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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1872.
Volume XUV.-No. 8
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHNJL MARTIN . Editor.
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY JULY 4, 1872.
JOJM H. JAMES FOB UOYEBXOR!
We are iuformed by a dispatch frem
Atlanta that John H. Jainea, Mayor and
banker of that city, haa announced him*
aelf aa a candidate for Governor of Geor
gia. For several weeks past letter-writers
from Atlanta have been telling strange
stories of the great popularity of this man
James and of the intensity with which the
people of the State were turning their
admiring and expectant eyes upon him.
Every now and then some conntry news
paper has suddenly flared up with the
enthusiastic announcement that James
was the very man for Governor, and that
tho people of the State were rapidly con
centrating on him as their candidate. We
think that about a half-dozen papers have
in this manner prepared the way for the
announcement now made by telegraph.
True it is that nearly every county of the
State have recently, by public meetings,
expressed or indicated their preferences
for a man to All tho office of Chief Execu
tive of Georgia for the next term; and
not one of them has named James. True
it is, we believe, that he has not even
been proposed as a candidate at any of
these meetings. Hut nevertheless tho
correspondents and the papers referred to
have insisted that be was the man, and it
now seems that they have roused him up
to a realization of the important part
which he sustains in the politics of Geor
gia, And he rushes into the arena exclaim
ing
“List nml wonder! that such a time should In>,
To stir up I'lirMoit and wuko up such a man us me!"
He does not propose to submit his claims
to the decision of the called Democratic
tttate Convention. Not he! The letter-
writers and newspapers aforesaid have,
by their spontaneous and concurrent testi
mony, satisfied him that he is wanted, and
he responds that “Barkis is willing," with
out waiting to seo what tho people have
to say in their soon to be reiterated ex
pressions of preference for a man for the
position. In other words, he is a candi
date withont regard to, but iu defiance of,
the already knowu choice of the Dcmo-
cratic party of tho State. He hopes to be
elected Governor ah he was choseu Mayor
of Atlanta—by running “independently"
against the Democratic noiuiuee and re
ceiving the Radical vote. But snch a
trick does not succeed so well on a large
^ scale as on a small one, and Mr. James
will probably, after the cleection, return
to hia money bags with this addition to
his stock of political experience—that
■noh “little games" as his may win once,
bnt are not to be relied on as a steady
practice.
And now cornea the New York
World with the acknowledgment (see
telegraphic dispatches) that Greeley’s
i nomination is a “foregone conclusion,”
I and that a “bolt” cannot be gotten vp.
It therefore says, in effect, to thoao whom
it has delnded with its calculations that
Greeloy would bo defeated at Baltimore,
| “take care of yourselves; as for us, we
•won't go for Grant, and don't know yet
». whether we will go for Greeley. So we
regard any organized Democratic opposi
tion to the acceptance of Greeley and
Brown as “played out"—“gone up"—
‘‘done bursted"—and that contingency
may be shoved out of the account in can
vassing at Baltimore the question of the
availability of the Liberal Republican
nominees.
Blanton Duncan of Kentucky, we are
told by a lato dispatch, is now at Bslti-
more trying to “organize a bolt." Bnt
Blanton must soon become convinced
that a bolter’s “bone's will be munched
by the Thomas cat" after
“A bigger chicken fliefi on the fence,
t’ll«|>-l Imp, ( ll4j'|iU'|Uti !
Ami jpM» for th- riili k- n Hint liml no senae,
v ChapM-lisp-cliap, l'hupi*u<|iu!
The Eufanla Times learns from a letter
keoeivea in its city, that on the 25th ult.,
near Apalachicola, William Uathoock, of
• South Carolina, murdered a young man
named Charles Fort, an employee on the
fiteem tug Ella, by striking him on the
iemple with a hatchet and knocking him
overboard, liathcock escaped from the
tug in his bateau while those on the tug
were vainly trying to rescue Fort from the
water.
| • We were mistaken in saying that Major
Miller’s address to the Troy Female Col-
I lege was to bavo been delivered on last
l Friday evening. The examination was
held on Friday, but we learn that the ad
dress is to be delivered to-morrow (Wed
nesday) evening.
The Washington (Ga.) Gazette an
nounces the death of Commodore Thomas
T. Hunter, a Virginian by birth, who dis
tinguished himself before our late civil
war in the Federal naval service, and
Afterwards gallantly served nudor the
Confederacy. He died of apoplexy, near
Washington, on Tuesday last.
The 8t. Louis Democrat publishes s
long and elaborate review of the whsst
atop, Its />om end substance ia that the
present crop is s very large one and that
.flour will necessarily be cheep. It ad
vises holders of wheat not to rely on an
increase in prices.
Mr. W. H. Crisp, well known as an
actor, has retired from the stage and
taken editorial charge of the Kami Texas
Bulletin.
Hon. P. M. Box transmits to the Chair-
man of the Democratic Executive Com-
- mittee a telegram from Gov. Swaun,
of Maryland, announcing that first class
rooms for the Alabama delegation to the
Baltimore Convention have been engaged
nt the “Carrollton Hotel."
A negro man who was recently arrested
• In Stewart oounty, Ga., and taken to Beale
. Station, Ala., on suspicion that ha was the
-negro who mnrdersd Mr. Zorkowski, has
baen ratnrnsd to Lumpkin, it baing seesr-
tainad that ha waa not the man.
A Washington dispatch reporta that
Jeasa Wimberly has baen appointad Sur
veyor of Distilleries for the Third District
pf Georgia,
J. N. JAMES’ CANDIDACY—AGAIN.
Wo flud that some readers, who had not
carefully perused Mr. James’ letter, were
of the opinion that his candidacy for Gov
ernor was subject to the decision of tho
Democratic nominating Convention. But
this opinion is not sustained by the tone
of the letter, nor is it in accordance with
the tone of tho presses supporting Mr.
James—to which we shall presently allude.
Tho following is Mr. James' letter an
nouncing himself a candidate:
Atlanta, Ga., June 22 th, 1872.
To the People, of Georgia:
For months past, I have been solicited
personally and by letters, from frieuds
in all portions of the State, to submit my
nurne as a candidate for Governor.
Now, that the Executive Committee has
called a Convention to meet iu tLis city,
on tho 21th duy of the coming mouth, to
nominate a candidate for Governor, 1
deem it u fit opportunity to answer thoso
solicitations, ami to auuouuce tliut I am a
candidate for the position. As a candi
date, I do not feel called upon to discuss
the present exciting issues of national
politics.
What Georgia needs, is a good, sound,
nml economical administration. Stripped
of much of her material wealth by the re-
salts of the war, and subsequently robbed
of much that was left her, by the harpies
that preyed upon her in the hour of her
distress and helplessness, she now find.*
herself burdened w’itb nu immense debt,
for the carryiug of which her people are
grievously taxed.
