to show that the present condition of affairs conld be at all mended by a restoration of those laws. The panic and public distress, and scarcity aud high price of money, are evidently as bail in States whero usury laws are in force, as in those whore there are no such laws. The depression is universal, reaching even beyond the Atlantic, and ascribablc to well known causes, which I need not enumerate. The existence or non-existence of usury laws on the statute bock, had no more to do with the matter than the last eclipse of the moon. And of what real practical value are nsury laws, anyway ? Whom did they ever bind when money was to be made by disregarding them ? Hid not money range from two to live per cent, among curbstone brokers and their customers before the repeal of file law just as it has since ? But, on the main question. Suppose you could enforce laws against usury, how are you to bring capital into a State when Only seven or eight per cent, is allowed as interest, while it con readily aud lawfully command from ten to twelve per cent, in other Slates ? Money is a thing that does not come at one’s bid ding. It must be attracted, and we shall nev er get it here in the South until we make it [which is the best plan after all), or offer equal inducements wuh these offered by other sections of the Union. The active market in I Wall street, heretofore, at high rates, for all ! the capital of the North, the money holding I section, has prevented its coming South in any great quantities in response to our loud and repeated calls for it; while lack of confi dence iu Southern investments has not been i without its effect. And just here permit me I to "ay that, in my humble opinion, the pres ent pnuic, that has hurst with such disaster the bubble of speculation at the North, will yet end in a more eqnal distribution of the ; active capital of the nation, and a very ma } terial advancement of all sound Southern se ! curities. And now a word on the second allega tion in your article of Sunday, to-wit: That “the repeal of the usury laws has done no good.” Perhaps not. We have at least shown that it has done no harm, aud we maintain that a harmless thiog should not be disturbed. Even allowing that the j repeal lifis been unproductive of good, the ! faot is no just cause for its condemna tion. The world was not bnilt in a day. The free trade in money has not been allowed that reasonable test that is necessary to estab lish its wisdom or its folly. The act of Geor gia repealing the iisuary laws, did not become a law until the 13th day of February of the present year-just nino months ago—while the intervening period has been one of extra ordinary financial depression in all parts of the country. Owing to tbe embarrassments that preceded the panic, capital has not been free to flow into regular, material channels, even when the requisite inducement was of fered. And then the autnmn, when we throw our produets upon the market and reasonably expect money to flow South in greater or less quantities, opened with a panic that locked up nearly the entire currency of the country and brought disaster to every interest. We submit; wonld it be just or reasonable to test the character and merits of any financial mtasure thus hastily and in times like these ? Nor can ihe ebanuel of capital be changed in a day, even where capitalists desire it. Asa general rule, money is not lent “on call,” but employed in more or less permanent investments that require time to change them. We can gather nothing that is valuable or sat isfactory from cur few months’ experience of free trade in money, and, if our people are* wise, they will give them a fair trial, and ab stain from’all hasty judgments against them. We have taken steps to test the comparative merits of free and of restricted trade in money, and we should go on with the work until something satisfactory shall have been arrived at. And, just here, permit me to say that while Northern capital finds profitable employ ment at home, where it can be watched by its owners, and with individuals aud corpora tions known to the capitalists and trusted by them, in order to bring it South vre mast pre sent some corresponding advantages that will command equal confidence. We must show by our management that we are entitled to it. Nearly all prosperity in the South depends on the success of her agriculture, and it may not be amiss to intimate, just here, that the reck less, thriftless policy of our planters in mak ing cotton and going in debt for everything they consume, and year after year persisting iu the folly, is well calculated to create dis trust of both our wisdom and our solvency. I have thus attempted to show, Messrs. Editors, that the premises upon which yoi’ arrive at the conclusion that the repeal ot the usury laws has done harm to the country, are logically unsound; that while many if your most important facts leading to that opinion are based upon a misapprehension of the real state of the ease, others, to which you have ascribed the significance