Selma Dollar Times from Selma, Alabama • 2

I Ima Wttfclg From the I FReMI Story of World. iitUM. tod Hetri- CITY NEWJ, Harrb FRIDAY s. J. 8 A LU, FirITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

ts Lodges and find a common refuge rntti dissensions that too often mar the harmony of social intercourse. It is a society whose principles are to do justice to all mankind to render to every man Ins dues to cherish feelings of benevo fence and kindness to our feUow-beinj and to extend the baud of charity oppressed and distressed, and unfortu nate of ear race. Brotherly love snfl Richard H. English is the Cashiei and General Business Majfter ot tin Daily Times office. Charity are the pillars on which it rests, and-f iendship and truth the bond and surety of its preservation.

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26. Having these principles in view, they will endeavor to exemplify them by practical, tests aud if, by the grace of God, the order shall successfully carry Wtltr these objects, they will feel that their mission has not been in vain. mainji to block up the high road to a peacelul nod reciprocal union ot the sections, are to-be found recorded in that legislation which ought to be, most of all, liberal and enlightened. The common sense of the people would poiu' out the wicked folly of this if their na rural instincts did not revolt at it danger and injustice. Hence, by a sor ot rational impulse, generul amnesty has been for a considerable length it rime a matter of course, deferred solely by political machinery and partisan machinations.

Tina comtuoD, every day influence hn-tiad its effect on the Administration But the President is not the-man to beer die wishes of the people except arid ei lie pressure of a necessity itquiriug mcriflcuon his part. He is moved rat bin oy the force which urged Stokes to out Itberaliw Senter in Tennessee, as booi is SUfy caught the drift of the wind, ud rae of McClurg a more violent re ormer than Gratz Brown when it wu liscovered that Missouri was ali one vay. The Administration, getting its from Tennessee aud Missouri, aud ukiug time by the forelock, is merely preparing to issue a liberal prospectus which will outbid tbe liberals. It will iot be long before we shall hear that Geuerul Grant is the best friend the The Platform of the Times. The Times has been, is, and shali CONTINUE ADVOCATING THAT POL I CV WHICH, IN ITS JUDGMENT, WILL PRKYE! THE PAYMENT OF NB DOLLAR OF EITHER PRINCIPAL OR INTER E8T OF ANY 8TRAIGH1 OR ENDORSED BOND OF THE BtaTI of Alabama, which has ISSUED IN VIOLATION OF LAW, IN WHICH THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE STATUTE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, HAS NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH It favors the paying of all honest.

LAWFUL OBLIGA1 IONS. BUT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FOISTED UPON THE STATE, CONTRARY TO LAW, IT DISAVOWS AND PEAKING FOE, AND REPRESENTING THE TAX PAYERS OF THE STATE, IT DEMANDS BEFORE THE PAYMENT OF A DOLLAR OF EITHER INTEREST OR PRINCIPAL OF ANY CLAIM, THAT ITS LEGALITY BE ESTABLISHED BEYOND QUESTION. 11, the British navy. He will soon be promoted to the raulf of Vice Admiral, and be entitled to a high command. In the position how occupied he ia apparently a mere subordinate, on small pay, fulfilling the duties heretofore discharged by a captain ot the royal navy.

Ad- miral Inglt field within tb month has examined into on system, the condition of our navy, the approaches to New York bay, especially at Hell Gate, the harbor defences at Portland, Portsmouth and Boston, and the entrance to New London andNewport. He has made inquiries in regard to the guns mounted ou our fortifications, and baa also manifested a gooff deal of anxiety' to ascertain wliat are the penetrating powers of our.he&v test shot in regard to iion, butts, as exhibited little or no interest bn rer once to other details which generally ittract tbe attention of foreign officers. He also attempted obtain some insight into the army torpedo system at Willett's Point, bat the courtesy ex-i ended elsewhere Was refused him, as the operations are kept a secret so tar as the government can guard them. Having ascertained the condition of the coast defences along New England and New York, and our capacity to build and repair vessels at the Portsmouth, Charlestown and Brooklyn navy yards, lie was snmmoned to Washington by Minister Thornton on the 10th inatanr, and -on the following day, under orders, proceeded to New Orleans by rail to inspect tbe defences of that city and the approaches to the month of the Mississippi. From thence he will leave for Key West via Havana, visit the Pensacola Navy Yard, and find out wliat is the actual condition ot the Southern ports.

All this is the topic of conversation among aud naval officers, and, as there can be no objection to the representative of a nation wh oh we are at peace, availing himself of the privileges always extended to proper one blames Admiral Ieglefleld for his active inquiries. He is spoken of as most agreeable gentleman, of fine address, ana has had the moat extended fields of observation iu he acquitted himself with much honor in prominent aer vice, and is well known as an inventor and an officer skilled in tjje construction ot many valuable machines now in use in the English navy. This is the gentleman selected by the British goverement to report npon the "exact condition of our means of defensive warfare. He, is one who would be well adapted to combiaud a deet of vessels on our coast in time of war, especially with the knowledge he will gain in travelling through our country. Besides these facts, which have awakened the attention of prominent officials, the Navy Department is advised that at thfs time a flying gquadron of the finest vessels, under command of one of the J6aet, of the British Navy, is Xelegrapli Items, Washington, March 21.

The tariff bill was considered. Mr. Morton gave notice of au amendment repealing all doaf upon liquor and tobc 1. 1872. Mr.

Sawyer gave to retain the pri said there were few' branches of industry in the rice producing. States, which are aided by protective duties, while the people of those States paid taxes on almbst'all produce for thq benefit of the industries ot other States. There were peculiar reasons for adding Southern Industry at the land owners had nothing else left after the war. The ireedmen were the only class Who had gained material wealth the land owners had to boiVow money at enormous rates to carry on planting operations, the South, therefore, asked the same protection tor bet labor that had" been extended elsewhere; they isked for the retention of duty on rice. He described at length the complicated and expensive process required for the production of rice.