The people need relief, prompt, full
and Hdequato to tlieir great necessities,
and if I should be honored with iho posi
tion, I may say that all of my energies will
bo devoted to the task of restoring the
credit, prosperity and houor of the noble
old Commonwealth.
If the people ahull tbiuk and decide that
some other geutleman is belter entitled
to the high houors of her Chief .Magis
trate, it will afford mo sincere pleasure to
promptly bow to their expressed wishes.
John H. James.
Tho very address of this letter—“To the
People of Georgia’’—fcUggohtH that Mr.
James is not relying upon the Democratic
party for his “candidacy"; and his dis
missal of national politics, as topics not
proper for discussion in the selection of a
Goveruor of Georgia at this time, con
firms it ns a fact. He alludes, it is true,
to tho CMlliug of the Democratic Conven
tion, but lie only does so, apparently, i.h h
prelude to the announcement that he con
siders this tho time to respond to the
appeals of those who have solicited him
to bocome a candidate, und ho does so
sppoaliug to “the people" for support—
not to the Democrats fora uomiuaUun.
Bnt the courso of tho papers supporting
Mr. James’ claims goes brill faithcr to
conviuce us that we lightly represented
his position. We believe that not ono of
tho papers that has run up hia uaiuo fol
lows it with tho usual qualification, “sub-
j«ct to the decision of the Democratic
Convention." We have now before na
one of thoso papers—the Macon Enter-
jtrisc of the 1st inst.—audits “ticket" is
paraded as follows: “For Governor—
John H. James, of Fulton. For Presi
dent—The Nominee of the Baltimore Cou-
volition. For Vice Prosident—Ditto."
It will be seen that this editor submits
everything to a Democratic Convention
txerpt James’ candiducy for Governor.
But if it should turn out that wo liuve,
misconstruing his ambiguous letter and
tho singular course of his supporters,
misunderstood Mr. James’ position us a
candidate, we will with much pleasure set
him right when authorized to do so.
A 8VRPKNNI0N—AND A RKMININCKNCK.
The Lumpkin Telegraph announces a
suspension of that pupor this week, to
enable its employees to enjoy the 4th of
July and witness the hanging of Spann
in Webster county!
The latter inducement brings to mind
an incident in the early newspaper life of
that incomparable humorist and prince of
good fellows, Johnson Hooper, which be
once published on himself. Hooper was
then editing hia first newspaper, the
East Alabamian, at LaFayette, Chambers
county. It was published on Saturday
mornings, and his latest news came by
the saddle-bags mail from Columbus, ar
riving Friday evenings. The mail rider
was goucrally tardy in reaching LaFayetto,
and Hooper complaiued several times of
the delay, which left him but little time
to extract and get iuto his next morning's
issue the latest intelligence. But on one
Friday, about midday, a negro waa to be
hung at LaFayette, and the mail boy made
snch extraordinary haste in getting there
that day that he arrived in time to witness
the hanging ! Hooper let out npon him
with his choicest licks, concluding with
the pious hope that a negro or a mail
rider would be hung every Friday. This
brought out the maff boy in a reply which
we reproduce as follows (from memory) :
“Mr. Hupper—Ser—Yu think yu done
a mity smart thing abusing the male rider.
But Ilo let yu no Be go to see a nigger
bung whenever 1 durn plees, and not
ask no leeve from yu or your dod-rotted
Estrun All>bamean. I reckon bull yer-
lius' boms would gro out jest as they
allers did, and water would run down hill,
if your pesky Estrun AUybamewu wuan’t
printed at all. It s made a gol-durn d fool
outer yu, and yu never had hut mity little
sense before. lie see as rneuny niggers
hung as I want to, and hope yu may catch
the same. The Male Boy."
Hooper used to refer to this indignant
epistle of the mail boy as an illustration
of the vanity of newspaper pride end
glory. Perhaps be humored the thing and
gave it some finishing touehes, as a means
of show ing up, in a quiet and round-about
way, tho false conceit of thoRe whoso
pomposity end self-importance made them
fit subjects of ridicule. If wo only had
Hooper among us now, what themes these
disjointed times and the usurpations and
vagaries of politicians would furnish for
his ridionle and satire ! But we hope that
his is a state of rest—of peace unknown
to lli« worried editor with hia daily vexa
tions.
Goveruor Smith hai appointed C. D.
McCutchen, Esq., of Dalton, Judge of
the Cherokee Circuit, to fill the vacancy
caused by Judge Parrott’s desth.
Da. Rufus Bratton.—The Colombia
Union of Thursday says: “It will be aeon
by reference to oar press dispatches that a
telegram, purporting to oowte from Toron
to, states that Dr. Rufus Bratton baa been
restored to Canadian] uriedtetton and ia
now at that ptooa. This to not ao. On
reoaipt of this press dispatch we immedi
ately telegraphed to the ooamaadaat of
the poet at Yarkville, and are informed
that Dr. Bratton to still at YarkvUle, 8, 0.
Be much far that pieoe of news."
Ills Fiirmirs!
Editor Enquirer: How unrelenting are
tho Hon. B. IT. Hill's .enemies! They
hunt after him in every way ami every
The t.rsiters of tho Southers Armies—How
Hio) Mam! on the question of l*i-acr.
From Uni .latkw n tMis.*) i lariou J
Tito fact is worthy to be tnonlioned, not
proof to any one, but nevertheless :
form. Thov strike nt him hero nml there ! u fact rcplolo with NiguiUoauce, llmt the
with*the vcmuu of tho rattle snake: uu- meu ' vho tLo Southern unuies when
* " , and
wmtroveiny wan being
settled with powder and bail and shell
and shot, are ull opposed to n straight-out
nomination on impracticable issues iu tho
Presidential election, and uro in favor of
the adoption of the peace programme de
clared at Ciucinnuti. Let us submit a
few examples iu each of the reconstructed
Hiatus:
In Louisiana—Beauregard, Longatreet
and Itaya.
In Texas—John B. Hood.
In Mississippi—Fcatherstone, Walthall
and Humphreys.
In Alabama —Pettus, Morgan (Johu T.)
nml K ipluu l S.unmos.
Iu Georgia—Gordon, Donning, Wofford
and Wright.
In South Carolina—Hampton and Ker-
vers.il mnnesty
and opposed to o
of tho States boil
the rights and pr
its inhabitants I -
d impartial suffrage,"
traliz.ition and in favor
“left free to enforce
nolo the well being of
noh rut tins as the judg
ment of its peoplo shall proscribe; that
tho civil shall bo supreme over the mili
tary ; the habeas corpus should bo zeal
ously upheld as the safe guard of personal
freedom; and thero shill bo no Federal
dictation of the internal policy of the sev
eral States." Will you be so kind as to
Hay to the Atlanta Sun that it will liud a
“recognition" of Democratic principles,as
quoted above, iu the declarations made
by Mr Greeley in his letter of acceptance.''
