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vnTJTMTC X.-NUMBER 2201. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE STATE CAPITAL. "HONEST JOBS" IX COUR T-THE PEE. LIHINART SKIRMISHING. No Quorum tn the House-The Work of the Senate. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLOMBIA, February 3. The February term of the Court ol General Sessions lor this circuit was opened here this morning by Judge Carpenter, Solicitor Bunkle appearing for the people. Nearly all tue grand Jurors answered to their names, when Mr. Chamberlain, who ls understood io be the principal counsel for Pattersoo, challenged the array on the ground that the law requires a Jury to be drawn not less than seven nor mora tban Alteen days before the opening of the court, while these JurorB were drawn on the 10th ol Jan? uary, twenty-three days before the openins The court thereupon adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow, when argument wilt be heard upon this point-the two principal questions being whether this regulation is binding In the case of the grand as well as tbe pellL Jurors, and whether the regulation itself is a matter of ] exact law or only of custom and precedent. The 8partanburg and Union Railroad, which was sold last year to Worthington and ol hers, was again sold to-day, at Union Courthouse* under a foreclosure of the mortgage given by the late purchasers, who have failed to make their payments as agreed. It brought three hundred and eight thousand dollars, and was purchased oy Genera! Allred Austell, vice president of the Atlanta and Richmond Air ' Line Railroad Company, and R. T. McAldeo, president of Ihe National Bank of Chat lotte, N.C. In the Senate to-day Dickson inlroduced a bill crealicg the office ot Immigration com? missioner. Dunn Introduced a bili to author? ize certain counties lo vote aid lo the Allan Jc and Pacific Seaboard Railroad Company. The bill to provide for the payment ot the past in? debtedness of Georgetown County; the bill to provide for a special assessment of laxes In Aiken Countj ; the bill to charter the Cheraw and Chester Railroad; the bill to amend the act Incorporating ihe Town of Louisville; the Joint resolution to provide an appropria? tion for the final payment on bonds purchased by the State in Darlington County, ned ihe - Joint resolution authorizing the county com? missioners of Beaufort County to levy a special tax, received their final reading, passed and were sent to the House. The bill lo authorize the county commissioners of Abbeville to open a- public road from Wm. Hunter's to R. H. McCaslan'e lo lhat countj; the bill to amend Sections 19 and 33 of'Chapter 8, Title I ot the act revising and consolidating the General Statutes of the Slate relative to the boundary lines between York and Lan? caster Counties; the bill to amend ihe act for the protection and preservation of useful ani? mals; the bill to require trial Justices to give bonds and otherwise to define their duties; the bill lo authorize the State treasurer to commence such pro? ceedings against the financial agent of J the State as will secure a settlement on his part; the bill to Incorp?rale the Newberry and Chester Railroad Company; the bill to incor? porate the Second Coosuwbatchle Baplist Church of Beaufort County; the bill to incor? porate the Presbyterian Church at Abbeville Courthouse; the bill lo incorporate Darlington Academical Society; the bill to Incorporate the Town of Nichol?; the bill to revise and extend the charter ol the Savings Build? ing and Loan Association; the bill to in? corporate the Peedee Agricultural and Me? chanical Association; the bill to incorporate the Darlington Agricultural and Mechanical Fair CompaDj; the bill to renew ihe charter of Wofford College, Sparlaaburg; the bill to puVlsh persons for obtaining money, chattels and valuable securities by false pretences; the bill to declare a road fading from Nelson's Ferry Road to Murray's Ferry Road in Clarendon County a public highway; the bill regulating the execution of the death sen? tence; the bill to provide lor the establish? ment and support of a State normal school; and the bill to provide for tho administration of derelict estates, were read the second time and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The account of Joseph Tay? lor; the bill to amend thc section of j the General Statutes relative to the as? signment of homesteads, and ihe bill to make the county auditor the clerk of tue board of j county commissioners, were made special or? ders for ruiure days. The account of John Dooly was poBl poned until the next session. The Joint resolution to provide for the con? struction of a guardhouse and a market In the Town ot Hamburg was referred to the committee on finance. The bill to Incorpo? rate the York vi lie Manufacturing Company; the bill to incorporate the Grand Soulhern Hotel and Transfer Company of Columbia; the bli! lo aid and encourage manufactures; the bill to Incorporate the Town ofVarnes vilie, In Beaufort County, and the bill to in * corporate the Southern Warehouse Company, were referred to the committee on incorpora? tions. The bill to prevent county commis? sioners from being interested in contracts given ont by them, or on public work .done under their supervision; the bill to amend Chapter 13, Section 3 of the General Statutes, and the bill to amend the law for the measurement ot lumber In Charleston, were laid upon the table, "where was no quorum In tbe House. _ __PICKET. THE BAILE GOLD MINE An Interesting Statement. Inquiries having recently been made In ref? erence to the condition of this properly, we are permitted to publish avery interesting letter on the subject, which has been received Irom General Kershaw: m CAMDEN,8. C., January 14,1873. DEAR SIR-Halie's gold mine ls situated lo Lancaster County, near the Kershaw line, twenty-five miles north northeast from Cam? den and eighteen miles southeast from Lan? caster Courthouse. The survey ol the pro? jected Georgetown and Charlotte Railroad passes through the property, and the proposed Wateree and North Carolina Railroad may pass within easy reach. It is contained in a parallelogram, laid out with especial reference to the mice, ol eighteen hundred acres. It 1B an unusually large mine, having three, and perhaps four, veins of extraordinary wealth, discovered lo 1827. Under a very careless and unskilfnl system or work it has Droduced for maDV years large amounts of gold. The records of the Bank of Camden, s. c., which contained statistics of these reBults, have been destroyed by ihe casualties of war. but as most ol the gold was coined at Philadelphia the books ot ihe mint there may supply the facts. The causes which led to Its abandon? ment are minutely described in an article written by august Panz, chemist and geolo? gist, assistant editor of thc Miner's Magazine, in the number for April, 1864. That article, together with the chapter of Lieber's Geolo? gical Survey oi South Carolina, upon the same subject. (1866, cb. 3, p. 60,) contains a full and satisfactory description of the mine, Its lormer operations, and IIB Immense capacities, in proper hands, lor further development. Mr. Hartz dersrlbes minutely "the circum? stances and conditions under which the mine was then wrought," and says : "They account for the Saal abandonment ol a mine ol lnex hausilble wealth and productiveness;" and this statement Mr. Lieber fully corroborates in his more selenium work. In general term?, they show that the work has been arrested by the miners having reached the water level, by unskilful processes, and hav? ing no adequate means of throwing out the water. Mr. Parlz, having described the work upon two of the veins, adds : "A third leader to the lodo of this vein was not BufflclenthLac ceRsibie io permit a close examlnatio?fmtit from the 6tatemeut3 o?