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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1871.
NO. 347.
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LaOe^hob, June 88,1811.
At 11 o’tiMb-Tnerainy, your repor
tor irrind ip tkte pleasant little city.
LaaruiM&at the exhibition of the
Jenior <£tss of tho Southern Female
ObUSfrwu in progress, I vended my
way at o#oe to the large and comfort-
able Tevn HaB, in good time to.heai
the reading of the originalj.eomposi-
tionp by tbe class. The Halt vm All
ed by the beauty and cbivalry of La
Orange, and numbers were present
from other plaoea The reading of
the young Indie* was splendid, attest
ing the foot that particular attention
bad been given to the modulation and
toheofyoioe.
Below I give you the namea of the
Junior class, their residences aud sub-
if*W7 nxi > i
' 1. Mbs Addle Balter, Buena Vista
fact and Piqtioit .
& Mis*. Qpheka Stone, Alabama—
Nature’s .Voices.
8. Miss AHce Cox, LaO range—The
Mystic Seven.
t Mias Nina Hornady, LaO range
~*i. Miss Lizzie McQueen, Lowndes
county, Alabama—‘The Eastern Win-
. t Miss Lena* Matthews, Marion
oouuU-«-Ths. Western Window.
7. Miss Jennie Robert, LaOrange—
Imperfection of Huhin Knowledge.
8. Miss Lillis Moor, Griffin—Pa
triotism.
9. Mi*s Fannie Rouutrec, Quitman
—You>KAow How It is Yourself.
10. Miee Gussie Murphree, Troy,
Ala.—Beauty.
11. Mies Carrie- McMullen, Quit-
man—Both Sides.
Many of these productions exhibit
ed a depth of thought and close re
search Beldom displayed by those so
young. Whiloall did so well and reflec
ted so much credit upon their teach
ers, it would seem invidious to make
distinctions, but we must be excused
for mentioning _ particularly, Miss
Nina Hornady, subject “Quid
Nunes.” It was a well written thing,
and splendidly spoken. Her thrust
at .the “ newspaper reporter ” would
have had a telling effect upon a cer
tain individual, had he not taken the
“ precaution to get a back seat, and
keep bis business to himself. Also,
Miss Jennie Robert, of LaOraiige,
S special numtion. We only
mention these because ve could hear
distinctly-e«Kf word uttered. While
no denbt all the young ladies hod
good compositions, yet their sweet
littlevqicea were stifled by the timid
ity so natural to tender years. Tha
sweetest of manic was interspersed
all through the exercises.
• In tb« Local Gala mm morkod with
; {•) wfll ha charged 26 coot* par 11m mob
Atrortiooanoato under tha Special Notion hood
(load'd) for leu time than one week, will be charged
Jf oente pm line.
mr Advert!eemento, except for eetabUehed boat-
peas hoaeee, la this citjr. must be paid tor in ad-
lum
NoredocOoo win be made on the above retee for
qamrtrty. eeml-annual or yearly adverUaemente.
Arrlrolg aod| Departarei ef Trnta* le
awl froai Atlanta,
o Ajuanc (oa wax*) railboad.
_ aarrivat .1:41b. m
t PHMugcr Train leoree 10:80 p. m
Day Puaaager Train arrivea S:H> p. m
Day Kueager Train leaves 8:16 a. m
Cartereville Aocommodatioo errivoo ..0:10 am
OfiiWrorillo Accommodation leavae 8:00 p. m
ru axonoiA (auol’«taj baiipoao.
(iVe My Tr+m o*t dreadey.)
High* Hunger Train arrivaa 6:40 a m
Night Passenger Train leavu 6:16 p. m
■ 6:80 p. m
• Mountain Accommodation leaven. ...0:46 a n
Night Pnaoenger Train errivee
Night Paeeenger Train leavea.
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or MR. 8 All FORD.
After ihe reading by the young la
dies, Mr W. J. Samford, a rising
young lawyer of Opelika, was intro
duced to the audience. We knew the
gentleman, having learned our A. B.
C’s in the same school, and in later
years been on the most familiar terms.