of effects of the repeat, have no legitimate connection with it, bnt are clearly traceable to other and wholly different causes—causes whose exis tence is not local but commensurate with the Union. Granting that the repeal has, thus far, ac complished no good, I have protested against the conclusion that for that reason the act should he condemned, and the old law rein stated. I contend that it is unreasonable and nnstatesmanlike to expect immediate fruit from a tree just planted, especially wheu the financial seasons are such as to render the work of fructification impossible. First, let it have time to take rcot, for the sun of a wholesome political firma ment to shine upon, and vitalize it; and then, if it should prove barren, or the bearer of unwholesome fruit, it will be time enough to cat it down. Less than this cannot be justly accorded toil. Like every thing and everybody else, it is entitled to a fair trial before condemnation—a trial upon its merits, and nobody clse’s sins should be laid at its door. So much for the case, as presented by yourselves, growing out of the present con dition of affairs in Georgia. 1 intended, in conclusion, to otter some remarks on the pol icy of usury laws in general, and the right of government to enac t them, but this article is already too long, and, with your kind permis sion, 1 shall reserve wbat I have to say on those branches ot the subject tor a future day. i’ERCI. uur State Exchanges. An adjourned term of Hancock Siq -nor Court was held last week, and Larkin linker, pleading gnilty to manslaughter, was sen tenced to the penitentiary for five years. The Quitman Independent wants to know what has become of its editor, who left tbat “burg” for the Savannah Fair last week. Burglary and theft prevail about Quitman. The colored troop is the perpetrator, gene rally. f David Parkman, vii Meriwether, abandon ing his wife and children, has eloped with a young woman of his neighborhood. Flat Shoals Grange invites the surround ing granges to unite with that grange iu cel ebrating the auuiversary of the order on Thursday, the 4ih of December. Robert Maxwell, convicted of manslaugh ter at Meriwether Superior Court, week be fore last, was sent up for five years to the penitentiary. A gold vein has been discovered on the place of Capt. .Tolrn W. Turner, teD miles West of Rome. It is a small running stream of water, bnt is not thought to be the richest nt tbis point, as other indications point to a more abundant deposit near by. An old miner, who has had many years experience in California, and who is examining aud working this vein for Capt. Turner, says that he never saw a better prospect in the mining country of California than this one. The following ticket has been put forward in Rome: For Mayor, W. F. Ayer; for Al dermen, Terrace McGuire, .Tas. T. Moore, R. V. Mitchell, M. Dwinell, T. W. Alexander, H. Harpold. The following is the death roll caused by the yellow fever in Bainbridge: Hon. Isaac E. Bower, George Sehwabacber, Met Bower, Mrs. Billie Cloud, H. D. Darden, Sr., Law rence Darden, H. S. Swearengen, and child, j J. H. Merrit, Jesse F. King, Mrs. Jesse F. i King, George W. l’carce, Mrs. George W. , Pearce, Miss Ida Pearce, Thomas J. Wil liams, Hon, Ben. IT Fruton, Mrs. Jesse Brocket, Green Perry, Daniel Humphrey, L. B. Ehrlich, Simon Engel, Wallace Donalsou. colored, Lizzie Morgon, colored, Capt. Geo. ■ W. Lewis, Mrs. Geo. W. Lewis, F. W. An- | drews, Jacob A. Zeiglcr, Mit Griffin, Au gustus McGriff, Frank Green, Mrs. W. J. Painter, Mack Grass, W. C. Dickenson, W. T. Worn, Mrs. Pipkin, Mr. Jesse Reynolds, Walter Dickenson, Mrs. H. 11. Spear, Col. James Wilson, Shade Bostick, M. i. Bates. Deaths since onr lest issue: H. H. O’Farrell, j Mies Martha Sellers, Robert Collier, Mrs. i Bennett Brocket, Miss Mollio Sellers. To- j til— JO. The Brunswick Appeal of the 22nd says that by agreement of counsel and all parties at interest, this case will lie called on Thurs day morn next, the 27th instant, Hon. Wm. Schley presiding. The firßt business to he transacted will be a decree for the distribution of tbe funds in the the Commission ers among the remaining prior claimants who have admitted judgments, amounting to, per haps, twenty thousand dollars, —the hulk of which having been paid last week at Macon. The next question for argument aud settle ment will be that priority bet.veen tbe bond holders and the creditors, on which we an ticipate a lively and a strong fight, as on the settlement of this point depends large fees to many nble nnd distinguished members of the bar.' It is an important question, involving questions of law, the proper adjudication of which will prove of interest to the public at largo, and we hope it will receive that thor ough examination which its importance calls I for. We shall present to our readers a full resume of the points of law made, upon which the result may be reached. J. W. Weston, the oldest sou el Capt. S. R. Weston, of the Dawson Journal, Ims been or dained as a preacher in the Methodist Con- J