* a miner who lormerly worked there under ground, lt bearB a still greater inclination to the horizon than the oiher two, and unites with the next one a little under the water level, where they form a lode from ten to tweoty feet wide, as there are at least two other and probably more branches leading down at a proper depib, a lode of most extraordinary size may be ex? pected. lu the previous operations it has been as? certained lhai t he ore in some places yielded from thirly" to fifty pennyweights per bushel, and nuggets have b"t-u louud worth from $300 to $500 each. Mr. W. D. McDowell, cashier ot the Bank of Gundea, stales thal he has taken to the Mint at Philadelphia as much as fifty pounds of gold at one time for Mr. Haile, worth ninety-eight cents per penny? weight. Tue gold bearing rock ls chiefly homibllndic schist; gray, black, green aod yellow talcose schist 01 a dark color predominates in some parts, j The bluish gray homibllndic and talcose schist contain gold In Invisible particles. The black, green aud yellowtail varieties are the richest lu gold, though invisible. There ls also a wliUt earthy rock of the lime ard mag? nesia lam liv yielding gold. Another rich ore, very compact, which changes lrom black to reddish brown and pale yellow, says Mr. Parlz, "is also worthy of an Investigation." In general terms he says "it is of the richest ana most reliable kind," and concludes in these words: "This extensive miolng tract undoubt? edly contaius one of the richest natural gold deposits in the Atlantic States. Vast amounis of (hat precious metal which all men are most desirous lo obtain He concealed there in the bowels ol the earlh, and lt ls time lhat Amer? ican enterprise and Industry, with the wand of science, raise these treasures, so long left undeveloped through the want of knowledge and energy." About the beginning of the war the mice passed into the hands ut some parties in Char? lotte, N. C., who purchased lrom a younger son ot Captain Salle, the discoverer, and, In 186G, a half interest was purchased by Mr. Pulu B. Tompkins, a gentleman from New Tork possessing some knowledge of modern mining. Before gelling his plans In opera? tion, circumstances induced him lo purchase the olher half, which absorbed his means to such an extent os to prevent him from pro? curing the machinery requisite to develop Its resources, though he is working it on a small scale with comparative profit. His experi? ence has fuliy confirmed him in his estimate of the value of the mine, and he refers to Mr. Panzas giving "a very graphic and trulhlul description." Olber discoveries have been made here since lhat lime destined to become anew and curious source of wealth. Vast quantities of the ore, auriferous and barren, contain chemical elements and bases lo such stages and conditions as render the place a great natural chemical laboratory. lion pysllps, sulphates, acids, <fcc, abound. In the old pits, rivulets of nearly pure sulphuric acid have been found. A spring lrom one ol the pits affords a continual flow of water, which, when leached through the ore of the mines, produces a pure merchantable cop? peras in ereat abundance, which was exten? sively pu rc nased and sold throughout the Soutu during the war. It is also stated that, by the sam? cheap pro? cess, alum may oe made by un alteration of dei ails, and In conjunction with Turk's Island salt a superior bi-carbooate ot soda ls found. The combinations producing suoh a show of sulphuric acid, considered with reference to the extensive consumption of that article In this State, in the manipulation ol our phos? phates, seem to me lo promise, wnen the country shall have been opened up by facili? ties for transportation, most valuable results. The present proprietor has erected here a fine large two story and attic building, a sin? gle story material house, stocked with an ex? tensive and well se'ected assortment of tools and implements, a superior gold mill, fifty by seventy leet, containing full gearing, a fine double Cnillan mill, afine stamp battery, (needing new shoes and clamps,) all run by a splendid waler power, turning an over? shot wheel twenty-six feet lu diameter. There is also a belier water power on ihe same stream below, with a first-class upright sawmill in operation. The dam is but hall way boarded up, but if finished to the top, lt would turn an overshot wheel of thirty or thirty-two feet diameter. There are several comfortable dwellings on the property, and enough land cleared and ready ser cultivation io supply all tne live stock requisite for the enterprise. Also a vast quantity of timber of thn best (walily. I am finly satisBed from a knowledge of the properly for many years, from the represen? tations of others better Inlormed as to details and personal observation, lhat the above state? ments are correct. I note with pleasure what you say as to the How of men and capital Into our Southern Slates, and share in Ihe hopes you express. I concur in the policy commended of Keeping our young men at home. I have steadily sei mv face against their emigration. The middle counties ol the Carolinas allora Ihe finest field tor agriculture and manufac? tur?e that I am acquainted with. I know young men who have made here inst rear over twenty bales of colton to Ihe horse, be? sides a full Bupply of forage and breadstuff's lor the ensuing year, and mis upon lands lhat can be bongin ai Uve dollars lo six dollars per acre, and in a location as free from miasma as Ihe summit of Mool Blanc, and abundantly watered with ihe purest of that best of bev? erages. I mei casually at Branchville, lor a few mo? ments, while we changed cars, a few days since, two of my old comrades, young larm? er?, both of whom bad tried life In the South and West; one lc several Slates, and the otber lu Texas. Both have returned io this Stale perfectly satisfied that they can fight the br.llle ot life baller here than anywhere else. These are merely Instances of many whom I have met having similar experiences. Our people are gradually gelling inio a better con? dition materially, and ihe day ls uot distant when their accummulations will appear ia vast Improvements ot a perm&neut and sub? stantial character. Under the old system nearly all the accum mulaled capital went to enhance the price of labor. When I was a boy negroes were Bold at au average ot iwo hundred and tl ft y dol? la? per Head. In 1860 sales were made in gangs at one thousand dollars per head. The difference represented al once the ac? cummulations of capital and the increased coat of labor. In other words, all we made went to im? pose a burden upon our industry, because there was no more