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J. I*. WHKiHT & CO., lim"VK"ktok.' TERMS OK THE Columbus Daily and Weekly Times. i>ai rwi Ouo Yw. *foo Six Month- Three Montis a 00 One Month ,0 WEEKXA T s One ¥eui $ J fjj} Six Months.. ... . 1 lH> Aditerl itting Rate# may Imhail on appli cation. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Conio'rsslmial I'roriT.llnx*. Special to the Timks by S. k A. Lino.) HOUSE. Washington, Jan. s. On motion of Mr. Cox, of New York, the Secre tary of the Treasury was directed to send to the House a statement of the receipts from customs revenue for the seend quarter of the fiscal year 1874 ’75. and also to state whether his estimate of receipts for the last two quarters of the year has undVr gone such a change as would, in his opinion, require additional taxation. Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, as a privilege question presented u certifi cate, signed by Drs. \Y r. >3 oimston and A. V. P. (lammeli, setting forth that K. 15. Irwin’s physical and men tal condition was such that his con flnement in jail might l>c attended with the most serious consequences. Mr. Dawes moved t* refer the cer tificate to the Ways and Means Com mittee. Motion agreed to, Mr. Houghton, of California, in troduced a 1 dll to enable the South ern Pacific Railroad to change its line an l to construct an additional track. Referred. Mr. Smith, of Virginia, introduced a bill to adjust the pay of letter car riers of the United States. Re ferred. The House then, at 4:30 p. M., ad journed until Monday at 12 o’clock. SENATE. On motion of Mr. Sargent the appropriation bill was t aken up. Some amendments reported by the committee on appropriations were agreed to, and the bill then passed, The unfinished business being the resolution of inquiry into the con duct of the Military in Louisiana was taken up. SPEECH OF MR. BAYARD ON LOUISIANA AFFAIRS. Mr. Bayard said two years ago lie had introduced a reso lution <>f inquiry addressed to the President as to the conduct and man ner of Louis Merrill of the l . S. cav alry, then as now the Hcnator from New York, Arc. CVmkling had offered an aincudent leaving it discretiona ry with the President to answer. That resolution with amendment of the Bentor passed the Senate March 3d, 1873, ami to this day the President had treated it with contemptuous silence ami with a full knowledge of the conduct of Major Merrill, in South Carolina. He had been sent to fresh fields and pastures now in Lousiana, but t-hat was a small matter compar ed with Hie present exigency. Never since the days of the Revolution had the American people been brought fa<*e to face with such grave ques tions as these now confronting them. It is whether this Government is to be verged into absolute military dictu tutorship. He said the remarks of the Senator from Indiana, Morton, from Vermont, Edmunds, and from Illinois, Logan, were intended and were calculated to obscure fin* ques tion, and by partisan appeals to di vert the minds of the people from thotrm* merits of the case. What were the facts? In States three or four times the population of Louisiana the election returns had been tabulat'd and promulgated within less than a week after the election. In great cities of equal population with that State they had been tabula ted ami proclaimed \Vithin forty-eight hours; but in Louisiana the Return ing Board was occupied in canvassing returns within a fraction of two months, and in every case of dispute or doubt they decided in favor of the Kellogg party. He then proceeded to review the circumstances of Mon day las tin New Orleans. He claimed that the Conservatives had on Mon day lawfully organized the Legisla ture, there being a q uorum present. He would now say nothing as to the swearing in of the five members, but he ttskod tin* Senate he asked the American i>eopic was there any thing in the constitution or laws to warrant the* interference of the President in Louisiana? But it was only a leaf of the same sad history of Louisiana for the last two years. Mr. B. then quoted from a speech of Ids, made on the Louisiana bill in 1873, when he warned the Ainerh an people that the dangers menacing the liberty of Louisiana, menac'd at the same time the liber ties of all the other States. What he had foretold then, had come to pass word for word. The policy of the President instead of being modified, had been doggedly intensified. Gen. Sheridan is sent secretly to New Oi - lcan-, to dragoon the people of Louisiana into submission. In scarcely three days, having no inter course with any but the ad herents of Kellogg, he sent out his dispatches all over the