. .1 • e • » 1 there was real lighting lo be done, and
Me lo fasten then- poisonous fangs into | v .. hct , , bo cul ? lt ovm»y was lain*
his gruud character or liia imprognuble
positions. His great cud charitable speech
lias awakened disappointment in his ctio-
roies. Oh, how they turn and twist un
der that culm, patriotic aud statesman like
speech! Ho reviewed the past truthfully
and manfully; ho surveyed tho present
with a master’s eye, and with a master
hand marked out ihe course that ought to
bo penned ; his highest and only aim is
the good of his eonutry ; a purer and lof
tier patriot atatosmnn docs not walk tho
soil of Georgia. I honor him for tho
great virtues of his head and heart.—
Every pulsation of his heart is made for
his country and its welfare, and tliu peo
ple seo and know it, mid neither tho thun
ders of the great nor the bray of the little
can shako the conHdcueo the people have
iu him. Homo say ho is not honest. Why
tho pooplo cannot see when ho was dis
honest. Ho is us true to tho principles
of honor us tlm noodle is to tho polo. Tho
Federal Luton nay a Mr. llill is not honest.
That paper is the lust place 1 would go
for political honesty. And then there is
ono Mr. Abrams, who has nomo ncquin-
tanco with some of tho French balloon
ists, nml has road a novel, that essays to
deny koui” of Mr. Hill’s positions. This
French balloonist does not like Mr. Gree
ley, because lie wi hes that all political
rights lost in tho lato war “should and
must bo promptly restored and re-estab
lished," ami that lie is in favor of “uni
in North Carolina—D. 11. Hill aud
-Iuibodon ami Pickett,
c -Forrest, Bate, Cheatham
ml Hr,
Whil
so soldiers of tho “Lost.
Can V Hie rallying under tho banner of
peach which Las been entrusted to tho
keeping of honest Horace Greeley, ba-
cause he hus steadily advocated universal
mum sty since tho closo of the war, and
bus given the highest cvidcticu of person-
id example of the faith within him—the
rank and tile, whom they loud, are form
ing around them an invincible phalanx,
to win a victory in peuce second only to
tho glories of their record in war.
> Tor the
itAi
Sen
Fkuih
Ibiml, i
The
n >st intense
my years ago, be
tween heuaiois Uruiuly und While, and
Grundy and Boll, of Tuiiuessee; utter-
wards between Bell aud Junes (both
Whigs); and fiercest and bitturext oi all,
between Boll und Audi aw Johnson. The
lust, wo behove, hud u liltlu personal ren
contre home where about the Senate
Chamber, wbioh, however, was speedily
quelled by the interference • f iho:r broth
er Senators. The two Senator* from
Mississippi, Jefferson Davis and Sslathiul
Foote, both Democrats, used to hold each
other iu special ubliorrepco--hating each
other with a hate that finally culminated
iu u small list-light at Senator Davis’
boardiug-bou.-u.i. liven Kc-natora Davis
and Brown, of Mississippi, also both i)oui-
oerats, never hud any good fouling tor
ouch other. The loud between Fenton
und Conkhug, both Republicans, of Now
York, is notorious; ami it bus been iuten-
allied, if not originally caused, by the
preference shown by Grunt for Colliding
und his friends iu the distribution of the
New York offices. Old Tom Bouton, one
of the best haters that over lived, during
his “Thirty Years iu tho Senate, was
ever lit war w ith his colleagues, each iu
bis turn ; indeed, his whole career iu Mis
souri, us previously in Tennessee, was
filled up with “j rivato wars" ami “rumors
of wars," ono of which resulted iu the ex
termination of bis enemy—Col. Lucas—■
in a celebrulud duel.
Long ugo, we remember to havo honrd
that Felix Urundy leiL Kentucky when »
rising youug man, because, us be is re
ported to have said, “There was not room
euough iu ono Sluio for two such men as
lloni y Clay and himself." Ho according
ly settled iu Tennessee, w here his subse
quent life wus ono long but occasionally
successful rivulry with White, Bell, Polk,
and other great guus of nearly as heavy
calibre us himsclt. it is this spirit of self
ish rivulry that results iu ho many of tLosu
bitter feuds which have disgraced tho
highest councils of tho nation.—Frank
fort (Ky.) yeoman.
The following are extracts from tho
Kuow-Notbiug speeches of Henry Wilson,
nee Jeremiuh Colbuith, in Massachusetts
in 1854 :
The timo has como when tho uniform
of the Stuto militia should no longer be
disgraced by beiug seen on tho Uuck of a
Catholic Irishman or an Infidel Dntch-
uian.'
“By tho light of these burning iji'inties,
tho TcU'ou ami Celt may read tlio doom
that will overtake them, iu tho uMou.pt to
compote with the native born American
political suj rumary on this conti
nent. ’
What do our Irish and German fellow-
citizens think of these utterances ot the
Grant candidate for Vice Provident 'i
[XusheUte Luton.
IIai.l or Goon Shepherd, i
Lodge No. 12,
Auburn, Ala., Juno l.*i, 1872.)
At a culled into ing of tho Good Shep
herd Lodge, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, ft has pleased Almighty God,
in His infiuite wisdom to call from our
midst our much-honored und esteemed
brother, Rev. W. A. Dick, therefore
be it
Resolved, That while humbly bowing
in hubmi-.sion to tho will of Him who do-
etb all things well, we deeply deplore tho
loss we have sustained by tho do.tli of
one who, by his manly and generous dis
position and devotion to the intoie.st of
our Order, endeared him to every mem
ber.
Resolved, That we tender to his afflict
ed family our sincere and hoar I felt sympa
thy, and whilo mourning with them tho
loan of un affoctiomito husband and father,
console ourselves with the thought that
he hAS doparled for a brighter and better
world.
Resolved, That wa wear tho usual
badge of mourning for twenty dnys.
Resolved, That the foregoing pream
ble and resolutions be spread upon tho
minutes of this Lodge, a copy bo furnish
ed the family of onr deconnud brother,
and be published in tho Opelika Locomo
tive ana tho Temperance Watchman.
Rev. 1*. II. Ltmoor,
Ruv. E. L Lovell***,
F. M. Reese,
Dr. U. H. B&aoaw,
J. M. Riley,
Committee.
George S. Thomas haa been appointed
End commissioned Assistant United States
Attorney for Georgia with e r.zLuy of two
tbonennd dollars per annum.—Atlanta
Const., 80IA
br Limbo.—T. G. Campbell, negro Sen
ator from Molutosh county, was brought
to thto city yesterday aud lodged in jail,
for marrying a white woman to a negro
man In this county.—Atlanta Constitu
te*, &QM.
