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i/CA i vfi .Mini »s<t* •S nitoOTo-iq bodrildvq ■i li IbMrnoO tiU lo sai Xftmpr. WJH YJ 8**131 \ I ATLANTA, G] )AY, JUNE 28, 1871. We deem it eminently wise in the Executive Committee of the State Ag ricultural Society to send ao able a mao as lion. Samuel Barnett abroad throughout the State to preach the guqwl of a life agriculture to the rapidly awakening people. Mr. Bar nett U profoundly iearned in the art of iMj^ the earth produce ita fot- neeato the fatleot poaeible extent He i«»ot an impracticable theorist, but oat Who haa gathered his lore from a long and.ucoea.ful xperienee upon a Georgia farm. He is a plain man. talk* plain, homy-a*ted, farm intelligence' to hi. audianoee, un<l is ! doing M immenm amount of good through hi. mimionary work. The following are the order* under whkh hei.acting: Oma Oa.St.tx Aobicultukal Soc’ty, \ Mritt Oa, June, 8, 1871. 7b At Farmert of Geurqia . —The Ex eototveCcnunittae o! the Bute Agrlcul tur* Sochi,, and < * Aha Agricultural Con vention, iraproreod with the importanoe of the srtabfodnaem of active, influen turi and working Agricultural Globe in Swftw&i nd jaeighborhoods to onr material rmolved to "end a special Com- . .of high infedligenes, aharanter, influence and experience, to as many “■*' "** * argetbe peo- form Clubs, and thus oo- pjT Brest work of ’•meat. t oUoa. they select lett, of Washington, ity, wbolss native Georgian, • WOessfUl planter, familiar to an Unoommon degree with the whole range of agricultural sub- jeeta, sad a dear, read, and instructive sge^Mvwjri^ tan already entered upon his duties, and has done mat of good towards the prae- fur. ' ml fulfillment of his mission l earnest!, recommend the farmers of your coant, to rive tlii-ir hearty oo-oper- ation to obtain the unselfish object of the Hociet,, and exert themselves to seonre a full attendance at the time Mr. Barnett slay propose to address ,ou on the gen eral subject of agriculture. The people willbetagriy benefited by listening to hia jndicions connsel, aud by adopting practical suggestions wieh he will r. A. H. CoLUQrrr. State Aricultural Society. Data. W, Lewis, Secretary. ^PeriDDtm ft 10 Six Mouth* 4 OW Three Month* f 04 The French War Indemnity. Out) Mouth 14 WEEKLY PKK ANNUM Singl* Copy Thru* Gopira.... ?5w t7 •• IIY. sari* ftpi«* A New York Herald Berlin cable dispatch of the if 3d say* : Prince Bismarck has addressed an im- to the Freucli govern immediate payment of the irst hntalment of the war indemnit,, asoerdtag to the terms of the tres- mse, is tribe Thre* T*n “ Twenty " Fifty No *utMc*tptlou*, to the Weekly, shorter period then six month*. All Mfescrtptimi* must be peld for In and *U name* will be atrloken from oar b< the Mme paid for expire*. .... f 4U ....18 0 ....17 IS toe re-establishment of i the French government i Mm*Bismarck, ini Terms of Advertising. TTBr 1 WEBS* • WKUU 1 Mown. 11 00 Sti 10 oo agrawd w oo wLtjn, paid thirty days after the authority of in Paris. his note to M. Jnlaa Fane, holds that the forces of the Fraoafc government entered Paris on May 41; that the eit, was reocenpied and ttoanthorityof the government virtual ly re-estahlishn) on Ma, 24, when nearl, A the tasnrgents had been kiUed, taken crisoaeo or had surrendered to Marshal MsrMahon, and that the first instalment of 6001006,000 franca is therefore striotl, doe on June 24. By an arrangement between Prince Bistnasck and M. Thiers, it had been 135,000,000 frames out of the first instalment should be paid at an ear- Her period than that ft: ASmWMMWilath. Lore Ooiims oreSte with ——- |-j — 11 r-* *“ —*~ — «~*** h fixed by the treat, ol peace, Prince Bismarck accepting this m in French bank notes, on condition that the remainder of the first instalment and in addition to it 126,000,000, to be deducted from the second instalment, should be prid fat gold or its equivalent thirty days after tbs reooenpation of Par is, as stipulated by the treat, of peace. In compliance with this arrangement aSnrtMBtet. aiider lb. .one ‘rid 0MU4JforlM.