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M__^j^^^M.^,^,MMMMMWqMW^MW^MW???IM?M?MMqMM^MM?M^M?M CBS_Li'-I 'JJJ_ ? ' ? ' -? ~ -- - -. -,_ TTfWT f? an Proprietors. ANDERSON C. H., S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMEER 27, 1873. VOLUME IX.?NO. 21. A Leaf from a Lawyer's Diary. [The following graphic and remarable narra-! tive has been obtained by us from a prominent lawyer in one of the Eastern Kentucky coun? ties!^ The facts in it have not before been pub? lished, but for their entire accuracy the repu? tation of the writer will vouch.?Ed. Courier* joukxal.] In 1S6? I was the State's attorney in the -judicial district in the State of Kentucky. I had gone to the county of ?-, one of the counties in the district, for the purpose of being present in the prosecution of the crimi? nals. There had been no court held in that county since 1861, owing to the civil war. I found everything in the worst confusion possi? ble. Men had been murdered in cold blood, and nothing was doue with them. Murder, arson, robbery, and all the crimes in the cata? logue, had been committed with impunity, and the malefactors had gone uuwhipped of justice, owiug to the absence of law. During the war everything was in anarchy; there was neither 8afty to women nor innocent children?all suffered alike. When it was known that there would be a circuit court held in that county, the news attracted a very large crowd. On Monday morning, November S, 1865, I found a large crowd iu B-, the county seat of 0-. Men, women and children came, some the distance of thirty miles. Guerrillas and bushwhackers came with their gnus and pistols, as though they intended to overawe the court, and determined that none of their gang should be indicted for the numerous murders of which they had been guilty. Court opened, and the sheriff returned his list of a grand jury. The court instructed them as to their duty; they were sworn and sent to their room. I I had determined in my own mind that every J person that had been guilty of a felony or mis demeanor in O-county should be regularly indicted, if I could in any way obtain the evi? dence against them. There was a case that was shrouded in mys? tery. A young man, who was the pride of a widowed mother, had suddenly disappeared from the county about two year* before, and had never been heard from. His name was Charles Belknap; he was an only child; hand? some, finely educated, and as brave as a lion. I made diligent inquiry. I had about one hun? dred witnesses summoned. I examined them closely, and when T dismissed them I warned them to tell i what transpired in the grand jury room. Iu that way I hoped to keep the real murderers in the dark as to what I was doing. I could only gather the following circum? stances in the ca*e : That young Belknap had left his home in June, lStio, and was riding a very fine horse, with $1,500 in his possession. He failed to return at nignt, and his mother became very uneasy about him, und the next morning set out to make inquiries concerning him. She went to the house of 'Squire Mostly, who lived about five miles from her, a leading man in the county, and told her story, and made inquiries concerning her sou. Tho ! 'Squire told her that her son was at his house i the day before, and left in the direction of the town of Ii-; that he left about 10 o'clock j in the morning. This was all !<he could hear of him. >'o one else had seen him, and she i returned home a broken-hearted mother. .She made inquiries of every person: every stran? ger that passed was interrogated, but all in ! vain. She still kept up the search for her missing boy, and about twelve months after he I had so mysteriously disappeared, she was re- J turning home from one of her searches and met 'Squire Mosely. The 'Squire told her he had heard from her boy; that he was in Iowa. He had received a letter from him, and that he would be at home soon ; that he had left the letter at home, &e. .Mrs. Belknap went direct? ly to the 'Squire's house, without communica? ting her intention to him, and inquired of the family for the letter that the 'Squire had re? ceived from her long lost boy. The family seemed surprised, and knew nothing about such a letter having been received. This was all the evidence I could get as to the probable fate of her son. What was I to do? I went to my room and studied over the matter. How could I say that young Belknap had been murdered ? His body bau not been found; and who would dare to accuse 'Squire Mosely of sueh a crime ? I lay in my bed that night thinking over the circumstances, and it was near four o'clock in the morning when I fell asleep. I slept until eight o'clock, 1 got up, washed and dressed myself, fully deter? mined to indict 'Squire Mosely for the crime of murder. I went to the grand jury room, directly after eating a hearty breakfast. I told the foreman what my intentions were. I drew up the indictment, accusing 'Squire Mosely of the crime of murder, committed as follows, viz: The said Squire Mosely, on the ? day of August, 1863, in the county of 0-, did feloniously and with malice aforethought kill and murder Charles Belknap by shooting him with a gun loaded with a leaden bullet,against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I presented the indictment to the grand jury, and they indorsed it a true bill. I cautioned the members of the jury to say nothing about what we had done, but to keep the whole thing secret, and if before the court adjourned nothing turned up to fix the crime on the "Squire, that we could destroy the indictment. The grand jury fouud indictments against eighteen persona for murder, and so secretly was it managed that the sheriff had them all in jail at once. The indicting of so many persons naturally produced great excitement among the citizens. I went to my room that night and double locked my door, cxainiued my pistol and put it under the head of my bed. About 12 o'clock I heard a knock at my door; I deman? ded to know who was there. A person an? swered, "a friend." 