We squared ounelf for a treat, for
we knew it was in him, and he has a
way of letting it out that never fails
to please. His subject was “ Woman
—Her Duty.” He handled his sub
ject in a manner so different and so
foreign to the usual style of such ad
dresses, that from the first, his hear
ers were pleased. The entire address
consumed about thirty-five minutes,
and the many peals qf genuine elo
quence were so natural and unpre
tending that no one doubted that
they came from the pure fountain
of his soul We were delighted and
felt proud of our friend, and congrat
ulate Opelika upon having in her
midst such a promising young man
as Mr. Samford.
At niglit the
OKAND CONCERT
of vocal and instrumental music,
onto at the HaH. All was a
blaze of glory. The olasa, under the
direction of Prof Schirmacher, as
musical director, aoquitted them-
gljjy- beyond the power of praise of
tjunjreporter. The hall was not half
enough. Whett the halo of
haWty and loveliness first burst upon
ggp yjgion, we Were startled by the
fra very magnificence and loveliness of
there A Aanaat* Oilliwni.
a* mmmi mu. . n.v. aramv. n
.re ...»m
* t.
a x. joaxion, »«s*nlnlire
the pictniS, The young ladies were
•Misted by a number of amateurs, of
which thin city stands unrivnlled m
the State.
Evreybody was pleased — every
thing' passed off splendidly, the
m ureliti r~ was propitious, and the
lr«il on*t her silvery
sheen over the, happy throng who had
gathered at this ffcftst.
To-day is commencement, and a
number of young tadie* *‘> l
their diplomaA «
Southern Female
of which
toning clou without ixpwuiog
through you. «J th ‘“ k * ^
hoopitality and kindness exhibited by
the good people of LaG range. I
might dilate to some extent opon
this particular point, hut the fact is
too well known all over the country
for me to attempt one word in that
direction. M.
The Beni Story of the KwKlisx.
Mr. Copeland, the intelligent and
fair-minded correspondent of thoNew
York Journal of Commerce, has a let
ter in that paper, in which he gives
his evidence as to the existenoe and
character of the Ku-Klux in the
Southern States. The Journal says
editorially, by way of comment on
the letter:
“Berides being one of the most com
plete aooounte of that nsyatreinus organ
ization that we have ever read, it has the
higher merit, we believe, of abeolute im
partiality. A Northerner journeying
Southward is.pt to be aweyed byintenre
prejudiow when he approaches ihil tick
lish subject. It he is a bitter radical, he
talks with radical, only, belie re. all he
hears, and imagine. Ku-Ehixea for him
self in every atirring bush by moonlight.
If he is an extremist of the apposite par
ty, he affiliate, with nitre men of hit own
political school, who are greatly tempted
to understate or extenuate or even pooh-
pooh at the lawless deeds ascribed to tbe
mystic crew.
Our representative at the Sonth, act
ing under explicit directions from this
office purges himself front all biaa, erases
from his memory, so far as any nun can,
the one-sided statement of Congressional
reports, and prooeeds to investinte, in
dependently and impartially, from all
available sonroos on the spot, the exaot
status of the Ku-Klux-Klan. His state
ments, therefore, posaore an interest end
a value wanting in all, or nearly all, the
expositions of this theme whioh have
hitherto appeared. Tbe oonclnaions that
he rt aches may be briefly set down Bins :
Florida baa no Ku-Klux organizMion, but
is coned with her share of outlaws, like
eveiy State in the Union. No Kn-Klux
band proper exists in Georgia Alabama
is equally free from the peat, but in por
tions of North and South Carolina there
are gangs of prowlers, who sometimes
rob and murder. The leaders of these
are diasolnte whites, some of them aoions
of good families, and their followers, es
pecially in North Carolina, are fellows
who were the scum of society before tbe
war, and are now only gratifying their
old thirst for rapine and blood. Their
numbers are small, and their marauding!
confined to limited districts. Owning
horses, and having the complete disci
pline and bond of secrecy whieh always
obtain among banditti the world over,
and living in a sparsely settled oountry,
they fly from this point to that with tne
speed of the wind, defying detection,
arrest and eonviotwn, and can keep a
hundred smiles square in a acaaita! fer
ment. lake stage soldiers, who run be
hind the soenea from one whig to another,
and then march past the footlights in
endless procession, these K. K. K.’s im
press the oeaual observer at a vast army:
whereas, all told, they are bat a handful,
and if corraled could be captured by a
company or two of regular troops.