«na»lteaoM wok. wlllb»cSte»te Frame paid 40,000,000 francs on May ia MT UnrtumuS, uMpt/or te»l»H«l>WI Site- [MM Scans, In (hi. dir. sunt b. vdd (nr is ad- Koiteadloa win b. nwtaonth. ten* ten I 1 writer. Mtnt-Mintul dr jmetf wlvteliMiumla Arrival, ate Orpartwre. or Train, t# ssi fnttm AU**U. S ASIdUHSC <OB STATS) SAIUK>A». r Tratu knives 1:4* E m r Train lravra 10:10 p. m p Train srriYra I: -1 ® 9- m * Train t«*ve* «:1» *. n> ('ArUrerill* Aooommodstiou arrives 1:10 a. at •CarteravUla Acoommodattoa leaves *M> 9 m i (ACSUSTA) RAILROAD. (if* Day Train am Sunday.) , mger Train arrive* 4:40 a. SB ht Paesengar Train leave* P- “ 1 Tamouc* Train arrive* P* “ Train leave* . 36, mother 40,000,000 on Jane 1, am 46,000,006 ow Jana 1A-126,000,000—in French bank notes. Remaining due on Majr 24, 600,000,000 francs, payable in The French government has offered its rn bank notes in payment of this sum sbo.whwh^offcrPrlDoe Bismarck pern M. Thiers then requested another de ls,, saying that the funds were needed for the relief of Ptris and to oarr, on the government, and that the sum for the payment of the first instalment oould, just now, only be obtained on ruinous In reply, Prince Bismarck says that the imperial government will grant no further delay, and bints that forced re quisition, and dangerous eonsequenoee will ensue if the money does not come forward. Growling at Akerman. &AILTOAD. Train anrlvas as# . 14:00 p. Train laavs* ? *P m Train srrivas Jdi^ni train Iravra “ Night I Train Uav** S:tf p. m Train *rrttaa |«0p. J Day Phsaangcr Train, taavsn. ATLANTA AMD SK EMOMD AD-UES BAILSOAD. R«guW PB***ngar Tnt n irrivas 4 40 p KfiguMr “ r Train lsavsn.. St. Uak, Mtmshla Wa ChattBBOMgB Oraat Throagh Ltw Chattanooga Main Mas**—940 a.m. and 4 A4 p4»- IVaalkvIll* arrtvas.. .*.-00 Maraphl* train Mavra 440 „ _ arrivsn 0:00 p.m. and «4f a.a*. *.m. aud t.OO Em.and440p^a. arrtvs 9:40 ».m. Wester* Ksilrsst of AlskUHS LZ.VZ Moaraotamr tjjA.ll Saw 5 ’": mq mJE? ARim AT MONTOOMEBY.. tf# ARRITE AT .COLUMBDH 4:11 ” The Radical* are in a growling mood of late, and even their own men do not escape. The Wasliington cot- reapondent of the Cincinnati Chroni- de growl* at Akerman a* follows:— “ When the President ordered the Secretary to issue instructions to the Department commander* to assist the oivu authorities in the Southern State. in patting down Ku-Klux or like disturbances, it wa# expected that jattractions would also be sent to the United States District Attorneys aud Matthala The Attorney Gener.il de ferred this till sneh time as, in his opinion, the condition of affair* would warrant it. Mr. Akerman i* a Geor gian, and think* he knows best how to deal with the people of that section of the oountry, and docs not believe in precipitating matters. Conse quently no instructions of anv kind h«r» been irined, any more than if thwaojr for the suppression of alleged efitragta fad never passed. Bess. * Algeria BaHreali »AT NSMMM IBAU D U.T. Lrav* AagasiB *4 U « 1 The WeeMngton correspondent of the Baltimore Svn of the 23d writes: vHwi.au wa. Hina IteteWOT ltetes tetejS. A is.. wttlMte tete ■■■■*!■ mea- \Sii Soateteteaite.il waa wwa. ante Wte. *«* si — The testimony before the Ku-KlnX Committee during this week has been On the who)p ^Lreaeto those who are chargihjt’tne existence and outrages ef mob an of^asdnation. The testi- moay eeoH w he running so much the other way that ft i» unite probe- •” n,d ' Terrible Calamity. From the Gainesville A T ew Era we take the following details of the ter rible calamity at Lake Orange, to which allnsion was made a few dan ago: Ou Friday of lari week, the 16th in stant, one of the most terrible calami tire anil melancholy events we have ever ‘ called opou to chronicle, Lake, nix miles sooth of Orange opy. We have gathare* the following facta concerning the aul aad mournful event On Friday a Sabbath School fee- tival waa given at Orange lake, a large number of ladim, gentlemen aud child ren from Mioanopy and vicinity being ia attendance. During the day, tad whilst the remainder of ou ahore enjoying Indian, gentlemen children, about forty in number, went aboard of a am all sloop for the purpose of taking a nail upon upon the lake. — Boon after embarking, sad whin A con- aiderable distance from shore, s sudden pnff of wind from an unexpected quarter, something of frequent ooeorvenoe ea our inland lakea, upaet the sloop, end the tep of the mart beeaaa fastened in the bottom. All of the passengers were