Ohio statesman (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1871-01-24

              12 CULT CIIDSTiTZSIUS SATES'OF-AiyVEBTISIli'Q f rcnoasB ar TIX, MI D Allf CO DULY STATEnUIf KATES FOB OHE SO,UAXI,8 WTKS OKPAKEll. O ettme......-..tl 00 Twotime i 50 iA-MtS MILLS, r - - Sonok OnemontH....V.;.t8 CO TwemoDtfas.tM..15 00 Three months.... .SO OS Six nontha ...... .3 04 Tueetimea....... S 00 1o week a 00 CFFICE, So. 74 Sorts Elsa Street. r Toweeka ... s 00 uneyeax. SO CO aaacriBtia it . jiuSTL 1 rLT anaiae lor each WIIKLT STA TK K9A2I , Cutftima . f 1 SO I Twmontha...,...7 SO TTrotimea 8 SO I Three months 10 00 Three times ., 8 45 6i awntb..,..i15 00 One month.... 4 00 One your sa 00 Dally, by nail, asr I TH-Weekly. H Tw.;..7r7..7.9 00 Weekly 1 Of DiiT, ky Barrier, i do. eluba of rr month SOete I twenty .30 OS VOL. XL. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1871. NO. 19.s Mail sacribeiiawiabiy tn ad TT -;i r - . : I . I M I 1 13-1 I 1 ! - li U H I it I I h. " r 1; I TBI WAS IU irBOFE. The news tbU morning treat of noth ing bat disasters to the French armies. The. Army of the North, operating un der General Faishxkb the Belgian frontier, met with a decisive defeat on Friday last at Si. Qaentin, and has been compel! eTto Call back to its former positions at Douay and other points. The loss of the French is pot down at 15,000, Including 11,000 prisoners. , The Prus sians were in pursuit, and the French were endeavoring to, reorganise. Gam bktta is with FAnH8BKs - army, and on Saturday and Sunday made speeches at Lille, advocating war to the bitter end, and denouncing those who cry "peace at any price." Jt seems from this that the cry of peace is heard. The defeat of Faidhcrbi's army dispose of the last of the three great armies on the Loire, in the east, and ta the north put in the field by the Republic. ' They will be re organised, but it seems hardly possible that they eau successfully accomplish any offensive movement Jt wlhs well if they escape the pursuing Germans. . . On the same day that this reverse occurred iu the north,' General Trochu with a force of 100,000 men made a ortse from. Fort Valerian to. the wett and southwest of Paris. He was suo-eesfal at first, but eould not maintain the positions he achieved, the Germans massing great forces of artillery and infantry to dislodge him. Trocho's army was driven back to Paris, and the next day he was compelled to ask i armistice to Dory tne dead and remove the wounded, which was refused by the . Emperor William. This reverse seems to have been fol lowed by dissensions in Paris, which caused General Trocho to resign his position. But he subsequently withdrew his resignation, and once more assumed the supreme direction of affairs. He is reported as favorable to making terms with the Germans, as a necessary result of the failure of all outside efforts for the relief of Paris. But this is only a report. . , . Bismarck has refused M. Favrk permis sion to pass through the German lines in order to attend the London Conference. He thinks both France and Prussia are more interested in what is going on about - Pari, than' io any possible phase the Eastern question may assume. Poor France t At no period of the war has the national cause seemed so desolate aud hopeless as now. There does not seem to be a ray of hope. Still, the leaders and people appear determined to maintain their cause until forced to give it up from sheer exhanstion. Th cities, towns and counties of Michigan that voted their bonds to railroads, many of which are now built and benefiting them, expect to take advantage of the technicalities of their State Supreme Court decision,' and to refuse payment of the debt made with their eyes wide open. The creditors, do not propose to stand this, and the first suit in the United States Circuit Court of De troit has been brought by Gsorgr F. Bicknkll, of New York, to recover $1,000 against the city of Port Huron, unpaid interest on bonds issued by that city in aid of the Port Huron and Lake Michigan railroad. As the amount involved is less than $2,000, there isno appeal to the Supreme Court at Washing ton, and the decision of tbe Circuit Court will be final la the ease, which is probably but the forerunner of many others. Tax Methodist Book Concern investigation in New York seems to have resulted in a triumph for Dr. Lahahas, who has told some very plain truths about the absurd financial management of the concern. The suspension of the investigation was moved, and the charges against Dr. L. withdrawn unqualifiedly by the prosecution; whereupon, aud not till . then, ha waived an answer, but without retraction, or a promise of retraction of any of his charges of fraud. The ridiculous part of this whole proceeding has been the trial or attempted trial of Dr. Lakahax, who occupies fhe position of pubhe accuser of certain officials connected with the publishing house. It is as if the. directors of a bank would prosecute their Cashier for slander, because be charged a teller with being a defaulter, Instead of first looking into the accounts' of the teller. - Thb Cincinnati Southern railroad fight has commenced with considerable spirit In the Kentucky Legislature. The Louisville Influence is, of course, against tha grant of-right of way, but it will hardly be so potential this session as it was last. All eastern Kentucky favors the enterprise. One of the dodges of the opponents of the bill is to kill it by adding amendments obnoxious to the Cincinnati people. There is one under consideration now which proposes to join five Kentucky trustees with the Cincinnati trustees appointed under the provisions of the Ferguson hill to superintend the outlay of the ten millions. Thb New York Svm dishes up this f conundrum to its political friends : " As high-minded Republicans scan the long row of Grant's brothers, brothers-in- law, nephews, cousins and other relatives, down to the third