But there’s the rub. Their game is
is not to be caught—end twenty regi
ments of soldiers, monuted, might not
be soocessfnl in baggiag them. That
they will disappear almost as suddenly as
they sprang into notoriety we have np
doubt—bnt their extinction will oome
from the clearing np and imprormaek^pf
the Sonth, politically and sooUUyr'As
fever and ague vanishes before proper
draim^e and culture, so the Bu-Klux
distemper will quit the Southern body
politio as the Southern people ere IB-Ad
mitted to their rights and resume ill file
functions of self-government The Ku-
Klnx are not a political ttabai; although
they profess to sympathise with the con
servatives This illusion they keep np
by Northern or Southern Itadicals. But
the Conservatives, without exception, so
far as our correspondent can aaoartain,
repudiate these Bodouins, and wish for
nothing better than their extermination.
When the Conservative! regain power at
the South, they will make short work
with the false pretenders who occasional
ly steal and murdsr in thair raqraetable
name. Tbe list of cues prawnted in the
letter makes a startling exhibit of crime;
but so would a half dozen atrooities cull
ed from the police reoords of a day
throughout a Northern State. Thu
should be remembered in reading them;
nor shonld the reader fail to note, while
execrating sncli midnight horrors, that
some of tile feeling against negroes and
oarjiet-baggors thus terriulyexemplifledat
the South arises bom tha miagovseument
and opprsteion inflicted upon that section
by the latter and their aocomplioas.—
Whererulers are demoralized some of the
ruled will inevitably be so too. The nui
sance of oarpet-bagiam breeds the other
nuisanoe of Ku-Klux Klan. The death
of one will be fatal to the other also.
The Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer says: “It is
stated in Republican quarters here
that a concerted efforts is being made
to heal the differences in the Repub
lican party in New York, and to re
concile Senator Fenton, Greeley and
the President. If it can not be
avoided, the first step in the pro
gramme is to be removal of Collector
Murphy from office. The negotia
tions are understood to be in progress
ut Long Branch, and one prominent
member of the ring has arrived here
to consult with some Cabinet of
ficers.” _
No vouder that Miss Nilsson likes
America, and proposes to remain.
Since the days of Danse there has
not been such a golden shower as has
fallen into her lap. One hundred
and fifty-two thousand dollars for
herself; and besides that Strakosch
has his hat and pookets full to the
overflow. Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, probably, sinoe last
fall, have been realized for singer and
manager.
A woman in Pittsburg had her
husband arrested for ill-treatment.
Ue then had her arrested for bigamy.
She turned the tables on him witn
the same result. Tbe seqnal was that
the woman had a husband aad he a
wife previous to the allianqe between
them, but that each had deceived tils
other.
The Westers WJreal Cgap.
The Western Associated Press
furnishes its members the appended
summary of news relative to the
wheat prospects of the West It wjU
be fouud of interest) to merehaota
and bread eaters generally;
in this oity trout Eastern aad Central In
diana, ana all parte of Ifiuioiea, indurate
that the reoeut terrific thunderstorm aad
hurricane had ho perceptible ill effects
effects opera the giisragraopg. Inmost
of the looalitiM fossa which dispatches
have been (waived, tha stem was much
lea. severe than in this vicinity. Many
of the dfepetnbea state that the crop
prospects ware sever better, though is
some few laeelltise the wheat orap it suf
fering from the rusk Reports bun
Western Wisconsin and from the great
wheat-belt in Minneeota da not give to
feiorable a view.
The St Paul Pram saya that haw a
reoeut trip over the section bordering on
the Miaaiasippi river, to that State, ao far
aa observation extended, evidence was
found that tha reported ill condition of
the wheat crop was fujly justified. Ac
counts received from other sections of
Minnesota justify the belief that the yield
will fall far below the avenge. This
statement ie confirmed by the following
dispatches, for the Weetern Associated
Press, received from prominent points in
Minneeota:
RociuwrRB, Mntw., June 34. —The
proepeota are that we will have a light
orop. The rooent rain, will help us very
much, bnt a good deal of the wheat is
past redemption.