ference. Tunis G. Campbell, Jr., representative from Mclntosh in the General Assembly, was ar rested a few days ago, charged with on assault and battery on 11. E. Carr, City Marshal, and brooght before the County Commissioners, for which offense ho gave bond lor his appear ance before the Superior Court to answer (he charge. Messrs. Joseph A. Roberts A Cos. cleared the Schooner F. L. Richardson, from Savan bah, Saturday, for St. John, N. 8., with 190 pieces of timber, measuring 182,172 feet, and 340 pieces of pitch pino lumber, measuring 161,026 feet, the total value ot which was 86,700. Messrs. F. W. Sims k Cos. furnished the cargo. Mexican War Veterans | PREPARATIONS FOB THE NATIONAL CONVENTION —APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES - ELEC TION OF PRESIDENT GRANT AS AN HONORARY MEMBER, ETC. Washington Chronicle. 17th. A special meeting of the “Associated Veter ans of 1846,” survivors of the Mexican War, was held in the parlors of the Dickson House, 405 Eleventh street, on Saturday evening, where a goodly Lumber of the gray-beards assembled at the call of their president to perfect arrangement for the reception of the delegates elected by the several State organi zations to the proposed National (Convention to be held here on the 15th ot January, wheu a joint memorial to Congress will be prepared askiDg similar recognition of their past ser vices as that shown to the veterans of 1812 by the law of February 14,1870. Another praise worthy object contemplated is the establish ment of a National Brotherhood of the sur vivors of that war for benevolent purposes, and the restoration of the former good feeling amjng them in all sections of the Union, which has been to some extent disturbed by events of the past twelve years. The President, Gen. J. W. Denver, called tbe meeting to order, and stated the objects of tbe special meeting. The corresponding secretary, Mr. A. M. Kenaday, read the list of veteran associations throughout the country with wbioli he had been in communication in regard to tnis con ; veulion, most of which had already selected j delegations to represent them therein. It appears there are now in successful opera ! tion, associations similar to the one here, as j follows: In Sun Fianciseo, Philadelphia, i Pittsburgh, St. Louis, New Y’ork, Boston, I Baltimore, Louisville, Cincinnati, Virginia I City, Nevada; Reno nnd Eureka, Nevada: Sacramento aud Santa Barbara, California; Leavenworth, St. Paul. N-w Orleans, Mobile, Macon, Georgia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Iticbmond, Petersburg, Virginia; Charleston, West Virginia; Jackson, Tennessee; Tecum seh, Michigan; Scottsboro’, Alabama, and Washington, D. C., while at almost every meeting the secretary has been called upon to announce new societies created and wheel ing into line under tbe invitation extended by the Washington society last May. The secretary stated that he had writteu to several of tbe societies nearest Washington, informing them that there was no disposition here to arrogate undue control or manage ment of the convention, and inviting sug gestions from their officers in regard toa pro grame, Ac. He had received answers already from tbo Scott Legion, of Philadelphia, through Secretary E. It. Biles; the Kentucky State Association, nt Louisville, through Sec retary J. F. Huber, and from the Maryland Assopiation, of Baltimore, through Col. W. L. Schley, Secretary. These letters contain assurances of the utmost confidence in the ability of the Washington association to con duct the preliminary business to the satisfac tion of all parties interested, and pledge tbe attendance of fail delegations. Coi. Schley, of Baltimore, says that association will attend in a body fully a hundred or more strong, with .badges and banner and in good order. A general discussion here eusned on the various plans of action suggested, which was participated in by General Denver, General Albert Pike, Hon. -T. J. Martin, Colonel Jus tus McCarty, Captain W. H. Digges, Major S. C. Greene, Major Laity, and others present •nd finally the proposition of General Pike was adopted, which is as follows: “That an executive committee of five, of ■ which the president of the Association is to j be chairman, shall have the power (o devise ways and means, and arrange all the prelimi naries for the meeting of the national con -1 vention in this city on the 15th of January, 1834; said committee to appoint sub commit tees from the body of this association to carry ! out the details adopted by the executive com mittee.” The executive committee wan subsequently made up as follows ; Gen. J. W. Denver, Chairman ; Gen. Albert Pike, Hon. J. J. Mar tin, Col. Justus J. McCarty, and A. M. Kena day, E9q., Corresponding Secretary of fhe Asso ! ciatioD. After a recess of a few minutes for confer ence the Executive Committee announced the following sub-committees : Committee on Transportion of Delegates— Hon. J. J. Martin, Chairman; Judge H. It. Crosby, Col. J. C. Kretschman. Committee on Hotel Accommodations for the invited guests and delegates -Col. P. H. Allabach, Chairman : Maj. S. C. Green, Capt. John Brannan. Committee to Procure Halls of Meeting; Furniture, Ac.