1 got up, lit a lamp, took my pistol in my hand and opened the door. A stranger stcpi>ed in. I closed the door and de? manded his business, llr seemed very much frightened, and casting a hasty glance around the mom to satisfy himself that there was no other person in tl e room except myself, he lold me that his name was Colby, and stated thai he wanted to communicate a very impor? tant fact to me concerning the fate of young Belknap. I told him to proceed. He wanted to know whether he could turn State's *>vi fl?:icc or nor and ?nvp himself. I replied in the affirmative. en told mo that he knew where young 1*11:nap was buried, that 'Squire Mosely had killed him, had got .*]/?fi0 from Iiis person, and had run lieTktiap'.s horse off and sold him to some Confederate soldiers, and that he had assisted Mosely in burying lielk nap. I told Colby to keep his seal in my room, that he should not be hurl ; und F went out, hunted up the idicriff and told him to get eight or ten reliable men and bring them to my room. He did so. [ then took the Sheriff mid Colby into a room, and made Colby repeat his story over to thai officer. I then directed the Sheriff to procure :i sick mid take Uolby and the men be had brought with him, and go and get the bones of young Oik imp mid bring them to my r-nm that night. The Sheriff did as I directed hi in. When court convened the next morning, and aa I stepped into the court room, 'Squire Mosely was the first man I saw. I had the grand jury called, and they presented the in? dictment ngaint 'Squire Mosely for murder. People looked at one another in blank amaze? ment, and looked incredulous. 'Squire Mose- | ly marched up to the bar and demanded a trial then ; that the charge was a base fabrication and false. I whispered to the Sheriff to bring In the sack. He did so. I told him to empty the contents on a bench in front of 'Squire Mosely ; and as the bones of the murdered man fell out upon the bench, they seemed to sound ; the death-knell of the accused man. He look- : cd the picture of despair, and dropped in his seat and covered his face with his hands. I j . announced to the court that all that was mortal ' I of Charles Bel knap was then in court, and I was ready to proceed with the trial. Excitement ran high, the mob shrieked and howled "Hang him! hang him !" and the court was powerless to protect the miserable man. The mob, with the mother of young Charles Belknap at their head, forcibly took the trembling culprit out of the custody of the Sheriff, and hung him to a limb of the nearest tree. Before he swung off he acknowledged his guilt. I And as I passed by his lifeless form swinging from the limb of that tree, I was forcibly re minded of the legal phrase, "Murder will out." j "Honest John" and his Brother-in-I.aw. The correspondent of the Charleston Kctcs ami Courier furnishes the particulars of an in- j teresting squabble between Senator Patterson and a brother-in-law of that distinguished pa? triot : COLUMBIA, November 17. The arrest of Dr. T. J. Moore, a brother-in- j law aud quondam bosom friend of John J. i Patterson, upon a charge of forgery, has ex- j cited no little surprise and comment. There is. it is generally believed, some much more ! potent cause for the unbrotherly action of Patterson than the fact that Moore may have ! taken some little liberties with his name during ' his absence. The arrest was made late on Saturday afternoon, and the prisoner hurried off so rapidly and quietly to jail that scarce a ! whisper of the transaction got afloat until yes- I tcrday. Richmond, who was Patterson's faith? ful judge in the days when a judge of an ac? commodating disposition sorely needed, had the warrant served upon Moore, and on alleged default of two thousand dollars bail, : though Mooreli sens *u * ne. brought two good bondsmen, and could have brought Others had time been allowed him, committed him to jail, j and appointed to-morrow morning, at ten j o'clock, for the investigation of the case, j Fillebrowne, who it is said discounted a note in September last for Moore, which nute pur- j ported to be endorsed by Patterson, but the : signature of which Patterson now denies, is the ostensible prosecutor, it is manifest, how? ever, that Patterson is the real party in inter- ? est, fur ho was present at Richmond's ollice when Moore was arraigned, and persons who were there tell me that Richmond would ad? dress inquiries to Patterson about the case, and in various ways it was evident that he, Patterson, had instituted the proceedings. J called yesterday at the jail and had