country. H< would not say one word against whatever glory* or renown ac crued to this office, but he was the THE DAILY TIMES. servant of the people of the United States, fed and clothed by them, odu-1 eated by them, and was not their j master: Has he forgotten that by the con stitution of his country the rights of the people to hold and bear arms shall not bo infringed; that they shall be secure from unreasouble searches and seizures; that no man shall be tried without indictment by a grand jury? Sir, this issue cannot come too soon. If this cavalry officer with his bloody sword is stronger than all our j personal guarantees of liberty it is time that we shovld know it. Lot us see whether the dispatches sent by this officer do not prove him unlit to breat he the air of a republic. In a three days stay in one city of a large State he proclaims that whole State to ho a lawless community. But there has been replies to those communications of Gen. Sheridan. Mr. B. then read from the resolutions passed by different exchanges in New Orleans and tin* Bishops and Clergy, and others pronouncing as calumnies the statements of Gen. Sheridan. The meunest man of all these, said Mr. B. was the peer of Gen. Sheridan in every respect. Reading from the | dispatches of Gen. Sheridan, asking | that Congress proclaim the White | Leaguers banditti, Mr. B. said that if there was the tone that once exis ted at the White House, Gen. Sheri dan would never again sign his name as Lieutenant General of the army. In a time of profound peace lie asks that Congics shall pass an e.r fiust fact > law that he shall try Ivy military commission and murder his own fellow-citizens, lb* said if the proper feeling existed in high quarters, General Sheridan would not remain where he was live minutes. Mr. B. then quoted at length from t he decision of the Supreme ( ‘ourt in the Milligan, case on military com missions. Gen. Sheridan held out : threats, which are disgraceful t<> tin* ! clothes lie wears, and to the country !of which lie is a citizen. The propo- I sition is now hero presented for the | lirst time, that the President can, of | his own motion and bis own discro i tlon, adjudge that sufficient domestic | violence exists as to warrant him to I interfere in the organization of a Legislature. So far us right is eon li . rued, the people of Louisiana had j as much right to pass upon t he quali fication of members of fin* two I houses of Congress, as Congress has to pass upon the qualification of the members of tin* Legislature of Louis j iana. What has been done in Louis ; iana to-day, may be done in New j York to-morrow and in Massachusetts the next day, and it can be done in | this capital on the fourth of March, j If President Grant can break up the | Legislature in Louisiana, he can, I with a single brigade of troops, inter fere in the organization of the Co n gross on the fourth of March. The | history of Louisiana was as old as ! the history of the world. It was a | history of resentment against oppres sion, against tyranny and wrong. | Give these people a Government ! they can love, a Government that I has some regard for them and their ! interests. lb* could not. forget I I hat to-day was the anniversary of t lie | battle of New Orleans to-day, the re sults of which were as glorious and as welcome to the people of Dela ware or Maine as to the people of j Louisiana. Shall the glory of that , day be dimmed by the shade of t his? j Is the honor which then accrued to j American arms to be relapsed by the j disgrace which is now come upon it? ; It may have been mistaken judgment ; and high party feeling which has ear- ; lied the Executive thus far, hut he hoped the American people would let; j him understand that his hand must | |be taken from the throat of Lou isiana. Mr. Seimrz said he desired to speak I on this subject but was not prepared to go on now, iri consequence of in-j ■ disposition. After further discussion the Senate l at 0.10 ]. in. adjourned till Monday. • ♦ • On!rawl'oiiuiiiltec ill lt*|orl tuaiii*i Alabama. Montgomery, Ala. , January 8. The ( \ngr<* sinnal (.'ornmittee on Alubanm I affairs have concluded their investi j gation, and left for Washington this | morning. One hundred witnesses were examined. There will he a mi ■ nority report. It is said the majority | will report that no adequate civil government exists in the State. FH IN( K. | PROPOSITION TO FORM A NEW < .'A HI NET. ' Special to the Timf.h by S. a: A, Line.] London, Jan. 8. -The Tunes' special dispatch from Paris says: President MaeMahon lias decided to summon Wm. Dufau, Laßoulaye, ! Baron DeLacey, and the Marquis de (’astellane, to a consultation