Bmnwaixn, Mum., June 34.—Wueet
will hot exceed two-thirds of an ordinary
orop. Throughout this country the re
oeut storms had noperoeptible effect.
Wastes, Mum., June 21—The wheat
orop is all right, looking pretty sell,
although there has been very much rain,
Wabash, Mfrii, June 21—Our wheat
it all very poor, and in many oases it will
be too short for cutting. Some farmers
are plowing their wheat under. Winter
wheat is commencing to rust from tbe
effects of Warm weather.
Dovbr, Mum., June 21—The wheat
crops look very light , The rain
too late to b« of any benefit
Laxb Cm. Mann., June 31—Th#
wheat crop promisee to be very light; the
rein came too late. Other crops are look-
ingweU.
Winona, Minn., June 21—The yield
of the.wheat crop will be below the aver
age. The light rains are considered ben
eficial, though rust is feered.
Miniska, Minn., June 21—The late
rains have been beneficial to the crops.
The yield wilt probably be much below
the yield average ip this vicinity.
Austin, Minn, June 31—ThdSsheat
crop looks favorable. The rain did no
damage.
Hudson, Wia, June 24.—Wheat never
looked so poorly at tbit time of the year.
We have had no storms here.
Bison, Wm., June 26,—The general
opinion Is that there must be a light
crop, and the reoent storm makes it
worse.
Warn Watnb, Wn, June 21—There
has been eome oomplaiut of rust on
wheat, bat to-day farmers say the heavy
rains of yesterday washed it off, and the
wheat looks well.
Cbosb Plains, Wm, June 21—The
wheat crop is considerably damaged by
rust. The reoent storm had a good ef
fect and we expeot a middling fair crop.
Habtland, Wis., June 21—The wheat,
is very rank. No damage was done by
the run.
SoHLBlsutavnut Wm, Jane ill—The
wheat crop to this section looks very
good.
Habtfobd, Wm, Jane 21—The pros
pects of wheat in this part is very good,
and if the weather remains ss now, we
Will have a very heavy crop.
Biobfuld, Wm, June 21—The wheat
crop in this section wee looking very
good before the etorm; but I think this
storm has injured it very mnoh.
Wampuil W“-, Jw«*l+-Tb# recent
storm has done no damage to the crepe
in this section. Everything promisee
fair for a goad yiald.
MAaoHAgia, Wm, Jana 31—Fate
prospect for a wheat crop. The storm
has done a vast amount of good. Corn
looks finely, the beet for years. Other
crops ore good.
BubnNI, Wm, June 24.—The prospect
for wheat in this vicinity is good for an
Avenge now but the reoent (tons lias
lodged the grain to some extent.
The Ciwil Service Coaamtssioo.
A Washington dispatch of the 26th,
to the Western Press Association
gives the following)
Ail the members of the civil aervice
commission, except Mr. Welker, have
been heard from, and have aoeepted their
appointments. It is expected that they
win assemble here at an early day to
agree upon a plan of operations and the
belief among those interested in reform
is that by the time Congress assembles,
the oommtesioc wijl.be able to reeom-
mend a definite system for adoption. The
apparent ehange in sentiment regarding
the matter here is shown by a loading
editorial from a city paper, wnioh, at the
time of the retirement of Gem. Qox. ridi
culed his notions of civil service reform.
It is now understood that it published
nothing exoept what it knows will suit
the purposes of the administration. It
says : “It is to be hoped that the civil
service commissioners will soon get to
work, so as to be ready with their plans
and suggestions by next Daoember,
when their recommendations will be sent
to Congress. Before the heat and ex
citement of the next Presidential contest
is upon ns we should like to have the eivil
semes question entirely disposed of end
eliminated from our party potitisa. It
would not onto be an advantage to the
olerka themselves, but be a greet and en
during benefit to the country. Without
permanency, dependent ongqpd nunluct
and fidelity, we cannot have efficient sur-
vioe to any of the olerioal departments pf
tbe government A publfo qaq^ drat
be made to reel that he is secure aa long
is he is honest and upright and iadwrtri-
ous, and he must be plaosd in aporitibn
where he will not feel a weary, restless
anxiety about his own future and the fn<
taro of thoea dependent upon him.”