laboring capacity In the negro at the Inlier price than at the lormer. It will not be BO hereafter. Kxctiee Ibis long letter. Very truly yours, (Signed) J. B. KERSHAW. SPARKS FROM TUB WIRES. -William Lowey, a convicted Ku-Kltix, has been pnrdoued from the Albany Penitentiary. -Tne steamer Olympus, ol'the Cunard line, encountered recently terrific gales. The waves stove In her bulwarks, ana altogether the voyage was ihe hardest of the season. - Four boilers in the American Iron Works al Pittsburg exoloded yesterday, shattering Hie building. Three thousand laborers were In the mills when lt occurred. Six dead bo? dies, together with thirty wounded, have been recovered from the rutnB. -The jury lu the case of Mrs. Wharton, which had been out since Friday, were dis? charged yesterday. They stood eight for guilty, four for acquittal. There was no dem? onstration in ihe crowded court-room. Mrs. Wharton WAB released on the renewal of her ball. -The appoinlment of receiver for the Sel? ma, Rome and Dallon Railway will not inter? fere with the movement of freight or passen eer trains. Wm. L. Lanier, the receiver, and John Tucker, the president, harmoniously co? operating lor ihe benefit of the travelling public, me mercantile interest and ihe general advantage of all concerned. TM GENIUS OF TIMM). NORTHERN EULOGIES OF THE POET ANDRIS WORKS. The Ntw York World's Estimate of Tlmrort't Place In Liitrratur*. [From the Kew York Wrrli.J A sad ioterest centres in a book just issued from the press or Messrs. E. J. Hale & SOD, of thia city. That book is "The Poems of Henry Tlmrod," edited wilha Bkelch of the peel's life, by Paul H. Haynp. Henry Tlmrod was the most gifted ot South Carolina's poets, and he was the real laureate of the Confederate cause. He was born ia 1829 and died in 1867, one might say, without stretching thc trulh very far, ol s-arvatlon. His lather was a poet bookbinder, who espoused Ihe "Union" cause In nullification times, and penned a poem, not without merit, calling the sons ol freedom to defend the cause of ihe Federation against ihe Stale. His SOD, years alterwards. took the Bide or his Stale against the nation, and though for some reason not elated in this provoking memoir he did not gj lo Ihe Iront and bear his part in the etmegle of which he was such an enthusiastic supporter, he may be said in one sense to have died from the effects of Ihe Confederacy. Io reading Hayne's sketch of Tlmrod one ls thrust back a century at least to find a parallel to his case. He was a pure literary man. He hoped, as so many have hoped before bim, to support himself and become famous by literary work. The result might have been foreseen. He was unable to supply his modest wants, and his exertions made him famous In a limited circle alone. He turned Journalist and would perhaps have sncceed-d out for Ihe celebrated march through 60111 h Carolina and the burning of Columbia, which wrecked his hopes. He struggled on a couple ' of years and then died, neglected and penni? less. The leaders of the lake Behool ol posts aopear as his great modeln, more especially Wordsworth. He paid great attention to bis work when he was able to per? form it. Tlmrod was, as were all Southern writers, Intensely Christian. Not a shade of scepticism appears in his wrllings. He seems, Indeed, as lt unacquainted willi the flow ot modern thought. He wa?, we are told, a great reader, but as far as can be Judged from what he has left us, his sympa? thies were narrow if strong-his muse harped upon a few strings. Our readers will under? stand that it ls unfair to Judge of what, might have been from what was. The war deranged Tlmrod's literary plans, though it was the oc? casion of his producing his three best pieces "Carolina," "Ethnogenesls," and "The Two Armier." Had this great contingency cot arisen he might have rounded out Inlo a poet with at least, a national tame. As it ls, the pieces we have named emilie bim lo a niche In the temple of fame. As tar as the Norlh ls ooncerned, they could not, of course, be pop? ular. But with patriotism, so-called, the lite? rary critic as such has nolhlog to do. Exam? ined by any known rule ot literary art, these pieces deserve high praise. The language is weM chosen, the sentiments lofty, always lak? ing the standpoint of the poet-Ihe only correct standard to Judge them by-and ihe metre carefully selected. We think no more discriminating eulogy has ever been bestowed upon the army whose "office is beside ihe bed, where throbs some sick or wounded bead" than Henry Tlmrod has given in "The Two Armlea," to which we have before re? ferred. We can conceive ot no battles which might be fought between civilized peoples lo which thiB poem would not be applicable to ihe "ambulance corps" of each side. It ls nearer the universal than anything ever Tlm? rod wrot", and therefore one of his best poems. The ambitious poem. "A Yislon of Poesy," is fragmentary and patchy, though it is not wholly devoid ot merit. The Ptory of Timrod's life will, no doubt, move the pity-at least, it should-of his countrymen, and the perusal of hin poems, made accessible In 1 his beautiful volume, will provoke regret that their gifted author should have perished In his prime. The Opinion of the Literary Oracle or ?The Hub." [From the Boston Globe ] We have read with great Interest a volume published by E. J. Hale & Son, of New York, entitled "The Poems of Henry Tlmrod, edited with a sketch 01 ibe poet's lite, by Paul H. Hayne." Tlmrod was a poet, and, we are glad to say, Hayne Is a piet. and will lon?, we trust, remain with us lu the fl e.-h lo Justify by works his right lo possess lh.it honored name. But la looking over the biography and the poems wo have been anew Impressed at one of the curiosities of the old Southern society. Many of the planters wers educated and culti? vated men. As rar down in English literature as the Age of Queen Anne they made righi lui pretensions to ue persons ol literary taste-ot course sneering at Wordsworth and appalled by Tennyson. But for the literature produced in their own region of ihe coumry ihey seem to have had little appreciation. Such literary men as Hayne, Tlmrod and Simms were neglected, and most of their readers were found lo ihe Norlh of Mason and Dixon's line rather than to the South ot tbat boundary. The present volume proves that, even la the height of the civil war, when Timrod poured forth his Im? passioned ljrlcs to "fire the Southern heart," he often wa? in that state of poverty which implies a deficiency of common food to satisly common hunger. Io the old lime of the rule or tho Southern autocracy of slaveholders, nobody was any? body unless lie developed a talent for politics, and that peculiar kind of Stale's Rights' poli? tics which was aggressive towards the Norlh. Every form of Intellectual exertion was con? sidered subordinate lo Its political direction. Even theology had a seri's collar around its neck, and was compelled to teach thal Jesus Christ came into the world to enslave negroes as well as to save sinners. Sometimes it ap? peared as If His first purpose was to keep Ihe blacks In bondage, and that the mere saving ol souls, whether put into bodies black or white, was quite a secondary consideration In His divine mission. As for