During tbe rfrb-1 lion the rice fields were generally abandoned, being near the theatre of war, This'neg ect of tour years almost brew the lands back into valu less swamps, fioin which the labors of generations had reclaimed them. Without the duty, it woald have been impossible to restore the rice fields to oultivatiou aftet the war, continue tin duty for a few years, and the old ric lands will again be brought into cultivation and new fields added, and tin planters can then pr-sper without There were probably 20,000 persons in Georgia and South Carolina depending upon this culture for support. Almost the entire benefit from the proposed reduction would aeprue to a few importers anc dealers in foreign rice House. The bill incofporati Chinese Trading Company, with a capital of five million, dollars, tailed by a large majority. Sheldon, from the Committee od Commerce, reported a bill authorizing a mail steamship service' between New Orleans and' certain' Mexican jibrts.

An objection was made by Randall to tb effect that the bill required an appro priation, a'nd the bill was referred, to the Committee of the Whole. Tbe Chicago Relief bill was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. The House considered the Army Ap -propriation bill. The bill involves twenty nine and a half millings of dollars. The resignation of Joseph Belknap, Supervising steamboat Inspector, has been accepted.

Butts, convicted for lascivious was sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars, or six mouths imprisonment. Other charges are still pending. New York, March 21. The trial of Mayor Hall in the Common Pleas court terminated, aDd the remaining eleven jurors were discharged. This course was necessitated by Recorder Hackett deciding yesterday that the court held by him (Hackett) was regular, thus making the court held by Daly, before which Mayor Hall was being tried, as illegal or unconstitutional.

This ends the fatuous November term. Washington, March 21 The Supreme Court to-day. in the Kuklux case, number 518, the United States vs. Avery and others, on a certificate of division from the Circuit Court for South Carolina, the motion to dismiss, made by the Government in this case, was now granted, the Chief Justice announcing that the case of the United States vs. Rosenberg, in the judgment ot tbe Court, controls this.

The motion to quash was clearly determined as a matter ot discretion, it was preliminary in its character; and the denial of it could not finally decide any'right of the defendant. When such a motion is made by a defendant, it is usually refused, unless iu the clearest cases, and tho grounds of it, it available, may be used on demurrer of motion in arrest of judgment. It is established, therefore, that the motion to quash falls within this principle, which excludes all matters of discretion from the jurisdiction. To review the case, cunuot probably come to' this court, on a writ of error, to final judgment under abous two years. But a writ of habeas corput having been issued for the relief of the prisoners, aud their discharge beiug denied, that judgment has been brought here for review, and the case so pre sented will involve the constitutional question whose hearing is deferred by this decision.

It is expected that a motion will be'made bo-morrow to set a day for the argument. Cincinnati, March 21 The eastern train due Fort Wayne at 3 oclock this hiorcing. ran v-ft the track. Four cars including one sleeping, were burned. Tbe express matter, baggage, and part of the mail, were also burned.

Lootsville, March 21. Tne steamer Charmer sunk on the frails. '1 be cargo includes 400 barrel fl ur. Baltimore, March 21. The case of Colonel Stanton is postponed to AI.AU MIA NEWS.

Montgomery City Council has issued an. edict against the uocturnal wander iugs of quadrupeds. A runaway horse whs stopped in his mad career in Montgomery the other day by the reins becoming intaugled in the wheels, thus bringing him up The board of Trade of Montgomery at an early day, memorialize Con: gres to make that city a port 1 entry. Rev. Dr.

Barker, of Greenville, a few Sabbaths a sermon on the press. At the next meeting of the Montgomery Board of Trade, on the first Monday in April, subscriptions will be made to the capital stock ot the Montgomery county rail oad company. Tne Neville Minstrel troupe is a Mont gomery production. A correspondent of the Shelby Guid writing trom Wilsonville says There is a growing evil in onr county and it is getting a little worse every year, I mean per-so ns interfereing with negroes by taking them from those who have contracts with them, by offering an advance of wages. This has been done in several instances in this neighborhood.

Mr. J. F. McLaughlin has taken charge of the ale school at Mohtevallo. Columbiana was visited by Jack Frost, on the 19ch.

The right of confirqiatian was administered to fourteen persons, on Sunday last, in St. Johns Episcopal Church, Mobile, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Wilmer. The Memorial Monumental Society, of Mobile, will give au amutenr concert at' no distant day.

Mobile Firemen are making preparations for tbeir annual festival, to be celebrated April 9th. The recent heavy rains caused a rise iu the Bigbee river of twelve feet in e'ghteen hours. The Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society will celebrate its 23d anniversary on tbe 25th by a grand calico and bed masque. Tne shops of the Western railroad, at Montgomery one box car daily, besides repairing the ordinary roiling stock of the road. The shops have just turned out a passenger coach that excels iu workmanship any work of the kind of toreign manufacture.

A tew days ago a man carried a challenge to mortal combat to a Jacksonville brewer, who, as soon as he read the message, turned to and whipped the bearer in a rough and tumble fight, and said I blief some of dem fellers wants to make droubles mit me. Talladega rejoices iu the possession of a dollar store. 1 lie heirs ot the late Major Isbell, of Talladega, have received ten thousand, dollars, the amount of an insurance policy on the life of the deceased. A Turf Congress is to be held in Mobile next month. Jesse W.

Wells and Miss NanaieHuff, were married near Marion on the 19th. Dr. Allie Lockett has returned to Marion from New Orleans, where he graduated as a physician. Mr. A P.

Hinton, of Texas, ia visiting his friends in Marion. The Silver Cornet Band of Marion, as-sisted by the ladies, will give a concert on the 2 I of April. Marion pi ssesses a very best musical talent of the South. Howard College, Marion, has oneTiun-dred and thirty pnpjls. Col.

Mnrfree has ordered gray uniforms for them, which are expected daily. A passenger on the Mobile abd Ohio Railroad, by the name of Andrew J. Simpson, attempted suicide by catting his throat. He said that a number of persons were after him, who wanted to lynch him for killing a man up the country, and robbing him of $250. He admits the killing, but denies the robbery.