As the-oBtee ef 4)mttalsriauer of Ca*j
lish a Bairam of
is pswpoaadto do thri by
— - — ^ m.y&
ineAri
raraltyfar two diatinct barraw| ftftjjnrtn
The Alsttraa arad Chattanooga
Railroad.
The Chattanooga Times of the
27th instant has the following
'The news of the decision of Judge
Woods in Montgomery yesterday, that
the Alabama usd Chattanooga Railroad
h#d not been and oould not be foroed in
to bankruptcy, aad ordering poeaeosioa
to be given to Mr. Blanton for the com
pany, spread like wildfire through the
city, causing the greatest rejoicing.—
Some of the employeee of the road got
«n old anvil to the top of the stone fort
and gave vent to their joy by burning ail
the powder tb«i could got hold of. Mr,
Stanton himself showed his joy by hang
ing out ftie American flag at his private
Of eearee tbe find men to say “I told
yon so" yesSenfoy were those who had
before inajsted That tha road, oould never
get out Qlthe scrape.
This decision removes, in agreatoteaa-
ure, the depression whioh had weighed
upon all onr spirits. It restores confi
dence to the road, to Mr. Btontou and in
ourselves. It insures tbe speedy running
of trains and tha revival of butineae rela
tions with the rich conntnr ap lately
opened to our merchants. The attach
ments npon tbe rolling stock will be no
impediment, for tbe trustees, under tbe
mortgage, can replevy at once and of
eouree will do an.
It will be easy for the Company to
raise money now to pay off the employ
ees and a portion of the floating debt;
and we may look soon for the return, if
not of the finch time of the old days, at
luust of a reasonable amount of prosperi
ty and comparative ease of money.
J. C. Stanton baa again demonstrated
that he is hard to beat. He is a mao of
indomitable will aud great ambition, and
these qualities Added to an untiring en
ergy, have enabled him to succeed in the
fooe of difficulties which would have
cowed most men.
The people of CbaUanooga do well to
rejoice at this happy consummation.
amUENAAJK.
Mr. Stauton was serenaded by the Sil
ver Cornet Band at the Burns House last
night He responded briefly, thanking
them and tbe people of Chattanooga for
tliuir sympathy and confidence, and as
suring them that be would run the road
for some time to oome, and to the inter
est of the people along its line, and that
Chatteuooga should be the terminus, ei
ther under his management as Superin
tendent, or tlmt of his successor in yean
to come. He paid a very high compli
ment to the baud. At the oluae of his
remarks he was heartily cheered.
A Superb Swindle.
The Washington correspondent of
tbe New York Herald, writing on the
24th, says:
The Territorial Government here ia
not so mnoh of a success as it was uonfi
dentiy predicted at tile outset It has
been found that the rings which existed
under the old.form of government have
full os much swing now as heretofore.
Under this state of affiurs, various influ
ential dozens of the District are now
agitating the question as to whether it
would not be better to petition the next
session of Congress to repeal tbe Territo
rial bill altogether. It would seem that
the only new feature whioh has been
realised under tbe new order of things
was a fatal tendency to reoommend im-
ovement The Board of Public Works,
a reoent report on the subject, recom
mended the adoption of plans for beauti
fying the oity which would have oost in
the aggregate about fill,000,000. Acting
upon such suggestions the local Legisla
ture has had introduced several bills
which would have taken the entire valua
tion of the District to have carried them
into effect. They were voted down seri
atim, bnt only by a small majority. At
last a bill was got before this body with a
favorable report from a committee, which
involved an expenditure of about five
millions. In the discussion which fol
lowed it was discovered that not only was
this report a forgery, bnt that it contem
plated the disbursing of this large sum
of money without any degree of respon
sibility whatever. Noone waato account
for the way in wbiob it had been expend
ed, nor to make any record of its dispo-
il whatever. Under this state of affairs
property holders are naturally becoming
alarmed, ai.d are fast coming to the con
clusion that it is better to he governed by
a Congressional committee than by an
iguorant, unlettered and oorrupt set of
legislators. _
The Irafilana Tragedy.