upon I the subject of the formation of anew I cabinet, and agreement upon a pro gramme of policy. It is eeriain that | the attempt to constitute a cabinet from Wednesday’s majority in the ! Assembly will be fruitless, but it is indispensable to render the Marshal’s situation clear in the rise of the na tion, and prove the impossibility of any government security by a sup port of the minority, that can lie de pended upon. MaeMahon will then be free to choose a cabinet from those whoso programme he can ac cept, and this cabinet, will be charged with the conduct of a general elec tion. Paris, January i). The French Cabinet remains provisionally un changed. A complete reorganization | is expected soon. COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY !>, 1875. OITKKSSK!) LOUSIANA. New Orleans, January 8, 1:30 a. m. i The excitement hero is intense from a rumor that Sheridan has ordered the arrest of leading citizens, among whom are named Gov. MeEnery, Lieut. Gov. Penn and Gen. Ogden. No arrests as yet have been made, but if arrests are attempted no re sistance will l>o made, our citizens 1 icing resolved to give to Grant no I pretext for any further acts of deapo i tism. THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. It is understood that the Congres sional Committee will leave forAY ash ington profoundly chagrined and dis gusted at tin' assault by the military upon the Legislature of Louisiana. The open and liberal action of the Committee has won for its members the respect of our citizens generally. The creatures of the infamous Re turning Board, without a quorum, wore to-day in session going through the farce of legislaion, to which no attention is paid by the public. The Conservative legislators inclu ding all those expelled by Sheridan’s soldiers, met to-day in caucus and adjourned without action, it is un i derstood that their memorial and protest will he sent to Congress to , morrow. Doubt and intense anxie ;ty prevails as to the next act in the | drama of despotism in this city, yet I our people are calm, cool and self | possessed, ever determined to give their friends abroad no cause to blush for their manhood. W* all | here believe that Sheridan acts i strictly under the orders of Grant, j which were received before his itrri ! val here in pursuance of a settled land well digested plan to force Lou isiana into armed resistance to the | aggressions of the administration, I and in order to raise against us, the : hue and cry of rebellion. In this j Grant will be disappointed. We all feel this last outrage by the President upon the liberties of a sov ereign Stab* must have the effect to ! arouse our sister States to a sense of j their own danger, and that it should be followed by his impeachment. Air. Foster, chairman of the sub ; Congressional Committee, has ad dressed a communication to each, j acknowledging the receipt of propo sitions, either written or oral, from Messrs. Kellogg, MeEnery and Penn, | offering to leave to tlie decision and : arbitration of the Congressional i Committee the settlement of their i various claims, and declaring tlmt the | Commit tee cannot further consider j tin* question unless certainly assured j that their decision, whatever it might I be, would he acquiesced in by each and accepted by all as a final decla ration of their rights. MeEnery and Penn promptly replied affirmatively. Gov. Kellogg, it is said, proposed to reply by letter to Washington. U. | Gov. Antoine stated this evening in an interview that he would ! consent to no such compromise ques tions asked by the New Orleans Times. It will be remembered that | the admission of live members who : had not. been ret timed by t lie Ret urn ! ing Board, was made the basis for ! t he military order to clear the House, and five members were put. out at t lie point of t In* bayonet. It, has now ! transpired that the Republicans since tin* retirement of the Democrats, ! have* only fifty-one members with i certificates, and have admitted three * members who occupied precisely the same position us the five gentlemen | who were rejected. They were two Radicals from Desota and one from ! Grant. The question arises, why I don’t the military again interpose j and pul these men out, as they did j the five Democrats. | New York, Jan. 8. A Times New ; Orleans special says colored State of | li<M*rs Antoine, Brown and Deslonde, | refuse to become parties to I lie com | promise or arbitrate the result of the j election of 1872. Gen. Sheridan says Admiral Mulla i ney was instructed to support him if necessary, but he regards the crisis as j past, and dues not look for any j trouble in future. He