He is thought to be crazy. The Register says the ball of Teutonic Ledge No. 68, I. O. O.

of Mobile, on Monday evening was a brilliant affair. the election tor municipal officers of Talladega takes lace April 2d. A correspondent of the Talladega VYatchtower, writing from Fayetteville, says I tear from what I can learn ihat the amount of cotton planted this year in this section will be fully as mucb, if not more than last year, notwithstanding we are buying large quantities Before gold mines, oil wells and diamond fl Ids hod dAwLqwd their attractions aud practicalities for the adventurous spirits of this country, the lur trflfle.qf the far Northwest enlisted the energies of numerous speculative characters, Among whom were two young men et St. Louts, who, from having becom-p I ay mates from boyhood aud inseparable friends pt college, because partners in a sebethe of Indian trading lot 'the richer spoils ot the hunt. Both were orphans the nearest living relative possessed by either was a sister to tho elder of the two and there were con seqnently no domestic ties to keep them buck from the wilds or limit tlieir absence thither.

Ascending tire Missouri river to the appointed trading grounds, they euteied upon tlu conjoint adventure in the true, allf. absorbed energy of success, and, frorq rite first month, prospered beyond all tbeir expectations and reaped profits proportionate to earij wealth. In little more than two years, indeed, the brotbeily firm were rieg enough to have gone back to civ iza-tion and lived at ease for theremamd 1 their live; but, as already old, they had no social exigencies to call them ack, and, having contracted a fondness or their new occupation, they stayed 011 and on indefinitely. Once ye-r, however, they repaired to St. Louis to sen r.heir furs, and divide and invest tfii-profits aud upon one of these occasions fie sister before mentioned persuaded ner brother to take her back with trim 0 ttie wildern- ss, that she might ob-ei ve tor OeTsell tlm many wonders Iu id often' descrioed.

Thus, dur ntt rio eustiing'yeiMy tiw ruehp of the friend a 1 the oead waters of ttie YlisSour Wji aced by the presence of an ameteui huntress, wfip, when the time came for her to return home, was reluctant to leave, and doubly so because her brother chanced to have a sickne which pre-V' nted bis departure with berBelf and his partner On the 'Usual annual business trip, to thg, city. trip must be made, however, 'and-it vfbuld.be her only opportunity of going for a year so, with what fortitude was available under the circumstances, she bade the invalid a loving goodby, home in tin care of the younger member of the firm. Left to or with the care of Indians only, the sick man piued until partners return with an unusually ft rge dividend, and an account of the young lady's sate arriv.l in St, Louis, gave him energy to combat aud conquer the fever of which lie Was the victim. Thenceforth the fiitinls traded and trapped before for several months, at the end of which time a midwinter letter from the city to the cider of the meu almost killed him with the dreadful news that his sister had become a maniac, aud that it was his life long friend who had made her such. ft was another friend who wrote, and the words were few but to the point.

The brother happened to be alone when reading them, and was thus able to master his first furious impulse for immediate signal revenge upon the traitor, and subdue his frenzied feelings to the cooler deliberation of a scheme for retribution as perilous as tho offence had been. When bis partner came in he explained lie pallor ofliis countenance by pretending a temporary faintness, aud resumed his daily pursuits as though the message Irom home had been the roost ordinary ot inclosures. His treacherous friend must die; but iu dying he must be compelled to endure agonies as lingering as those he had inflicted and while the Sell-appointed miuister of justice fol lowed nis usual avocation, he planned the revenge that should be worthy the wrong. When the Dext stock of furs were pacaea for the trunsporiatiod down the river, the aveDger made some excuse for a brief visit to Fort Benton, wheie lie procured of a lawyer tbe exe cation of a will, leaving the testators name, in blank. Then returning to tbe ranche, he proposed that instead ot going down the river for their market, this time, they should go overland together on horseback to Fort Kearney, intercept the boats with their stock where the river Plutte empties into the Missouri, aud take the furs up to the for mer stream to Fort Laramie, where they could establish a kind of entrepot of their business to probable great advan tage.

The idea seemed so plausible to tbe younger man that he approved it without hesitation, and started immediately with the projector on the overland jbnrney, accompanied only by a pack-mule bearing provisions for the way ('raveling many Gays iu this style tin one whotiy unsuspicious ot theoilnrs dark purpi'Se the two men fiually leached (lie bunks of the Platte, down wfiicu they followed the overland trail to a place called Bernards ranche, 011 the in rth (oik of tfie stream, near tiie Chiiuuey Rock, and between Jules-burg and Fort Laramie. Here they paused to rest, and here, in a deep canon, walled by lolly rocks, and lonely in im memorial, gloomy solitude, the doomed man was ruaded to tHke 11 uono-day sleep, from winch tfie waking was 10 be mure terrible tliuo the most guilty dream. Digged by liquor which tbe other had given him in seeming convivial banter before he slept, the -(loomed traitor awoke to find himself chained, band, toot and nco, to a great rocjcj while before bim, with eves aflame with rage, stood the brother who had waitecr.ao long and patiently for this atonement. At first, relates a Western correspondent of the Ptiila delphia Press, repeating the story, the bound wretch thought it was some rough joke pract cing upon his courage, and returned the glare of bis partners eyes with a ghastly smile but when that pamuer produced from his pocket the midwinter letter, and read it deliberately, word by word, to the hollow echoes ot tbe gloomy canon, tbe smile disappeared in a look of deaths despair. He confessed all and asked to be shot, bat the brother bad another fae in tive.