a talk with Moore. He was uncommunicative in relation to the facts of his case, being, he said, in? structed by his counsel to make no staleim Ms whatever before his trial, lie is comfortably quartered in a room with ('apt.GeorgeTuppcr, laughs over his confinement, and is confident that he will be released to-morrow and the prosecution stopped, lie thinks he knows too much of .John ,F. Patterson's past history to be I rudely pushed to the wall. The truth is that Moore and Patterson, fur what reason I know not, unless it be that Honest .lohn imagined j that he had paid him enough for services n.n- j dered, have been at dagger's point for a month , [ or two. Moore has recently been making I threats as to what all of rascality he knew aud meant to divulge about Patterson, and as a | strike against his sour-tempered brother-in-law has been circulating with much assiduity copies \ of the New York /inn, of the dale of No vein- i her ?, which contains a long aud blasting bio? graphical sketch of Honest John, and i- said i to have been written, or the facts upon which it is based to have been furnished, by A. K. j McLure, the leader of the opposition to Simon ! ; Cameron in Pennsylvania. Whether or not j Moore did forge Patterson 's signature of course ! cannot be definitely ascertained until the trial j of the case, but 1 have been told that lie ad ; mits that be signed Patterson's name, justify , ing his action upon the ground that Patterson owed him money, and that he has frequently I done the same thing when money was scarce and Patterson away, and that it was considered all right in the family. Speaking of that history of Honest .John, which appeared in the New York Sun of the Dth, reminds me of a statement 1 heard made in j relation thereto by cx-Gov. R. K. Scott, during the latter part of last week, lie was talking to another gentleman in my presence, and made no secret of what he said. Speaking of the article ill the Sun, he avowed thai he be? lieved that every word of it was strictly the truth, except where it was asserted that lit; j ?Scott) had given Neagle $30,000 to use for j him in the senatorial election, and that Neagle j had taken the money and Used it for Patterson, j That assertion, says Scott, is only partially i true. 1 did not give Neagle SJU.UO?, but I did j place in his hands ?>/i,0u0 to be used in my in? terest, and the d?d rascal took my money and secured votes for Patterson. A Scbstiti'TR Fon CoFFEK.?-Mr. Iulward Dugdale waives, for one year, his patents of a coflec substitute. His substitute is persimmon. He explains matters thus in the Grilliti (Ga.) "My mode of preparation consists of steam? ing the fruit for half an hour in a boiler, and after crushing them 1 throw them into a tank of water, and the need are easily washed out, as their own specific gravity carries them to the bo!loin, and the pulp can be floated off The seed should then be spread out in the sun to dry for three or four weeks, and then parched and ground similar to any other collee, care br ing taken to have them parched siiilicictilly to grind easy. * i "The need by this process can be obtained, where the fruit is plenty, . ? . cost of about two cents per pound, and if properly prepared, are equal in all respects to good .lava Coffee. There is therefore a ng of at least ten i|o|- | lass per annum to every coffee drinker in the I State, who will take the trouble to prepare it. "I desire to have it. used generally, and though I have covered my inventions by pat? ents, I feel no doubt that the people will lind their interests identified with mine whenever I call Upon them to remunerate me for my trou? ble and espouse in perfecting my invention." ? Jt h:is been discovered that the tore of a violin can be greatly improved by immersing the instrument in lager beer and leaving it then- until it is thoroughly saturated. This is a slight iiuproveiiii ut on immersing the violin? ist in lager beer and getting him thoroughly saturated before playing, The Approaching1 Session of Congress. Public opinion has already attached more than usual importance to the session of Con? gress to assemble at the Federal Capitol next month. Politicians themselves, early in the year, directed public attention to this scsion as foreshadowing the men of the future and the lines of succession in the ranks of the dominant party. But more recent events have fixed that attention and invoked a scrutiny, earnest and penetrating, as to men and meas? ures such as we have not witnessed for many years past. The sensational question undoubt? edly will be the annexation of Cuba. The time is opportune. Spain, rent by faction, over? whelmed by debt, and the theatre of internecine strife, is unequal to her own home government, ! much less the subjection of foreign colonial possessions. The Government of the United States has long desired and essayed the peace? able acquisition of the ''Key of the Gulf," and on more than one occasion asserted, diplnmati ; cally, that it would not permit the "Queen of the Antilles" to pass from the possession of Spain to any other European power. Just now a "little brush" with Spain would not be at all unpopular with the tens of thousands who have been trained in the art and practices of war, and are yet without distinction or without employment. To