has been served with notice of three suits I against him for trespass. Kellogg lias forwarded to Senators j Morton and Frelinghuysen a threat i ening document, purporting to come from members of the White Leauge. ! bearing skulls and cross bones, and : conveying dire warnings and threats ! against him and the negroes. ! The fore* 1 of United States troops | in the State House has been slightly j increased. The city was quiet arid the people gloomy and dispirited. NEW ORLEANS QUIET. New Orleans, January 8. There I is nothing new in the situation here. The city is quiet. Acting Attorney General Dibble is preparing u pamphlet on the situa tion for publication. He considers the State Government here since 1872, a revolutionary one, and the only solution is for Congress to pro vide a government. It is believed the White League leaders will be ar rested before Saturday night by a process issued from t lie United States District Court, and that troops will assist in making arrests. It is ex pected the movement will bo general throughout the State If is supposed that Sheridan had secret peremptory orders, when he came here to break up the Whib* Leagues at all hazards. I SENATOR BAYARD IN DEFENSE OF LOUIS IANA. Washington, January 8. Senator Bayard is iqiottklng In iVlVnso of (ho tho pi'iiplo of IjOulsliuui. The business in the House is unim portant up to this hour, 2 r. m. I.jtU‘*l (mm You Orionii—lll (|ulrt. New Ohi.eans, Jun. h. No change to note In tho condition of things here, though tho situation is the all absorbing topic. Now, that it is known that General Sheridan did not assume command till Monday night, the action of different bodies in denouncing him for the removal of persons from the Legislature by tho military is considered by unprej udiced persons hasty and ill advised, inasmuch as the military acted under order from tho Governor, who it is stated had u right to give such orders under the State law regarding the rights of t hose entitled to seats in the Legislature under the decision of the Returning Hoard. Humors are still eurreut of a Leg islative compromise, but it is not be lieved that any result will be reached till further ad vires are received from Washington. The result of the dis mission in Congress regarding the affairs of this State is anxiously awaited, as also the exported special message to Congress from President Grantonthe subject. Hoth parties express the hope that recent troubles will force an issue in Congress, and that measures for permanent peace will be adopted. llm'lier-Tilion Trial. Sjiivial to tlu' ItAli.Y l iMirliy H. .V A. I,lntel Huooki.vn, Jan. 8. Large*crowds present at the I.ereher-Tilloii trial which opened at a ll o’clock. Mor ris, counsel for Tilton, peremptorial ly challenged Austin Pueluird, the llth juror, having learned during the night that Packard was friendly to Beecher. Tho juror was dismissed, and after others of the panel had been examined another was found to till the vacancy. He in turn was poromp torlolly challenged by Beecher’s counsel and had to vacate. • ♦ rai'iflr Hail Company. Special to tin 1 Times, by H. \ A. Line,] New York, Jan. 8. A statement of tho Pacific- Mail Company, published l>y C. C. Niohaohor, late Treasurer of the Company shows a defieit for tlu* next eight months of over throe million dollars exclusive of coal* freights, renewal of insurance and general expenses. • ♦ • suicide. special to the Timms by H. k A. Liui'.J Rochester, New York, Jan. s. Miss Julia Thoaler while laboring un der a fit of insanity caused by the death of a child, jumped from a rail road bridge last night into the river. Sin* fell on the iee, which was strong enough to bear her up. She then de liberately walked towards to the falls, and walking into the river was soon swept away by the current and carried over tho falls. Her body Ims not rffvn found. • ♦ • INmiler Mil! 1. v plo-Gon. Special t" tho Timms by S, k A. Lino] Patterson, N. J., Jan. 8. At 12 o’clock last night, a powder mill at Mead Baisin, seven miles west of Paterson, exploded. The inhabi tants of several towns, for the dis tance of 10 miles around, were alarmed by the shock, which was felt as far up as Englewood, on the Hudson. Several lives reported lost. • ♦ • ( Ino A in. In llniiknipfry. New York, January 8. A state ment of the affairs of Henry Clews & Cos., published to-day, shows that their secured creditors arc three and half million dollars pretend cred itors eighty-four thousand, and se cured creditors one million and four hundred thousand dollars. Among the largest, creditors are Butterfield & Cos.. $000,000; Clews, Habeeht & Cos., $700,000; Fourth National Bank, $250,000; Manufactur’s Bunk, $250,000. The total assets of the firm, includ ing various railroads and other stocks, four and a half millions. • ♦ • liiii* Knlnkaitn l Chicago. Chicago, January u. The Mayor received a letter informing him of Knlaknua’s visit to Chicago. II- will have a magnificent suit, of rooms at the Grand Pacific Hotel, where lie will hold a public reception. >lriiip>ii<4 Gws HfinmTatlc. Special to Daily Times, by H. k A. Liue.J Memphis, Jan. 8. The Democrats carried the municipal election. •• - Convention Organ!