It is true we can make them same facility that -wu can obtain lager beer kegs, but with all this facility the rebel generals were acquainted dur ing the war, yet it did not prove such, an effective weapon iu their hands afrit i argued it would be in ours. in the event of war. with Great Britain, It ia said teat we have fortifications strong enough, both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Ijut we lack the heavy ordnance, especially the nfled guns. In the report of the Chief of Urfluance tor 1871 tpst officer said In January, 1867, a board, compose I of artilleryWengiueer and orduauce bffi cera, Was appointed by the Secretary ot War to fix the earn ament for the fortifi cations. The board anauimonsly reported that 80S smooth-bore tjuns (20 iiiptf, 15-inch and i 810 nfles guns (10 inch and 12-ihcb and 300 mortars (13 inch aud 15-iucb), would be.

required in addition to tbe guns which were then on hand, and recommended the procure meat, from time to time. The report was approved by ihe'Secretary of War ad interim. Of the guns recommended by the board there were in' hand at that, time one twenty-inch sinoorii bore, 295 fifteen-inch smooth bores, fift-nine thirteen-inch mortars, and sme that time abont twenty-five fifteen-inch guns Lave been procured by this department, making the number about three hundred and twenty. There are noseacoat nflegutis of the calibres recommended by (Inboard ou hand, aud witii iiiy pieseiit knowledge I am unwilling to recommend the purchase of any rifle guns of the calibres recommended by Cue board for the armament of the torrifica tions. It is of the highest i tri port mice that we should have heavy iifl cutis ior the fortifications, and it ciu only be determined by actud experiment liw in what manner aud of wliat material riiey shall -be made.

The whole subject is much canvassed in official -cireles, and much ini. re-t manifested in making some preparation against the coming danger. From the Lo otsvnle Courier-J jnrnal. Xbe tinlghts or (yihias. AN INTERESTING filSTOKY OF A VIGOROUS YOUNG ORDER.

As recently as Fehruary 19. 1864, tb first Lodge of the Knights off Pythias was organized in Washington City, it originator being a worthy Justice the Peace named J. T. K. Plant.

Its progress was for several years rather Out new lodges 'were instituted from time to time, and. tin April, 1868, delegates in a provisional assemblage formed a Supreme Lodge, which met for the first time on August 11, 1868, and became fully organized by the adoption of a constitution and by-laws and the election of grand officers. So remarkable has been the progress of the order since that in less than four, years it has very nearly one hundred and thirty thousand members, with grand Lodges in thir'y-one States, and a rapid growth of the organization in foreign lands. The whole order is controlled by tile Supreme Lodge of the World, which lias establishe I branches of the organization or has under consideration applications for such establishment in Canada Sandwich Islands, Germany, Italy, Spain. England and Austria.

Tin- session of the Supr-eme Lodge will be held at Baltimore, in April, 1872. The order has already a number of respectable newspapir organs. The principal of these is thS Sprig of Myrtle, published in Washington cify by C. M. Barton, the grand scribe tiie Knights of Pythias journal, published iu Philadelphia by W.

Blancbois, and the Pyth ian Record, a Jueat and very interesting paper published in this city by J. VV. Nestor Co and of which James Mavity, has been editor si nee its comtnein erneut, eighteen months ago The supreme chancellor of the. order is Samuel Read, of Mount Hollv, New Jersey, who is now instituting lodges at Hamilton, Canada. He is a man of great ability and enegy, and the wonderful uro.vth ot the oriier is largely due to liis labors, Pei haps it is also iu some degree due to the peculiar etraTac'tbrls'-tics of I lie organization.

As in Odd Fellowship and other sys-tents, each lodge regulates the adrnis siou fee. which, however, can not be less than 10, and it also determines the dues, wli.eh can not be less on each member i an ten cents a week. Accord ing to tin amount of admission fee and weekly duefr the benefit that each member draws in case ot sickness or that goes to liia family in case of his death. In its general features this order is exceedingly like that bfthe Oda Fellows. They are alike devoted to charity End muiu aid.

The Knights of Pyth- ias seem to have in their orgauiziiti-m features that are exceedingly popular. The unparalleled rapidity of the growth ot Pythianism must be largely due t6 the 1 simplicity and beauty its work. Odd Fellowship has five regular and three degrees. Pythian ism is aii comprised in three regular de grees. The signs, grips and pass-words which are sometimes denominated the work, difhr in Pythi.

nism from that of Odd Fed. wsliip. but they have such common purposes and such general sirn llarity'-jtlii' probably it would be greatly advanta-rous to tbe member botii orders ii they could arrange to have a common oling sign of distress. The Kn ghts of Pythias are careful in the selec'K of their acces-ions. Tin give no ti veiling cards, hut have a Uni versal pass -word, emanating from the Supreme Council.

They expect to havr a ladies degyee, as a com mi i tee of the Supreme Lodge has been ordered to report the work for such deg re. At tin- time the Knights of Pythias in this working to get up a joint board lief for the benefit of distress ed biotin- s. The ogitts of Pythias have working or lodge dia aud their knightly uniform. I a i- former is furnished by each lodge. I.e latter is purchased liy each knight br, himself.

It is expected that at the next session jf the Supreme Lodge will be ordered that all Koghts of Pythias who take part in public pso-cessions ot the order, shall ar the knightly uniform, which is very elegant. Ot course those who do not choose to turn out on. such occasions need not be atthetxpense ot getting the knightly regalia. If this order, having its Supreme-Lodge in this country, advances as rapidly iu tbe old world as it Ii As in this, its influence in sustaining liberal thought in Europe must be immense hereafter. An explanation of the principles pf the order is tersely and eloquently given in the following, which may tie found printed in pamphlet form, and attached to the applications for membership in most of the large cities The order ot the Knights of Pythias is founded upon naught but the purest and sincerest motives.

Its aim is to alleviate the sufferings of a brother, succor the unfortunate, zealously watch at tbe bedside of tbe sick, soothe the pillow ot the flying, perform the last sad rite at the grave ot a brother, offering consolation to the afflicted, aud caring with all a brothers love, for the widow and orphan. No human institution is better calculated to promote the happiness and well being of man It invites to its lodges the sons of virtie, of love and of peace, that they may be connected by vows ot eternal amity in a holy alliance, and unite their best endeavors tor mutual and general advantage. It briDgs toi-getner men estranged from each otber by climate, language aud education, and teaches them that they are children of ooe Almighty Father; and that, there fore, they should love as brethren. It teaches no creed In religion But that of. upon and aCdotrntabvWty to One Eternal and Almighty God: It ita communion the good and Religion is the beat armor that a man can have but it is the worst cloak.