divert public attention from evils at home to glory and spoils abroad might be a God-send, i To sound the trumpet of liberty in aid of the Cuban patriots who have so long and persist- | entry and so courageously sustained their de? mand for independence, in the face of the inexo? rable and bloody decrees of Spanish misrule, is just that n'l captandnm argument which politi? cians just now stand so much in need. Beside the din of its blast would shut out from the public ear the clamors of those whom, without some such overpowering excitement, it would be dangerous to pass unheeded, and afford ample leisure for unobserved and unquestioned action for retrieving lost ground in the settle? ment or postponement of some knotty questions which inconveniently thrust themselves fur- j ward imperatively for decision. There is the > labor question, ami the bank question, and ; the expansion question, and the wards of the nation, and the tariff ami transporta? tion questions, and loyal Southern govern? ments, republican in form?all these and many others, such as appertain to the dis? bursements of public moneys and the manage men! of the public debt and the state of ac- j counts of certain Executive officials and favor- j iles. would be lost for time, and perhaps for j eternity, amid the excitement of war. We shall not be surprised, therefore, to hear that the halls of Congress, at the opening, resound day by day with fervent eloquence in behalf of Cuba and her patriots. The real question which must be met, but iu which there is neither gain nor glory, is the financial one, and. if not overshadowed, will dig the political grave for many who now long to serve their country in places of high distinc? tion, only at their country's call. There is no escape from the responsibilities of tho situa? tion. There can be no plea in bar lor the evils that oppress. There is no apology that will he received in mitigation of defects in policy, de? fects in legislation and defects in executive application. The masses demand relief iu prompt and effective remedies?remedies which will restore work to the laboring man. confi? dence to the moneyed man. and security to the conservative man. The debtor sees nothing but the ruin that stares him in the face; the laborer, starvation in idleness; \\\.> conserva? tive man. chronic confusion ami uncertainty, and doubt and distrust. We have had a month of preliminary discussion in the public journals and by leading public men. The chiefs have spoken. Mr. Sherman says, specie payments, not sudden, l>ut gradually by the Government and the banks ; .Mr. Wells says, let us have an i expansion in convertible bonds; Gen. Grunt say-, pay out silver in driblets and establish postal savings banks; Mr. Low says, let Gov? ernment redeem its notes it: gold, but with a right to re-issue (hem. But it would be impossible to enumerate the doctors or to catalogue the remedial agents. Thero are advocates of expansion, and advo? cates of contraction, advocates of free banking, and advocates of government banking, those who say there is no hope save in specie pay? ments, and those who laud the greenback cur? rency a- the best this our American world, not yet a century old, has produced in the best government the world cvt r saw. Take it all in all. we think that the next Congress, with no lights to guide, will be forced to delay ac? tion and appoint a Peripatetic Investigating Committee to find out what is be.?t to be done, ami what they ought lu do. for the good of the country and to save themselves, unless they exploit the Cuba question.?Augusta ('onftitn tionnlist. Tiif. DiFFKftKXCK.?Fourteen years ago we visited the town of Anderson S. (\ From Ander-on we returned to this village. We could then sec little if any ctiflerencc in the business appearance of the two places. At the time alluded to, however, WC had a railroad to Lauren*, and we had signs of busy life and in? dustry. On last Saturday business called us tu Anderson again ?the lirst time we had seen that place ?ilice our visit fourteen ye ars previ? ous, and although it was then a prosperous up country town, with flourishing schools, rind every evidence of that industry which always secures success, we were agreeably surprised to observe the marked improvement in i he ap? pearance of the place. Evervihing presented I nil air of freshness and business vigor; and though the reflection was an unpleasant one. the mind very naturallv compared that thriv? ing, bustling town with the dull monotony of our own. How is this great outstripping of the one town over the other to be accounted for? We know no better answer to the query thai: to say that in the first place it is on ac? count of the necessary energy on the part of our people; and in the second place it is be? cause we arc without a railroad. This, in our humble judgment, explains the secret?if a secret at all?of the continued prosperity of the <me town and the gradual decline of the other. We have as good soil and :.s line a cli? mate in Emiren?County as Anderson can boast, yet it is melancholy, in comparing the two towns, to observe the great difference between them as to business prosperity.?f.aurrn*ritle tfmild. -- Ex-President Andrew Johnson publishes a lengthy article in the Washington CJtronir.'r, in answer to Judge Holt's