the principles of State's Rights, they were, we are practically told, showered down (rom heaven into the kmslltution ot the United Stales, and that Mr. Calhoun wat divinely appointed to be their interpreter. Tbe great reputations ol the South from 1830 to 1865 were political or military. One ot these great Southern thinkers and writers, Alexander H. Stephens, still si<i vives. He is doubtless a man of mind; but his brain, weighed ia critical scales, ls not weightier than many Southern men of letters we might name, aud he oertalnly does not write English hall as well. This razeed Cal? houn is and nas been a power because be ls and has ser.n an accomplished politician. But in Massacnusetts we contrive to honor equally such a citizen us Charles Sumner and such a citizen as Henry W. Longfellow. In New York Bryant's great reputation ls due to the public recognition of bim as a poer, and not as a writer ot political "leaders" In the Eve? ning Post. lu the North, diversity of indus? trial occupations has always been accompa? nied by Borne appreciation of divereliy of In? tellectual aptitudes and tastes. Io the South lt has been different. Hence, KB neglect of Southern essai Isis, novelists and poets, and Us extravagant over-esiSmate even of Ils sec? ond and third rale politicians. To echo echoes was at one time the Bign of superior South? ern intelligence, and the feat was rewarded with ovations and seats in Congress. The men were doubtless resolute and brave, but then how thlu, how attenuated, was their political thinking. Every student, who was really ac? quainted with political philosophy, yawned over their speeches to the point of being threatened wlih dislocation ol' the jaw, au organ which many Southern oratorB found to bealway8ln a Beiviceable condition, what? ever might be the condition of toe brain above IL Many or our Northern politicians who attain eminence in affairs are men of mediocre minda; but Northern society gene? rally est?males them at their real worth, and accords to Its men of business, its men of let? ters, and its men or science, their rightlul precedence ir they happen to be men or ex? ceptional capacity and genius. These remarks hive been suggested by Mr. Paul H. Hayne's tender, beautiful and dis? criminating biographical sketch ot Henry Tlmrod, and by reading the present collection or his poems. It was not our purpose to de? nounce the South, but simply to exhibit the results or its "peculiar institution" in their bearing on the popular estimate ot intelligent men. Calhoun doubtless had a larger menial capacity than Timrod; Ibut amoDg the succes? sors of Calhoun who have occupied a foolisfi promineoce in the Southern mind, we have noticed many who could not pretend to equal Timrod either In force ol statement or reason? ing or imagination. Had he lived at the North he would have been valued, respected and read, as Whittler ls valued, respected and read. He had the noelle soul, though be offended many of our Norihern ideas; hut the subtle beauty or the great majority of his poems, which are en? tirely independent ol politic*, was w thont effect on the Southern heart and Imagination He was a "poet," and a poet of the modern' school, the school of Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats and Tennvsoo. We can readily con? ceive of the Indifference of the grimly logical Calhoun, or the sullenly contemptuous Davis, or the dispassionate Pecksniffjan Stephens, to such a g .nins! He ls not of their kind. He descr?o, s Forne of the aspects of nature with a poet's insight; he gives voice lo some ot the strongest aspirations ot human sentiments and passions; but how is he on the one great question, which should alone occupy the southern Intelligence, the question of "nig? gers?" Well, we reluctantly admit, that he ts very little on this point. Any bawler at the hustings would exceed bim in that matter. But we still think that there was in him a vein ot poetry which should I be recognized by his countrymen North and South/and we cordially commend the volume to all lovers of poetry, pure and simple. The war is over. There ls nobody In our region of tne country who does not wish, as far as our experience goes, that the South should be rich, prosperous and happv. Injustice to the weakest citizen of the United Stales we op pose wiih all our might; but there ls not In any sane Northern mind ihe slightest desire to erect scaffolds or exact condscallons. WP want neither the head? nor the property of our Southern brethren. Mr. Kenator Sum? ner's proposition was Injudiciously worded, but Us spirit ls the spirit ol the North. We do not wish to triumph over our Isle civil ene? mies at all; all we demand ls that they shall act Justly toward the freedmen. Leaving out these c naldera: lons altogether, we recommend our Southern friends to culti? vate their men ol lei lets, and not leave k ~n ont In the cold. Such persons as Paul Hayne and Henry Tunrort are worth more u them Hum scores of their favorite politicians, for their ulm ls to elevate, consecrule and I beaut Hy htiinun life. ! NOTES FROM WASHINGTON. Grant and tho "outlt- The President and his Oubiiitt la Vi.it Charleston flaring Ihe Coining Spring-Soatbcru i Interests In Contre??, ike. WA?-UI.\OTO.V, February 3. The Georgia delegation in Congress having a pe.ilion io present io the President in favor ol ihe selection of Seuuior Pool lor a cabinet position, saw the President this A. M., and after a very sallsiaclory Interview on ihe sub? ject of ihe pei Ilion, had a long talk over Southeru affairs, generally, and those of Geor? gia In particular. The President expressed himself p eased to understand lhat the Re? publicans in the South were so thoroughly united and were puning their very best move In the front; he also Informed ihe delegation lhai lt was lils Intention to make a tour through the Southern Slates, sinning lrom here.about the twenilelh ol March via Rich? mond, Raleigh. Columbia, Charleston, Savan? nah, Macon, Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, and lhat be will be accompanied by his entire cabinet. The Georgia Republicans are urging Wm. Markham, a prominent citizen of mat S.ate, for Governor ol Dakotan. Tue Treasury Department has received no? tice of the filing ot a suit against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company of Augusta, to r?nover a large amount ol revenue lax due Ihe United States. Colonel Price addressed Ihe House commit? tee on mines und mining this morning on the subject of endowing a school of mines tn the North Georgia Agricultural College. His bill was rn erred lo a sub-committee, con si-it lng ot Young, ol Georgia; Snober, ot North Caro? lin*, and Randall, of Nerada, who will report lavorably at an early day. The committee on currency and banking will report a bill for the issue of five millions of currency for live years. F.anders has been confirmed assistant treas? urer ai New Orleans. Banks introduced a bill for reference re? commending that the President open com? munication with foreign governments for the purpose ot devising efficient measures lo pro? tect non-combaiauts, io enforce a rigid obser? vance of the rules of civilized warfare, en? courage emancipation and promote a Just and permanent peuce between ihe people