pre cipitated without s moment’s warning into the water, and six of the number drowned. Nearly all of the grown per- sous were Resisted to the uaea of the boat, the child rea placed ia their charge as rapidly ua they could be rescued, and there the little innocents clung, some to the ladies and others to the boat The young men labored with a heroiaia and oourage alm-«t unparalleled. By their ooolneaa and preeenoe of mind they suc ceeded in rescuing all save six from a watery grave. The great Vpndrt Is ’that so many who were unable to swim, were saved. The names of the persons drowned are: Mrs. L. Montgomery, daughter of our esteemed fellow-citizen, John Fleming, Esq., of Waoahoota, who wee one of the most excellent ladies we ever knew. Poa- Bessod of all those Christian virtues and graces, blended as they were with aq am table and kindly disposition which eh deared her to all, her sad, her melan TK4 nock IsUad Mrtt The New York TrUntne ef Ate 22d, ha. the following m reference to the Rock Island panic, which created sufjl a tornado in "Wall street: On the The prineipaleoncerned in.itfWtiod- allegnd to have delibesata- ward) was i ly plundered the street of from'1500.- *1,000,000, and in doing So to liava reuiorsely broken down a dozen or more smaller ffw* dependent up on him. He was pronounced a cofaf fidence man of tha first magnitude- pet of brokers to run up tht> stock to prioes Thtoh—l#s when Kpeyew was bidthng 160 for gold on Bluet Friday —were never intended to he arid, other brokers JTere rapidly selling for the cliqiu to lima fide buy’erp, making markable, it actuotlf a dune of ‘heads I win. elected s tails yon lose?, Tlie pool paid out nothiogj.but teceived large same, in possession,of which the uierahers of It failed.’, « a . “An incident; of the afljgli was de- velcmed yesterdrir whiah seems to il lustrate very folly the tactics uf the pooh A broker had borrowed fire nuulredriiareaof Rock Island stock frofh on# of Woodward’s ’men, and Titswlayafternoon was [>eremptorilv require* to deposit n large oinouut of money to meet the fictitious rise in thS price, caused by the pool. He gold tbestoA at an early hour on Wed nesday. then demanded the return of the Amount put up as margin, but waptoldj ‘We have failed.’ Ho brought a ofltocr puif, and yesterday a Sheriff’s otfloer went to t^e safe deposit vaults under the Stock Exchange building, to seize oholy death is deeply regretted by a large ‘ ‘ ' ’ Id their affliotive au- oircle of friends, guish and deep grief, the sympathies of the entire community ore with her be reaved husband and family. * Mias Ella Wineooff, daughter of Hr Jacob Winecoff, an old and highly re spected citizen of Mioanopy. This yonqg lady was beloved by all who knew bar-- Affectionate and dutiful as a child, loving and amiable aa a sister aud companion, her spirit has soared above without a apot or blemish. Miss Maggie Simonton, daughter of Mr. James A. Simonton, likewise of canopy, an intelligent and ^oung lady, whose qualities,of head i had won for her the friendship of a large tives and friends, who are at her sad and untimely fate. Little Ida Hhnford, • charming and most promising little most promising little Mr. Wm. J. Hlmford. • pyasa , and a great favi*. pet of the household, ite with all who knew bet. Johnny Simonton, an sprightly lad, son of Mr. John H. ton, of Mioanopy, whose genial and kind disposition endeared fail family and friends. A colored man named Bowen, in employ of Captain B, W. Pow.ll, was likewise drowned. i to his wmB The lyqshington correspondent of Lowe*, w “ the Cincinnati Chronicle sjieoks as Several of the survivors were reacued follows about the unpleasantness be- in a critical condition, batata now 6oh-; tween Boutwell and Delano : Since valeaoeni On Saturday night and Sunday morn ing the bodies were interred. On Sab bath, in hearing of a large and mournful congregation, Rev, W. J. MoCormick, thebeloved pastor of the Presbyterian Church, delivered a most expekeiri ser-. mon, which bronght of sorrow berof the of sorrow to many eyes, A goodly num- citizens of GaineteRle visited Mioanopy to aaaist in ^erforyipg^ jhq, last Had rites over the an This is a most appalling catamite, tha. i hope never again to like of which we have to record. Six