/oil. Special to Daily Times, by K. k A, Line.] Baltimore, Jan. 8. TheCommitees of Northern and Southern Presbyte rian Churches to consider the exist ing difference, organized with Dr. William Brown, of Richmond, as President. Hamlin Ili*iulillt*an Nomination*. Special to the Timms by tli" S. k A. Line.] Augusta, Me., Jun. 8. Republican caucus nominated Hamlin for U. S. Senator. Lansing, Mich.,Jan. 8. Radical cau cus nominated Chandler for re-elec tion to the IJ S. Senate. ♦—,— Weather Matement. Washington, Jan. 8. —Probabilities. During Saturday, in the Southern ! Atlantic States, partly cloudy weath er, possibly occasional rains and winds gradually veering to the west and north, and probably followed by rising barometer and falling temper ature, falling below freezing, proba bly in the southern portion of tho east Gulf States,brisk and high north west to north east winds partly cloudy weather and accompanied by occasional light rain or snow. scanti* Finance* Hill. The following is the text of tho finance bill which recently passed tho Senate: He if enacted, etc,, That the Secreta ry of the Treasury Is hereby authoriz ed and required, as rapidly as prac ticable, t<> oause to be coined at the mints of the United States, silver coins of denominations of 10, 25, and 50 cents of standard value,and to issue them in redemption of an equal number and amount, of fractional currency of similar denominations, or, at his discretion, he may issue such silver coins through the mints, sub-treasuries, public, depositories and post offices of tho United States, and upon such issue, he is hereby authorized and required to redeem an equal amount of such fractional currency, until the whole amount of such fractional currency outstanding, shall be redeemed. Sec. 2. That so much of Sec. 3,524 of tin* Rivised Statutes of the United States as provides for a charge of one-sixth of 1 per centum for convert ing stum lard gold bullion into coin is hereby repealed, and hereafter no charge shall Ik* made for that ser vice. Sec. 3. That Sec. 5,777 of the Revised Statutes of Hie Enited States, limiting tin' aggregate amount, of the circula ting notes of the national banking associations, bo and is hereby re pealed, and each nxis^jig banking as sociation may increase its circulating notes in accordance with the existing law, wit hout respect to said aggre gate limit; and new banking associa tions may be organized in accordance with the existing law, without respect to tho aggregate limit; and the pro visions of tin* law for the withdrawal and redistribution of national bank currency among the several States and Territories arc hereby repealed; ami whenever and so often as circu lating notes shall be issued to any such banking association, so increas ing its capital or circulating notes, or so n**vv 1 \ organized as aforesaid, it shall be* the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the legal tender United States notes in excess only of $300,000,000 to the amount of 80per centum of the sum of national bank notes so issued to any such banking association as aforesaid, and to continue such redemption as such circulating notes arc issued until there shall hi' outstanding the sum 0f 800,000,0u0 of such legal--tender United States notes and no more. And on and alter t lu* first day of Jan uarv, A. I>. 1870, tin* Secretary of tin* Treasury shall redeem in coin the United States legal-tender notes then outstanding, on their presentation for redemption at the office of the Assistant Treasury of tin* United States, in the city of New York, in sums not. less than fifty dollars. Ami to enable the Secretary of the Treasury l" prepare and provide for the redemption in this act author ized or required, he is authorized to use any surplus revenues from time to time in the Treasury, not other wise a|>pproprluted, and to issue, sell, and dispose f, at not less than par in coin, either of the description of bonfisof tin* United States described in the act of Congress approved July 1, 1870, entitled “Anaot to authorize the refunding of the national debt,” with like privileges, and exemptions to the