of Cuba and the t punish Government. Bil's were In? troduced by Rogers to abolish the lax on s: inls diBlilled lrom trulls, and by Young to remove disabilities from all persons o? the Uaited Stales. Dawes, lrom the committee on ways and mean*, reported auverselv on sundry bills for refunding ihe cotton lax. The proposition lo assign Friday for the consid?rai ion ot them was lost-yeas 17, nays 58. Sheldon, of Lou? isiana, proposed to suspend the rules and pass the bill appropriating $500.000 to pay the mail contractors In the Southern States lor ser? vices rendered up tn the lime ot ihe secession of their respective States. Rejected -yeas 67, nays 61. Norwood's bill for the public build? ings ol Alluma was passed. During the debate, on ihe currency bill, Sherman said that under existing laws the secretary of the treasury had the power lo do Just what Schurz teared he might be able lo do under this bbl; Indeed all our laws relating to the treasury depended, for meir value, upon the fidelity and Integrity of the secretary ol the treasury. If the secretary chose to do any? thing harsh to promole his own or any other person's Interests, be has, necessarily, me pc wer._ _ CHURCH NOTES. Diocesan Council of the Protestant Khiscopal Church In Florida. This body met in Trinity Church, Sc. Angus tine, on Wednesday, ihe 22d ult., and contin? ued In session nulli Friday night. The revised coo8tiiullon and canons, reported by the com? mut?e appointed in 1871, were adopted. The principal new features In this revision are, the change of Ihe name Couveotion to Council; giving Ihe bishop a veto lu amendments to Ihe constitution and canons, und making bis writ? ten cousent necessary io the seulement o? a clergyman; reducing the number of the stand? ing committee from four clergymen and five laymen, to three ot each order; requiring de? puties to be baptized persona in good stand? ing; a canon on "lay discipline;" one provid? ing for organized missions, and one prohibit? ing tba sale of any church property without cousent ot the bishop; and a section, making thc attempt to embarrass or slay the proceed lugs ol an ecclesiastical courl by an accused party, by an appeal to the civil authorities, punishable oy suspension lrom Hie ministry. The following Important resolutions were parsed: Resolved. That lt U the sense ol this council that the offertory system Is the true one by which the revenues f the church should be raised, and that Its adoption be recommended to all the parishes, for both parochial and dio? cesan purposes. Resolved, That the finance committee be re? quested to prepare a plan, and submit ii to the council, with an appeal to the laity of the dio? cese, urging the adoption of the offertory sys? tem. Resolved, That this council hereby expresses Its decided condemnation of balls, fairs, festi? val-, concerts, lotteries, thea tl leal representa? tions, und ali such entertainments in aid o? religious ob jcts. believing all such modes or obialnlnlng money for the service ol God con? trary to the spirit ol the gospel, oppo-od to the teachings of the church on Ihe subject ot the offertory, and calculated to lower that spiritual Btandard, which ought to be aimed at by every Christian, In the devotion of his means to the service, of God; and this council earnestly and affectionately enjoins on ail members, especially communicants of the church, t i abstain from aiding, abetting, en? couraging or patronizing all such objectiona? ble substitutes tor pure and simple offerings to Almighty God. -St. Augustine la beginning to grow. One new residence was recently completed there, another will be shortly commenced, and a convent and a hospital Bpoken of as probabili? ties. The good people are also extravagant enough to talk about a shell-road. THE JOB OF THE PERIOD. THE CREDIT MOBILIER-EXPLANA TION O? TBE GI AXT SWINDLE. Ita Origin, Objects, History and Pro matrrs -Som r( h I np. About the Con grenmen Involved In Its Transar tiona. Tbe story of tho Credit Mobilier ls some what complicated, but by attendlcg only to tbe salient points a sufflcienily Intelligible comprehension of tbe great scandal which bas Involved so many prominent men may be obtained. The facts are about these By act of Congress approved July 1, 1862, a number ol persons were Incorporated Into a company lo be known as " the Union Pacific Bailioad Company," for the purpose ot con? structing a railroad and accompanying tele? graph line "from a point on the one hundredth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, between the south margin of the valley ot the Republican Uiver and tue north margin of ihe valley ol the Platte River, lu ihe Territory (as it was then; of Nebraska"-this point being afterwards settled upon as Omaha-to the western boundary ot Nevada. To assist thia enterprise the act gave the company five alter? nate sections of tbe public lands per mlle on either side the road, and lent the company six per cent. United States bonds payable in i h ir ty years alter date, to the amount ol $16,000 per mlle for track laid on plain land or prairie, $32.000 per mlle for rolling, and $48,000 per mlle for monniainous land. These bonds were to be delivered lo the company as sections or forty miles of the line were put in operation and approved as properly constructed by gov? ernment inspectors, and " ihe lESue of said bonds and delivery to the company shall Ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of the railroad and telegraph, together with the rolling stock, fixtures aud properly of every kind and description." Furthermore, "all compensation for services rendered for the government shall be applied to the pay? ment of said bondi and interest until the whole amount ls fully paid." Uuder these ?rovlslons the Union Pacific had, of course, . moneyifrom the government to begin ope- j : 'ODS with. The lauris could not bc sold UL 'arailroad made them accessible; ihe Um \ States bonds could not issue until the road ts at least in part In practical opera? tion; aud, finally, lt was difficult, If not im? possible, io procure popular subscriptions to (be compao's stock, as long SB the govern? ment bad a first mortgage on the com? pany's properly. Under iheae circumstances an effort was soon made lo procure further favors from Congress, and on ihe 2d ol July, 1864, another act was approved by which the government gave up lt first mort? gage on the road ana accepted a second mortgage as security for the bonds loaned the company, and consented that only bait ihe compensation for services rendered ibe gov? ernment by the company should be required to be applied to the payment of the bonds loaned. Tne company was, therefore, enabled to sell Its own bonds by giving a first mort? gage as securiiy to the purchaser, and antici? pated being ante to pocket half the compensa? tion for services rendered, though out ot this latter matter grew a controversy, ot whloh hereafter. The act of July 2,1864, not only allowing ihe company United States bonds, but permitting lt to Issue Ks own Aral mort? gage booda to an equal amount, the question ot constructing the road began to am act at? tention. Some of ihe shrewder stockholders determined to get the contracts for building the road themselves, and, by virtue of their