persons enraged a pleasure exonrsion, lannobed almost in the twinkling of an eye, from time into eternity. The ways of providenos are indeed mysterious In the enjoyment of health, in the midst of plstelte’ tad innocent happiness, onr nnfortun friends, without notloo and with least expectat on or thought; ushered to the presenoe of the nest I *M- Micanopy is phiuged in gnef. The poignant sorrow of the kindredxn^ rel atives of the deoeaaed in thus and unexpectedly being daughter and son, is beyoni If drop and heart piercing avail aught in giving solace « to the bereaved and afflicted comfort ioted families, it is theirs. Never, on any oooaaion, have our citizens felt and experienced more and deeper sympathy than waa dfine, upon hearing of this sad, this terrible ca lamity. Since writing the above we have re ceived the following letter from Rev, Mr. McCormick, which we take a melanoholy pleasure in laying before onr readers: Micanopy, Jane 16,1871. Mb. Epitob—Dzab Bib: Amid the tears, lamentations and bereaveamrts of my dear, stricken people here, I drop these lines to yon that yon may be in formed of their sad estate. At our Sab bath School Festival yesterday, the young people conoluded to take a aail after din ner, on Orange Lake, in a large boat— They had gotten about three miles from us when a sudden gust of wind filled the sails, careened and oapmsed b*r.vjB*ne thirty odd souls were on board, and all instantly and unexpectedly precipitated into the water. The young men behaved with great ooolneaa, and after almost herculean la-. I bore saved all but six persona -Boris 1 were sent out to their smjitegfs. On their return we found that Dr. Lucius Montgomery’s wife, daughter of Mr. John Fleming, whs drowued. Her little sister, Ida wa» rescued, but is iu s very critical condition. Miss BU* Wioeeoff, Maggie Simonton, little Ida Shuford aigVj 1 little Johnny Simonton were also drown ed. A colored men too we. Met. Ji ' King’s three boys xnd my others, were rescued. O, ,1 It ta one of those soma*.- that need only to bo witnemod to bo forever membared.. .1 .1. .M of others' eorrowe. ' “ thise with the Job Printing done et Tta 8u* dttpa i»5J<he box owned by the bat the box was fonnd , The viotWn l'd the bunk m-eoont* of (to be empty. The victim thru attach- * roe s slipjien broker, oun^mtulatiug himself, mean while, that he was first in the field, and Imd still a fair prospect of recov- ^rifr^’tW'amount or which lie claim ed to-have been robbed. Many simi lar oasej are preeumud to have occurl taffr jjrowliig rmt of thCTWbl system A Bsm Mew Dhsevtlf, Scarcely a day passes in which some new discovery does not reveal some unsuspected Amt relative to the won- derftil ball upon which we live. The New York Tribune meulione the latest of all these: Home clever unknown In England, catching an ides from “Skttahmd,* bas demptorista, preach, with the devil and b» aagcla, bnt with a rate srilod the Vril-JH, among whom civilization has reached ita highest limit. Each rise a stick about with him, which i* a cteitwnriion of heat, Hght( etaehMte, sad mitei item, by resaws of riiinh be ■oeompOshea by a touch all wash, tori- oualy wrought ont here by machinery. The government to the tribe, among ■ 'iasoiores landed is emrn re “This singular eammate^y single anpreme magistrate Styled Tur; he held hia offloe nominriiy for life, but he ooold seldom be iadaced to retain it after tha Ant approach of pld age. There was indeed in this society nothing to induoe any of ita mem bsm to oovet the a ceres of offloe. No lionom, no insignia of higher rank, were assigned to it. The supreme magistrate was not distinguished burn the seat by superior ~h> being no habitation or revenue. There apprehensions of war, there were no ar mies to maintain; being no government of force, there was no police to appoint aud direct. What we call crime, was nt- u to the terly unknown I Vril-va; aud there were no courts of criminal j'nrtio^ vrtl-ya; i ■datSm There are do tawjera in this blhrial state, aU taws being promulgated under the formula “It is requested not to do gq end ao.” The women share in the her eez here, and also muscles than the men. which fair. This people ere Superior beauty of 1 have huger wuaoles hardly seems fai shortly, it appears to make their way above ground throagh land-slide earthquakes, and we are heartily glad to hear it, although one own lest civilized raoe will disappear before them as the Indians before the whites. Wonderful hagocity of a Dog. The Portland (Me.) Tree* says:— “The following story, strange as it may appear, is vouched for by several of buy buying on credit upd exacting cash on sales. rSSStsmSSKTs: appeal* to be-quite seriously proposed to make a thorough Investigation in to the ‘fetaeeyoer,’ and hold to a strict account those found to have been concerned in tlie swindle.