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THE DAILY ^TUESDAY MoRXTNO,. . T* su X. That Railroad Combination Atlanta Merchants and the Ma- J Again—Its Probable Effect Up-i eon and "Western Railroad. 1 Neighbor, lend Ifcws to Tell. . .Juke 1. on Atlanta. 4bout Our Paper. In a very eliort time, The Sun will be ranch improved in its dress, style, typo- j)Uicol execution, dc. Lhe public. v:o have no doubt, will ap preciate this, and bo ready to respond in efforts to sustain us whic h they have not liitherto put forth. W Lot our friends remember that itisbut little more than twelve months since The fira was started in Atlanta, nndcr many disadvantages. During this time, these who have been connected with it have toiled day and night, intent upon build ing up a live newspaper, which would instruct, interest and amuse tho public. Its patrons have constantly increased. o t) iank{tho generous friends of Tns Sex tor their kindness and good wishes, 'Wo hopo this patronage will ho largely in creased in tho futuro. It is our uim to deserve success. If we do, vre doubt not wo shall attain it in a high degree, and make The Sun a first class journal. One of tho attractive features of the paper in tho future, ns it ha3 been here tofore, which has attracted to it an en lightened attention for which we are grateful, will be tho personal sketches of distinguished gentlemen of tho repre sentative business classes in Georgia— such as Bankers, Railway men, Mer chants, Lawyers, Master Machinists and others. These sketches will bo of such men as havo taken on aotivo and extended port fn tho great interests of the State, and whose energy and exomplo has hod an effect upon tho country’s good during ‘heir day. Those papers will contiue to be prepared by Colonel C. Peeples, the political editor of The Sun. This will, wedoubt not, bo valuablo to tho younger generation and to society generally. Colonel Peeples’ professional engage ments have, to some extent, interrupted tho preparation of theso papers, bnt ho will again 6nter upon them, and contin ue through tho coming snmmor, hoping that good will como of thorn, and that they will assist in arousing a just State * . .. ■ «*»»■ ■ > a < Our Telegraphic Dispatches. We congratulate our readers on our success in procuring news by telegraph SO much to our satisfaction. About tho middle of lost month, the Now York Associated Press cut oil the nows from The Sun, and loft it without dispatches. This was done, as the agent alleged, because Thf. Sun had commented unfavorably, and with somo severity, up on the character or qnality of tho news sent by the association, in its columns a few days previous. All th is took placo before tho recent chan go Jin Ubo .business control of the vapor, which was on tho 17th nit. When the present management took charge of The Sun, a restoration of tho dispatches was politely asked for by us; but the request was refused, except upon conditions with winch wo were not w ill- ius to^SompIy. TfflS i tog toTfomply. THis forced xitf to look out for, and make other arrangements, which roquired somo time, bnt wo fi nally succeed, and now havo perma nent arrangements by which wo recoivo full telegraphic nows, which are certainly groatly improved in qnality. Wo do not receive thoso very unreliable weather reports, which arc bringing con tempt upon tho science of meteorology. We do not reoeivo trivial iteigs of intel ligence not worth reading, lot alono pay ing for; but every thing that comes to us is genuine news—worth paying for and worth being read by all. During tho short space of time theso dispatches have appeared in our colnmns, they have given fall satisfaction to oar readers. Wo havo been complimented on their superi ority by a very largo number of patrons and tho pubho—among whom aro somo of the first men in tho State of Georgia, who havo carefully scanned them, and brow their worth. Not a day has yet passed that wo have not had important nows which tho New York Association failed to furnish to its patrons, wlrilo wo have, in overy case, had all tho important nows furnishod by that Association, missing nothing of special importanco; while the general character and value as news, of wlrat we receive, is, in our opin ion, every way superior to thoso of the Associated PreBS. We invito tho attention of tho public and of onr ootemporaries in Georgia to this matter. Wo respectfully ask a care ful and just comparison between our dis patches and thoso of tho Now York As sociation. The collection of nows for tho public, in any sphero, is a profession that re- cnires special natural qualifications, which bnt few men possess. There aro not many persons who aro instinctively (tcJfo/s in’thrs important' business. 