The first lesson iu housekeeping be ware of mortgages. Yesterday was a quiet day, With complaints of dullness from tbe leas popular business houses. A chap was offered a plate of macca-roni soup, but declined it, declaring that they couldnt play off any biled pipe stems on him. In the Mayors Court, yesterdlaj Jane Gee, one of the popular hue, was fined ten dollars lor assault and battery. Her opponent hawed and Jane Gee-d.

The ethereal mildness, mentioned by the poets, has arrived. The weather yesterday was made up of genial run-shine aud balmy zeyliyrs the latter were decidedly Marchy, however. Tbe Shelby Guide promises its readers a birds-eye of the early history of Columbiana, to be written by Rev. E. B.

Teague, the able pastor of the Baptist Chuiqh this city. The young men of Columbiana will a free entertainment at tbe Acad emy of Music, in that place to-uight. Ihe programme, of which we have had a glimpse, is a lively one, and as no admission fee is charged, the Academy, will be fully charged with fun. Succeaa 10 the amateurs. The cases ot H.

J. McCord nnd M. Miller will be brought for trial before the Criminal Court to-day. Henry Kug, negro, wus convicted of an ussaulc and battery in the Crimiu 1 Com yesterday and fined five dollars "ind costs. The order of the City Marshal in rev gard to the removal of branches of shade trees which overhang the sidewalks of the city, is, we believe, beiDg very gena erally heeded.

Fifty bales of cotton were sold is this market yesterday on a basis of 2l cents for middling, and 21 to21icento for low middling. There was a fair demand at quotations, but the light offerings restricted safes. At the last term of the Court of the County Commissioners, about one hundred nnd Revcnty-six road overseers, and aix.y apportioned, lior this county, were Appointed nil of whom have been notified of their appointment and tbeir commissions delivered to the Sheriff. We have been informed that a gentleman of this city, who has ample means at bis command, intends establishing a steam laundry in Selma at no distant day. Negotiations are now pending for the necessary machinery.

The official cotton statement Of this port, printed elsewhere, shows the total receipts to date to be 55,959 bales shipments 54,01.6 bales leaving tlis stock on hand 1,943 bales. Compared with last year, we are short in receipts 24,549 bales, and this ratio must of course increase to the end of the season. It is now, wc presume, apparent to all that the crop in this section at least, is very short. The train of the Seim a and Now Orleans Railroad, which has, fortnastely, been exempt from any serious accidents so far, was thrown from the track, a few miles beyond Orrville, on Wednesday last, considerably damaging one car, and tearing up a portion of the track. The damage liaa beon repaired, however, and the traiu came in on time yesterday.

A white boy, whose business it is to check baggage for an omnibus line in this city, laid himself down to gentle slumbers at Faunsdalo the other day, and awoke in time to see the returning train dimly in the distance ahead of him. Nothing daunted, he struck boldly out and walked twenty-two miles in tbe vain endeavor to overtake the retreating iron horse. Professional star gazers scoff at the idea of any danger from Professor Plantamours comet, due next Angnit. They affirm that, a collision between it and the earth would be like one between a bull and a locomotive, the comet gfrta ting the worst of it. How little it is to be feared is illustrated by the fact that in 1861 we passed directly through a comet, and nobody ever knew of it.

Now bring along your comets. Who cares 1 As a matter of course, it appears the tri weekly accident on the Helma nd Gulf railroad occurred on Tuesday night last. Through the carelesem ss of a switch-tender at Pine Apple, we learn the engine was thrown from the Hack and some part of its machinery damaged. The services ot a country blacksmith shop were called into requisition, to repair damages, which detained the train until! esterday evening. We publish this morning an article from the Louisville Courier Journal, giving an interesting history of the Kuights of Pythias.

Lodges of this order are magically springing up all over the country. Selma Advance Lodge No. 3, instituted in this city on the 14th of last November, with twelve charter members, now numbers over one hundred in its membership. As an evidence of its growing popularity, at each weekly meeting new names are enrolled, t.mong those of onr best citizens who constitute the lodge, and who are wedded to its tenets and principles, which inculcate friendship, benevolence and charity. Iu our rambles through the city we uotice in many places very defective stove pipes and flues some peeping through windows; some through the sides or end of a house, without tbe proper protection against fire.

The dry season is approaching when the danger will be increased, and while we can we should avert it by all proper means. There are places in the city where these pipes, thus exposed, exist, for which there is no excuse, aud if only the property of the owner were exposed it would Dot matter so much, but the property of others in the vicinity is endangered and should be protected. This matter should have the attention of the proper authority. A young man, of this city, an Israelite, who has heretofore enjoyed tbe respect of his own people, as well ss of other citizens; has so far forgotten propTiety and decency as to procar license for his legal intermarriage with a negressof this city. The license was obtained before the character pf the woman was known to the clerk iMulng it, but as yet the certificate required to be returned by the minister performing the marriage ceremony, lias not been received at tfie Probate Office, from which wo infer that the rites have Dever been celebrated.

The respectable portion of onr Hebrew citizens are unanimous in their condemnation ot this depraved coarse of one of tbeir faith, whose name we withhold, trusting be may yet rid nimself ot this stigma which he has cast upon tbe name of an Israelite. In answer to the many enquiries as to fh.o whereabouts of W. H. Smith, late Governor of Alabama, we will state that we learu from reliable authority that the ex-Governor the friend and patrou of tiro 8tantona, the advocates of railroad rings, is at present superintending the erection of a palitial reei-deuoe, to cost thousands of dollars, on the banks of the Niagara river, in the Western portion of tbe State oi New York. Smith was a poor man when elected Governor.

Now, one year after retiring irom office, he js. building a costly mansion- QuetS Was his salary as uiauatou. Hueiy 11 as uu 1, 7 has iu the world; and should tin Presidential race be narrowed down between him and some one of the Liberal Republicans, we shallsliave the par' dsans of the Administration pointing to Grants record and promises, and ask ing Democrats what motive they can have for preferring such a man as Trum bull, or Davis, or Graz Brown, or Charles Francis Adams, each ot whose record is more decisively Republican than Grants to the man who have-tug bis migoauimity in war, able, being in possessiou, to make ibeir support of him worth something to such Democrats as do not like tin-liberal movement. Nay, if such a contingency should come about, wu shad have Democrats themselves making this very argument and it is by no means unlikely that the Administration, with as bouDdleaa resources, may not be able to put a straw-ticket in the field repre-seating the claims and pretensions of those who are ready to' deolare, even now, that they prefer Grant to any other Radical. 'V "1 It is ever thus with shrewd and calculating conspiracy.