Interest lo the company, to make those con? tracts as favorable to themselves as possible. I'he Idea may be better understood, perhaps, by supposing thal five men, A, B, C, D and B, ure In partnership, and the partnership needs a store. A, B and C enter Into an outside partnership to build the slore In order thereby to reap the profits of the transaction, und then by virtue of luelr position and influ? ence in the original partnership let tne con? tract in the name of that partnership to the outside partnership they have formed. Thos. C. Durant, original vice-president of the Union Pacific, seems io have been at the head of this move. There was in Pennsylvania a sort ol speculating company incorporated by the Leg? islature ot that state under the name of the "Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency," and ibis affair, which had a charter allowing lt to do most anything, Mr. Durant and his associates nought, changing the lille to "Tne Credit Mo? bilier of America." October 7, 1864. this transformation took place and lorlhwitb Mr. Durant and his associates, as stockholders und officers ol the Union Pacific Railroad Compauv. contracted wlib themselves as Ihe Credit Mobilier, to build the Union Pa? cific Road. As the Union Pacific waa receiving millions from the government lo the shape of United States bonds, and other millions from the sale of Us own first mortgage bonds aud from (he pro? ceeds of Block sold, money to pay the Credit Mobilier for Us labors was abundant, and Mr. Durant and lriends ladled lt out norn the Uoloo Pacific treasury lo the Credit Mobilier ireasurj ; i. e.,into their own pockets, lu great quantities and with much zeal. Every ming coming uno the Union Pacific above the bare cost ot construction bf log paid over to the Credit Mobilier, the dividends of that com? pany were miraculously large. In the fall of 1865, or after the Credit Mobilier had been lo business about a year, Mr. Oakes Ames ap? pears us a Credit Mobilier Biocknoider, and immediately began a war upon Mr. Durant, with a view lo ousting that gentleman and be? coming ibe presiding genius ot ihe grab him? self. Durant resisted, and a fierce conflict between the Ames lacilon and the Durant faction ensued. Io July, 1867, a compromise was arrived at, acd tu the September follow lng carried into effect. Oakes Ames was io manage the Credit Mobilier business In the East, and Mr. Durant waa to go out West and watch the interests of the speculation on the Hoe of the road. Up to this time Ihe Credit J Mobilier had declai ed dividends aggregating! 270 per cent., and bad earned an additional dividend of about 100 per cent, equal In money lo about $7,900,000. Mr. Oakes Ames having thus settled himself in the saddle lost no time In ousting Mr. Durant, and finally reduced that gentleman to the position ot a mere uolnfluen uat stockholder. Then, this being, as will be borne lo mind, about the end of the year 1867, or near the lime of the annual assem? bling of Congress, Mr. Ames went to work to place Credit Mobilier stock where it would, in his language, "do good," 1. e., procure certain legislation which was still deemed desirable on behalf ot the Union Pacific, the object be? tagte give lhat company more money, In or? der that ibe Credit Mobilier might suck more out of it. By ihe act ot July 2, 1804, as has been mentioned, ll was provided that only halt of Ihe compensation for services rendered the United States by the Uuion Pacific should be applied to the payment of Ihe bonds loaned the road by the government. The act saying nothing about the interest on these bonds, the secretary of the treasury insisted that the other halt of the compensait, n should go to pay that, whereas for the Union Pacific, i. e., really for the Credit Mo? bilier, lt was contended that one-half should go to pay the bonds and the other half should be paid over io the Union Pacific in money. To secure an act puning tills beyond ques? tion, so that the secretary of the Ireaaury should be compelled to pay,* was therefore a prime object wilh Mr. O ikea Ames, and Ihe process of securing toe requisite Congression? al Btrenglh lo pass such au act was entered on. This process waa to sell Credit Mobilier stock, then enormously valuable, to promi? nent representatives and senators at par, al? lowing ihem ihe dividends due on Hie stock us a set-off on the purchase money. Thus twenty shares were sold Vice-President Col? fax at par and Interest; butas a dividend of I eighty per cent. In Union Pacific bonds was' then due on those shares, Mr. Colfax waa only called on to pay the difference between ibis dividend and the parof the stock, with interest added. The difference was $534 72, and by paying this Mr. Colfax became the owner ol twenty shares. Oakes Ames j therefore gave him ihe difference between $534 72 and $2000 and accrued interest, but as the stock was worth far more than par he really gave him much more. Thus the stock was really worth at the lowest figure 260, or $5200 tor the twenty shares, and the net value ot the 8 per cent, dividend, which was in bonds worth 97. being $1552, ihe twenty shares were really worth In ihe market $6752 at ihe lowest estimate, and yet Mr. Colfax got all this for $534 72. or really paid not more than 8 per cent, for bis slock. In like manner Mr. Dawes bought ten shares at par, paying $1000 therefor, and In three weeks thereat ter re? ceived a dividend of $350, making the trana actions really stand, value paid. $1000; value received, real value of stock. $2600; dividend, $350; total $2950; surplus of value received, $1950. Mr. Dawes, lt should be mentioned, paid all that he received back with the ex? ception ol 10 per cent. or. his monev for the month he owned the slock Ic should also be mentioned that he did not pay back until he heard the Credit Mobilier was threatened with liiigai ion. Senator Patterson also owned stock, swore that he had never owned any, and finally had lt proven point black upon him that he had, and bad furthermore received dividends thereon. Other senators and repre? sentatives, present or past, as Logan, Wileen Harlan, Bingham, Kelley, Scofleld, Allison and Alley, were likewise tampered with by Ames In the same ceneral fashion as those whose cases have been more particularly re? cited, and, on the proposition desired by Mr. Ames coming before Congress, lt was passed forthwith, and la now the much-mentioned ninth BPdlon of the aimy appropriation act ot March 3.1871. Iis sum and substance ls to command the secretary of the treasury to pay over In money to the Union and Central Paci? fic Roads one-half the compensation tor ser? vices "heretofore," that is, before March 3, 1871, or hereafter, that is, ever since that date, rendered the government. In other words, half of that security which the people ot the United Slates were, under the act In? corporating the Union Pacific, to have, that they would not be called upon to pay the loan to the Union Pacific, so far as the services of | that road to the government could offset ir, was surrendered by this section. It was a plain gift to the railroads-and, so lar as the Union Pad rlc ls concerned, to the Credit Mo? bilier-ol from four million dollars to six mil? lion dollars. OUR ti Ol