'Thte gentlemen who compose tho Agency .from which wo receivo our dis patches atre skilled and talented in tho work. Tliej- know what nows is, when they soo it, nn*d know whero to go to find the article. Wo i»ro of opinion that some who oollcct nows fo».. tho New York Asso ciation, do not alwa^nj know tho article when tlrny find it. YVo jndgo so from tho charastcr of their, reports. In conclusion, wo 'ask tho attention of the press of Goorgfja to tho following: \Yo will supply our nows reports to 5®y of them at rates which will mako their dispatches cost less than at present. We also will tdlow them to make any comments on tho dispatches which they may sec ftt. If any of our cotempora- xies desire to havo our dispatches, we will bj liberal with them and impose no re evictions and no monopoly. Since it transpired that the Central Railroad had become tho lessee of the Macon k Western Road, and had also procured a very largo interest in the Griffin & North Alabama Railroad, much speculation has been indulged in by those who take an interest in the welfare of tho Gate City. What will be the next movement, or who will head it, or] what quarter it will como from, no one can tell; the quid nvnes are for once non plussed—distinguished gentlemen claim ing the the right to lead opinions and to enlighten minds oh tho all absorbing future of Atlanta, differ widely as to which quarter points - to the path of safety. Without pretending to any very largo quantity of experience or sagacity in such matters, wc beg leave to be allowed to possess onr soul in peace, and to say that, situated as Atlanta is, relatively to other leading places and interests, with tho amount of established business com manded by her people, with her commer cial facilities, tho energy and capacity for doing things known to belong to her bus iness men, wo think a very consideia- blcj’futuro awaits her, even allowing that no other railroad points in or out of her limits. There is in the native strength of the position, and in tho vast quantity of unemployed power concentrated and concentrating here, a sufficient field, already established, to command the en ergies of a population four or five times that which at present finds a homo in this city. _ . Her present chartered strengths of cap ital, will, intelligence and muscle, if brought into full employment with all the machine power which tho advance of the present age over the last secures, will, if actively and intelligently directed, give good employment and plenty to do for the present and prospective population, and all comers for years to come. There is much to do within our present limits, with the command of onr present means and under our present advantages. Let ns take counsel about what wo have got, and mako that secure and available. Wo want a great Atlanta interest built up; wc desire tho city to he noted for what she is doing, and what she is sending out as of her own growth ami products. We want good streets, good public institu tions, good side-walks,. Railway cross ings, manufacturing institutions and dairies, gardens, nurseries, engino shops, machine shops, and scores of other things within her own control, belong ing to her own people having their source in thifl city and sending out fertilizing streams of comfort and commercial traf fic to build up and gladden this conntry of hardy people and small farmers for a hundred miles in all directions around tho city. Wo want things wo can control ourselves. Wo do not want new rail roads to bo built and owned by strangers, taking Atlanta iis a starting poiflt, or an ending point'in appearance, when in fact, tho great point sought to ■be controlled is within tho interest of a combination which makes her but a way station and sets her somewhat xnnn**™ g " 1 aglow witnjrfScy advantages to be by other. nVo nave examin your arm, ior X run noi well, nd you Ece is scarcely a fortnight old"; Tn the Co'M-tilutian vesterdav moraine ■ ^ ^ -OTiy message I hid to tell, « Li ,,, '' - V l V morning ( rve traveled many a mile in wet and cold, we find the following paragraph : “White at tho Georgia Railroad freight depot yes- j Yon is the old gray chateau, above the trees, terday. wo noticed that jour merchants were receiv-i He had bade me seek it, my comrade bravo and tog their freight via tjie Charleston route. We are gay ; told that tho recent consolidation or lease of the i Stately forest and river so brown and bread, Macon and Western road by tho Central has had tho | He showed mo the scene as lrc a dying lay. effect td drive onr merchants over to the Charleston A PHASE OF YOUTHFUL AD VENTURE. A bon Robs His Father and At tempts to Elope with His Par amour. route, and the opposition of the Macon and Western Railroad to the Passenger Depot has also had its in fluence to this direction.” While we doubt whether recent occur rences have diverted the channel of a single pound of freight; wo take the op portunity offered by tho abovo to state that the merchants of Atlanta have