A Washington dispatch of the 23d,
relates the following;
A letter received by Commissioner
Parker to-day, from Superintendent
Hoag, encloses a report from Agent
Tatam, dated Fort Sul, June 10th, in
whiohfbe states that the Kiowas are col
lecting the forty-one mules recently stol
en in order to return them to the Agen
cy, and givee the following interesting
particulars of the death of Satauka,
while being taken to Texas for trial for
killing white settlers: On the 8th inst.,
Satanta, Satauka and Big Tree were in
formed that they were to start that morn
ing to Texas, to whioh they demurred,
preferring to be sent anywhere else.
Batauka, whom I have regarded as the
worst Indian in this agency, protested
that he would not go to Texas, but would
do something and be shot at onoe. Big
Tree told him that if he did they would
all be shot, and taking bold of him
poshed him toward the wagon in whioh
he waa to ride, with two soldiers to guard
him. Col McKonxie and Ool Grierson
were near him when ha was put into the
wagon. Tbe prisoners had all been care
fully searched some days before. When
about one mile from tbe poet Satauka,
h»vjng. finished his death song, had, un
observed, succeeded in drawing his
•hackles off his hands, and drawing
butcher kbifo started suddenly at his
gourd, cutting one of them slightly in
tie leg. They escaped from th* wagon,
leaving their guns, one of which Satan
ka took, and while iu the sot of trans
ferring a bertridge ftom the chamber of
the bgrtel he was shot several times. He
died til about twenty minutes. One
random shot hit a teamster, named An
tonio Bum), in the side of the head, bat
he ti not considered eprbmsly wuuuded.
Hatranha ws# bunted near tbe pout
Sonth JogginsJNova Scotia, has its
scientific mystery, wbiob,. the uative
pundits ire ScrttcninF "their heads
oven wjjh, alight tone of 14
is nothing less than a fossil human
foot, Which a gentleman of an observ
ing turn of mind rtoentlrfiog ont of
, i sandstone rock.
Indiana Ku-Klux.
Bigamist Bowen’s Pardon.
A Washington dispatch says:
Bowen's pardon seems to binge on the
political strength of the Republican fac
tions in tbe Congressional Distriot of
Sonth Carolina of which Charlreton is tho
center. Bo far the President refuses to
commit himself to either faction. There
is no doubt bnt that tbe majority of legal
votes cast in that Distriot at the late eleo- . —
tion for member of Congress were cast Mrs - Iolll 7«D their sister and
for Bowen, and that DeLarge was seated ?, ed ma ? , nam ™ Lee. They threw
-*— 1 * jugs of boneine usto tho rooms oc-
1 by the family, aid threw iu nev
simply by the count of fraudulent voteet
Since the commencement of the perseou-
tion against Bowen, some half dozen
judges of election in that district have
been tried, been found guilty, and sen
tenced to the Penitentiary. This virtu
ally givee Bowen his seat, but Ids enemies
are making strenuous efforts to prevent
tho President from pardoning Bowen,
while on the other hand Bowen's friends
are exerting themselves for his pardon,
assuring the President that they repre
sent the strongest faction of the Repub
licans, and that Bowen is their choice for
Congress.
And pardon is to be considered
solely upon its political merits, leaving
out of view lh<- principles of morality
and justice, which were formerly sup
posed to exert an influence upon
those who have authority to remit and
commute sentences pronounced by
tbe law. The whole tiling amounts
to this: If Bowen has must friends iu
his district h e will lie pardoned; bnt
if DeLarge's friends are most numer
ous, Bowen will be allowed to quietly
work out his sentence in the peniten
tiary.
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A Prophecy Fulfilled.
The editor of the Charleston Cou
rier, who was iiersonally acquainted
with Mr. Yallandigham, contributes
the following: We were delegates to
gether to the Democratic National
Convention of I860, whosedisruption,
in the contest between Douglas and
Breckinridge, as to the character and
rights of slavery in the territories,
was the precursor to the late civil war.
On one occasion, in this city, Repre
sentative Logan, of Illinois, Laraoee,
of Wisconsin, aud others being pres
ent, the conversation naturally turn
ed upon the threatening attitnde of
the questions then before the Conven
tion. Mr. Yallandigham rose at the
dinner table witli an heir of great
gravity, and said, “Gentlemen, if the
Democratic party is dissevered in this
Charleston Convention, the result will
be the disruption of the Union, and
one of the bloodiest eivil wars on rec
ord, and the magnitude of which no
one can estimate. In the unity of
the Democratic party, and in thelln-
ion lies the hope of the South and of
Republican government.” We think
it was Mr. Logan who replied, “Sit
down, Yallandiglmm. and drink your
wine. You are always prophesying.”