and fourth generation, with their noses in the public crib, do they not long for the sight of a President who will give some better proof of his attachment to the faith of the Republican party than in so prostituting his great office as to provide sustenance for the political lazzaroni of his own hoasehold V That if about what's the matter, sure enough. Thb Pennsylvania Legislature is considering the question of a Convention to revise the Constitution of the State. The sentiment of the people, irrespective of party, is largely in favor of such revision, and there seems to be no doubt that a bill providing for an election of dele- gates this summer will pass the Legislature One of the pending bills on this subject provides for the choice of forty delegates at large no elector to tote for more than .twenty candidates, and besides tLis contains provision for minority representation in the choice of delegates by Senatorial districts. EUROPE. Details of Two Great Bat tles on Friday Last A Decisive Defeat of the French Army of the North. ' Trochu Makes a Sortie with 100,000 Men, and is Repulsed. The French Ask an Armis tice to Bury their Dead and are - Refused. ' Dissensions Reported in Paris Between Trochu and the Government Bismarck's Note Refusing Favre a Pass to Attend the Conference. "WVR WILLIAM TBLEOKAPnS FRESH VICTORIES. LoxDOjr, January 22, 6 P. M. The Emperor William telegraphs the Em press under date ot Versailles, January 21, as follows : 'Yesterday, tha enemy withdrew into Paris. Fifteen officers and two hundred and fifty men were captured. The num ber of unwounded prisoners captured at St. Qaentin is 9,000, besides 2,000 wounded. The total loes of the French is 15,000. The enemy has withdrawn to Valenciennes and Douay. We have again occupied Cambrai. The bombardment of Paris hai been uninterrupted for the last few days. Fire has been opened on St. Denia. I Signed. William.; DKFBAT OF FRBNCH ARMT OF THB NORTH. Brussels, January 22. The details which have come to hand of the defeat of General Faidherbe shows that the French Army of the North" Buffered a ter rible blow, from which it can hardly recover. The entry of tbe retreating army into the city of Cambrai was a sad scene of disorder. The troops were shoeless, and in rags, and the army fragmentary to a great extent. THB FRENCH REVERSES IK THB KORTH- VE8T OF KRAKCB. Loxdox, January 22. Tbe country around Valenciennes has been inundated iu consequence of the expected approach of the Germans. ' The mobilized National Guards be haved badly in the battle of St. Qaentin ; fully fifteen thousand of them became panic stricken, and fled from the field in disorder. A dispatch from Cambrai on the even ing of the 20th says there is a general panic among the people, the Germans are approaching, and the cannonading is audible. General Faidherbe and staff have gone to Donai, and General Favre to Lille. The whereabouts of one division of the army is unknown. M. Gam-betta has arrived at Lille. A dispatch dated Lille 21st, reports the utmost consternation. The women and children are flying from the city, and the troops 'are arriving in a pitiable state. A later dispatch dated Lille, Saturday evening, aays M. Gambetta delivered an address before enthusiastic throngs of people, in which he advocated resistance to the bitter end and denounced the partisan and cowardly ery'of peace at any price. M. Gambetta, - in another speech at Lille, expressed confidence in General Faidherbe, to which he added that tbe General wonld continue resistance, and must in tbe end be successful. - M. Gambetta also announced that fresh levies must be raised for tbe armies of France. His remarks occasioned great enthusi asm among the people. An attempt by the French from Lon- gres to surprise the Germans at Uhes- mont miscarried. General Treskow, who has advanced from Beauquesne, is reported to have captured the strongly fortified woods of Tailles-Bailley and the village ofPerons; five officers and eighty men were taken. The German loss was considerable. A dispatch from Orlan of the 22d says: The bombardment of Langwy continues. The garrison reply energetically, but the Prussians are firm. A dispatch dated Lille, the 22J, says the city of Cambrai has been sum moned to surrender by three o'clock this afternoon. M. Gambetta in reply to the popular call made a splendid speech today. The substance was that France prefers eternal war to the surrender of any territory. The Army of the North is rapidly resuming its organization." . FAVRE THE HEWS OF CHASZY'S SB-FEAT IX PARIS. ' London, January 22. M. Favre has Jeld a consultation with the Mayors of Paris as to the propriety of his proposed trip to London. The Mayors were found to be divided in opinion, and no decision was made. The Germans refused the French request fbo an armistice to bury the dead before Paris because the application was a verbal one. The outposts, however, mutually facilitates the removal of the wounded. It is said the garrison of Paris would not renew an attack on the Germans because General Trochu had been apprised of General Chanzy's defeat. Dispatches from Havre of the 22d say the Germans are entering the departments of Calvados and Orne. Advices from Paris aay that the news of General Chaniy's defeat was received stoically by the people and the army. THB SORTIE OF THURSDAY LAST TROCHU '8 REPORT. Loxdox, January 23. News from Paris to the 20th has been received. The letters state that the line of battle of the 19th reached from Mont Eeont to La Celle, and that the French numbered 100,000, and were supported by a powerful force of artillery. Trochu, in his report of the battle aays : "The day, which commenced successfully, did not termi nate as we eould have wished. The enemy were at first surprised, but subsequently concentrated great masses of artillery and infantry, and at three o'clock P. M our left receded. We resumed at nightfall an offensive movement, but