no quarrel whatever with tho Macon and Western Railroad. Tho road is of too vast importance to tho trade of Atlanta for them to go into a quarrel with it, at least until Capt. "White had on opportu nity to explain his action. Wo aro not the champion of Capt. White in this matter, nor are we advised of his position further than explained by himself in his card published in The Sun of Tuesday. In this he sustains his position upon what appears to be good grounds. The Constitution publishes only a portion,—the * least material portion— of what Captain White has to say, and then proceeds to “ adjudgo tho. case against him.” This is rather a singnlar procedure, especially as every point made by tho Captain is in defenso of his own action, and, taking his testimony alone, his position is not only sustained but justified. According to Captain White’s showing he was not a party to the car- shed contract, and it is, therefore, op tional with him whether he pays a pro rata share or not. Bnt, taking even this view of the matter, we do not feel at lib erty to say that the Captain is either right or wrong, until his statements are denied by tho authorities of tho three other contracting parties. As we stated above, the Atlanta mer chants cannot afford to qnarrel with the Macon & Western Road, and they will not do so. The road bears away too im portant a part of the produce and mer chandise sold in Atlanta. It runs through wealthy and populous section of tho State, from which onr merchants have been seeking trade, and now that the trade is coming this way, tho merchants will not deprive themselves of the means of .carrying on this trade by ^getting up a foolish quarrel with tho authorities of the road. Wo think tho Constitution’s paragraph hasty and ill-advised. X have been there, and, neighbor, I am not well; I boro hi3 sword and somo of his curling hair Knocked at the gato and said I had news to tell, Entered a chamber and saw his mother there. Tall and straight, with tho snows of age on her head, Brave and stern C3 a soldier's mother might be, Deep in her eyoB a living look of tho dead, She grasped her staff and silently gazed at me. I thought I’d better bo dead than meet her eye ; She guessed it all, I’d never a word to tell; Taking tho sword in her arms she heaved a sigh, Clasping the curl in her hand she sobbed and feU. I raised her up, she sat in a stately chair, Her £ice ltke death, but not a tear in her eye; We heard a step and tender voice on tho stair Murmuring soft to an intent's cooing cry. My lady she sat croct, and sterner grew, X'ingcr on mouth she motioned mo not to stay ; A girl came in, tho wifo of the dead, I know, She held his babe, and, neighbor, I fled away! I tried to run. but I heard the widow’s cry. Neighbor, I have been hurt and I am not well : I pray to God that never until I die, May I have such sorry news to teU! —All the leaf Round. »-•-« : . THE CXIESEXT CITY. ■rax; tho coun try to bo traversed with somo interest, not by actual lino and measures it is truo; but wo havo some knowledge of thb situation, and looking to the railway combinations already formed and being rapidly in process of forma tion; to Roads in process of construc tion or proposed to be built, and" wo offer anew tho suggestion that when our people again tnrn their attention to ward railway enterprises, they had as well look to the building of tho Western Railroad, as to their best stroke of poli cy now at command. Wo know whereof wc speak, when wo say that the sooner this project is put under way, tho better for Atlanta- An Atlanta Road to Elyton or Oxford, West,owned and controlled by Atlanta, subject to no combination but her own, is indispensible to her future railroad strength. Do not all seo that tho Central Road has secured the Griffin & North Alabama Road, and Savannah and all below onr city on that line, aro rejoicing in tho prospect of an early union with Steven son and Noshvillo direct, or via Griffin and Carolton through - to Decatur and Memphis, thereby shortening tho great through lino to Savannah from the West, in ono case near 120 -miles, and in tho other 80 or 90 miles, and going by its, State Road and all Way not sell the stock in the Air-Lino, now an admitted success, and begin tho Western, either uniting with tho Griffin & Alabama at some point on it, and run ning a common line, or an independent one of onr own across it, in Carroll coun ty, at Amos’, Carrollton, or elsewhere, and reaching the great coal and iron fields of Alabama, go through to Ely ton, whore many roads meet or will soon do so. But enough—wo throw out these suggestions as the result of some thought upon tho snbject. The Prosperity of our Country. The progrcB3 of tho United States in wealth, popu lation and material development is without a parol* lei in the history of notions. It had scarcely emerged from tho most gigantic, cosily and devastating civil war of modern times than it began to rise with re newed vigor and prosperity. Within six years after the war closed a'stnpcndons floating debt of hundreds of millions was paid and several hundred millions of tho organized national debt liquidated. And all this without complaint on the part of the people.