— Woodward * to. towA#ed, un der similar circumstances, four times during the last five or six years.” 'One says: “If the mency market Jiad happened to be tight this time, the oresh would have swept half Wall street. It ifinfftBe made actionable to plav games of this sort, and the The Clifford ^Thompson Affair. Clifford Thomson resigned the posi tion of Chief of Supervisors and De tectives in the Internal Revenue Bu reau on account of using the secrets *f Pleasonton's office for stock jobbing matters, it is alleged that the Coin- misuoner himself .was more or less hfrolved in Thomson’s plans. It is known that there has been for some time a positive disagreement between Boutwellund Pleasonton, so that the latter never communioate. with the Seoretary on business except by letter. Now this means has stopped, and Pleasonton intends managing hi* bureau independent of the head of the Treasury Department, and with out. asking liis approval or consent iu aui matter, hoping tliat the President trill sustain him. Yesterday he *waid*d one of the most important contracts to the Hudson Paper Mills, fof furnishing the new paper for ~ i., '. .j* ' printing beer, distilled spirits, cigar, tobacco, snuit and oil othi except adhesive stamps. tary alone lias the right ier stamps, The Secre- Witnesses whose testimony is nnim- |>eaclmhle. A short time a ago a fe male Newfoundland dog was in the habit of coming to the house of a la dy in this city, who would throw to it pieces of cold meat, which the dog would eat, and, having satisfied its hunger, go away again. 8o confirmed did this habit become, that at a cer tain hour daily the lady would expect the dog, aud the animal would putiu an appeoranoe. A few days ago, be fore feeding her, the lady sokl to her, “Why dou*t you bring me one of your puppies?” relating the question sev eral times os she stood at the window, the dog looking at her in the face with an expression of intelligence, as if it understood every word the lady said. The next day, to the lady’s astonish ment. at the nsual hour, the dog re turned, and, lo and behold! was ac companied by a little pnppy. The lady fed both dogs, and then took up the puppy into the window, when the old dog scampered off and did not re turn for three days. At the end of that time the dog again appeared, when, alter feeding it, the lady said, “Next time bring ail your puppies, I want to see them; and yesterday morning, sure enough, the dog re turned accompanied by three New foundland pups. Several of the neighbors saw the whole transaction, and declared that they considered this one of the most wonderfnf proofs of the sagacity of the dog they have ever known. Where the dog came from and to whom it belongs is not known, hut we have the name of the lady and also of those who were eye Witnesses to the occurrences as nar rated by ua” ., lHIHOIvnl* air- t- t^airfnc w ^irtf>n-4 '<« tMU ia» NO. 340. A 8M.it Sise* Fan*. Knghmigqeadjpmdjy the ^U^-al' nua attack on the a mild attack on the erown direct, or a severe gnalaught upon the ministry A correspondent, writing from Fobs, ria, Illinois, gives the following ac count of the scale upon which form ing is done at Die West: . ^ “The farm of M. L. Sullivan, of I upon matters Involving the preroeti- Burr Oak, near Chatsworth, Living- rives of the crown and nobility. Yi,-- ston county, Illinois, is not only sj terday witnessed two fruitless attacks big, bnt a well-managed and profits-1 upon royal privileges in the English ble enterprise. The farm is eight I House of Commons, one being iu the miles square, containing 40,660 acres i shape of a proposition to construct a —64 sections, Government survey,—; road, said to be much