Its trustiest instruments, after the venal sou corrupt, are sure to be the extremists. All that is wanted is a case, no matter how 'specious, with which to divide the opposition. General amnesty, taken in tim furnishes a key to tbe campaign It will enable the Radicals to assume a liberalism they do not mean and have no claim to. It will enable them to compare. Graut, who, like most of the lutionists ot history, has kept his reedrd a sealed book, with the nominee of the Liberals, who is likely to a 'mao ot antecedents sufficiently pronounced.

It' the contest before us Were a question of antecedents, tbe meditated trick of the Administration would be as potent as it is cunning. But tbe Presidential canvass will not hinge upon personal or party antecedents. There cun not be a change of parties in this country without the abandonment by the people of every persuasion of many old prejudices growing out of conflicts iu which tome of us were on one side and tome of us on the other side. For that much our common intelligence prepares us. The issues which divided it- have passed away.

Slavery is gone, file negro question is no longer a national puzzle. Reconstruction is gradual disappearing, and its ruscals are cared lor by grand juries whose method of disposiiiou is almost as decisive aud vigorous as Frank Blairs. The point ot political division now relates to the lu ure conduct of the Government, and involves a selection ot plans, Dot a choice of records. If it were a choice of records, Geo Grant would certainly have an obvious advantage. He is as mild-mannered a man as ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat.

He is a man who pays his servants well and 'sticks to them. He is, in his own person, a more attractive man than Trumbull or Charles Francis Adams. Grant is au easy, stoical person, who will throw his leg carelessly over the arm of his chair, a id smoke his cigar with easy, colloquial tamiliarit.y Complacent, self-willed, silent geniality, is klways agreeable. There is much to be made out of him, and much iu him to attach bis intimates. There is nothing to be made out.

of Trumbull, or Adams, who are precise, cold and formal men, haviug antecedents of the most striking, and, as far as the South iS concerned, the most obnoxious kind. The reader will bear in mind that we are considering possibilities. Looking to our inclinations, we pit-fei not to have to make selection between Gram and the two statesmen named. We prefer, as a matter of sentiment, our own nominee and a square fight. But we are bound to consider, and to consider in advance, a possibility that may become an inevitability, and to give reasons beforehand why, if we are reduced tJ the choice, we shall oppose late aud early and all the time the re-election ot Gen.

Grant, amnesty or no amnesty, record or no record. We both tear and distrust General Grant. His social virtues do out weigh with us. His prospectus does not invite us. We believe him to be an able, cool and dangerous mau, who meditates the overthrow of our free system and who is backed in his designs by at leas one powerful agent in the person ot the senator from Indiana.

We believe that it he gets tour yearsmore to plot ia lie will find himself strong enough to secure a third election, and alter that the bad tendencies ot universal suffrage will have gone far enough to render easy a succession of plebiscites through the compelling force of the governmental patronage, the navy and the army. We believe that Gen eral Grant, aside from perverting the moral purpose of the country into channels essentially material and corrupt, is building up a personal, almost a domestic, oligarchy, which will grow more and more unsafe for the liberties of the people. In a word, d. nying all malignity of feeling toward Gen. Grant, we see tin coining struggle not a contest of men or antecedents, but a contest of ideas, and we shall attach ourselves to that idea which, being most consonant with otr republican institutions and the liberties we were brought up to cherish and protect, is most likely, as organized, to prevail against the martial armor with which the Radicals have equipped the balot-box.

The people ot Tennessee did hot believe Col. Stokes when be said he was the friend ot liberty. The people of Missouri did not believe Gov. Mcfilurg when he said he was a Liberal. In spite of antecedents they chose Senter and Gratz Brown, and, in like manner, the real liberals and reformers ot the Union will instinctively distrust the, tartly display ot magnanimity up to Whose out skirts the Radicals have sneaked by compulsion and not by their own voli-' tion.

General amnesty may be a clever device, But it i3 too late to make it a political power. To be really efficacious it should be sincere, and that it is not. Courier-Journal. The CisUssaii CoareatloB-L Aloae. The Cincinnati Convention, that is soon to assemble, will amount to noth', ing, as tar as the Democratic party is concerned, Aless it carries with it influence enough to divide the Radical vote in the Presidential election in November.

If such men as Schurz, Sumner, Greeley, of the Tribune Bowles, ot the Springfield Republican Dana, of the New York Sun, Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commercial, and other men of their way of thinking, have influence sufficient to create a division in the Radical vote, the Cincinnati Convention wilt be an exceedingly important one in shaping the future of Government; but it they have noc the influence to cause the division, the whole concern will 'be a mere fiasco, resulting in nothing. We hope that they have iufiuence enough to divide the radical vote; and if they only have discretion enough to elect candidates who are available, and who can unite the different elements of. opposition to Gen. Grant, then the defeat of the Philadelphia nominee is a cer-tain tv unless, perchance, the leaders oi the Radical party, seeing the division existing in their ranks, and realizing the Inevitable defeat of their Party to throw overboard their political Jonah Grant and harmonize by making the nominee of the Cincinnati Convention, the standard bearer ot the Radical Re publican party. Things, as strange as this have occurred, and, in our judgment, the desire of the leaders of the Ka ical jarty to hold to the keys of the 1 reasury, so great that when they realize fixed determination of Gteely, Sum Scliurz to defeat Grant for 'the Presidency they will, nuhesi tatingly we think, throw aside their professed personal pred lections for Graut, snd unite upon the winning man ot the Cincinnati Convention.