IMi>n«;vc ArranvNi
ll<‘«Y|l1 ion Of t lie
Washington, June 27.—A meeting of
tho members of tho National Democratic
Committee and tho local committee of
Baltimore wus held in tho lutter city to
day. Considerable routine business wus
transacted, after which Mr. John I. Ford
reported his progress and plans iu the
filling up of tho Opera House for conven
tion purposes. Tne artists nro industri
ously at work preparing State banners and
devices of various kinds to beautify and
adorn tho interior. Each banner will con
tain tho coat of arms of tho State it top-
resents ; and the seals of tho various del
egations will bo designated by vari-colored
silk markers, trimmed with gold bullion
fringe. Some three thousand foot of
vergreons will bo tastefully distributed
long tho tiers and walls, changing tho
hob* appearance of tho hoiiso. Tho
rosidmit M desk will bo on a raised plat-
>nn on tho stage, and will be handsomely
reunited with tlie national ensigns, Ac.
ho desks of tlm Secretary and Assistants
will bo immediately in front. Reporters’
desks, to tho number of two hundred, will
irovidad, and the greatest possible
facilities secured for tlm comfort and con-
vnmncu of tlo press. Elegant portraits
>f Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Car-
oil of C trloilton, and other distinguished
non, will bo placed in appropriate posi-
ions. Tlm lobbies, halls, entrances, cor-
idoi-H, committee rooms, Ac., will bo fos-
ooimd and made iuo*t attractive. The
xtoriorof tlm building will bo mado to
look its gayest with flags, evergreens,
mottoes, devices, Ac. One untrunce-door
will bo assigned exclusively to tho dele
gates, whilst another will be devoted to
accommodation of the audience. U*h-
and pages will bo provided ; und, in
fact, all will be done that industry, taste,
md a desire to extend a cordial welcome
o the visitors can suggest. It. was detor-
niiied by the resident committee to nt
Mice begm tho arrangements for a grand
atitlcatiou mooting iu Monument Square
m tlm night, of the day on which the
mumiitloo w ill finish its labors. This will
>rulmbly be Wednesday night tlm 101b,
>r Thursday tlm 1 Ith of July.
Chicago, Juno 27.—Tho following is a
copy ot the letter sent by Hun. Duvid
Davis to tho President of tho Columbus
ruvoutiou, declining tho nomination :
Bloomington, June 21, 1872.— lion. E.
M. Cliumburliu, President of the Colum
bus Convention, Boston, Alass.—My Dear
'J hu National Convention of Labor
Reformers on the 22d of Februuiy lust
1 mo with u nomination as their
candidate for the Presidency. Having
regarded that movement us tlm initiation
if n policy and purpose to unite tho vari-
)ii * political elements in a compact oppo-
liliou, 1 consented to the use of my minm
*eforo the Cincinnati Convention, where
listiuguished citizen of New York was
nominated. Under theso circumstances 1
deem it proper to retire ulsolutely from
isideutial contest aud thus leave
tlm friends who were generous enough to
offer me their voluntaiy support free to
buy their oouviutious of duty unfettered
by uuy supposed allegiance. Sympathiz
ing earnestly with ull just aud proper
uhvirus by which the condition • t labor
y lm elevated und improved, I am, with
great respect, }our fellow citizen,
David Davis.
Kx-tiovernor Jniklns.
This excellent citizen and distinguished
public servant declines nil appointments
to pluco of any sort:
Augusta, Juno 17, 1872.
Jus. p. Jlarrison, Esq. t Editor Monroe
Advertiser :
Deaic Hut—During my recent absence
from tlm State two very kind and flatter
ing notices of me have appeared in your
paper, which 1 have just soon. in the
first you propose mo as the Democratic
nominee lor tho olUue of Governor, in
the second you notice a rumor that 1 do
not desire that position. Lut am un aspi
rant to a seat on the bench of the Su
preme Court. Believing that iu { arty ev
olutions the general opinion should lm us
much conoen*ruled as possible in udvauce
of nominations, so us to avoid distracted
counsels, I beg you will allow me,through
the medium of your valuable paper, to
withdraw my nume, absolutely and un
conditionally, from consideration, regard
ing both of those positions. Biucercly
grateful to my fellow-citizens for the be
stowal of each iu tho past, 1 neither as
pire to, nor can consent to accept cither,
in the future. From my experience iu
them I do not believe 1 have remuiuiug
sufficient strength to endure the mental
strain und tho physical unroot iuciduut to
euch. Allow mo lo add ibut iu my opin
ion tlm vacancies soon to occur—ouo iu
tho Executive and tho other iu tho Su
premo Judicial Department—would bo
w’ell filled by tho reappointment of tho
present incumbents severally. Huch, as
u citizen of Georgia, is my earnest desire.
I conclude by requesting that you will
at • ace remove my uumu from tho bead
of your editorial column, aud oblige your
friend, C. J. Jenkins.
Fearful Record.—Duriug the term of
tiro Superior Court which has just ad-
journtu there were thirty-seven case*
tried and disposed of, twentv-iive of
which wore convicted, either of the of-
fen&o charged or a minor ono. The ma
jority of offeuses wore committed by ne
groes, or oa by courtesy called colored
persons, twenty-seven out of the whole
number being of this clues; thirteen of
theao being burgleriee.
Offense* committed by white* being
chiefly act* of violenee against the per
son, of various grades, from simple es-
aault, to the highest known to the tow,
that of murder. Let us hope that this
will not he in vslo. and that the tow will
beooma what it is intended to be, a terror
to them that do evil and a praise to them
that do nvXL^AUanta Constitution, DO,
MEXICO.
Matamoros, Juno 28.—About‘100 cav
alry, under Colonel Tosonaft, came in this
morning from Camargo in puisuit of the
bandits supposed to bo trader tho com
mand of Fortugnl, who have committed
depredations in this vicinity for some
timo past. On nccouut of there boitig
no cavalry here, tho authorities could
not iutorcopt them, they being woll
moulded.
Gen. Cebnllos is still nt Cnmnrgo, with
his advauco at Mier, to which place tho
telegraph is working.
The friends of tho Government claim
that Gou, Rocha is between Saltillo and
Monterey, and that Gon. Ceballos hos or
ders to advance from CnuiArgo to co
operate with Gou. Roolm iu a general at
tack on Monterey, which will bo rnudo
next week. On tlio other hand, the revo
lutionists claim that G«*n. Rocha is not
near Monterey, that Gen. Ruvueltos sur
rendered Saltillo to Gen. Trevino, and
that Gen. Quiroga is marching on Mata-
tuoros, having already defeated Gen. Ce-
halloa's advance und forced it back with
considerable loss.
The indications are that Gen. Rocha is
near Montery with men, uud that
Geus. Trevino aud Quiroga uro entrench
ed iu that city, and that Gen. Ceballos,-
wilh two thousand men, holds tlio coun
try north of Monterey, upon which place
ho is preparing to advance.
Texas Savages—Murder of (leu. McKenzie.
Tho Galveston Civilian publishes the
following letter, doted at Fredericksburg,
Texas, on the ltUh instant:
Mr. Loeschar has brought us the sul
news that Gon. McKenzie, Lieut. Smith
aud about eight soldiers were killed by
Indians, who took them by surprise in a
tight.