His reply was, “Gentlemen, I speak
earnestly, bi-canse 1 feel deeply im
pressed with tlie truth of what I liav
uttered." This was in the Spring of
I860. The secession of South Caro
lina took pluoe in December of the
same year.
The Coining Cotton Crop.
The New York It'orW says of the
probuble extent of the cotton crop;
“ The most contradictory reports
have prevailed, to whieh the Govern
ment at Washington, has contributed
its full share. The weather bulletins
sent ont by the War Department re
ported less rain than the private ac
counts; but when the whole subject
had been pretty well exhausted, and
the “bulls” had forced prices to about
the highest limits, the Agrieutural
Department came out with a highly
sensational statement of injury done
the cotton crop, which was fortunate
ly so plainly overdone that it had lit
tle effect exoept to -‘stick” a few
over-confident •• bulls." The truth
about the cotton crop is that injury
has been suffered in various quarters
from too much rain, but there is
nothing as vet to justify and material
reduction of an estimated yield of
three and a half million bales.'’
A disp&tifo, dated Louisville, (he
26tn, instant, says: ,j
8 soial dispatches to the New Albaoy,
Inb lodger, this evening, give necotrats
of diabolical outrage near Orleans,
La- ,-nco county, Ind., yesterday. A
par - of assassins attacked the houxFof
foody family, consisting of four aid
thr
CU]
era orpedoea, loaded with buckshot,
nai screws and similar missiles. Tin-
tor] ‘ocs exploding set fire to the ben-
zinu aid aroused the family, when the
aasai uts commenced firing with revolv
ers . to the doors aud windows. Mr.
Thomas Moody was shot in the lrip, ffjo
ball nging upward through the body,
com -gout in the upper portion of tin-
brer Lee received a severe wound in
the . h gli and another in* the buck. Mrs.
Toli ver wan terribly luirnod with tin-
ben::iue and torpedoes. The asaasaius as-
capi d.
Tne community is greatly excited.
Ten 1 onsaud dollars has been raised to
pros ite the guilty parties when caught.
DeU i ives are busy ferreting them out.
The . ->ple are almost wild to get hold of
the asa sains, and threats of lynching ate
heard oa every hand, but it is believed
pruden. counsels will prevail. At3F.
M. Mr. Moody's recovery was hopeful—
Lees doubtful. It is understood that
Moody’s statement of tho affair was rc-
duci 1 to writing, and he said he recog
nize* l several of tho attacking party.
A New Financial Departure.
In the New York Herald's Wash
ington letter of the 24th, we find the
following:
Secretary Bontwell contemplates call
ing in some twenty millions of the five-
twenties of the issue of 1862, aud re
placing (them, where tho holders desire
it, by equivalents iu the new five per
cents. The object of the financial de
parture is to create, as larfas possible, a
market for the new loan, as the majority
of t. o holders of the bends which are to
be c. .celled are Europeans, uuil it is ex-
pee- that tho foreign market will be
d to that extent. It would appear
fron tho statement oi the Treasury
agen i already absent iu Europe, tliat
the l arkets there are glutted with tho
secur. ties of all kinds seeking purcha
sers. The Franeo-Priissian war has thor
ough' ■ deranged the financial system of
Euro 3 and capitalists arc extremely cau
tious .bout making investments. Tho
heavy, balances on hand in the Treasury
warrant this step on the part of tho Sec
retary, and if it succeeds it is proposed
to follow it up in tho exact ratio that the
revenue receipts will justify.
Jealousy and Murder.
A Louisville dispatch of the 26th,
says :
Last night a young man was shot near
this city under circumstances which ren
der it almost certain that he was murder
ed by a jealous rival. During tho even
ing Jacob Rein and Valentino Rabbit,
rival suitors for the favor of Miss Lizzie
Wertz, who was engaged to marry Rein,
met at the house of tho youug lady’s
mother, five miles of the city, aud re
mained until 10 o'clock, when Raboit
left. A quarter of an hour after Rein
also left He had gone about two hun
dred yards when Miss Wertz heard a pis
tol shot, and fearing some harm to ner
betro hed, ran out of the house and up
the rood, meeting Rein staggering bark.