— Never before did any people pay what tho govern ment demandod of them- so freely and liberally.— True, the American peoplo begin to realize the fact that the enormous revenue which lias been raised year atfer^year since pcacs has been restored has been unnecessary—an unnecessary burden—and now de mand a reduction of taxation ; bnt thoy aro ablo to bear theso taxes, or heavier ones if ncedod. Really there is hardly a limit to tho resources of this rich and prosperous country. .Even with tho. improper abortion of so much capital from industrial-pur- Buita to U.yiUlain himijiwl ; i »> Xul’.kina ar Aat-i. < * tJrtccp.tho vaults of too T*s.isnry full of gold to 52at Is Goot. As » gentleman from Now York was taking a glass of wine at tho St. louts, corner ol Freeman and Hopkins streets, Cincinnati, about three weeks ago, observed at another table, seated with sc \, r.J ethers, a German, who seemed uneasy and anxious, •s if there might have been a Franco-Prussian disar greement between his beer and liimsdf. Presently to ran a little girl, her face radiant with smiles, cx- ClllllUOd ! •• Oh. father, wo have got a little boy at home!” Dat Is goci.” said tho Dutchman, as the anxiety disappeared from his countenance, “fill up dc- tfTimtfifl M Not many minutes elapse*! before in rushed tho XEUe girl again with announcement: «• Oh, father, wo have got two little boys at homo I” Ths Dutchman looked a good deal astonished and not at all gisdfled at the littla family redundancy, trut rising at length to the magnitude of the occa sion, he said: ■' Yell, den, flat is also goot. Fill np dcr glasses." In a fsw minutes again appeared the radiant me s- —.uger with the astounding proclamation : -Oh. tether, we have get three little boy8at home!” This was too much even forTev.'on'c impassibility. There was no farther call for glasses, O- Veil, 4en, says ho, “ I goes up dc: ft** nm wit buses*. ” Mr Davis’ Speed*-—Tlie Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. "While tho Chronicle and Sentinel was copying Mr. Davis’Atlanta speech, would it not havo been courteous for it to have mentioned from what "paper it derived tho report? That speech was reported for The Sun and appeared in full in no other Atlanta paper, though tho other papers made very excellent synopses of it; and if onr report was worth copying, it was certainly worth while that The Sun should have the cred it of it , A few of tho old poke-and-go-easy pa pers of the State havo persistently used the columns of The Sun while gathering the hows, and have as persistly avoided giving The Sun credit therefore. Why it is, wo cannot conjecture. Wc have at tempted to deal courteously with all, and to mako The Sun welcome into fellowship with the Georgia press. If it is not ac counted worthy to this fellowship, well and good. It does not care to intrude itself whero it is not welcome. Wc must insist, however, that when its colnmns are used, as in the case of tho Chronicle and Sentind, the paper so using shall award us the cheap and common courtesy of credit. In Boston they tax 5,571 women, rep resenting a total taxable property of $53,272,967 and eighteen cents, (do not forget the cents); from which a total rev enue of $316,069 and eighty nine cents The wheat crop in this section, it is now thought, will not turn out as well as was anticipated a few weeks ago, being injured by wet weather and tho rust. Some has already been cut, and the re- ere ana i out * is derived, After that, who'can wonder, maiadar of the o'opvrill very soon be ‘ that the Boston women want to vote ? 1 ready for toe reaperi—Eatontm Frets, A Few More Words About Vicksburg— The St. Cliarlcs—A Few Old Friends Ilcv. Dr. Palmer—Jackson Square— Business Notes—Amusements. * Sun Correspondence. purpose, the country has advanced surprisingly in its material prosperity. Nor lias this-;bccu local or con fined to particular sections. It has been general— North, East, West and South.