Gun. McKenzie, with a detnchiueut of
twelve men, two of whom were officers,
and all of whom were mounted, wore
suddenly surrounded by about sixty sov-
agos. Tho brave Genorn! was ono of the
tU'Nt who fell from his horse deadly
wounded. Only three soldiers saved their
lives by rapid flight. The General s body
was most Hlniinelully mutilated. Hu was
on liis way to take command of the great
expedition which it is understood is being
inuuyur dod nt the upper forts against tho
indium*, and his uutimely death will ma
terially interfere with its success, it is
feared. The surprise happened bet wen
Fort Belknap and Juckboro’, where Mr.
Louichor witnessed the whole affair about
three hundred yards distant, hidden from
view in tho bushes.
Wo have news from Fort Mason that
the Indians rnii several stock men into
tlio very gates of that fort. The savages
laid on white shirts, uud they had along
with them a white lady whom they must
havo captured from one of tho upper
ouuntieM.
A California Boomerang.—Professor
Davidson presented to tho California
Academy of Sciouccs a boomerang, re
ceived trorn Samuel Shrewsbury, Hun lago
canon, Los Angeles county, being one of
two which that gentleman had recently
obtuiuod from tho Indiausof thatloeuli'y.
The wpocimen received was of peculiar
shape, but tho other is described as pre
cise ly similar iu form to tho boomerangs
used by tho natives of Australia. Tlio In
dians appear to he informed as to tho pur
poses und method of throwing the imple
ment, hnt Iboso specimens uiti the only
ones that havo boon found in their pos
se: sion in latter times. Tho old records
of Los Angeles, however, contain refer
ences to the boomerang as an implement
of warfare among tho Indians of that lo
cality. Tho discovery presents an inter
esting subject, suggesting coniiuiiuic.iliou
and association between tin* North Amer
ican savages und the natives of Australia
at homo former period.—Sun Francisco
Jl idle tin, 18///.
Tub Remains of the Chicago Corners.
The Chicago Tribune, under date June
25,says:
The grain which the cliques had collec
ted here in their cornering operation duos
not go forward froeley yet, though tho
continued .settling down of prices which
was noticeable again to-day, is preparing
the way for it. it is commonly believed
that some of the bunks which encouraged
the speculators in oats to attempt the-
blockade of the eutire grain trade of the
city, holds yet about 1,.*>00,000 bushels of
oa s on which they had udvuncod 510 cent*
nor bushel or more. It is difficult lossy
how nearly correct this entim.de of quan
tity may be, but it sueuis m>t improbable
the price oi oats is being artificially sus
tained, in tho hope ol working off the
sill plus gradually, it h apparent, howev
er, that there will be a loss in Iho opera
tion, and tho general public will nut lie
Horry if tlio bunks which assisted the cor
nering conspiracy get punished iu that
way.
Locusts and the Cotton Crop.—Tho
N. O. Picayune of tlio 211th says a gentle-
man who returned from tho Red River
euiiutry a few days ago reported that ho
hud heard that the locusts which had lioeu
swarming in tho woods in North Louisiana
had got .into the cotton fields along Red
River, and were doing considerable duiu-
ago to tho crops.
Wo deferred alluding lo tho matter un
til our Red River exehungcH should say
something about it. Tho Conshutta
Times, ol the 22d, is tho first paper that
ullmlos to it. It says:
Locusts havo made their appearance iu
this vicinity iu large numbers, ami wo are
told nro doing considerable damage to tho
cotton crops. Thor may be seen flying
iu every direction about sundown.
A Protracted Law Suit Settled —
Nearly all of our county read* rs uro
familiar with (lie case of Horn vs. It.ir-
hour County, which has so long been in
Iho courts, but wo will brie fly run over it.
Thu plaintiff, Willium I>. Horn, fell from
u bridge in this county, over Jack Creek,
in October, 1852, and received serious in
juries from his full, and on account of
which he brought suit for damages against
I lie county, in Barbour Circuit Court, iu
February, 1851). The first trial took placo
iu 18(>7, with a verdict for the plaintifl' of
$4,500. The defendant appealed, aud tho
Buprtmio Court revorsod and remanded
tho ease. At the next trial, in 1870, the
plaintiff recovered a verdict of $(i,(M)0 ;
again defendant appealed, and again tho
Supreme Court reversed and remauded
the case. It was next tried at the spring
term, 1871, of the Circuit Court, when a
verdict was reudered for defendant, anew
trial granted, and ou a change of venue
to Henry county, the plaintiff recovered
u verdict of $10,000.
A outlier uppeul whs taken, and at the
present term of the Supreme Court it was
decided that a county caunot be held lia
ble for aecideuta that may happen ou a
bridge similar to the ouo in question. If
it hud been a toll bridge, then the pluintiff
could have recovered damages. This de
cision is final, aud saves to the county
about $10,000; but it is disastrous to Mr.
Horn.— Eufaula Times, 3l)//<.
Turned. Up Again.—Captain Isaiah
iiyuders, well known to all New Yorkers,
aud for tho past six years a resident of
Bergen county, New Jersey, was a dele
gate to the New Jersey Btste Convention,
representing Lodi township. A New York
correspondent says:
“The captain, with hi* half-moon
whiskers extending from the tip of ono
ear to that of the other, hi* ro*y face, bis
white* bat perobed defiantly on the top of
his bead, look* like the genuine old Jer«
aey farmer he ie y instead of the fumous
muscular politician whioh hi* reputation
justifies. He glories in the feet of having
voted th* Democratic tioket for farty-sev-
an years, and yet hope* to live to oast one
more tote, and that for Horaot Greeley."
OppoHltlon to Dot. Smith.
CorrcaiuaUcuco gavuiiintli News.J
Atlanta, June ffO, 1872.
It is not probable that the Gubernato
rial Convention will be uusninious iu tho
choice of a candidate for Governor. In
deed, it is now well understood that the
holders of Bullock’s spurious bonds, cer
tain railway and canal “rings," and cer
tain local interests and factions, togother
with tho “sore-heads" and disappointed
office-seekers, aro hard at work tryiug to
find a caudidutc to beat out Gov. Smith.
Home of these parties had a meeting for
consultation at the National Hotel yester
day, wbon it was determined to send out
ugeuts and canvassers iuto different purls
of the State, one of whom was to leavo
for Southwestern Georgia this morning.
Others have gone, or will go, in other di
rections. The use of money is freely
talked about by these people, and tho
anumut already on hand—$25,000—is
mentioned as uu evideuce of strength !
Tho parties to this movement of the
“riugs" are known, and will bo exposed
at tbo proper time. I allude to the sub
ject uow to put the people ou their guard.
One of the parties approached a leading
citizen of North Goorgiu during tho Con
vention this week, and urged him to be
come a candidate; but he promptly do-
cliued, saying he was for Smith. Another
one suggested to a distinguished gentle
man that he organizo a movement iu
Custom Georgia iu opposition to the
present incumbent. Thu answer was pro
fane, but very emphatio against uuy such
folly.