were unable to hold the heights which we had taken. The struggle was sanguinary. We have asked for an armistice." COUNT BISMARCK TO M. FAVRK. Loxdox, January 23. Count Bismarck has, in a note of reply tor Jules Favre's request for safe conduct, declined to enter on any such negotiation. His reason is given in tbe following note, in which Count Bism arck says : " Presuming that the authority of the Provisional Government had not been recognized by the French nation, the military government formerly allowed M. Favre to pass without prejudicing the question of recognition. It is now Impossible to give M. Favre safe conduct to pass the German lines because of his declaration that the invitation to take part in the proaeedAttgsukf &bAAanerenca. would be a recognition of the Republic." In conclusion, Bismarck pointedly inquires, "whether it is admissible for M. Favre to proceed to London, since tbe interests at stake in Paris for Germany and France completely overshadow the Eastern ques tion." DISSENSIONS IX FARI9. Private letters from Paris state that at the last meeting of the Council of Defense stormy and urgent demands were made upon General Trochu for grand sorties. The General proposed to resign. and the Counoil appointed Generals Vinoy, Frebuth and Clement-Thomas a triumvirate to replace General Trochu. Subsequently the Cdt&cil recoiled from the responsibility of changing the plans for the defense of Paris, and General Trochu was fully sustained. The correspondent of the London Tele graph reports from Paris that the effect of the bombardment on the city has been the destruction of some old houses and wood yards, and that the German fire is literally harmless. It is said General Trailer, with a German corps, has left Versailles for Dijon, in front of General Bourbaki's army. I World's BpeeUl. TROCHU AND THB COMMITTER OF DE FENSE. London, January 22. Advices from Paris state that at tho council on Friday General Trochu announced, the opinion that If all hope for assistance from the outside should be disappointed it would be his duty to surrender before the Germans destroyed the pnblio buildings and fired the centre of the city. The civil members of the council disagreed with General Trochu, and he resigned, bnt again accepted the command after a hot quarrel. . . CELEBRATING THB GERMAN EMPIRE. London, January 22 Evening. The cities of Hamburg and Bremen celebrated the proclamation of King William, Emperor of Germany, by firing salutes. The citizens joined heartily in the demonstration, and decorated their residences in honor of the event. Count Bismarck has been promoted to be Lieutenant General. BAVARIA A8SENTS. Munich, January 21. The Bavarian Chamber of Deputies to-day sanctioned the federal treaties by a vote of 102 to 43. QUEEN VICTORIA TO OPEN PARLIAMENT. London, January 24. The Observer today announces that the Queen will personally open the session of Parliament. The rumor that the London Conference has again been adjourned is untrue. UNSUCCESSFUL SORTIES. Versailles, January 20. Undercover of a dense fog to-day the French troops were again massed near Fort Mont Valeria The Prussian position at Mantre-toit was taken by surprise by the French yesterday, but the works were subsequently retaken by the Prussian ninth division. The total German loss iu both affairs was twenty officers and seven hundred men. The prisoners taken by the Germans say there are to be other attacks upon the investing lines, but assert positively that the National Guards will not fight. THB WAR IX THB NORTHWEST FRANCE. London, January 21. 4:30 P. M. A dispatch from St. Quintin says the railway station was stormed by the Nineteenth Prussian regiment and the town afterward occupied. Ten thousand French prisoners were taken, of whom 2,000 had been wounded. Six guns were among the trophies of the victorious Germans. A dispatch from Arlon says the Prussians are rapidly occupying the approaches to Langwy. A French shell had set fire to and destroyed a farmhouse within tbe investing lines. Forty Prussians perished in the flames. It is said the fire of the garrison silenced one of the Prussian batteries. THE BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS. There is little news from Paris. Advices to the lSlh have been received. The damage by bombardment is stated not to be extensive. Only few persons have been killed. Large droves of oxen intended for Paris passed Eheims, and ate ready for the advance of Chanzy, who is receiving reinforcements. . The French have established a line of cruisers beween Gibraltar and the English Channel. Nine vessels have been appointed to tbe service, six of which are iron-clads. PRUSSIAN REQUISITIONS. London, January 205:30 P. M- The establishment of a Belgian camp at Lamae is discussed at Brussels. The bombardment of Langwy is vigorously continued, and tbe town is on fire The Prussians imposed a requisition of forty thousand francs upon the people of Yvetot, near Havre, as a pnnishment for the sympathy displayed by them for the French cause. The Mayor of the town of Balbeo has been taken as a hostage by the Prussians. FRENCH LOSSES BY 80RTIR8. Verseilles, January 20. 