—X. 1*. Herald. Tho above remarks of the Herald are undoubtedly true, and, while they aro a compliment to the people of the entire country, tho compliment to the South is, beyond a suspicion, tho most merited of all. Wo aro happy to know that, since the war, the South has made important strides toward prosperity. We had tho ruins of a former prosperity upon which to build. The work was done amid des olation and what seemed to bo a general decay. Atone tremendous sweep, wealth and influence passed from tho grasp of onr people, and almost the only heritage left was their intelligence, of which the result of the war could not deprive them, nor could adventurers come down and steal. . » If a semblance of prosperity has grown npen this most unpromising foundation, greatly to bo praised aro our people. No one knows, however, except those who havo passed over the rugged and prickly road, what this beginning of wealth has cost. For six years the Southern peoplo have toiled as they never had need to toil before. This toil has been conduct ed [under the most depressing cir cumstances—circumstances which re quired almost heroic fortitudo and the greatest patience and long suffering. They were not' encouraged by any of those advantages which a liberal national polity ought to throw around a laboring mid struggling people. There were no inducements held out for them to labor in a common cause, in conjunction with the people of tho North and East and West. In addition to all this, an unprece dentedly heavy State lax has been added to tho revenues that go to the general Government. The State governmental affairs have passed into the hands of aliens. Strangers gather and expend the public monyes, land no. one knows how the expenditures are made save those who are fattening most unwonted- lv, and growing suddenly rich. All these things the Southern people have had to meet and overcome, and nothing but the most strenuous endeav or could have been equal to the task. If they have overcome them, and aro grow ing prosperous in despite of it all, we again say that great praise is due them, and they may assume a largo share of the compliment expressed in the extract wS' make from the Herald. New Orleans, May 2G, 1871. Dear Sun: As well as I can recollect, tho truth is, this changing from placo to placo confuses ono’s memory very sadly. My last was written aboard of the Steamer R. E. Leo, whilst coming from Natchez up to Vicksburg. Nothing of importanco occurred at Vicksburg dur my stay—all serene. Business was remarkably light; no fights and no fires; smoked several cigars with a former Colonel of Grant’s, and afterward of Mc Pherson's Staff—a staunch conservative now; took a careful survey of the largo sower being constructed up Washington Street. That’s.aboutallldid. As to that sewer, U't mo say it looks liko a work of super erogation. Vicksburg is perhaps tho hilliest city you ever saw, It requires an offort to kcop from rolling down tho streets; never saw a man drunk thero, but can im agine great danger to such. A mule can hardly pull an empty dray. Somo houses are perpendicu larly forty to sixty feet abovo others on tho samo block; and yet, forsooth, hero is a huge sewer, cost ing hundreds of thousands of dollars, to carry of as easy a running thing as water. Who is greased ? Don’t know. Doubtless somebody. NEW ORLEANS. Finding tho Rail Road by Meridian stfll impassa ble, had to return by tho Jhckson Road, and Lako Fonchartrain boat, to Now Orleans. This time I stopped and interviewed the city generally. So much is written about this, as ’well as othor largo cities, one is at a loss how to mako up a readable letter. I shall content myself with letting my pencil scratch along through personal experience. ST. CHARLES HOTEL. Of course I stopped at this house, having for many years heard of its name and teme. It is nicely kept, and i3 a lino hotel; but honestly it docs not os nearly comparo with your Kimball House as tho latter does with tho Grand Central of New York. And I mean this in all respects—architectural arrangements, ap purtenances and comforts. To my great surpriso, tlieJirst man I met was a Georgian; and then here they^camo, several in a bunch, and wo had a good time. A friend of mino in Water Valley, MIbb., onco asked if Georgians didn't go ovorywhorc. I told him not exactly. It waBjurood steu to sco them about. They The moral atmosphere of onr usually well ordered and quiet community occas ionally presents somo of those nauseaus which become necessary to tho very exis tence of society, iu other and more ad vanced localities, but, which strike tho moral and Christian sensibilities of our people, with becoming astonishment and disgust. A case of this character occurred in this city a few days since. A gentleman who is engaged in busi ness here, having occasion to leavo home, went away without apprehension as to any serious consequences resulting from his absence, as he loft in charge one whom he had every reason to regard as the safest custodian of his properly and his interest, viz., his son, a youth of suf ficient age to feel and appreciate tho re sponsibilities of his trust. In the absence of the -too confiding father, his faithless son, with the aid of female partner of his crime, robbed his house of all tho money ho could find, and, in company with his paramour, left tho house hehadboen intrusted to pro tect and defend, hoping, in the darkness of the night, to roach the