Meanwhile, there has been Homo co
quetting between theso Democratic ’sore
heads* and ‘ring’ men, and the lenders of
tlio African forces iu the State. If a sat
isfactory representative of tho bondhold
ers, tho disappointed brigade, aud tlio
lobby, cannot be nominated, thou it is
hoped some disseusiou may urine iu tho
Democratic party, either in Georgia or at
Baltimore, which, with tho co-operation
of the Radicals, sill enable tho coulilion
to curry the oleutiou.
•q.on.K-i
of tlio
mil Mo
The Slate IIoimI Lphni*.
Atlanta, June, 21).—The most impor
tant facts yet developed by the commit
tee on the State Roml lease wero brought
to light yesterday. Ouo of tlio lessees
testified that, soon after the lease was ef
fected, a motion wus rnudo iu a meeting
of his colleagues to raise $180,000. Of
this sum only $50,t>00 was actually paid
up. During the discussion which arose
upon the motion, Kimball is represented
ns hnviug urged tho payment of the whole
atuoiiut asked for, i.h compensation for
services rendered; for, to these services,
he said, the persons present owed their
seats as lessees.
The evidence was given by an ex-les
see, who usked that the other lessees
might bo present nud contradict him, if
they could. Two of them dccliued, whilo
two others uttuude(l,aud were put through
a must trying and sifting examination.
Ouo of them complained of being sick
before the examination was concluded,
aud, upou his owu urgent request, was
excused.
Thu testimony of the ex-lessee was too
Murtling to be kept sieiet. It was soon
whispered about, und created great ex-
citnmcnt and cousternutiou among the
friends of the lease. The testimony docs
nut connect Bullock with the transaction,
at least us the party for whom the money
was to bo raised; nor does it appear that
tho money was to be paid to members of
iho Legislature or of the lobby. Ex-Gov-
ornor Brown, it is said, has un explana
tion of this transaction, but it has not
been made public, and I do not know
a hut it is. He is one of the lessees who
dccliued to bo prescut at the examination
of the persons alluded to above.
TI1K LEASE TO HR SET ASIDE.
It is muleistood that the committee
will make n strong rnd probably unani
mous report agaiust the legality aud valid
ity of tlio lease, and that it will report a
resolution to ask the Legislature to adopt
it, requesting the Governor to institute
proceedings in tho propor court to set it
aside. It lias already been intimated that
the lessees mi« ready to return tho road if
the Statu will reimburse them for the im
provements they havo mado, uud tlio ad
ditional rolling stock they have furnished.
Jf the case gt;ts into court, it will proba
bly romaiu there many years; for what,
with the toiiiousuess of legal proceed
ings, the ingeuuity of counsel, uud the
nonresidence of some of the lessees, it
could he kept afloat for a long time.
Supreme Court of GuonaiK—July 1,
1872.—Tho reular July term of the Court
convened, the entire Court being present.
No. 1. Blue Ridge Circuit—J. C. and
Susan J. Clark vs. J. M. Thurmond.
Equity from Lumpkin. Argued. R. A.
Quillian fur plaintiffs in error. Wier
Boyd contra.
No. 2. David Nichols, for use of John
W. Field, jr., v.*^ M. C. Martiu, adminis
tratrix. Complaint from Lumpkin, li.
A. Quillian, Wier Boyd, for pluintiff iu
error. H. P. Bell, contra.
No. 3. W. It. Dodgen vs. E. J. and It.
A. Camp, administrators. Assumpsit
from Milton. Argued. H. P. Bell,
Thomas R. Low is, for plaintiff in error.
Irwin «fc Auderron, contra.
No. 4. S. M. McConnell aud H. Lovin-
good vs. Joseph H. Hamilton. Scire
facias from Cherokee. Argued. Lester
A* Thompson for plaintiffs iu error. David
Irwin, contra.
No. 1. Western Circuit—J. W. Mont
gomery nud R. M. Meroucy, executors,
vs. 'J'. W. and H. W. Pruitt, et. at. Relief
act of 1870, from Clark. Argued Cobb,
Irwiu »V. Cobh, represented by the Re
porter, for plaintiffs iu error. G. McMil
lan, contra.
No. 2. Ann E. Lowery vs. E. W. Wil
liams, administrator. Equity from White.
Cobb, Irwin *fc Cobb, represented by tho
Reporter, for pluintitf in error. G. Mc
Millan, contra.
Pending the argument of G. McMillan,
Esq., the Court adjourned uutill 10 o'cl'k
to morrow.—Atlanta Const.
Heavy Wheat Yield.—Our friend Rit-
phns P. Johnson, of the woll-known Ag
ricultural Depot, iu tbia city, hns what
might bo termed a “fancy farm" in the
edge of town. Ho devotes a good deni of
time and tuouey to see what Middle Geor
gia cim do in the way of raising the nee-
esHttrios of life. Th* last season he thor
oughly prepared four and one-half acres
of old lund, and put on ou* hundred
pounds of meal aud bone guano and
twelve pounds of cotton seed to acre, and
sowed iu the “lied and “Tappahan-
uock" varieties of wheat, lie had it
threshed one day last week ADd it yielded
one luiudred aud one-half bushels, tho
Red May making twenty-two and one-half
bushels per acre, and the Tappahannock
thirty-two and one-half bushels per acre.
Tlio seed wheat, plowing cutting, thresh
ing and manure cost him about twenty-
three dollars per acre, aud the wheat is
worth fifty dollars per aere, thus leaving
a clear profit of tweutv-aeven dollars, or
one hundred Aud eight dollars for the
patch. But this is not all the profit; he
sowed it in clover with his wheat, and
there is uow a haudsotue stand, and the
atraw as a manure is worth the expenses
incurred in raising end gathering the
wheat, and in addition to the enriching of
his laud, he has made his wheet clear, or
two huudred dollar* off of four acre*.—
Griffin Fetes.
The average yield of wheat in different
countries variee remarkably. In Anetrto
it is fourteen bnahela per aere; in France
and Prussia, seventeen ; in Spain twenty-
three ; while in Britain the average yield
is from twenty-eight to thirty. Tne yield
of barley in Fr*no* to twenty-one bnebeto
per aere; in Prnaeto tweoty-flve, nod in
England from tbirty-flTO to forty bnahela
ptrftoit,
Every ninn has homo way of telling the
changes of ifce weather, or rnther, having
no way of telling what tho weather will
be. lie fixes un nume rule and agrees
within himself that ho will believe tho
weather to bo thus or thus according as
his rule dumunds.
These signs do not generally receive
from those who follow them u very criti
cal investigation. When u man suys “I
havo noticed for more than forty years
that always when," etc., etc., it may be
quietly assumed that he has noticed no
such thing. He has heat'd some one say
this or so ; he has it vague idea that once
or twice ho has seen tLo sign come true,
but the dozens of times when it utterly
failed ho paid no regard to it.