allegation that Mr. Johnson disregarded the recommendation for a commutation of the sentence in Mrs. Surratt's case. Mr. Johnson declares that he never saw the recommendation, but, on the pontrarv, thai Jii'lire Holt urged an early execution of the unfortunate lady. He complains that Hull withheld the allegations intended to damage him until the witnesses wcrr- dead. ? The immediate cause of the death of Mrs. Gen. Lee was paralysis. Her three sons and a daughter were present during hrr last illness, and the last hours of this noble woman were peaceful and calm, in consonance with the distinguishing characteristics of hyr life. Reckless Taxation. The amount (sixteen mills) of tax lew pro? posed by the Committee on Ways aud Means strikes us as cuormous, in the circumstances of the State at this time. The minority report of the committee, in making levies for specific purposes, and keeping each separate and apart, to be applied only to its legitimate and pre? scribed objects, is better. Otherwise, it is equally objectionable. These bills call fur about $2,500,000, a sum large enough to carry on the affairs of five such States as this. We do not preceive anywhere the slightest regard for the distressed condition of the people, or the faintest tendency towards economy in the management of our political affairs. Leaving aside, for the present, the question of the ex? orbitant amount about to be levied, there are some contradictions and discrepancies in the proposed bill which are worthy of notice. This bill has a section which levies three mills for County purposes. Besides this, there are joint resolutions to raise a special tax of three or four mills in nearly all the Counties of the i State. Take it at an average of three mills, ' and the two will swell the amount to be appro- i priatcd in the Counties to a most extravagant sum. What is it for ? Experience has demon? strated that the larger the amount intended for ? improvements, &c, in the Counties, the fewer and smaller they are. Again. The bill requires that the taxes shall be paid in gold and silver coin, United States currency, national bank notes anil bills receiv ably. The bills of the Hank of the State, which ! so frightened the legislative soul when the , decision of the court which made them good for all dues to the State was announced, seem to have lost their terrors. Perhaps it is now supposed that the decision only affects the case of the relators which came before the Supreme Court. Again the extra printing bill, which appro? priates 5>225,000 to the Republican Printing j Company, and which has passed one body, ami ! been favorably reported on and received its | first reading in the other, has a clause which provides that certificates of indebtedness, re? ceivable fur taxes, shall be issued in payment of the claim. Then is a conflict of legislation in tlii< matter. Pills of the Pank of the State and certificates of indebted ties are good for taxes, but no provision is made in the supply hill to absorb them. Besides, we find nowhere in the bill any provision which looks to meet? ing the interest >n the public debt, although there is one or two mills for this purpose in the bill to reduce the volume of the public debt. And to crown the absurdity of the measure, it leaves out in the cold the floating debt, making no mention 'if it whatever. The bill is evidently crude and unsatisfacto? ry. It is put forth before any proper estimate of the expenses of the State Government lias been made, and before the amount of taxable property has been ascertained. It is liable to lie thwarted in the way we have shown, and to le be brought into conflict with other measures | which have been adopted. It does not follow any honest effort tu reduce expenses. It goes upon the supposition that the p??? ?. half-fam? ished State of South Carolina, should have aj magnificent establishment, a costly and luxu? rious government. It utterly ignores the straitened circumstances, the actual destitution of the people. Such legislation a- this in sue!) times as those demonstrates thai the General Assembly is every day growing mop' incoiu'ic- ; tent to discharge its proper duty. Corruption and profligacy still run their fatal and giddy | rounds. : In a speech delivered at the emancipation : celebration in Hartford,Connecticut, last .-Um? mer. Congressman Raiuey enunciated a policy which Legislature now seem- bent on car? rying out. '?Land i- cheap in South Carolina, he meant. ? and ?r< like to put on the taxes.so as to make it cheap." This the Legislature i? doing, just as surely as if they had Rainey's ideas of confiscation repeated to them every morning. It is assuming with them the shape of a settled -ehem.-. I? looks almost as if they were logically obliged to pursue it. They can only flounder and blunder on till the end comes of collapse or revolution. What think the tax-payer-of the State of a tax of "rflO.OOO. now that land has been made "cheap," and everything e!-e shrunk in proportion? Land cheap, cotton at twelve cents, the wolf of famine at the doors of the people, men out of employment, children without bread ?that is one side of the picture. Wo turn away from viewing the other, cov? ered all over with extravagance and corruption of officials, reveling in the proceeds of a s;!. .'