8 P. M. All quiet this afternoon. The troops on both sides remain in their positions. The Prussian loss in the recent sortie was four hundred. The French lost so heavily they have asked for au armistice of forjy-eight hours for the purpose of removing toe wounaea ana Durying the dead. THE FEELING IX PARIS A CRISIS AT HAND PRICE OF PROVISIONS, I.TC. Special to the Now York Herald Paris, January 13. It is a significant fa that now, for the first time since the commencement of the siege, the question has been heard, " How long can we hold out f" People commence to talk of a cessation of the opposition, although . professedly only with the object of getting time to recuperate, and then commence a war of revenge.' A feeling of distrust is spreading against those who command and conduct the defense. - It is certain that at the present moment Paris would accept a dictator joyfully if one could be found equal to the situation. Tbe fault of General i rochu is lack of self-reliance Now that news from the outside is scarce, he hardly seems to know. what, to-do. Yesterday dispatches were received from Gambetta,- but only to the 23d ultimo. Though flattering accounts, of the condition of the provinces, there is reason to believe that information of a late date, and from other sources, proves the hopes madeby Gambetta fallacious. Certainly, if no speedy relief comes, a climax must be reached inside the city. Either sorties must be made on such a scale on every side as win tnrow all tne hazard on a single effort, or capitulation sought for on the best terms obtainable, or there will be a terrible row inside the city.. So far as provisions are concerned, although the reports show enough for two months, yet a tew facts prove their scarcity and the suffering of the poorer classes. For instance, the prices to-day are as follows: Rabbit 33 francs (7 gold), chicken 55 francs, goose 7U francs, turkey VJ francs, butter 30 francs per pound, essrs 2 francs. beet root 150 francs, dog flesh 8 francs per pound, prime parts of elephant xu francs and horse flesh 10 francs. In addition to the hospitals, the churches of St. Snlpice and Odeion have been partially destroyed by shells. The Muse um of Liuxumburg received twenty shels within a few hours, and its unri valed conservatories were totally de stroyed.... . ; The exasperation of the people is so intense that a French victory would now brinir results tearful to contemplate. Since yesterday bread has been made of minimum quautiniesof Hour mixed witn rice and other ingredients, and there is not sufficient flour for bread after the 19th of this month. The troops have received biscuits for the last five days in order to save the bread for the population. Horse flesh will last thirty days. A movable ambulance has been established in the quarters reached by the enemy's fire, and stretcher-bearers are waiting night and day at the guard-houses. The splendid conservatory of the Jardin des Plantes, which cost 600,000 francs, has been destroyed, with its rare specimens of exotic plants. A FEARFUL PICTURE FROM PARIS STARVATION.A balloon letter from Paris, dated December 26th, says : " Our stock of horses Is fast diminishing. Eight hundred are slaughtered daily, two hundred for the army and six hundred for the civil population. Eggs are 40 to 50 cents each, but ter $7 a ponnd, turkeys anu geese 10 to $16 a piece, and worthless even at that ; chickens 96 each, and getting .very scarce ; pigeons ti apiece. This morning I gave $1 50 for one pound of salt beef. Rats are worth 80 cents each. Nearly every restaurant in Paris is closed, and those which remain open vow every night that they will not open next morning. Onions, carrots and turnips are 5 to 8 cents apiece. - A packet of soup herbs, which from time immemorial has cost 3 cents, now costs from 40 to 50 cents. Everybody has been buying string beans pnt up in green tin cans; although two or three times the old prioe was asked for them, they are all gone. Peas and other vegetables prepared In the same way are quite abundant, but nobody buys them, for we have no means of cooking them. The calico printers uso sizing made of whites of eggs, dried here during the summer and sent to manufacturing towns. The siege prevented their transmission and they are now on sale as an article of food. Intoxication has been so prevalent - since the commencement of the sieee that the supply of wines and spirits sufficient to last eight months will be exhausted iu lour. There are bread panics daily, but they are merely local; still they are important as indications of increasing,embar- rassments. While tbere is wheat enough there -- is notflour in sufficient quantity, and the mills arn nnable to turn out an adequate supply. Then there is the question of fuel for the mills and bakeries, which is daily becoming more difficult of solution. Bread is cheaper than oats or barley, and horses and cows are fed on bread. The supply of medicines Is becoming very low. There are rumors that the Government intends to confiscate all of them for the military hospitals. Laundresses refuse to work, for there is no starch, no soap, no hot water, no means of heating irons. In some quarters. of the town there is an insufficient supply of water. A great many wealthy families are obliged to do their own washing, aud dry the linen in the dining-room. Wood is now five cents a pound; dealers require retail buyers to pay for sawing and carriage home, which makes tne cost eight or ten cents a oonnd. I lose hours daily hunting for something to eat. I occasionally get something which makes me ill with nausea for six or eight hours. More than one meat pie I have bought has made me ill. A physician told me this morning he advised all his friends to dirnk daily a wine-glass of genuine wino to counteract general debility. From want of food in sufficient quantities, many people will die. It is painiul to see the wan, pinched, famishing faces in the ribbons of people stretched in front of the butchers, and especially of the public kitchens. I stepped off one this morning as I walked by it, and found it two hundred and ten yards long. Some of the wretched women had skeleton babies sucking. Typhoid and hospital fever sweep to the grave a large number of persons every day. There have been twenty-two thousand deaths In Paris since the Biege commenced. Smallpox continues its rav ages with scarcely any abatement. There are many suicides. There Is a good deal of Insanity. There never was before so much drunkenness in Paris. It has a large share In the increasing mortality." WASHINGTON. The Wrk before CMgreaa The New ApprtiBBeat Hew Iaeae r Hoads Deliaaaeat Tx-PaTrr Bloody Shirt Cvaaamitlee Arctic