—Maj. F. T. Laity, Chairman , Maj. H. A. White, Capt. W. H. Digges. The remaining committees will be an nounced by the Executive Committee in dne time. The utmost harmony and good leeliug pre vailed thiougheut the evening, and before closing the proceedings the veteran General Albert Pike offered a resolution, accompanied with appropriate remarks, declaring the Pres ident of the United States, who had gallantly served as an officer of the army dnring the war with Mexico he enrolled ns an honorary member of the “Associated Veterans of 1846," nnd directing the secretary to notify General ; Grant of such election. The resolution was passed by acclamation, : amid much enthusiasm, wheu the meeting I adjourned to the first Saturday evening iu December. Kentucky State papers will please notice. A Boy Murderer A ForKTEEN-YEAR OLD BOY SHOOT* His i. I,'AXD FATHER JUST TO GRATIFY HIS GRANDMOTHER. From the Belleville (Kinaat) TelcJcope. Mr. •) ones Rambo, living on Elk Creek, in this county, was murdered on thj night of Nov. 1. About midnight of that day his wife, ! Catherine Rambo, went to a neighbor's iu her night clothes and barefooted, and reported haring a lass with her husband, and that he had shot off' the end of her finger and cut her ear with n butcher knife, and she wanted some one to go ;-u J arrest him. A Coroner's inquest was immediately held, which was followed by the arrest of the grandson, John Uriels, and Mrs. ltnmbo. After they had been in custody for a couple of days the boy confessed that his grand mother nnd ho had been [Jotting the murder for the past six months, and that he bad been practicing with a revolver for that pur pose. That on the night of tbe murder he took kfs revolver, alter the old man had gone to sleep, advanced to within a short distance of him, and shot him in the hack of the head —bis grandmother at the same time standing inside the headroom door. After he commit ted the deed he and the grandmother went ontside, aud the old lady held her finger around tbe tree while the boy shot it, inflict ing a flesh wound. She then had hirn take a butcher knife nnd cut a slight gash 'iu her ear, the object of all tbis being to ward off' suspicion and create the impres sion that there had been a quarrel be j tween her and the old man. The boy fur- I tber stated that he bud thrown the pistol in a pool of water. On search being made by tbe constable for the pistol, it was found where the boy directed him, and two of tbe cham bers discharged. He also found the mark of the burnt powder on the tree where the finger had been shot, according to the statement made by the boy. The batcher knife with which the ear had been cut was found close to the house covered with blood and chick en feathers. Close by waß found a chicken’s head, and a short distance up the path she had traveled going to the neighbor’s (Weans) and a little to one side in the grass, was found tbe body of a chicken. Building is tbe order of tbe day iu Bruns wick, and the temperance cause is on the advance. The New Era. ■ WOMANS UIOHTS PROSPEROUS IN ILLINOIS, from tlie Chicago Trilime. In April last the Stat° Legislature passed wan act, which went inu :orce in the following July, providing “that any woman, married or single, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, aud possessing the qualifications prescribed for men, shall be eligible to any office under tbe general or special school laws ot this State.” What has been the result V At the very first election where women have had an opportunity to avail themselves of th - law, they have done so in tho most liberal manner. They were on hand early at thc nominating conventions, and, where they failed to get nominations through lack of cour tesy on the part of the stronger sex, they ex ercised tbe sovereign right of bolting, and en tered the field under their own colors, bound for a free fight and no favors, iud with no other platform than the very practical one. “Let the best woman win.” At the recant election there were thirty-four ladies running in thirty counties of this State for the oflio of County Snperintendant of Schools. In Alexander and Mercer counties, two ladies ran against each other; and iu Cass county there were three contesting the field, and the victor not only defeated the other two, but ; two men also, who had not gallantry enough to withdraw and let the three ladies have the field to themselves. As an indication of the good time coming, the head lines of the Aicdo Democratic Banner, published in Mercer caunty, are significant. Under a defiant rooster, with head and tail erect, occur tho fcl i lowing startling announcements: “The Whole 1 Anti-Monopoly Ticket Elected;’ “Cornstalks Will Make Sugar;” “ Miss|Walker’ , Defeated by Thirty-one Notes:” “Miss Frazier Elected:‘ “A Certain Bachelor Made Ilappv.” Th;- tells the story eloquently, and leaves the read er at