train that loft tho city at 11 o’clock, and, with his fath er’s hard earned savings, to be harried away from the scenes of his follies and. crimes as well as the frowns of an angiy father, which he knew he richly deserv ed, and would certainly receive. Alas ! for his calculations; “man proposes,” &c. Jus t as the train was moving off from tho depot, the astonished and in censed father laid his hand upon his equally astonished progeny, offering a se rious impediment to his subsequent ar rangements. Tho youth was prevented - from contin uing his journey, bnt the female accom plice to this interesting little experiment being in another car, sped on the wings of steam, carrying with her the money which had been placed in her’s, as tho safest hands. "What her course will he since her discovery of her separation from her lover, the future alono will develop. But with tho facilities for transmitting information, and tho vigilanco' of the of ficers of tho law, we seo no reason why she should not be apprehended and re turned. It is to bo hoped that the ill-success of this effort will discourage tho youthful adventurer from all future attempts of a similar character. Sinco tho foregoing was written we havo ascertained that the female compan ion of this adventurous young man re turned, to the city as soon as sho discov ered that her travels wore destined to bo unaccompanied by the object of her af fections. Sic transit gloria mitndi.—Sav. News, 29th. »-♦-< Ages of Noted Men. Jefferson Davis is sixty-threo years old.^ General Tecamseh Sherman is jnst fif- TELEGRAPH NEWS Special Biatclies to Tiie Si. By Atlanta and Nashville News Agency. FOREIGN news. FRANCE. MEETING AN OLD FRIEND. Scarcely had I gotten to my room v/hon a com, panion of my boyhood-daya sent np bis card, and of courso, was welcomed with open arms. Columns would not contain the adventures, scenes and inci dents of tho halcyon days of onr yonth, when wc were almost inseparable at Casa do Lago—that house of beauty, of pleasure, and hospitality—as its name indicated “Houso of tho Lake”—pronounced by a distinguished tourist os “ surpassing in beauty any thing ever in Italy,” and by an eminent divtoo, the “happiest homo this side of Heaven.” Ah, truly can I sing, “ would I were a boy again.” But I would not attempt to recall thoso joyous moments—too bright and happy for earth. You wUl not wonder— and I know. Dear Sun, you wiU pardon tho weakness of even mentioning tho fact, that when wo so sud denly met, alter twenty-two years of separation, wo could only say “Carolus”—“Frank,”—and tears sparkled in eyes that had scon forty summers, as doubtless to each tho sweet reminiscences of youth passed rapidly pn memory’s panorama. Frank and 1 not only played together, but worked together. Side by sido did wo used to stand, at tho same “ case ” setting np tho wisdom which emana ted from the “ Star,” snd afterward tho “ Southern Journal.” You did not know beforo that your Caro lus had been a poor printer boy, beginning even with the “devil’s” position—did you? WeU, well, wo can’t always bo boys. My friend has l>eon for more than twenty years connected with tho Now Orleans Press, and has mado a most enviable reputation as a writer, a thinker and a busi ness man. He soon took me to his home and intro duced me to his lovely and accomplished Creole wife —their five “interesting offspring”—and mother-in- law and aunt Never did I won’t to speak French so badly as when I listened to its soft accents in this happy home. Many other friends of my youth did I meet, and had a real joyous time with them, ON SUNDAV I heard two magnificent sermons from Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, ono of tho greatest pulpit orators of America. His morning discourse, about Provi- denco, was deep eloquent, grand—mostly too meta physical, however. In the evening, his sormon on the subject, “ Tho father is tho Priest of tho family,” was ono of the most practical, and at the same time, magnificent and ablo, I ever heard. It onght to bo published. In tho afternoon I took a walk with my friends to LAFAYETTE CEMETERY. At first my feelings were not pleasant at tho idea of walking amidst tho houses of tho dead—for, as you know, water is too near to admit of burial beneath ground hero. But I confess, as wo walked about, andl noticed tho names of “Dick” and “Thad,” and “Jim” and “Bill”—aU old playmates,- thero was a comfort in tho reflection tho boys were lying eoftiy “ up there,” and not “ down yonder.” JACKSON SQUARE. Around this stands tho oldest of the buildings to the city, each building invested with historic inci dents, interesting to tho visitor, but too tedious to bo written. In tho square is ono of Clark Mills’ flno bronzed statues of Jackson, mounted upon a war charger, poised in rearing attitudo upon a granite pedestal—exactly similar to tho one in Washington