TH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS. Georgia. -Dr. Louis C. Orme, of Atlanta, is reported ?lek beyond recovery. -Wu i ifield County ls about to have a cheese factory, and a New York capitalist to mn lt. -Brunswick ls about to have a new sabre club, which will be named the Oordon Club. -General Bradley T. Johnson and wife are In Savannah en route for Florida. -The State University at Athens bas opened with about two hundred and fifty students. -Dougherty County has lost two of Its most respected citizens within two weeks, Messrs. Alexander Ram se,v and A. M. Jones -A negro wes burnt to death In Washing? ton County, a few days ago, while In a drunken flt. -The Savannah poatofflee clerks are not happy. Their pay has been reduced to make up the eu pend of an Intruder. -Lucius Paine, a real teBt of Marietta, was thrown from a runaway horse and killed on Friday last. -Mr. Joseph Rivers, father of the Rev. W. P. Rivers, died at his residence in Cave Spring on the 26th ot January. -John W. Wilcox, of Jacksonville, Telfair County, during a recent fit ot mental aberra? tion, struck a colored man, named Eph Wil? cox, with a handspike aud killed him. -Columbus hus built, since the war, four bridges, five warehouses, five cotton factories, planlog mills, Iron works, foundries, work shops und plough factories. -The election of General John B. Gordon to the United States Senate ls said to give much satisfaction In Washington, and the Georgia papers are well pleased thereat. -Une span ol a railroad bridge near Resaca was washed away last ThurBdny a lew min? utes aiter a heavily loaded freight train had passed over it. -The residence ol Major W. J. Wllllford, in Carterville, was destroyed by fire on thu night ol the 25t.lt ot January. The family barely escaped alive. The major descended a burning stairway with a daughter in his arms. -The Savannah topers find lt hard to scrape along. Every time one ol tneni gets drunk he ls flued teu dollars and costs or two weeks In the house of correction. They are crying for a reduction of the tariff. -The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad has buen forced Into bankruptcy by the hold? ers ot the first mortgage bonds of the old Ala? bama and Tennessee River Railroad, and Mr. L. Lanier bas been appointed receiver. -The City Connell ot Savannah, at Its last meeting, passed a resolution to send two del? egates lo the Georgia State Agricultural Con? vention, which meets In Augusta on the lltb Instant, and the mayor accordingly appointed Aldermen Arnold and Wetter. -At Fort Valley on Wednesday last a man named Williamson, hailing from Colllersvllie, Tennessee, waa arrested on a charge of de? coying away contracted labor. His trial was commenced on Thursday, but bad not been concluded at last accounts. -Savannah Is soou lo have a conclave or Lodge of the Hepiasopbs or Seven Wise Men, a society having Its mainspring in New Or? leans, and embracing in its principles the broad grouncs ol wisdom, truth and benevo-1 leno-'. -The truck farmers around Savannah are apprehensive of backward vegetable crops this season. Ail the early crops were killed by recent frosts. They did hope ts sell green peas early In March, but they nave concluded to put off picking until April. -Business is dull Just now In Savannah. Monument Square, In ihe most fashionable part ol' the city, was crowded with gentlemen on Saturday, assembled lo witness an Im? promptu light between two untrained, Igno? minious barn-yard cocks. The people were huppy though. -A man was found dead with bis throat pur, In the road, about twelve and a quarter miles from Washington, Wilkes County. There were marks of a struggle In the road. He was known to have money on his parson; but when found, only eighty cents was In his pocket. -The death ls announced of one of Savan? nah's oldest and most, estimable citizens, Mr. John T. Bowluud, at the advanced age of | seventy-six years. Mr. Rowland had been In business In Havannah lor ever halt a century, and the oldest merchant In the city. He was a native of New York. -The newly elected mayor and aldermen of | Savannah were sworn imo office on Thursday last. They found some things discouraging. The police force bad not been paid off for three months. So the mayor exerted himself and borrowed money enough lo pay each policeman one month's salary. Beet he could co. Florida, -Governor Hart Bays lhat there ls not a dollar in the treasury. Mr. Allen, of Escambla County, killed seven bears recently near the Alabama Une. - Jacksonville has a typographical union at la t. -St. Augustine wants a circulating library, a reading-room and a debating society. -The Grand Lodge A. F. M. of Florida will hold lu annual meeting at Jacksonville on the 11th Instant. -A concert and feBtlval In aid of the Talla? hassee Presbyterian Church, given last week, netted $375. -Dr. John Westcott, superintendent of j tba St. John's Ballway, ls rapidly recover? ing from bis injuries received a lew weeks since. -Mr. Fletcher Henderson, of Tampa, bro? ther of Hon. J. A. Henderson, died at bis brother's place, near Tampa, after a brief Ill? ness, on the 28th ult. -G. L. Chaney, a native of New London, Conn., paymaster's clerk on the United Slates monilor Terror, died ai Key West on the 14th ult. North Carolina. -Arrangements are being made to establish a boot and shoe factory at Elizabeth City. -Newbern is to have a "Shadow Ball," that is the dancers are to wear ghostly disguises. -Ur. Whitted, a well known tobacconist of Hillsboro', bas tailed, his Insolvency being about fitly thousand dollars. -The Tokay Company, near Fayetteville, have made from last crop some fifteen thou? sand gallons of wine. -P?tillons are In circulation In Hertlord and Northampton Counties pravlng that a new couniy, to be called "Bragg," be laid off und established, to be formed out of the northern portions of both counties, the county seat to be at Murfreesboro*. -Right Rev. James Gibbons, D. D., will lec? ture ai Farmer's hall, Fayetteville, February I3:h, on "Christian Education." Bishop Gib? bons will deliver a second lecture on the suc? ceeding evening in the interests of ihe Friends of Temperance. -The Wilson Plalndealer Informs us lhat the gin-house of Messrs. B. R. Colton and A. J. Moore, on their farm on Tar River, seven miles above Greeeville, was destroyed by fire on Friday night last Supposed to bave been ihe act or an Incendiary. Loss about fifteen hundred dollar?. COMMUNISM IN GEORGIA. A PROPHET COMB TO GRIEF-YAH VEH IN DUB ANCE VILE. Trouble Among lite New Canaanites Their Ruler in the Grasp of the Law I -.In Ugly Charge-Carry Refuge* to Plead Insanity ami Ooea ta Jail. Oar readers will doubtless remember (hat some time about the first of last year a colony of religio communists, balling from Massa? chusetts, made a settlement on what is known as ihe Stearns Place, in Colombia County, Georgia, about eleven miles from Angosta. At first tbelr ranks were thin, but they grad? ually received accessions until the colony at one ii ?ne embraced about one hundred souls. THE PROPHET TAHVEH. Tbelr leader, Josepb T. Curry, assumed over his deluded followers tbe most dictatorial au? thority, proclaiming himself the prophet Yah veh, tbe Great Ruler of the Universe, and not unfreqneutly declaring