EipUr. Ilea. WAsaiaoTOif, January S3, 1671. THE WORK BEFORE CONGRESS. Only thirty-six working days, count ing Saturdays as such, are left for the present Congress during which to act upon a great number of bills, etc., now upon the calendars. The Senate general orders show a total of three hundred and forty-two bills and resolutions waiting action, some of which have been banging ever since the first session in 1869 ; there are one uunurea anu sixty-two private and personal bills, such as pensions, relieving accouuting officers, claims, etc.; there are sixteen railroad land-grant bills, and seven for grants in aid ef canals, irrigation and ditches ; five other bills for railroad incorporations or extensions; nine relate to postal or ocean telegraph projects, and ten bills for steamship subsidies. Besides these there are a score of other measures asking incorporation for various projects nominally belonging in this District or the Territories, or,sa in the case of one bill, the Tehuantepeo railroad and ship canal bill, to carry out the project In foreign territory. Besides these three hundred and twenty-five bills and resolutions there are half a dozen special orders, and fourteen resolutions te ported from Committees. '7 ' THB NEW APPORTIONMENT. The apportionment bill will be the occasion of a very sharp fight In the House. - The Western members are determined to press the amendment authorising the election of additional Representatives next fall in the States which now have lees than the number they will be entitled, to by the new apportionment. They say that if they consent to au increase in the number of members of the House that the Eastern States shall not be deprived of any part of their present representation, members from those States ought to be willing to agree to the demand of the Western States, for the representation their population entitle them to. The question has a more Important bearing than on the Forty-second Congress, for the apportionment does not go into effect until 1873, after the Presidential election. The Electoral College will be chosen under the present apportionment, while if the States are represented in the college according to their present population, the result of the election might not be the same, so that the people's will in the choice of President might be defeated by the refusal of Congress to make the new apportionment operative at once. . - ' THB BIW ISSUE OF BONDS. The plates for bonds authorized under the recent funding act of Congress, are in part prepared for printing. In a few days tbe Treasury Department will be ready to supply all demands. DELINQUENT TAX PATERS. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue In a letter to the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, states that since the passage of the various laws authorizing the Commissioner to abate taxes,abont $10,000,000 have been abated. In consequence of the insolvency or absconding of parties assessed, but a small percentage of these taxes has been collected after abatement. He believes if Collectors of Internal Revenue were allowed a special peoentage to examine and collect taxes as abated, a large percentage of the same would be collected in consequence of parties against whom taxes have been assessed having since become solvent. He recommends the passage of an act authorizing the allowance of commlsplons, not to exceedtwenty-five per cent, for this purpose. BLOODY SHIRT COMMITTEE. The special Committee on alleged outrages iu the Southern States will commence their investigationsto-morrow. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Captain Hall arrived here to-day to make further arrangements for his expedition and secured the ' Periwinkle' formerly a tug boat, to be fitted for steam as well as sailing purpose. He will leave in May. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SB5TATE. WASHCTOTOir, January 93. 1871, Mr. Ramsey presented the credentials of O. P. Stearns, elected by the Legislature of Minnesota for the unexpired term of Hon. D. S. Norton, deceased. After reading the credentials Mr. Stearns presented himself and took the oath of office. Mr. Sumner presented and read the joint resolution of the Indiana Legislature instructing the Senators of that State to vote against the annexation of Dominica. Mr. Morton reminded the Senate that the resolutions were passed by a Democratic majority. The joint resolutions were ordered to be prinfed and laid on the table. Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, made a report on the Georgia Senatorial question, accompanied by a resolution declaring Joshua Hill to have been elected. The minority report submitted by Mr. Stewart, after reviewing the claims of the various Senatorial applicants, concludes with a resolution to admit Messrs. Farrow and Whitely. Mr. Thurman, the Democratic member ef the committee, offered a resolution declaring Messrs. Hill and Miller legally elected Senators. The reports were ordered to be printed. On motion ot Mr. Edmnnds, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, the Senate took up and passed the bill in' creasing the pensions of disabled soldiers, sailors, and the widows and chil dren of deceased soldiers and sailors. It increases all pensions twenty per cent. for hve years from March 4, 1871. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF KEFKESBNTATIVE3. Bills were introduced and referred : By Mr. Starkweather : For a commis sion to determine the claims for damages on American commerce by Confederate privateers By Mr. Julian : Resolutions of the Indiana Legislature for the improvement of the navigation of tbe Wabash river. By Mr. Palmar: To reduce the rates of correspondence by telegrapn. and to con nect the telegraph with the postal ser vice. The bill for a military postal railroad between New York and Washington came np as the next business of the morning hour. After discussion, the morning hour expired and the bill went over until Monday. Mr. Cox offered a resolution instruct ing the Committee on Public Lands to inquire into tbe expediency of giving each btate all the puolio lands therein that have been subject to sale or entry for more than twenty years. Adopted. William W. Paine, member elect from Georgia, appeared and took the oath ef office. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill to regulate rank in the navy. It fixes the relative rank of surgeons, engineers, paymasters and chaplains. . After discussion by Messrs. Stevens, Scofield, Myers and Archer, the bill passed. Mr. Dawes introduced a resolution for the appointment of a Commissioner of the isn and f isheries of the coasts and lakes. Passed. Adjourned. NEW YORK. A Select Dish f Oatraarea Arreat af a Farajer Beasible Kefa gee. Xiw Yore, January S3, 1871. A SELECT DISH OF OUTRAGES. The Washington epecial to the New York Tribune says: "Accounts were received on Saturday giving the particulars of a terrible Ku-Klux outrage at Louisvill, Jefferson county, Georgia, on the 14th inst. A party of masked marauders rode to the jail, broke it open. and took therefrom nine colored prisoners, five of whom had recently been convicted of offenses and were serving their term of punishment. The other four were awaiting trial. The victims were taken a short distance from town and unmercifully whipped. From seven of them the ruffiians cut off one ear, from the eighth both were taken, and the ninth was brought back into town and there shot, receiving nine wounds, most of which were fatal. The others were turned loose. So far as heard from, none of the murderers have been arrested." ARREST OF A FORGER. Lewis M. Van Eaton, aliat Livingston, a noted forger, arrived in this city yesterday from New Orleans, In the custody of the United States detective, Thomas Sampson, and was committed to a cell at the police headquarters. THE WEATHER. The thermometer this morning is nine degrees below zero, with a brisk wind blowing east and north. The rivers are filled with ice. SENSIBLE REFUGEES. The Irish exiles visited the Grand Opera House last nigtt at a special invitation, to hear some music ; but discovering early in the evening that the invitation was merely a stroke of politics to win them over to one side as against the other, they withdrew. A banquet had been prepared, with covers set for about thirty persons, and it was the intention to have the exiles partake of the banquet, but this offer was firmly declined by O'Donnavau Rossa and the rest. TELEGBAKIS !- BRIEF. Dispatches from all parts of the country speak of intensely cold weather yes terday. The thermometer was 17 degrees below zero in Montreal yesterday afternoon, and 26 degrees below In the morning. The dwelling of Henry Brodis, near Plainville, Ohio, was burned Saturday. A child was burned to death and nothing found but its charred remains. A LaCrosse dispatch says the steamer Chippewa, owned by H. 8. Ramsey, of Lacrosse, was burned on Saturday morn ing at ilamsey's landing. Lose, about (30,000. Fire, the work of an incendiary.The Government organs at Toronto deny positively that Sir John Ross visits Washington on public business, or is charged with any mission to the Washington Government. He is there upon private matters. One million dollars have been voted by the corporation of Quebec to tbe North Shore Railway, and $500,000 have been voted to the same enterprise by different municipalities along the line of the pro posed road. The work of building the road will commence next spring. A fire In MiUord, Massachusetts, yes terday morning, destroyed tbe Hay State and Alhambra Blocks, Including eleven stores and the upper portions of two dwellings ; also Fisher's stables and seven horses. Mrs. Newton, who occupied one of the dwellings, was burnt to death. The losses are not yet ascertained. The thermometer was below zero.and It was Impossible to control the names or save property. The High Court of Impeachment of North Carolina was convened yesterday, and Governor Holden filed his answer to the articles of impeachment. The an swer Is a very voluminous document and covers at least two hundred pages of foolscap, lhe Board of Managers will make their replication to-day, and the trial will then prooeed regularly. The Managers retain as counsel ex-Governor Bragg and ex-Goveruor Graham, and Governor Holden retains as counsel Wm. H. Smith, Edward Conlgland, Richard C. Badger, Hon. Nathaniel Boyden and J. M. McCorkle. TDK HORROR'S OF WAR. Ghastly Sceaea the I.ire A Taa Ladies' BaardiaE Scheal Filled with Dead aad Dyiag-Nat a Drop af ff ter ia Fear Days Cald, Hanger Thirst, Woaada lTccatembe af Dead Everywhere. From the London Time, December 3). As the war Is prolonged Its horrors increase. The bitter weather under which we are shivering in this country would alone involve a terrible aggravation of misery." Ia this respect it is long since such Bufferings have been indicted, even in war. Bat such horrible scenes as were desoribed by "A Military Corre spondent," are but too probable In such operations as the Army of the Loire, has lately been engaged in, and it is to be feared thev have been many times mul tiplied within the course of the present month. That army has been executing a continuous "strategic movement" of re treat, and hzhtine almost continuous bat tles during some of the severest weather of the month. Both armies have been strained to the uttermost, and have had no time to look behind them. The horri ble consequenoe has been that the wound ed nave practically been lett as uncared for as the dead. They have also been gathered off the field of battle, though there must do numoers wno nave Deen left to perish of cold on the spot where thev fell. But even when carried under shelter they have simply been heaped together in uninhabited houses, and nave sometimes lain there lor aays unat tended, unfed, and almost