He fell in the road, when she picked him
up aud carried him iu tho house, where
bo died at 1 o’clock this afteruoou. The
bull had entered the leit side of the ab-
domeu. Before death Reiu made a
state! tent of the affair, declaring that
Rabh t ran ont from a fence corner and
shot .im with a pistol. Rabbit was ar
rested , but denies having done the bloody
deed.
The Block of Rice.
The Savannah Adrtrliser of Sun
day save: “ From an account as
accurately token as posable, it is esti
mated tlmt the stock of rice, last year's
Wop, now on hand, amounts to about
forty-five thousand bushels ot rough
and about five hundred casks clean.
The demand in this market lately,
lias lieen principally for Gulf ports,
with some large shipments North,
and as the stock on hand at Charles
ton will not hold tbe remainder of
the season, that port w ill also become
a purchaser in this market, when the
present stock on band here will bo but
sufficient to carry out the remainder
of tbe season. From accounts in
reference to the present orop, evorv
thing thus far seems favorable, with
fully as much acreage planted as last
season; but it is useless to calcu
late on the growing crop, as old and
experienced rioe growers never form
any opinion until after the plant
blossoms aud llie seeds begin forin-
Akernmn to Resign.
The UeraUi of the 25th, has the follow
ing in its Washington letter : “One of
the many Cabinet rumors here contem
plate** change in tbe Attorney General’s
department. It is stated that the pres
ent incumbent will be snooeeded by eith
er Solicitor General Bristow or by Gen.
Harian, which latter ia Republican can
didate (or Governor in Kentucky, It ia
• •-II known that Mr. Akerman has been
On the eve of retiring tor Beveral months,
aud that it wm an understood fact that
h« was to go out some time last spring,
but be bs# found it ooatenieat to retain
hi# portfolio up to the present time, arad
will probably retain it until ^the tie#
tuoky election is heard from.
Little Women.
Three little girls were playing
among the poppies aud sage-brush of
the buck yard. Two of them were
making believe” keep house, a little
way apart, as near neighbors might.
At last one was overheard saying to
the voungest of the lot, “There,
now, Nelly, you go over to Sarah's
house ind stop there a little while, and
talk as fast as ever you can, and then
you co ne buck and tell me wliat she
says al out me, and then I'll talk
about ner; and then yon will go and
tell her all 1 say, and then we'll get
as mad as hornets and won’t speak
when we meet, just as our mothers
do, you know ; and that'll be such
fun," won't it ?” Hadn't these little
mischiefs lived to some purpose ? aud
were they not close observers and apt
scholars, charmingly trained for tin
I life in a small
chief business of
neighltorhood ?
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Mad Dog Killed.
A rabid dog was killed in an alley,
on Market street, just below (Titin'll,
yesterday morning, by John, the por
ter in the house of klassungale & I'o.
There is a little history in connection
with this dog slaughter that will do
here to relate. The pistol used in tit,
anni illation of the dangerous canine
was the property of II. T. Massengate,
which was loaded on the night Gen.
Jo. Johnston issued his famous.nrdm
at Cartorsville, Ga., in Juno, 1864, ami
hover had been fired until brought
into requisition yesterday. Alfhongh
loaded for seven years, it went off »t
first pull.—Xas/iviUe liuon sell
American. < i . >
Dr. Thompson on Women.
Dr. Thompson, in his add rasa on “The
Fate of Paris,” was rather hard on the
fair sex, and harsh in his judgment of
what would be tbe result should they ob
tain political power. Catherine da Mod
icis and Madamo do Mainteuon are bard
ly fair type# of the women of tho nine
teenth century. I think tha gentleuab
forgot he had a mother, and uuae'sit ho
has neither wife nor sister, or perhaps he
has been unfortunate in both and all, artfl
judge* bom that standpoint, else hesMa
ly would not put hi* countrywoman in
the stone category with let James ‘tUtn
kalte, who “perpetrate some ottt
acts of cruolty in Pari* to-day,”