needed, by the It is sub-divided into thirty-two farms side of Buckingham Palace, the roVa! of 1.280 acres eiy-h. Each farm ha* ’esidence in London, and the other to a captain and a first and second lieu- -ell all unoccupied palaces, snch as tenant, all under control of a com mander-in-chief, its owner, and Brig adier-General J. M. Miner. There are 15,000 acres under the plows, over 10,000 of which is in corn this season, which looks finely. This re quired 1,000 bushels of com for seed tnis H^te year. The remainder of the farm is ured for grazing, small graiu, and gnu. There are two hundred and fifty tnileii of hedge fence, besides otner fences; one hundred and fifty milef of ditch for draining wet fond; two hundred men and four hundred work horses and mules are used on this farm. There is employed, also, one surveyor, two book-keepers, four block-smiths, and eight carpenters.— An accurate account is kept with each farm, and with each man; horse, and mule—horses and male, being all named or numbered, and charged with amount paid for them and their lalMir. There is no more regular or systematic set of (looks kept in any hanking or manufacturing establish ment in the country than Mr. Sulli van’s The whole of thislund was entered from Government about twenty years since hy its present owner at 11.25 per acre. The farm at this time, with the improvements made upon it and jiersonal property connected with it, is worth about *2,000,000; so you see we have a millionaire in Central Illi nois iu tlie person of a sturdy farmer, wbo shows “what I know abont farm ing” bv his works, and can stand iu the centre of his farm and say truth fully,‘-I am monarch of all I sur vey.” James and Hampton Court, and : pply the proceeds to the payment of he public debt Such demands doubtless suggested the possibility of a speedy requisition upon the crown to pull down the Nelson column and obliterate Trafalgar .Square for pur poses of trade and thoroughfare. The palaces of St. James and Hampton Court are as mnch of the nature of monument* aa any of the columns commemorative of English history, and as a treasury of art the latter is I ■y< far from purposeless. However much good there may lie at the bottom of communism, its friends seem to have very silly ideas in respect to the man- net: of ita development W hat the War and the Com mune Coot France. Visiting the Khedive. What Love I. UkA “Live is like the devil, because it torments; like Heaven, because it wraps the soul in bliss ; like salt, be cause it is relishing; like pepper, lie- cause it often seta one on fire; like sugar because it is sweet; like a rope, tracts by hi* approval, and Pleason- ton’s course is regarded as remarkable 6* it is defiant. Such a condition of affairs cannot last mnch longer. to bind oon- because it is often the death of & man; Put* ttx. Boer on the State*. Tho Wiflliiuytuii correspondent of the NevrYtok Tribune says: lMeriMH lfcrreniiffBtirMm tost toe amount •1 be«r consumed in etch State is equal to the amount produced, sad a table sbowisir the nember of rizsnm of for men ted liquors consumed m each State during the current year has been proper 8 **snd’»£ iws.ndJMrtriatof’OMumbts, 60glass- ‘ ‘“KlP 1 !. Territory and If ' ing Territory, 41 gUaee; Indians and tab, 88 gidtaft^CMBgibfUi Tsihunsns, I; Shod. Island. 28; Kaunas, 47; Kan- #***».“. Of*- I iAu VUfBRm^n DoutbvaroliIU. A la ma, Arkansas, MiaMppi, and North ^«4^Mrii9rata the shove that, !,P$9W«>.4tat Uto At* average {or tag eight! What a soul-ban owtag'eo-’j avery man, worn**, and child, sektotaera tha teortifiad •MrittaMtttajl ( g** Bepstaliten Convention . TbaObto State {■raw.g.fttaM platform. like a prison, because it makes one miserable; like wine, because it makes a man happy ; like a man, because it is here to-dav and gone to-morrow; like a woman, because there is no get ting rid of it; like a beaeou, because it guides one to the wished for port; like a will-o-th-wisp, because it often leads one into a bog; like a fierce oourser, because it often runs away with one; like a little pony, because it ambles nicely with one, like the bite of a mad dog or the kiss of a pretty woman, because they both make a man run mail; like a goose, because it is silly; like a rabbit, be cause there is nothing like it—in a wont, like a ghost, because it is like everything and like nothing—often talked about, but never seen, touched or understood.” Iaivc is like—well, it is like love.