uncovered. The scene at Beaugenoy, desoribed by "A Military Correspondent," is one even more horrible, because a more prolonged scene of aeony. In a house which had once been a Pension de Jeunes Filles, "every room from cellar to roof was crowded with dead and starving men, lvinsr so thick It was impossible to move among them." It was Saturday, and many of them had been there since Wednesday, some since Tuesday. All that time " not one drop of water, not one atom of food, bad passed tneir lips," nor had any comforting hands approached them. If a broken-legged sergeant bad been able to throw his own coat over his more severely wounded officer, that was the utmost relief any of them had obtained. Moreover, the windows of the house were all broken, " and all these days and nights of almost Aastlo cold they had been lying on the bare floor with their wounds undressed." All the agonies of wounds, of cold, of hunger, and thirst, with all the horrors of death, were endured for days together by these helpless sufferers. The battle, In fact, had been raging for three days around Beaugency, neither side gaining such undisturbed possession of the town as to be able to think of the wounded. Even on the second day, German shells burst in hospitals where French volunteers were tending German wounded. That night there was only one doctor in the town capable of performing amputations, and there were two hundred desperately wounded men in one building alone. ''The dead lay, thick among the dying, and as the former were dragged out their places were instantly filled. Miserable objects, with broken jaws or faces halt shot away, wandered aOOut pointing W buoir uivouiui nuuuuo and making piteous signals for water, whioh it was Impossible for them to swallow. Officers and men, veterans and boys, all lay in one nndistingnishable mass of misery. Every moan that the human voice can utter rose from that heap of agony." This was on Thursday. How many more scenes like the one we have just described might there have been seen in Beaugency on Saturday f And how many more in the numerous villages over which the storm of conflict has passed between Beaugency and Ven-domelLord Walter Campbell, the younger brother of the Marquis of Lome, who is soon to be married to the daughter of Queen Victoria, still continues to reside in New York, where he is engaged in business. Though he Is rather diffident in Accentine tbe invitations wnicn are poured in upon him by New York "society, ne nas ueen present at several social entertainments during the winter. At a resent Fifth avenue ball, he was much admired for his address and manners. It is understood that he will soon leave New York, to be present at tbe marriage of his brother with the royal Princess, and to take part In the royal nnntnal festlvites, whioh will be cele brated in Scotland, upon the domains of his father, the Duke ot Arygie. They do things up to the handle in the way of monopolies down in Louisiana. A law was passed at the last session of the Legislature prohibiting the further use of sicks and privy vaults in TTw Orleans, and conferring on a certain company the exclusive right for ten years to supply disinfectants aud dry earth closets and to remove all fecal matters. - To insure that unfortunate Creoles with unsteady bowels should not defraud the "Waw OrlpanR fianifsnr anil -' . uwu.VM.j muia AUIA1UL Company," an army of spies was created, noses into privy vaults, and smell out violation of tha 1&W ha nAnoi.w r..m such violation being a fine of from twenty w uuumwi uuiiars. governor warmotk refused to sign the bill, but it has become law bv the lansA nf ti m Ka;m returned it to the Legislature, and the peupie wnom tne i act found in a state of unreadiness, are uneasy as school boys in green-apple time. Burnt brandy is in active demand. The winter has been verv hard for .. poorer classes In New York, and there has been a great deal of snfferinir. notwith standing the vast system of charities toat nas Deen organized by the authorities and ih -nAlirtmnnn A 4L. - f.M.i.i.iTO AW IUO MUO time, it woojd appear that there are a &icab aiuuy peupie m me city wno are not in s fnnd it.inv. rf oK! as t- At a recent evening musical entertain- mAnr. . n nllai -mnAj. it- V 1 1 a. auwuw am, rnvwrate UIOUO X W UOI OU HI LI CHS IO obflfrvA thA H rPOQAa a-if T r at larliAa d l aadience, as they passed out. She - - ww v., vuv lauioa uji liLXVj cuuuteuover a nunuteci real camel s bsir $500 to $5,000 a piece. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN S. BROWN, BELFAST, IREIaAND. tra.de 5 " : K O C ti. I c n . j Manufacturers of only firat-claas TV HLiE DAMAHK, Superior to any imported Into the United States1 These goods are noted for their beauty of design elegance of fabrio, and durability of wear. WHOLESALE OXl.1T. 215 Church Street, New York. jinzt-azCTrom K. A. FITCH. W. M'CKORY. E. A. FITCH & CO., DSALERS IJT Hocking1, S traits vllle, and a Anthracite Coal. Office : No. 3 North High Street. jan24-dtf LENDALE female college. VT Fifteen miles from Cincinnati, on C. H. and D., A. and G. W. and Junotipn railroads. The second term of the seventeenth collegiate year begins on Monday February 6. There will be room for five or six new boarding pupils at inai time, x or catalogue ami mlormation address REV. L. D. POTIBE, President. Glendale, xiamuton oonnty, unio. janxj-tnatnaitw CJHEEIFF'S SALE. THE FIRST NA- tional Bank of Columbus, Ohio, vs. The Capitol City Skating Kink. Court of Common Pleas of Franklin. County, State of Ohio. In pursuance of an order of sale from said Court to me directed, I will offer for sale, at publio auction, at tbe door of the Court House, in the Ci j ox ouiumouB, irxuo, on Wednesday, the 1st slay af February, A. J., 1871, at 10 o'clock A. M . the followine described tiros' erty, to wit: Situated in the City of Coluuibns. i.oonty ot I ranaum, ana state 01 Unio, to wit: the Rink building and all of the aimurtenancea thereto attached, situated on the south side of atate street, between :uxth and seventh streets, ia the City of Columbus, Ohio, and the lease of which said lease will expire on the 1st day of juiy, xoio. SAMUEL THOMPSON, Sheriff. J. T. Holmes. Attorney. Printers fees t8. jan21 pOST OFFICE DIRECTORY OF UNITED STATES. Revised and Corrected by the Post Office Depart ment to November 1, 1S70. . 