It is a common saying that there will
come a change of tuo weather with the
change of the moon. Now, us tho moon
changes unco a week,a change of weather
must como some where near u chunge of
tlio moon.
But take a aeries of observations, snch
ns thoso made ly tho agents fur tho
“Hmithsouiau Instil ute"—observation*
which give tho state of tlio thermometor,
direction of tho wind, character of tho
clouds und fall of rain in a particular
place, noted three times a day tor years,
and Ly comparing tho changes of weather
with changes of tlio moon, wo flud thero
is no traceable connection botweeu tho
two—that sometimes tho weather chunges
with tho moon, und just as often dues
not.
Tho moon changes on tlio sntno day all
over tho earth. A change «»f wuatlier
moves more slowly than the moon, so that
if tho moon und Iho weal her run togeth
er ou the Atluiiri • cu.»d they would not bo
on the Rocky Mouutaius ur the Pacific
coast. Again, when tlio weather is very
wet un thu Atlantic slopes it may bo very
dry iu the Mississippi Salley. If it
chungcs from wcl to dry in one placo it
should change ft jui dly lo wet in tho
other. People lorget that tho moon
chunges ulsuwhere than in their own
township.
Hays homo old farmers, “It will turn
ii'm next week, Thursday, for there is a
change of thu moult." ‘‘i'uiu warm
where V" we ask him. "Why turn warm
here.” But tho moon will ctuinge up iu
Alaska—will it turn warm there'r And it
hus already turned wurui dow n iu Texas
—has the moon already changed there,
or does not Texas weather go by tho
Hays ono old observer, “I havo noticod
for more than forty yours that, tho first
frost in tho fall comes at tho tnuo of tho
full uioou." But tlio first does not como
at tho sHino time iu Montreal, Philadel
phia and Savannah ; and if the first frost
iu Montreal comes on u hull moon, tho
first iu Now Yoik could not bo before tho
first full moon, uud Richmond would have
to wait till another moon before it could
have a frost, and the first frost would not
e iu Cnbu before tho next July.
Itcans should be planted in the new of
moon," s»ys some old tellow who lias
hud ‘‘experience.'' But beans shoidd nut
be planted iu Missouri at thu same time
i Arkansas or Louisiana, nml if each
latitude must wait for a now moon for
bouti planting tho people up iu Dakota or
British America would not get their bourn*
at ull.
“The 28th of tho mouth," says another,
“shows what is to lie tho prevailing
weather lor the next mouth.’ But u
while ugo thu almanac w»s changed from
old style to new style, and now the 28ih
comes at u different time by eleven days
from what it did before. Is it just iik re
liable t > reckon from us it was before?—
The Basalt at Siam.
One of those artists who unwittingly
help Mr. Greeley by eerioatnriag Min
xnppliea a dMign to • plotatofqpr In
tended to glorify FrMkMBt Qnnk Tha
President ia therein r.prwented ihHm
hie cigar and qnito abient-mindodlj trial-
ing on the tail of the Britiah Uaa.
bite. Unleonine teara roll from Ma afKl
oyea. Thinia .ary mild of th. Uaa a*d
inexpreuibly h.roio of PrMldMt Gnat;
and we look with tom. oarloaifey Oft Hw
vuriou. legend, atrawn .boat to Uam
what it all mean.. From Umm It appaata
that Naat would typify the nabUm moral
viotory won by th. Fn.id.nt or.r Bag.
land in the matter of the iodlnct olaim*.
A wit, once bearing from ahnntor a thrill
ing aoooant of hia affair with a royal Baa-
gal tiger, in wbioh that brnto waa ahaoad
leu miles on foot, bnt finally got off, hia
hide being well riddled with holla fn '
We i
It IS.
if the now moon is tipped up so that
you cmi hang a powder horn on it, tho
th will be a dry one—or a wet one—
tho wouther prophets uro not agreed
bich.
When the t>uu crosses tho line, on tho
Ith of March or September, wo shall
avo nit eqi’jnuxial stoim u is said. Now
e are apt to have storms iu March, aud
ue may come somewhere near the 2Uih,
but it may have as much connection with
St. Patrick s duy us with thu sun’s crossing
the line.
Let u man take notes of the mutter for
a series of yeats and set them down on
pupor; ho will be able to test these signs.
But the liup-huzurd recollections of an old
sailor or au old farmer uro no guide. Ho
thinks hu hus observed ; when iu fact he
has puid no utteutiou to the matter ut ull.
A Truthful Sketch.—Let a man fail
in busiiiuNs, what un effect it 1ms ou his
who havo taken
him by thu urui, laughed aud chatted
with him by the hour, shrug their shoul
ders and puss ou with a cold “How do
you do ?"
Every trifle of a bill is hunted up and
presented that would not have seen light
ths to come, but for tho misfor
tunes of the debtor. If it ii paid, well
nml g.
purhups in
that has tic
man tmtur*
lu prosp
f no’, the moo*1 of tho 8 he riff
•> i.Uii the coiner. A U1UU
or tailed knows but little hu-
■rity ho sails along gontly,
wnftod by favoring stuilus and kind words
from everybody, lie prides himself ou
his nume and spotless character, and
makes his boast that he 1ms not an enemy
rid. Alus! thu clvuige. lie
looks nt tho world in a different light
when reverses como upon him. He reads
suspicion on every brow. Ho hardly
to move; or to do this thing
or tho other ; there are spies about hiiu,
A writ is already for his buck. To know
whut kind of stuff the world is made of, a
person must be unfortunate,and stop pay
ing once in his htutime. if he has kind
friends, then they are mado nmmfest. A
failure is a mor .l soivo—il brings out the
wheat and shows the chuff. A man thus
learns that word* and pretended good will
are not uud do nut constitute real friend
ship.
The Vote in the Electoral College.
The following table gives the exact vote
to which each State, under thu apportion
ment, is entitled in tlio electoral college :
Maine 7 1 Maryland 8
Now Hampshire. 5 I Virginia 11
Vortnout f> | North Citroliua.. 10
Massachusetts. ...18 South Carolina.. 7
Rhode island 4 | Georgia 11
Connecticut (1 1 Florida 4
New Y’ork 35 j Alabama 10
New Jersey 9 j Texas... 8
Pennsylvania 25) , Mississippi 8
Ohio 22 Louisiana 8
Kentucky 12 | Arkansas (>
Tennessee 12 1 Michigan 11
Indiauu 15 | Iowa U
Illinois 21 j Wisconsin 10
Missouri 15 | California 0
Oregon 3 | Minnesota ft
Novudu 3 Kansas ft
Nebraska 3 | West Virginia.... ft
Delaware 3 j —
Total 3fl«
The Indictments Against Those Ac
cused of Crime in Connection with Bul
lock’s Rule.—The Superior Court of Ful
ton has done u heavy work agaiiiat the
men accused of btute road and oihor
frauds under tho Bullock rogime. Thir
ty-on* indictments were found by the
Grand Jury of this county, including
•loven individuals for the various crime*
of cheating aud swindling, embezzlement
of public funds, larceny ufter trust, etc.