.Oo.iioO tax. Arc not these things significant I of a great change?- -Cofumftia Phwnix. I.r.wtv; Tin: Sinking Ship.? The Chicago ' Shintf ZrifHH'f, chief organ of the German \ Republicans of Illinois, thus announces is I departUre from the Republican party: "The cau<rs from which the Republican party ro<e have Ioiil' ceased to exist. Py its stupidity ami short-sightedness in stirring up dead i<?ues anew and reviving quest ions finally disposed of. the Democratic party has kept alive the Republi? can, compelling those German Republicans who were so from sincere conviction tocontinuc a repulsive alliance with the professional Kng lish-sj>oa!*ing Republican politicians. Put with thi failure of the last attempt, made by Greeloy's nomination, for a reaction which would und ? the rights secured by the war. has disappeared every reason for a connection that can have no other object hut u> assist ungrate? ful, double faced English-speaking scoundrels to prolp'ible offices. TheIllinois Sta.ii* Z-i f'tm/, at least, will henceforth have nothing to do with this sort of American 'Republicans,' ami protests, hereafter, against the i(< ignation of 'a Republican paper.' " Tin: Political Reaction*.?In untieing Ihc late elections the Rostoii /W says : ''The result of the elections proclaims thai tin' era of frauds is drawing to a close. Incapacity is to be al? lowed to plead no more iiipudeul excuses. The Democracy ar<* in arms for the redemption of ('oii-titutioiial Government. Recruits from the people will now pour into tho Democratic camp to servo for the war. It is a war with every imaginable form of fraud and corruption, with ring monopolies, centralism, military ustirpa tion, bought legislation,salary grabs ami ('red it M obi Her, ami the power that seeks the spoli? ation and debasement of sovereign Stales of the Union. The call pies out for a higher tone in the character of the Administration. Roller statesmen are demanded in Washington. \ The Last and West interchange judgements, j A corrupt and incompetent Administration stands rebuked. The groat North west is i aroused, and the Umpire State reasserts her! imperial sway in politics. The deeps of cor- ; rtiptiou and falsehood are at last broken up." j - The Worcester /Vr>? takes a liberal view I of the situation. In these days, it observes, when banks have to sustain so many "breach es" of trust, it is no wonder that they occasion- j ally announce themselves as "suspenders.*' "Can't you love your neighbor as yourself, Jo any ?" "Yes, ma-;" ilieii le- added, rellee-1 lively, "if be don't keep a dog thai tries to bile little boys." 1 Whence It Came and Where it Went 1 The report of ihe State Treasurer lor the fiscal year ending October 31, TS7:;, has been submitted to the Legislature. It shows that the receipts and payments during the year were as follows : Received from taxes of 1872-78....Si,021,714 90 Received from taxes of 1.SG7 to 1871. 21/120 57 Received from Licenses. 24,191 38 j Received from Phosphate Compa? nies. 30,788 7G Received from sundrv sources. 22,003 70* Total Receipts.$1,719,728 Paid for Salaries.s 230,797 HO Paid for Public Printing. 331,940 &> Paid'for Legislaliee Ex^ute?. 2!M,339 47 Paid for Free Schools. 361,101 87 Paid for Repairs and Fittings. ?7,!'7? 07 i Paid for Contingent Funds. 7?,033 7? Paid for Militia.. 25,719 -12 Paid for Penitentiary. 70.nl"> CtJ j Paid for Lunatic Asvlum. 117,20'; 11 j Paid for Orphan House. 14.!'7-i i>2 j Paid for Leaf and Dumb Asylum 11,17'? 00 ' Paid for Refunded Taxes.". 29,272 7? | Paid for Oencral Election 1872... 32.47] 03 Paid for Sundries. 62,840 50 : Total payments.?1,717,318 GO The Treasurer says that the Legislature au? thorized the payment of $2,418,872 during the year, and the Treasurer only received $1,719, 72-S. There is, therefore, a long list of defi? ciencies, of which the following is a summa? ry : For salaries.$ U>"?.7<;7 00 For Free Schools. 2P.714 00 For /'ubli<- Printing. 118,055 00 For Claims passed'.. 54,$% 00 | For Contingent Accounts. 6,410 00 For Contingent Fund. ."?. 1 tjI 00 For .Militia.. 0,321 00 For Orphan Asylum. 2?,000 00 I For Ku Klus Rewards. 32,403 00 For Normal Schools. 24,!?80 00 For Legislative Expenses. .",042 00 For Sundries. 133,539 00 i Deficiencies of the year 1872-73..$ 540,328 00 j The actual difference between the amount' authorized by the Legislature to be paid and j the amount received is $009,144, and the I difference between this amount and the amount ^54M,328j of deficiencies reported by the Treas? urer is represented, we presume, by deficiencies of previous years, authorized to he paid, but not yet paid.?Charleston Sewn and Courier. Mark Twain's Life and Exploits* A letter iu the Washington 6'tarsaya : "Ruilalo has many reminiscences of Mark Twain, and of his remarkable attempt at pub? lishing a newspaper on an entirely new plan. Aller his return from the Holy Land per Quaker City;, .Mark took a wile, and purchased the third interest in the liutialo Express, own? ed by A. M. Ctapp, Public Printer. They say that Mark's style of newspaper work was uuiqtic. lie is not an early riser, and is as slow of movement as of speech, Consequently he didn't get to the ollice very early in the morning. And, when there, his movements were not characterized by uervotis ha-te. S<at ing him.