himself to be the Sa? viour of the world. Mis followers were re? quired to obey him in word, thought and ueed. For ibe government of the colony, Curry prepared a code of laws and regula? tions, the blind observance of which made nia tollo weis tbe moBt abject slaves to bis direc? tion in all ttiiucs. By one oi those rules the properly o? the colony was declared commu? nity property, and all required to draw suite? nance from a common storehouse. Each in? dividual who cast his lot wltb tbe community was expected to deposit his. whole possessions for the common enjoyment of the colony. DISSENSION AND SECESSION. At length, the onerous laws proclaimed and enforced by Curry, to the great oppression and physical distress of bis subjects, created a dissension in tbe community, resulting In ihe secession last summer o? tour families, numbering about twenty persons, who came to Augusta, where they remained for a short period and then made their way back to Mas? sachusetts, fully satisfied with their expe perlence with Curry's mode of playing Tahveh, although still unwilling to yield their faith. Repeated secessions have since taken place, leaving the colony at present reduced to per - haps less than twenty souls. VISIT OF TH I YAHVKH'S WIPE. The Augusta Chronicle, from which we get these facts, says: One of the marked events ' connected with tbe colony, as subsequently leading to bis arrest and imprisonment, was the visit of Curry's lawful wife to Ibe settle? ment. She remained but a lew days, when, shocked and disgusted by scenes which came under her observation In connection with her husband's administration of affairs, ene re? turned to ber Massachusetts home. LAWS OF MARRIAGE ABOLISHED. After ibe departnre o? bis wife. Curry pro? claimed the laws ot marriage abolished, and. lt appears, was the first to avail himself of the license which hie edict granted. Taking unto himself one of the unmarried members . of his flock, a Miss Mariah Clapp, he pro? nounced her his queen, and established bor In an elegant teni, sanctified and set apart aa the quarters o? the great "Yahveb." Into the mysteries of this woven palace none of the male or female members of the commu? nity were permitted to gaze, so thu the rela Hons of Curry and bis new queen were not disturbed by pryiog eyes. His queen ls re? poned lo be young, handsome a ad intelli? gent. "TAHVEH" IN THE TOILS OF THU LAW. A few days ago several of tho outraged citizens of Columbia County determined to < brlug Curry to answer for his evident life ot adultery and lornlcatlon, led under the cloak ol a so-called religious faitb. The preliminary arrangements all perfected, a warrant waa issued by General G. W. Evans, J. P., opon the affidavit ot Messrs. W. H. Jonen and Cbaa. Bast?n, citizens of the county, charging the said Joseph T. Curry with living in a state of adultery and lornlcatlon with one Mariah . Clapo. THE ABESST OF "TAHVEH." The warrant was placed ia the bands of Constable 0. H. P. Btckerson for service. That officer, to provide against all contingen? cies whloh might thwart the arrest of Corry, ! summoned to his assistance a posse of ten or twelve citizens. The party reached the seu? lement about two o'clock Thursday morning, ' and discovered tbe white streamer Irom the tent ot Curry and his queen cooning the morning breeze, and pronaiy proclaiming by Its Inscription the abode of " Yahveb n-the very man with whom they had urgent busi? ness. Taking great precaution not to dla- ' lurb ?he slumbers of the all-unconscious lead- . er and his followers, the officer and his posse effected Ute COMPLETE SURPRISE of Curry and his sleeping queen. Quietly re? moving the pins ot the tent, the party secured - eat rance to the sacred quarters of the prophet, and bad secured a light before his slumber was broken. Here they beheld the propbet and his queen snugly slumbering, lit? tle dreamlug of tbe Intrusion ot warrants or. constat les lo disrupt tbelr relations. NO RESISTANCE. Curry offered ne resistance to the service or* the precess, and tortbwlth began to arrange bis toilet to start Immediately lor Appllng, where his preliminary trial was to be held. Arraying himself in simply a white robe, beli? ed with a yellow cord, and placing upon hts bead a mitre endorsed "Holiness to Yabveb," he was soon ready for the journey, and took passage ia a wagon. (Several of his male fol? lowers were summoned as witnesses, and fol? lowed in bis wake, in a wagon. THE TRIAL. The party reached Appllng abont twelve o'clock on Thursday, and Curry was Imme? diately arraigned on tbe charges already staled before Justices General Evans, F. E.. Eve and W. W. Shields. Neither the prisoner nor his followers appeared to be Impressed wlih ibe seriousness of tbe charge, or other? wise than confident o? his ultimate triumph. Indeed, Curry ls said to have declared that the devil was at work in this affair, but that he was confident of a victory over bis satrnlo. majesty. The prosecution was conduoted by Colonel Clalrborne Snead, of Augusta, retain? ed by the citizens ot Columbia. The prisoner . was defended by Mr. C. H. Shockley, o? Ap? pllng WOULD NOT PLEAD INSANITT. Tbe prisoner's counsel la the course of the . defence attempted to urge the plea ot insani? ty on the part of bis client, to which Curry ' promptly and pointedly objected. He de? clared that his claims ior Justification of hie mode of Hie rested upon the higher doctrines that men and women may. possess spiritual companions without rightfully incurring the charge of criminal cohabitlon. THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT. . - From the direct and pointed evidence of the constable and posse, together with that of a number of Curry's followers, the court ordered that the prisoner be held in a bond of five hun? dred dollars for trial at. the Marcb term of the Superior Court of Columbia County upon the charges contained in the affidavits. "TAHVEH" GOES TO JAIL. Curry could not command the necessary bail, and was, in consequence, committed to jail to await bis trial. He faces his late with a firmness worthy of martyrdom to a better cause, apparently not the least frustrated by being severed from bis people, those of whom accompanying him to Appllng returning to their settlement, wltb tbe seeming assurance ibat everything would eventually torn out In. favor of tbelr leader and their professed re? ligious belief '.nd practices. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON. February 3. Probabilities: For the New England Stated fresh southerly to westerly winds, cloudy weather, and rain, except probably snow for northern portion. For the Middle States ireah southerly lo westerly winds, cloudy weather, and rain. For tbe South Atlantic and eastern Gull States light to ireah south? erly to westerly winds, partly cloudy weather, and possibly areas of light rain. For the west? ern Gulf States winds veering to westerly, with clearing weather. For Tennessee, Ken? tucky, Ohio, and Indiana, cloudy weather, rain, and Iresh southerly to westerly W?? For tho Northwest, and extet??lDg ^wua over Illinois and Wisconsin, w'nd8J*^10*1? north ard west, (ailing temperature, and clearing weather. The a'tf rnoon telemnUo reports irom Nebraska and northern Michigan have not yet been received.