We have noticed a rumor that Sumner is to be the President of the Cincinnati Convention. We do not know that this will be, although the New York Tribune, usually well informed, announces the fact, upon 'unquestionable authority, but his presence, as a deleft at that Convention, aside from being its presiding officer, will be enough to settle the question, to the great importance pf, and weight to be attached to, the movement that has necessitated the Convention. His presence there will cause a chill of panic to pervade the Radical ranks. To see the jpeat Father of Radical Republicanism is attendance upon a Convention, as a delegate, and, perhaps, as the presiding officer, whose corner-stone is op position to tbe corruption and official demoralization ot the party in power, from Grant to the subaltern of tbe line, will indeed be a spectacle at ODCe startling and devoutly to be hoped tor. It is possible that the great Radical Republican from Massachusetts, may him he the nominee ot the Convention, joutd be be, and enter the contest, he Id certainly show up the ways sat are dark and tricks tt at are vain pi Grant with decided gusto aud lish, for he is atill tore on account of the, perpetrated upon him by Grant frfcMteyhen he was removed from the USuaSknahip of the Commit oi Relation.

Bumners influence is formidable. He without exception, tbe ablest man in ike Radical ranks in the Senate and tjts opposition to Grant will carry with' wa hope, influence enough to defeat i the Philadelphia Convention if to defeat him before the peo- i. 1st the Democracy stand calmly the movements and defec-enemy, ready to take ad-sf the slteation whenever onr say to the caarge. Let -ns tot the Cincinnati Couven-r-VoUrs, and while we hope 1 will result it, that i behoove us to sy who is ted by it of corn, esteru flour, hay, markets now. etc from the Tbe farmers seem blinded to their best interests, and- March 28tli.

Stanton gave $25,000 bail. ordered to assemble at the Azores next summer, and-, as an English, naval paper recently they are to be ready for contingencies in case tbe black cloud now rising in the West should assume greater proportions. The Engs lish' Naval Gazette gives a larger class of both iron clad and wooden vessels of light fraught fitting out iu England than ever before. What all these preparations and in spections mean is explained by a prominent naval officer, as only precautionary on the part of England, in the event of any misunderstanding between this country and Great" Britain growing oat of the claims lor consequential damages. It will be remembered, be said, that the inomrot the British Government learned the boarding of the Trent 'and the taking off ot Mason and Slidell until our Government apologized and des liveced up the rebel commissioners, there was ceaseless preparations lor war England never waits for an emergency Stie is always ready, and while diplo' matista are tendering professions of friendship and assurauces of dts tinguished consideration, the Admiralty Board is engaged in'a constant increase ot tbe naval strength and resources of tbe kingdom.

In case of war with this country the object of Great Britiau wouid be to enter our principal ports and bays which are not fortified, or which culd not be secured by chains, and protected by torpedoes. They would aim to obtain possession of the Mississippi river, following our example, iu this respect, during the rebellion. This they could do more easily thau we didas they are supplied with a class of iron -cl ads that can ascend from the mouth of the Mississippi to St. Louis and, Cincinnati such as the Penelope, Paios.Tavorite, Research. Enterprise, Scorpion, Wyvern, Viper, Vixen, Water Witch, Cerebus, and per haps the Glatton.

These vessels all nave heavy guns shielded with not less titan tour aud a half inches of iron plating, and draw not over fifteen feet of water. Besides these, tihere are from sixty to eighty light draught vessels, which coaid be brought to bear upon tbe forts of the Mississippi. There are also now in commission, all told, fiftyfour heavy jron-clads, carrying upwards of 220 guns, from seven-inch rifles up to the twenty-five ton guns carrying a 600-pound Most' of the vessels are capable of resisting a seven-inch ride shot one mile, and a large number of them would resist our fifteen-inch shots, at short range. nits, he said, will give yon some idea of the condition England is in to do us harm, not to mention our navy defences and their dilapidated condition, dbe may decline to abide by the Geneva Arbitration. In that event the only way she could cover such a doubtful position would be to pgyvoke war, iu tbe liope of recovering her warring prestige by alleging Jhat we had acted in an underhanded, in presenting our case with indirect damages in eluded.

You may rely upon it, the mission of Real Admiral Iuglefield is something more than can be d.scerned on the surface. The English government desire to have an officer to command the North station who can comprehend, the true' condition of affairs, and who would be so well informed that he could strike ns at the point where we are the weakest. There is nothing wrong in this if England anticipates difficulties with ns in the fntjire, for a nation has the right to avail herself all the means at her disposal to ascertain the weak points of a possible enemy. We do it ourselves, and wby not tbe naval attache of the British Legation Onr successes during the war ot the rebellion have tanght foreigners what they can do themselves for the points that were attacked by onr fleets and knocked to pieces have never been repaired, and those in the South a hi the most de plorable condition. "With a British fleet in possession of onr Southern coast and harbors, the Southern people sympathizing with them, which they are likely to do Jor soqie years te come, and our prin ciptl Northern bays and harbors in possession of heavy English iron-clads, we would occupy a mpst humiliating position.

Though we migh conquer in the ed, no man the possible cost of the war. The opinion of naval officers is en-dofsed by the army officers, especially by the officers of the Engineer Corps. Colonel Beuet, ot tbe Ordnance Bureau, in his testimony befpre the Senate Investigation Committee a few days ago Bald that the great wuut ofthe country way, not so much small arms, but the heavy ordpanoe to. ru.our fortifications, in wbch wp are ssdly deficient in the event of foreign vessels attempting to eater harbors. Wehsve not a gun Sht cao pierce eight inches of itou at a continue to plant cotton and bay corn and meat.

How can we expect anyB thing nut hard times! aa long as this regime lasts. Some of the generons and noble-hearteddadies ot are engaged in raising funds with which to purchase a bell for the Catholic Church in that city. No goods are allowed to be sold auction on the streets of Eufaula. The death of Mr. Richard Fox, Jan old and well-knqwn citizen ot south Choctaw, is announced.

in i under The fine church now construc-will be finished tion iu Bladon Springs, by the middl eof May. Mr. Somers, the Scotch gentleman who was recently shot by his bn gun, near Florence, is recovering. The Bladon Springs Herald says The rock of a steam mill on the plantation of Judge L. B.