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The JaDauese Corn File This is no humbue. It is tbe only article ever made which will cure corns, bunions or thick skin on feet. Can be used by a child. It will last for years. Over ten thousand in use in Cincinnati. Price 50 cents by man. A ddress w . J. s 1A11A, Cincinnati, u. janl4-d2w - &OP nnn AT colateeal V V V securities at Kleeman A Goodman's Loan Office, No. 13 East Town street. deoi7-d3mo eod B ALL, BLACK & CO., S6S aad 567 Brssawsr, New Tark, DIAMONDS, JKWELBV, WATCHES AND SILVERWARE, Of the Rest Qnnlity and Lowest Prices Goods sent per express C. O. D. Janl7 gTOP AND SEE FREDERICK BECK, Dealer In CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, NO. 35 J SOUTH BUSH STREET, Colasnbaa, Ohia. The best in the market always kept on hand. Customers may rely on this. janl6-dtf QISEASES OF MIDDLE AGED MEN Treated by . WALTER M. DUVAL L, 91. Booms Nos. 1 and 2, NATIONAL HOTEL, OPPOSITE DEPOT, janlxdiiw uoiumDus, onio. . LL UNFORTUNATES, Prom whatever cause, requiring special med ical treatment, may with confidence call on DR. W. AT. DCrAl.L, Booms Nos. 1 and 9, NATIONAL HOTEL, OPPOSITE DEPOT, JanlSdSw Columbus, Ohio. BAlfXERS. COHHEECIAL BAITE, He. 100 2T. HIGH ST., SESSIONS BLOCT, COLIJIlBn, O. ; i, OBAifGB jororsoir, . ". F. C. SESSIONS, PbOFBTSTOES. J. A. JEM-MS S ""'""V"""- PAT Ef TEKEST OS DEPOSITS, BTJT AND Sell Gold and Silver, Government Bonds, and all first elaas securities, . r Issue Passage Tickets To and from all parts of Europe, sell Drafts parable in Gold, on all the principal cities la Eubopb, and do a General Banking Baaueaa. - Collection reoeire prompt attention. sept30-dly ; ; , . ' , W. K. Ids. X. Scdxkk. L. C. Bailtt, CaabAi CENTRAL BANK '; '"' 1 (Odd Fellows Building,) " :" ' " " coLrfsxuxjs, c'. Buy .and sell Foreign Drafts and sell Passage Tickets to all parte of Europe, interest allowed-on Deposits. septlg-eodly FINANCIAL. TTNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COM-J PANT Have a Land Grant direot from the Government of 12,000,000 ACRE S The Rest Farmisg aad miaeralLaaaU ia Aaaeriea. : 3,000.000 Aores choice farming lands on tbe line of the road, in tha STATE OF NEBRASKA. GREAT PLATTE VALLEY, Now for sale, for cash, or credit at low rates of interest, These lands are near tbe 41st parallel of North Latitude, in amild and healthy elimate, and for grain growing and stock raisins are unequalled by any in the United States. Convenient to market both east and west. Prices rang from to tlO.OO per aere. - GREAT INDUCEMENTS To Settlers with limited means. 9,500,000 ACRES Rich Government lands along the road betw a OMAHA ABD NOETH PLATTE, - Surveyed and open for entry under the Homestead and Pre-emption laws, andean be taken by ACTUAL SETTLERS ONLY, - An opportunity never before presented for securing homes near a great Railroad, with all the conveniences of an old settled country. New edition of descriptive pamphlets with maps, now ready and sent free to all parts of the United States, Canada and Europe. Address: O. F. DAY1S, Land Commissioner, U. P. R. R. Co. Omaha, Neb. jau4 dlmw3oi SPECTACLES. jyj-ONEY CANNOT BUY IT POR ' BIGHT IS PRICELESS! THE DIAMOND GLASSES, Manufactured by J. Ei SPENCER & CO., NEW YORK, Which are now offered to tho pnblio, are pronounced by all tbe celebrated Opticians of the World to be tbe MOST PERFECT, natural, artificial help to the human eye ever known. They are ground under their own supervision, from minute Crystal Pebbles, melted togethert and derive their name, "Diamond,", on account of their hardness and brilliancy. The SciUfle Principle On whif h they arc constructed brings the core or centre of ttttftens directly in front of the eye, producing a clear and distinct vision, as in tbe natural, healthy sight, and preventing all unpleasant sensations, snch aa glimmering and wavering of sight, dizziness, tfcc, peculiar to all others in use. They are mounted in the fineet manner, in frames ox the best quality, of ail materials nsed for that purpose. Their finish and durability cannot be surpassed. ---. Caution None genuine unless bearing their trade mark stamped on every frame. - ' O- GATES, Jeweler and Optician, Sole Agent for Columbus, Ohio, from whom they can only he obtained. These goods are not supplied to ped-lers, at any price. ' Tc9-eod&wly MACHINERY. QOLUMBUS MACHINE COMPANr OF COLUMBVS, OHIO. Portable and Stationary - STEAM ENGINES, . ' - CASTINGS, 8HAFTTNG8, PULLEYS, BOLL ENGINE PUMPS. TRIP HAMMERS. . Imnroved Circular and Mnlav SAT"- MXLLB Also, every description of Retorts, Pipes and Castings for Coal OU and Gas Works. . Agents Tor TnuaiAa LJiKX&L, a WATER WHEELS. apr39d JKANKLLN - MACHINE COMPANY. Johx Short, D. H-Rotcb, Jab. G. PCT.I.TNO,....., J President. Superintendent. Treasurer Manufacturers of Pnlleva. Rhaftinff. Hanrara. I Improved Brush Trimming tfn.binw and Malleable Iron Clamps. . w e also maxe to oroei IRON EENCES, Grating. Awning Irons, Bolts, etc Keep on hand Steam Gnages, and all kinds of Brass Work.- woras on w ater street, between north ana Last streets, Columbus Ohio. my83d6mo QHAELES AMB08 & CO., COLUMBUS, OHIO. Charles Ambos, B. E. Smith MAHUT.lCrCBESS 0 HEAVY CASTINGS, Far Raflraads, Balling Mill aad Rlaat Panacea t alsa, - ARCHITECTURAL. AND MACHINERY CASTINGS. ' PATTERNS IHADE TO ORDER. Foundry at the foot of Town street (the bid GUI Foundry.) - - jyH6A AGENTS & ATTORNEYS. rjl E. TAYLOR A CO., Patent Agents and Attorneys Oalca, Oaaaalte Ualea Xfepat, febt COLUMBUS, OHIO, 4