— You know how it is yourself. The 17th of Jbb« and Mr. Val- ItillllWM. The Otaatenati Enquirer earn: “The d Bunker annivenanaxy of (be bottle ol Hill—the 17th of Jinn ie—wse an eventful onetoMa VaUexidighaxa. Hadthehoro- enope of tat* cart its tainepoe upon hie belief, he oertainly would have regarded this day with superstition and apprehen sion. It waa on the 17th of June, 1868, that he ran the blockade from the South and encountered the dangers of exile, “ the 17th of ~ Georgia. i« but two glasses a veer. fie should begin to think we were - n ibefpWpfe, wfffe Ifriiot that to an amount of whlzky is tn L^if renewed irillitai r srveeA listtaltlt araunt ^ rtJmro.lSTl.he^e.rirtUato the sea and death. On I 1864,nyanrton4w wratly. his own home *nd made nspe< tan, then laboring under an i a> happened that it Was i Me rMara, ted -taayer figure seven ao lark the dote. Captain Slovens, of the United States steamer Guerriere, reports to the Navy Department his arrival at Alexandria, Egypt, April 26. He says: “ I visited Cairo with my officers, end had an interview with the Khedive, who received ns in one of his palaces with grout distinction, extending to tlie party every facility to visit nu merous places of interest in any por tion of Egypt. While there I met many of the officers of the late Con federate Government, who took o£ca siun to pay us every honor, and who seem to Ik- thoroughly reconstructed and proud of the nationality they once fought to destroy. A very hand some banquet was given bvthe Amer icans in tlie service of the Khedive. The Minister of War was present, and in honor of the occasion proposed sentiments highlv honorable to the Vuited Slates. Extraordinary exer tions are lieing made to put the coast in a complete slate of defense.” Cwteplicatioii Between many and England. Ger- The Herald’» special dispatch from Berlin the 23d has tlfe following: A serions complication has arisen be tween Germany end England, and seven dispatches are passing between Prince Bismarck and Earl Granville: The German government observes im penetrable silence on the subject of the prrseut difficulty, but I am informed tuat Prince Bismarck has addressed a note to Count Bernstorff, the German representative in Loodoo, informing him that the imperial German govern: lari red to esquire Heligoland, sad lowering him to make propositions to Tor the purchase the British government for of the island. Earl Granville replied:!, the same man lier. saying that England will not part with Heligoland, and that the British government could entertain no sitiona looking to the cession Upon which Brinoe Pixmarek again ad dressed the British government through Count Bernstorff, declaring that the ac quisition of Heligoland waa niwiiy for the protection of the German ooaat, reciting as an inetanoe the facilities for ooaling, and immunity from attack which the French fleet enjoyed el Heligoland, to blookade Irt which Hamburg and paralyze the oommeroe of the German coast. He looked upon Heligoland, on aooount of ite does prox imity, aa German territory, and its pos session by any foreign power as a stand ing menace to Germany. Earl ~ Granville again replied that Eng land was only Umml to oonaider her own interests; that the wieh of the German government to acquire Heligoland did not constitute her right toil, as the island had never been under Germim role. The controversy now rests a* this stage. All the unuffleial papers ta Berlin are discussing the chances tor the acquisition of Heligoland, while the official press is either guarded or silent on the subject, e fact which it interpreted aa one of greet significance. Died wf Sun-Stroke. The t'liultaiiooga Timet, of the 25th instant, has the following: John T Lang, a stranger ta this city, died near Chattanfioga, Friday morning, at sun stroke. Ho had lost Ml left arm below the elbow, and said he wee ta Longetseet'e army, was aboet twenty-six or twenty-seven yam old. It it not known where hie rehdfoas lira, hie home was He staled to sores that Ids mother was In Atlanta, ted to ether, that she was