They stand as follows: It. B. Bullock
2, E. N. Kimball 3, Foster Blodgett 4, E.
F. Blodgett 4, N. P. Hotchkiss 4, A. L.
Harris 3, James Mnllena 8, J. It. W. John
son 1, Hi P. Farrow 2, J. L Whitaker!,
H. O. Hoyt 4,
On* oaae waa tried against H. O. Hoyt,
and a oonviotion had. . The other coses
WfYf OOQtinued to the October term*
[Atlanta Constitution,
punned
finally escaped by a miracle, lufiafi
taste of bis trons*ra with th* Mg«- W?
nre similarly deair on* to bear the Brttirti
lion’s version of the incident in thto ludi
crous picture. Perhap* th* lion would
suy that it waa not h*, bnt th* party of tto
other part, who did the squirming and th*
squealing, and waa disoomfltad.
We would reapaotfnlly adviaaTBarientnr-
istB and Administration editor* to stop
eulogizing the President and Mr. Tito for
their oondnot of the Alabama bnainam.—
Decidedly, the least said about that tha
better. We have been beaten at aracy
point in our lata diplomacy by tha Eag-
statesmen, and are finally ruled out of
court ut Geneva on an issue wbara tha
Administration had dtlibmtely (toted It
self. The two nations (toad to-day wtel
they would have stood months ago if
these untenable indirect ol*J mi had Oat
been eooked up by onr Government aad
thrust npon the ubimtors by ranrtoa.
During all this time of inaction buitn—
has been unsettled and trada vastly in
jured, owing to fears of tha failure ot tha
a hole treaty, and tha poaaibility of grave
difficulties springing up between tha two
countries. That the Alabama troobtoa
arc now finally on the way to aatUamant
is a subject for congratulation; bnt wa
cannot help feeling humiliated whan wa
think of the sorry figure ont by onr Gov
ernment at Geneva. A higher degree of
statesmanship and leas cunning and craft
at Washington would hava avoided thto
result by a clear understanding with Eng-
hind on this snbjeot before the signing of
the treaty, or by not presenting tha indi
rect claims to the notice of tne arbitra
tors. That was the original blonder,
which all subsequent efforts hava failed
to rectify. Under the oironmstanoee of
t bo defeat at Geneva we must expect the
British lion to roar, not quite aa “gently
as n sucking dove," but good, loud,
healthy roars of exaltation. Ha to an-
t itlod to the indulgence.
[N. Y. Jour. Commerce.
Vttcr from Horses Ureclej—Hls Poattloa la
Htgard to Dsaiocrsts.
hum the Hartford Times.]
The following ia *n extract from • pri-
••Jito letter to a gentleman in thia State.—
Though it wm nevar intended for pnbli-
i ntion, the gentleman to whom It waa ad-
* l reased haa deemed it of aoffldant inter
mit and importance to juatify its publica
tion :
New Yoke. Jana 11, 1872.
* * * I bare no poaatbla claim
to liomocratio aupport, and never aud*
nny. The Democrata will of ootuta bn
i;< verned by a connideration of their own
interest. It ia nowise proper or probable
l h it they should be influenced in —
their decision by any consideration per
sonal to myself; and if they oonld be, I
do not doaire it. Henoe I have aaid noth
ing to any Democrat, unless he first ad
dressed me. And even then I hava gone
no further than to say that if I should bo
elected I would treat all those who aup-
jmrtod me alike, not asking whether they
hud keen in the past Repnblioana or Dem
ocrats. Yours,
Horace Gbeeuet.
General Amnesty to Geeelet.—John
Li. Baldwin, in the Virginia Slate Demo
cratic Convention, aaid that “Grtaiay ted
lieon granted a general amnesty by tha
people of the Booth. Hia disabilities had
been removed and thsy intended to go ok
bis bond." B. L. Montagna said tha Vir
ginians took Greeley and Brown Jnat as
they took quinine in • fever and agu
country : it might be wholesome, bnt
they did not hanker after it. They finally
passed unanimously tha following :
Itesolved, That the delegates appotoud
by this Convention to the Damooralto
Convention at Baltimore should give a
vigorous, persistent and united support to
tl o Greeley and Brown ticket, nominated
at Cinoinnati, as bolding forth tha faith
promised for allaying the rasalons ot the
war, reviving real peace within onr bor
ders, restoring integrity to tha poblio
service, re-establishing tha States in tteir
legitimate fnnetiona In the Federal sys
tem, preserving intact tha great writ of
liberty, and raaoning tha rspublio from
tbo despotism of the aword.
[From tho N.w York llsrald, Joaatft.]
LoatMlow aai 1—stt.
When the gnat match between Eclipse
and Henry took plaoe In 1828 it waa aatl-
miited that fifty thousand people ware on
tho Union Uourse, and at that time tha
population of New York and ita suburbs
did not number over half a million In a
circuit of twenty miles. In what propor
tion should we then estimate the orowd
that will be gathered at Honmoath Bath
on July 2, when in tha asm# radios wa
h&vo a population of two milHcna, a great
pi (.portion of whom are lovers of fast ter
se*. Belting ia about even on this great
race, although the Bassett party an tha
“callers." They, however, heal lata to
wager odds on tha result at peasant. M
it is thought baton tha drum taps Harry
Bassett will be tha favorite at 100 toTO.—
•lohu Harper and Colonel McDaniel, at
l bo present time, proclaim tteir bossas’
condition to be aa near perfection aa II ia
possible to get them; and should no an-
forseen mishap oeonr between this and
Tuesday next, tha greatest nee ia point
of speed that ever took plaoe on this can-
tiueut will be ran.
Th. Postal Cards.
Assistant Postmaster General Tamil id
iu daily reoeipt of oommunloaHoaa from
business men in all parts of tha autnley
urgiug expedition in the leans at the pos
tal cards authorised by ant of Oongraaa
passed daring tho last ssaaion.
Tho leading engraven of New York,
Washington and alaewhsra, hava bean In
vited to furaiah designs for ttees sards,
aud many hava already oompllad with this
request.
It is eipacted that within two waeten
design and atyla will hava bean aria ate d.
and that tha Department will bd aids to
advertise tor proposals for fnralahlag the
sntne. After thirty day*' notlaa n soMmri
will be made with the lowest bidder, and
the cards will be ready fat toms within
three months.
It is estimated that not Ian than Iffy
millions will ba required for tha drat year,
and that tbs demand will thereafter ta-
° r The Boston Public Library gives nates
that fifty thousand will ba nqolrad
that institution next year, and neteaa to
like proportion hava bean naatyed wm
business man and firms of all Undo.
A serious Be publican stsssrs
I awwiww— ■■ r'te l.« f*
reported. EugmeHjJj, nnteJaw of