extent necessary to carry tills act into effect, and to use the pro ceeds thereof bn* the purposes afore said. And all provisions of law in consistent with tho provisions of this ad are hereby repealed. •♦ • • Tin* Fieri ora! Vote anil I hi* I’lmilllioii of l he ftoutli. The condit ion of affairs in the South and ( specially in Louisiana, is at tracting the at tention of leading Con gressmen to the necessity of making some constitutional provision for counting of the electoral votes, or otherwise providing for a change in tin* election of IT. sident. The re port of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections was made last winter, and has been before; the Semite without action since that time. The House Commmittee on elections has this wintoi; taken up the same subject, and Mr. Harrison has written a report which will be submitted t.o the full committee as soon as the holidays are over, and if approved by them will soon be given to the House. There is now Hie evi dent prospect that the electoral vote in the next election will be very close, and it is possible that the counting of the votes from Lou isiana or Mississippi, or Arkansas, or all three of those States, may deter mine* who shall Ik* President. As the Senate will be Republican and the House Democratic, nothing is more likely than that a disputed or chal lenged vote should be thrown out by the. disagreement of the two Houses, and if tho vote so thrown out should defeat, or change the result of the ('lection, it is believed that most se rious consequences would follow. The subject, of course, is now. now, but is receiving renewed considera tion, and an effort will Ik* made to pa; s tho resolution for a Constitu tional amendment, which was repor ted by the Senate committee, which will lie substantially adopted by the committece of tho House. A r . P. Herald. • • Boiling Tiikm Soft. A story is told of :i negro in Virginia vvlio.se master tlirratcnod to givo iiim a flogging if hn I wiled his eggs hard again. Nnxt. morning tho eggs came to the table still harder than before. “You J'asnal !” shouted tho enraged planter, “didn’t I toll you to cook those oggs soft “Yes, mussa,” said the frightened slave, “an’ I got up at i o’clock dis mornin’ an’ hiled dom five hours, an’ it seem to mo i never kin get dose eggs softer.” ship New*. Hpf.-dul to the TiincH by tb<- S. k A. Line.] Nnw York, January 8/ The steam Tug Staved well reported missing, had on board 30 persons and was engaged in some government work connected with torpedo manufacturing. As she has not arrived at New Port, where she was bound, it is feared she lias been lost with all hands. Savannah, Jan. B.— Arrived : Cleo patra from New York; ships Bailie, Soullard ; hr. Athcnias, bark Colum bus, sohr. F. 1., Richardson. Sailed: Saragossa, Baltimore, ship Guschen for Bremen, hark Kate Burrell, brig Alfred, harks Candenr, Havre, Albert Newman, Berlin, Havre, ship Gon’l Woolsey for Liverpool. • ♦ • Two ambitious youths, named McMillan and Linggold ; took a shot at each other, near Mdledgevillo, a day or two ago. Insulted again V ■•AItIISI.VX NCHNIiW. NICK, 'SCANDALOUS CHAT, Lucy Hooper in a Into letter to the Philadelphia Press, thus gossips of what, she sees and hears in Paris : Here Is some further news about the Imperial family of Russia, or, at least, l lie members of It who are at present in Paris. 1 learn that the crimson velvet and fur-Unod clonk of tho empress, which 1 mentioned in a preceding paragraph, is valued at $20,000; it is lined throughout with Russian sable, each skin of which is worth SOU. The Czar possesses astill more costly mantle, lined with the fur of the blue fox, which is worth no less than jtjo.oon. He presented to Adelina Patti, on the occasion of her last benefit in St. Petersburg, a sot of furs of tho value of SIO,OOO. The Cfzarowiteh and the Grand Duke Alex is visited tho Bouffes Parisians the other evening and warmly applauded Mcsdames Judic and Grisot in “Mad ame l’Arehidue.” Our old friend Alexis has succeeded to his grand father's reputation of being the liand somest man in Europe, anil lie is un doubtedly the handsomest prince. Avery ‘ romantic suicide has just been chronicled in Parisian so ciety. A Peruvian of immense wealth had the weakness to fall seri ously in love with one of tho reigning beauties of the demi-monde, find he was desirous of persuading her to quit Paris with him and to go dwell afar off in some rural spot, after the fashion of Armand Duval and Mar guerite Gautier, in the “Dame aux Camelias.” But the lady was not in the least romantic and turned a deaf ear to all his protestations of affec tion, and all liis projects