liberty to imagine the jey of Miss Fra zier and the “certain bachelor,” and the cor responding discomfiture of Miss Walker aL.i the “other feller.” Under the new regime, tho sewing circles aud evening meetings, ami the Sunday night visitations of young gentle men iu school districts will no longer be the tame affairs they have been. Anew element enters the social circle which will not disturb it, but heighten its enjoyments, for the elec tion iu Mercer county shows that “a certa.ii bachelor is happy,” notwithstanding the fact that Miss Frazier is elected. It is due to the pioneers io the election field that their names should be known, to the public, and we have therefore prepared the following table, showing tho ladies wb ran, those who were elected, and those who were defeated: Alexander County—Mrs. 8 E. Brown, ele-d --ed. Mrs. P. A. Taylor. Boone County—Miss Mnry E.Crarv,electee Cass County—Mrs. W. H. Hinckley, elect ed. Miss M. It. Housekeeper. Mi3s Louisa Haster. ColesCountv—Miss-Jennie H. Kinstry. de feated. Crawford County—Miss Naomi Tomlin w u, defeated. DeWitt County Miss Mary Weici_ elected. Effingham County Miss Ellen Vance >. feated. Green County Mi". Kite Hop sin elected. Hancock County—Mrs. E. E. Maya! . de feated. Heniy County—Miss A. Phelps, deteii and. Jackson Country—Miss Frances M. bir..- can, defeated. Kankakee County-Miss Nettie M. Bin in. . elected. Knox County- Miss Mary A. West, elected. Macon County Mrs. Frances L Hicknia; , defeated. Marion County—Mrs. Miry P. Lometi. de feated. Mason Comity—Miss Howard, defe.-.ie Mercer (‘minty Miss Amanda F < a, ■■ elected. Miss Walker. Moultrie County—Miss A. Andev-m ae feated. Peoria County—Miss Mary \V. WbF-suu . elected. Platt County— Miss Anna Coomb", de feated. Putnam County—Mbs Harriet A. Fy:de feated. Randolph County Mrs. Nancy i . Maim t, defeated. Sangamon County Miss Muy Ho *.* !, defeated. Tazewell Comity—Mias Man A. 1- oiler feated. Wayne County—Mrs. J. Man* White, .de feated. Whiteside County—Miss Agues A. ( > a defeated. Will County Mrs. Sarah ('. MauitsfcsL, elected. Winnebago County Mrs. Mary J.. Ca ••*..- ter, elected. Woodford County—Miss Aon i Paints. • ■feated. Three years ago a youug lady graduated from the high school in this city and dis played remarkable scholarship. .She was fatherless, and dependent upon her own labor for subsistence. She believed sba had a tal ent for the profession of the law. and she de termined to devote herself to it. She a[; lied in due time to the Supreme Court for permis sion to practice, but the Court ignored her application—subsequently, however, making a decision that a woman could not attest legal documents, plead before u jury, or perform any of the other functions of a juror, twiug to disqualifications inherent to her The Legislature in 1872, however, removed the sex disqualification by the passage ( ' in fo] lowing act: No person -ball he precluded or delvaued from any occupation, profession, or employ ment (except military) on account ot sex: provideddhut this act shall not be cons’ led to effect the eligibility of any person t m elective office. Under thiiact Miss Hnlett commence.', irc practice of the law. She won her first and has since that time been successful. Her case only affords another instance ot wuat woman can do when she sets her mind upon it, aud, taken in conjunction with the resells of the recent election, shows rapid progress towards the results at which the champions of woman's rights arc aiming. Under the Illi nois law, woman cpn now engage in any mas culine occupation except the military. ‘ That disqualification may even yet be removed, so that lovely woman can shoulder arm", 1 rl a catapult, and fire a blunderbuss. Not a PoßWMLEdjfatNO.—lf tho l'reEctent should borrow a leaffrom one of his prede cessors and announce iu the forthcoming mes sage that he had decided—in view of the haul times,the general reduction of wages through out the country’, the necessarily hoavy expen ditures and diminished revenues of the Gov - ernment—not to touch a penny of the extra twenty-five thousand dollars, it would Le tin greatest hit of his administration. The Amer ican people, always impulsive and often ab surd, would cheer him to the echo. The now sulky and disgruntled organs would vie with each other in lauding his patriotic self-sacri fice. He would become again for the nonce the most popular man in tho country. But Gen. Grant, although, as wc believe, a wall meaning man in tho main, quite as good as his party and better than many of the older and abler politicians who surround him, is not in the habit of voluntarily relinquishing mon ey. Quite tho contrary. —Sprlwjfltld ifr nan. The Charleston people are moving vigor, ously for the proposed railroad line lion: their city to Chicago direct. They find rival, ry in Savannah and Fort Royal, which would like to be the terminal points of a lit; Hkt, that. —-V. T. Evening Post. The Savannah Fair closed on Saturday AA and as a consequence but few other llaa e-\. hibitors and Hw ettieiele -were present.