ib Suwtfa Amartea. Henke (ro« Memphis The bed/wte ' aenee obnri table -‘“-fta 1 In the course of u debate in the Versailles Assembly on Monday, on the pending loan bill, President Thiers made a statement which pre sents the financial condition of France in a nutshell. According to the telegraphic report, he said that the German war cost France three milliards of francs. The deficit of the fiscal year 1870-71, he estimated at 1,631,000,000 francs, but of this amount the Bunk of France had ad vanced to the Government 1,300,00(1,- 000 francs, so that the immediate de ficiency for the year was reduced to 301,000,000 francA To this, how ever, must be added 436,000,000 francs for expenses incurred in sup pressing the Communist insurrection .u Paris. The total deficit is, there- 1 >re, 737,000,000 francs, which JI. Thiers proposes to meet bv the im- (osition of new taxes. All things considered, he thinks the financial situation “difficult but not disas trous.” A Giant Monopoly. The New York Pod thus describes tlie Pennsylvania Central R. R. Co.: “With property in its hands to the amount of two hundred and fifty millions dollars; witli a gross income far greater than that of the United States government twenty years ago, and greater than that of any State Government to-day; with at least three Legislatures ready to register its will, and others great influenced by it, and with all its achievements regarded by the bold and able men who control it merely as stepping stones to a greatly future, what is to prevent it from becoming also the great political power ?’’ The Philadelphia Gazette is com pelled to acknowledge that this is a true bill, and only excuses the ambi tion, greed and rapacity of the Penn sylvania monopoly, by the allegation that it was “ the desperate style of warfare by the two great roads of New York that compelled the Pennsylva nia company to put forth the exer tions and seize the powers it lias.” Republicans in Iowa. The Iowa Republican platform en dorses the history and policy of the Republican party; congratulates the country upon the adjustment of the difficulties with Great Britain; favors protection on the basis of revenue tariff; favors a uniform system of taxation in the State, including the property of corporations organized for profit; favors the Legislature con trolling the railroads ; lavors the an nexation of San Domingo, when the people of the island desired it; ap- ir-'ves and indorses the adminietra- ,ration of Grant; favors the encour agement of the agricultural interests; favors a modification of the revenue system, so a* to mitigate the burdens of taxation as fast at possible; opposes railroad subsidies, aud indorses the State administration. A RavOftuc Storm. A Pittsburg dispatch of the 24th nstant, says: There w*a e terrific storm in the vioini- tv of this dty, last night st 9 o'clock.— The Preebyterisn Church, in Soott Town ship, five miles from the oity, was entire ly demolished. The United Presbyte rian Church, ta St Clair Township, sus tained great damage. The west gable end wee blown ta, end the entire roof taken off end carried a considerable dist- The storm wm the most violent one for many yean. Many trees were blown down, ana the corn, oats, wheat and orchards suffered eeverely. In the neighborhood of PelmerviUe two barns were blown down, and fence* leveled. On one farm five hundred has of barley, ins shook, oleor out of the field. The lightning was incessant, and hail fell at several points The lower pert of the rite, called “ Hardscrabble,” was flooded and the people ware oon polled to vacate their premise* ta haste. No other dam- i the city ii age in the city is reported. The telegraph ltata ta a* tanoHona were prostrated. that it waa seven ytere after ao money oraay pattern fond oa and toeyeer U Mrieh the petsoa. We tasks toWnotie* ta ei so prominently appears to Uafc if ItSolMeto tbsejwef say of friends, they may Identity hia A Herald reporter said to Grant that Senator Sprague, Mr. Chase's son-in-law, seemed to think tlie Chief Justice would not aooept a nominar tlon for the Presidency from either partr. Grant replied: “Thatdoesn’t matter. Chose wanton nomination for the Preekknoy.” At to Hancock, atfck Grant said: “Hancock is dying for a nomination.”