Smith, near Desota vide, in this- county, berated a short time ago, while the mill was in rapid motion, and killed a white man and a negro. Several others made narrow escapes with their lives. a. store for his viotir by the rock he 1 ner starve to des the ill-fated man queatbing all hi girl, and the brot name as witness the terms Of eentor ot his par wrote letters say i ill of fever or tbe not recover these I ered by liis below the infuriated the man to do, and the end. Day by 'tjjj weaker and the br Coolly encamping to see bis part-1 tbe third day Abe deed be to tbe injured tiled a fictitious instrument, by was made ex-tate.

He then 'bad fallen very and if he did would be deliv-tner. All this compelled quietly awaited Plie partner grew er gloated over ing to him. the Aon. T. At.

Hendricks a Aire. At a recent Hebrew fair held at Indianapolis, a beautiful silver service was voted to the gentleman who should re ceive a majority of ballots as the most popular candidate for Governor. The ballottingresulted in the largest vote being cast for the Hon. T. A.

Hendricks. He declined to accept, stating that he was not a candidate for the office, bat finally gave it to the Hebrew congregation of that city. New York, March 24 The Veuezurla new Spanish Minister who arrive here last evening, is reported to have said thttt it is a mistake, to represent him as hostile to the United States, he having the kindest feeling, and is desirous of cultivating amiable ud peaceable relations with this couDtryr He believes ip clemency towards Cabans. He leaves for Washington in a few days. Eighteen cases and seven death of small tex are reported to-day.

Lawrence, March 22. The State Republican Colored Convention to day elected Delegates to the National Republican Convention which meets in New OileXns April 10th. A negro mau aud throe children were burned in their hunse. Two of the family escaped. Boston, March 22.

The House defeated the Female Suffrage hill by a vote of 77 to 136. Washington, Marcli 22. Senate. The Louisiana land titles bill went oyep till to-morrow. SccttV amendment admitting the importation of tea and coffee duty free, was passed by a vote of ay ea 35, nays IB.

Sherman, Chairman of the Finance said that he would suggest the retention of the duty on rtee and other articles. He regarded the question of repealing the duty on tea and coffee as now settled, and he advised the business men of the country to make their arrangements accordingly. House. A large number of private bills were passed, and District affairs occupied the rest of the day. The Supreme Court to day took up case No.

10, origiual ex parte T. Jeffer-sqd Green. This is one of the South Carolina cases, under the enforcement act of May, 1870. Messrs. Stauberry and Johnson Jailing to get he constitutionality the law before the Court iD ifie ease of Avery and others, upon cer-tifleate of division ia tespect to questions raised on motion to quash, petitioned for writ of habeas certiorari to bring up this case for reviiw, the Court below having refostd to disebage tbe petitioner on habeas corpus.

After some conversation between the Court aud counsel, the matter was taken under advisement, ipiie Appropriations Committee de-ated by a fie yote an appropriation of ffy'thousand dollars to enforce the civil fights regulations. 'the Pacific Railroad Committee agreed to report a supplemental South eru Pacific Railroad bill. It authorizes forty thousand dollars of bonds pey miie, aucLdirects that work commence immediately at the eastern terminus. his misery, often letter. 80, chained to the rock, suffering untold tortures qjf Ranger and tltrisf, and with the mocking cries of his exe -cutioner and the jjrotds of that letter ringing alternately in bis ears this mod A Large Ring.

Under the head of Robbers Running a State, tbe New York Sun ventilates Missouri Radical dealings with the cham of $3,200,000 held by Pennsylvania against the United States for expenses incuvr is the wai. Out of a million of lata collected np to Jane last, $291,0 6 91 had been gobbled by tbe ring, and of this the Sun says $100,000 went for the Foinoy influence and to secure the silence of the Philadelphia Press. to that the Admin-tap Br fresh keg of 1 bring to feeling hearts ure and grateful might, and doubtless under different circumstances, of events can ilnmle of dwindled to a on the ninth i-tormente. The is striking story, ptims emaciated tied bis journey lie gave oat that ile on bis way ouotains, and in livered the letters red, and tbe girl pans heir. Two tber was shot by died confessed liuuters vis-tlie skeleton, BiLxtill was iound tfivtienq he brother eru Prometheus, divine fire of fri skeleton jo bis fett day died in delir evenger, conclude after burying liis corpse in the sane to St.

Louis. Tlier his partner had die through the Rock proof of his a8serti The will was also became tbe dead years afterward the, Indians, and before what he had done ited the place and around. titAI the ebain by whi had, bqeu The' spot is and tiie til tiayafterday nee him ioalism every anc argue the Attorney Gi tbe accused by Reverdy Johnson far is ou the quest! the government movii merits are given, but they will -be argued. Koglaados the (ai Vive Jtear Admiral ngl, field Imspectiajff Oar ForiS aud Wa hington, Marcn 17, 1872. The Washington correspondent ot the New York Herald says The appointment ot Rear Admiral luglcfielri, of the' British navy; as attache of the British Legation at Washington until quite cited little attention iu offici but as it 13 now known that arrival in this country, six wi has been unusually active, grounds tor aying ave bjen direct under instruct ent.

The royal plate at Windsor, wbioh is kept in a tolerably-sized room and an adjoining closet, is valued at 1,750,000 sterling. There is one gold service formed by George to dine one hull dred and thirty guests. Some pieces were taken from the Spauuli Aruaada, some brought from India, Bunnab.China,. There are thirty dozen of plates which cost twenty-six guineas each plate. This is only a portion of the royal wealth of England, in this item of flomestic necessity.

In the tower of Londoii manner of gold salt cellars, drinking-1 spoons, which in value repre "onal milliou or 9. ards, while guns, at a distance of one jl. the English twelve-inch distance oi one mile, of ten sad; os the pres- of tlp fcitafe, sufficient to afford wsewkii dotted with tori war has but would crumb, or thirst. ftlro construction of such a princely habitation Certain railroad men could an-wer the query, no doubt. No Southern nominations made not to-day, enpot not give Its no use, when a mau feel to console hm by saying: Ev has his skeleton, because in bis i flfeal case 3 thinks himself the li tativtibf a whole anatomic! mnaeai.