of rustic bliss. Finding that the fail' one was obdurate he quitted Paris and jour neyed to Biarritz, where he shot him self through the head with a pocket pistol. In his pocket-book was found a long tress of brown liair and a im pel' on which was written : ‘ To Marguerite- from a man who lias loved her, and who dies for her.” Alas for the common-sense of our generation when such a tragedy, and for such an unworthy object is possi ble in our nineteenth century. Recently, at the theatre, I found myself placed close to the box in which was seated the most celebra ted dnni-inoiulniiie of our century, Cora Pearl. This woman who lias held sway for so many years over the evil society of which she is the queen this siren, for whose sake men have ruined themselves, and at whose feet poor Duval attempted to commit suicide, a few years ago, for very love of her is.a coarse, unattractive, red haired creature, with round black eyes, a heavy thick-lipped mouth, and a complexion composed of pearl powder. Her tigure is superb, how ever, and she is strikingly stylish. Klic was magnificently dressed, and the huge black pearls, trimmed with diamonds, which she wore in her ears, were worth in themselves a for tune. Quite a scandal has been created in the American colony by tho arrest of an American lady at the Hotel Splendkle for running up a bill of por tentous length, and then presenting a draft on London for payment, which draft came back dishonored. Bhe then went to tho Hotel Chatham, and was about to recommence her little game, when the iron taloons of the law closed upon her. No one can lie arrested in Paris for debt, but the presentation of a bogus draft is look ed upon as a form of swindling and by so doing she rendered herself lia ble to imprisonment. I regret to say that the lady in question is said to belong to a prominent New England family, and that the size of her bill was mainly owing to the quantity of fine wines which she consumed daily. Our unfortunate countryman, Mr. Perkins, the husband of the Spanish princess, is still in prison and witli every prospect of staying there. His unhappy wife is reduced, I am told, to the utmost destitution, and were it not for tiie kind efforts of some American ladies, who have interested themselves in her behalf, her condi tion would lie utterly deplorable. She lias two little children, one eighteen months old and the other only throe months. Her royal rela tives offer to support her if she will consent, to abandon horhusband, but, woman like, she has refused their of fers, and is trying to obtain pupils in French or Spanish. The last time I heard of her she had just walked three miles in a pouring rain to visit her imprisoned husband, taking her infants with her. SALE OF Fair Ground Property, Tuesday, Jaunary 12tli. rpilK HOUSES, FENCES, STALLS, kr., oil tho 1 Fair (IrouiulH. belonging to the Columbus Industrial Association, will bo sold by Ellis k Harrison, on Tuesday, January lUtli, 1875, fit 10 o’clock A. M. W. L. SALISBURY, ('.A. KLINK, K. T. SHEPHERD, (1. L. Mt GOUGH, jiui!) :it Committee. J. I>. RAMBO, Vllorncy nl l,:m. Office over Holstead k Co.’s, Broad street, Co lumbus, Georgia. janß eodlm Dray and Retail Liquor License, 1> ARTIES DESIRING TO TAKE OUT DRAY OR Retail Liquor License for 1875, are requested to make application and pay for license ny I‘Jtli Inst., as alter tnat date they will be liable to be reported and lined. M. M. MOORE, Clerk Council. janH -if. \<lniiiii.sli'iifor'N Stale. ITNDKK and by virtue of an order of sale by J the Honorable .Judge of Probate Court of Russell county, Ala., I. as the administrator of the estate of Win. Kelley Banks, deceased, will on Thursday, the 21st day of .January. A. D. 1875, proceed to sell oil tho premises of tho “Paddy Carr” place, In Russell county, Ala., eight Wiles west of Columbus, <ia., at public outcry, lor cash, to tin highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: One large lot Fine Mules, Brood Mares, Ilogfl, Cattle, Corn, Fodder, Peas, Wagon, one Fine Top Buggy, Cotton Heed, Farming Utensils, Plow and Wagon Gear, kc., kr. GILMEIt It. BANKS, Administrator of Wm. Kelley Banks, deceased. janH tds >'of IjMtOM and after this date the retail price for . Coal delivered to consumers will be as follows: 1 Montevallo, per ton $ 9 00 ! Cali aba, •• •* BSO Jefferson “ ** 7 GO I New Castle, “ “ 050 I Anthracite, “ “ 15 00 All sales are strictly cash, payable on delivery. D. E. WILLIAMS, Agent, at M. A G. It. It. CHAS. PHILLIPS, ■ janj tftlsu tiuth] at Western It. It. VOL. I .--NO. 7 187 5. THE MONTGOMERY Advertiser and Mail FOR 187f!. 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