-cll in a capacious pivot-chair, his first move was to depo.?:: his !>uots in the waste basket, and replace them with roomy slippers. Then, elevating his slippered feet to a comfor? table cushion on the exchange papers (their j only legitimate use in his estimation), it was his wont to lay back in his chair, swinging ! himself lazily mi its pivot, and tell stories ui wit and wisdom by the hour to the associate editors. This was vastly plea-ant to all con? cerned, but somehow it did not work in the 1 way of making a newspaper, and at the end of six weeks Mark came to the conclusion that publishing a newspaper was not his forte. Ho. however, retained his interest in the Erpress for about a year and a half, though as afore? said, he did not take part in the active' man? agement for more than six week-. .Mark mar? ried the daughter of Jarvis Langdou, of Klmira. .New York, the heaviest coal operator in the West. His property was valued high as SlU, 0?O,U0? in his life, and had he lived'to get all ; his irons out of the lire, perhaps that amount ? might havi been realized, but leaving every- j thing by the ends, there has been a great | 'shrinkage' (the word, I believe,; in tiie value j of assets. Still there :- enough left to divide a Hille of a few millions between Mark's wife ami her brother, Charles Langdon. It was through this brother, by the way. that Mark got his wife. 'Charley1 was one of the 'Inno? cents Abroad' who accompanied Clemens ( n his famous trip on the Quaker City, and wrote home so enthusiastically about Mark Twain that Mr. Langdou, Sr., sent him a cordial in- j vitaltou to visit them at LI mini. The result was ihe meeting of Mark and Mi-s Langdon ; ! a case of luve at first sight, and the twain be coining one." Dipt her hi. A physician of distinguished ability g \"s us the following facts concerning this much dread? ed disease: L In its nature, it is not a local a fleet ion, as i> usually supposed, but constitutional, pre vading the blood of the winde system before it makes its appearance in any part ; it is of a nature kindred to erysipelas, and though epi? demical, is not, strictly speaking, infectious. 2. Its most manifest symptom is a false membrane, of a white color, which forms upon ami around the tonsils, near the palate, and | which thickens ard extend-, unless checked, j until the patient dies from suffocation. I'ltis j false membrane is, however, not confined to ihe throat, but may some times be seen upon the hand, or arm, or any other place w here the skin has been removed. .'!. Among the cautions to he observed are the following: Avoid all medicines and modes of (realmenl which shall exhaust the strength, and he careful not to injure the sk..i by blis- \ lers or counter-irritants, particularly iu the. neighborhood of the throat. j 4. To elli et it- ??ure, aim to restore as rapidly [ and eiieetiially :\* po?ible.'the patient's waning strength. For this purpose, let the diet be of the most nutritious character chicken soup,! beef tea, etc., give freely "feg;- Hogg, made of good whiskey, or use the stimulant in any other way that will combine nourishment with stimulation. Add In the general strength by the use of mineral Ionics, of which none is belter than muriate of iron, which may b? ad ministered as largely as ten drops at a dose, even iwo or three h-mrs. for an adult. Be? tween the doses of iron, give from five to fifteen i grains of chlorate f nol chloride) of potash or1 id" soda. The chloride of soda may be used as an antiseptic gargle, but the best gargle is com? mon salt. If the disease gives signs of periodicity, by regular remissions and accessions-, then bring to your aid the great anti-periodic, ipiiuinc. Cut this on! and keep it ready in time of need, as it may be relied on. .I?/.?/?? *.'..* CitU*li~ tuiiothditt*. Hon. Alexander II. Stephens. The Atlanta Herald has the following hand? some notice of Mr. .Stephens and his return to public life: When Mr. Stephens left the Congress of the United States, in 13?9, it was his intention then never to e-.ter public life again. He thought the Government was well established, and that all irritating questions were settled. He had spent ail the prime of his life to bring about this result, and he determined to spend'the re? mainder of his life in serene retirement at '?Liberty Hall." But when the conflict between the State* came on, he cast Iiis lot with his State, and was made the Vice President of the Confederate States without any eflbrts of his own. Serving his country in that honorable and responsible po.-ition throughout the war, performing his duties with fidelity, he became, at its close, a prisoner in the hands of the Federal Govern? ment, and was cast into a cell at Fort LaFay ette. where he remained for several months, after which he was released on parole. Returning again to his beloved home at ''Liberty Hall,'' he had no other expectatiou but to remain in private life, engaging in liter? ary pursuit-, producing his celebrated work of the "War Let ween the States," and a "School History'1 of the United States. About a year ago, Mr. Stephens' name was brought forward by his friends, without his solicitation, a* a candidate for the United States Senate, in which he was defeated. At an informal meeting of his friend- lie was invited to stand for Congress in his old District, where he had been so often elected to fill that position, without even being formally nomina? ted. The return of Mr. Stephens to Congress after fourteen years' absence, and after being the second oflicor in the so-called rebellion, forms an important event in the affairs of this coun? try. It i< with much regret that he again leaves his home to take an active part in po? litical life. But he goes to Washington with a heart full of devotion to his beloved State, and with no other motive but to devote his labors solely in the interests of Georgia and his country. Sleeping in a Cold Room. HaW* Journal of Health says that cold bed? chambers always imperil health and invite fa? tal diseases. lb>bu*t persons may safely sleep in a temperature of forty or under, but the old, the infant and the frail should never sleep in a room where the atmosphere is much under fifty degrees Fahrenheit. All know the danger of going direct into the cold from a very warm room. Very few rooms, churches, theatres and the like, are ever warm? er than seventy degrees. If it is freezing out of door- it is thirty degrees?the difference be? ing forty degrees more. Persons will be chilled by such a change in ten minutes, although they may be actively walking. But to lie still in bed. nothing to promote t^ie circulation, and breathe for hours an at? mosphere of forty and even fifty degrees, when the lung- are always at ninety-eight, is too great a change. Many persons wake up in the morning with inflammation of the lungs who went to bed well, and arc surprised that this should be the case. The cause may often be found in sleeping ill a room the window of which has been foolishly hoi-ted for ventila? tion. The water-cure journals of the country have done an incalculable injury by the blind aud indiscriminate advice of hoisting the win? dow at night. The rule should be everywhere during the part of the year when fires are kept burning, to avoid hoi-ting outside windows. It is safer aud better to leave the chamber door open, as also the lire-place ; then there is a draft up the chimney, while the room is not so likely to become cold. If there is some lire in the room all night, the window may be opened an inch. It is safer to sleep in a bad air all night with a temperature over fifty, than in a pure air with a temperature under forty. The bad air may sicken you but cannot kill you; the cold air can and dues kill very often. Sot'THEnx Cotton Mn.LS.?In noticing the sale of some shares of theLangley Factory stock at r?110, and the profits of Southern as compared with Northern mills, the Nashville Union nti'l American comments as follows : "it would be a great advantage to the cotton growing Slates if a much larger portion of their staple was manufactured at home. This would create a market for all grain, vegetables, fruits, meat, and all other provisions, and give both land and labor the full benefit of our admirable climate. The sunny South ought to be distinguished for its extensive factories; land and its products are cheap. Winters mild, and the country generally very healthy." ? "I once boarded for three months,*' said Mr. Smith, "in a family, where during the whole time of my stay the husband did not once speak to the wife, although they met at the table every day." "Shocking! what a monster he must have been !" "Not at all. He was a very amiable man.'- '?Impossible!" "And I think he was fully justified in his pro? ceeding." "Justified, Mr. Sm:;h ! How can you say so? A man who would preserve silence so long a period must have a must implacable and revengeful disj?osilion." "Put, my dear, there is one little circumstance that I forgot to men? tion that might mitigate the severity of your judgment. Tint man va* i/mimo." ? The Chinese labor system on the sugar plantation- of Louisiana has not proved the success that was hoped for it. In the years 1S70 and 1S71 of the thousand, more or less, of this class who were thus employed, the large majority proved to be failures, and they either ran away from their work or wen' driven away by their employers in consequence of their laziness, thefts, or of worse outrages committed by them. All sorts of offences, from petty stealing to attempted murder, are charged against them, and they have generally had the name of being unfaithful, clannish, sordid, slow, and weak. ? Hickory nuts are quote*] in the New York market at one dollar and a half to one dollar seventy-five cents per bushel. We make this announcement for the benefit of the farmer-, many of whom can easily gather hundreds of bushels from the tree- on their lands. It is an industry that might be invested in to consider? able profit ai this time, inasmuch as the chil? dren can gather these nut-as they lie on the ground, readv hulled, as easily as can regular hands. '_ ? The New York S!,ip].i?g informs 11 thal ?hirinir the eight years that have inter? vened since the war, the Smith has raised and sent 10 market twenty-three million rive hun drcd thousand bales of cotton, averaging four hundred pounds to the bale. At seventeen 1 tni- per pound, the currency value of ibis vast product would amount to" ?l,5i?S.lW0,000, which is more than twice the entire greenback and bank note circulation of the country, and equal to three-fourths of the national debt.