city, immediately to front of tho White House. On the granite, Butler the Beast, had carved, during his benign reign there, in large capitals, tho words— ' The Union must and shall bo preserved.” BUSINESS va* evidently dull in New Orleans—worse, 60 tho merchant ; say, than usual at this season. The Levee was comparatively empty, and boats arrived and departed with littlo freight. All parties attrib ute a good deal of it to Georgia railroads—meaning primarily. Col. Wadley, of tho Central Road. What a wonderful man ho must bo 1 By tho way, would it pay Atlanta somehow to give him a Presidential sal- ary to-work up and take charge of its railroad to. terests? AMUSEMENTS iy- The Commune in Paris advertised an auction of tho building material and metal of the column of Yendome after its destruction. Tho miserable wretches who aided in its downfall, however, refused to bid for the fragments they had made, because there is a law to France which declares that all per sons who In any way-in jure or destroy public monu ments are Sable to fine, imprisonment, and to bo or dered to replace them. This is proof enough, if proof were wanting, that they had no confidence in tho stability of tho government they were professed ly erecting, They foresaw that their reign would bo brief, and they feared -tho day when their lawless ness might be punished iu the individual as well as to the whole people. Tho Barnwell (S. C.) Journal records the following sad events: Mrs. Josephine Hailey, wife of Mr. F^ank Harley, who died a few days since, expired at the residence of her father, C. H. Langley, Esq., near this village, on Monday test. Tho two children of this lady ex pired tho same day. Thus within a few days have a whole family been stricken down by the hand of Death. They said were ail gone, and peoplo were casting about for similar results. True, I saw many places lighted up of Sunday nights, with largo placards of theatres and minstrels, 63 I wended my way to church, and saw many hurrying thither. Many places of interest did I visit, and enjoyed myself, bnt presume this is enough for the present. _ Corolcs. Lonisville Tobacco Market. From the Courier-Journal of Saturday.] The market has shown continued ac tivity throughout the -week, and though sales have not been so heavy as tho pre vious week, yet the bidding bas been spirited, and prices have been fully main tained at the rates given below. Catting leaf is in great demand, of good quality and in good condition. The prices in the following table may bo .relied upon os a fair statement at tho close of the market: Light. Heavy. Factory lugs $4 SOa 4 75 $4 50a 5 00 Pln’rs com. lugs 4 75a G 00 5 00a 5 50 PUTS good lugs..... 4 25a COO 6 75a COO Com. sound leaf C 00a C 25 G 25a G 75 Good sound do 7 00a 7 50 7 50a 0 00 Fins to ch leaf 10 OOall 00 H 00al2 00 Good to fine cut 15 00a20 00 Ch. cutting do. .,,,,,,,,,..,20 00a30 00 m'i.W Ofett 09 19 ItiUQ 0 Charles Francis Adams is sixty-foffr years old. Gonerol McClellan is forty-five,ycars old. Gov. Geary is fifty-six years old. Senator Morrill is fifty-six. Charles Sumner was bom in Boston, i January, 1811. "Wendell Phillips is sixty. Carl Schurz can never be Prcsidont or Vice President because he was born in Germany. Ago only forty-two. Oliver P. Morton will bo forty-eight next August. Andrew G. Curtin is fifty-four. George Francis Train is forty-five. Gen. Phil. Sheridan is nearly forty. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, was fifty-nine last February. Ben. Wado is seventy-five. Simeon Cameron is seventy-two. John A. Logan was forty-five last Feb ruary. Clement L. Vallandigham is fifty-nine. Ben Butler is fifty-three in years, and two hundred and fifty in “tricks that aro vain.” Sanford E. Church is fifty-two. Speaker Blaine is forty-one, and weighs 220 pounds. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, is fifty- five, and was born in Kentucky. Geneaal Frank Blair was fifty in Feb ruary. Reuben E. Fenton is fifty-two. General Winficlg Scott Hancock is forty-seven. Thomas A. Hendricks will be fifty-two next September. John T. Helmbold is forty-five. Lyman Trumbull was fifty-eight last October. Georgo S. Boutwell is fifty-three. John Charles Fremont is fifty-eight. W. S. Groeebeck, of Cincinnati, is forty-five. Gen. N. P. Banks is fifty-five. Chief-Justice Chase is sixty-three. Horace Greeley began what he knows about farming at Amherst, New Hamp shire, February 3,1811. He is turned of sixty. * * Hannibal Hamlin is sixty-two. Judge David Davis, of the Supreme Court. Avoirdupois, 325 pounds; girth, 120 inches ; ago about fifty-five. James F. Wilson, of Iowa, was bom in October, 1828, and is now forry-two years old. George H.‘Pendleton is an low a man of Virginia antecedents. Ho is forty yearn old. Judge Thurman is a Virginian, from Lynchburg, born there in November, 1813, but removed to Ohio in 1819. He is fifty-eight. Schuyler Colfax was bom in New York; is forty-eight years old. B. Grata Brown, of Missouri, is forty- five. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, is about thirty-eight. The mood li-.dcltcry ProgTrexslng^-^Sltocklnir lirutnlily—‘Surrender of I'incttmrs. .* Paris, May 30, via Boulogne, May 31. General Cluseret was shot irqtlio barracks Saturday by Prince Eugenie. . A prisoner named Dnfiel, who boasted of having ordered tho execution of Thomas and Lecompts, was arrested.— When lie attempted to escape, tho Cap tain of tho troops fired a revolver at tlio fleeing prisoner, and struck him iu tho head. He foil, but immediately attempt ed to riso on bis elbows, when a sergeant and four men fired upon him, killing him instantly. Large masses of troops aro now passing down tho Rue LaFayett bearing 22 in surgent standards. Bands aro playing, the streets are crowded, and there is much cheering. In fact, tho people are afraid to look sad, lest thoy bo arrested as sympathisers with the Commune. , A girl 17 years of age was seen firing at an officer, and a number of persons were detected throwing petroleum into cellars, also firing upon the troops. All were arrested. Tho shops aro opening once more, and Paris begins to wear again an animated appearance. M. Rickard lias resigned and is suc ceeded by M. Lcfacie. General Cirsy supercedes Gen. Liflo as Minister of War. M. Favro remains in the Ministry at the special request of M. Thiers. Picard will be made Governor of the Bank of France. Vincennes surrendered unconditionally this morning. Tho garrison contained 300 men, among whom wero 18 chiefs of the defunct Commune. Generals Cirsey’s, Ledminant’s and Vi- noy’s corps have completely occupied Paris, and will remain until the city is thoroughly pacified. General Barrad has been named Gov ernor of the city. Keokuk, May 31.—J. M. Lowlett, an old and well known theatrical manager committed suicide by drowning himself in the Mississippi. Ilis body was recov ered. Pound Head. Chicago, May 31.—Coleman Rollins, of Kentucky, a civil engineer who camo over with Kossuth, was found dead in his bed .this morning. The End of Rochefort—Import nut Alluhte- rlal Ciuwtfes~ Versailles, May 31.—Henri Roche fort has been tried by the Versailles Court-Martial and condemned to death. M. Pierre bas resigned and M. Victor rpuintuQ his' successor. Several "other important Ministerial changes aro supposed to be imminent. Tht Preach Charnel Home-- The Corpse* liol- Uner and Pilling' the atmosphere toil ft a Pear- fnl Slcnch. Paris, May 31.—A nauseous odor pre vails iu the streets arising from ten thousand corpses lying in every direction in various stages of decomposition, The smell is fearful afid an epidemic is appre hended, its immediate measures aro not taken for removing cause of ^tlie Jstcncli and! cleaning the city. Many dead are^w covered with such slight covering that the first heavy rain will wash it away.— Somo parts of the city aro wholly impass- ble by reason of the stench from these decaying, charnel heaps. Tho wholesale execution of insurgents continues. All, without exception, are shot immediately upon being captured. For Charity's Satee. Rome, May 31.—The Sairs assembly bas determined to grant the right of asy lum to the flying Communists. Europe Cries out .Vgaiast the Slaughter— The (Hell.iathority Succumbs, London, May 31.—Advices received here state that evidences aro daily be coming more apparent in France of a general clerical reaction throughout the whole country, supported by the army, press and people. Europe will unite in a general outcry agains any further execution of insurgents by the Versaillists. The Communo has been sflbjected and its followers liayc suf fered sufficiently for their orrors and crimes, without the infliction of further cruelties. Europe has grown sick of the slaughter and protests against its contin uance. The military supercedes the civil gov ernment in Paris. Tho powers and au thority of civil functionaries have been withdrawn and are how fully vested in the military. Ohio HcmotraUe Convention. Columbus, May 31.—An unusually largo number of delegates aro in attend ance upon the Democratic State Conven* tion. Vallandigham is here and is work ing hard for the success of his new de parture. The nomination for Governor lies between McCook, Ewing and Dur- liinward. Groesbeck declines. The Decreased Acreage in Cotton. The New York Commercial and Financial Chron icle has received letters from almost ever; section of tho south, giving very full particulars of tho area planted to cotton this year, from which it obtains the following results:’; —Deer, ocr’g.— I —Doer, acr’g— Slates. Pr. cfc Acr’s. States. Pr. ct Act's N. Carolina..12 54,000 | Tennessee 7 37.000 S, Carolina...20 120,000 i Arkansas 8 56,000 Georgia 13 170.000 | Lsuisiana 9 83,000 Alabama 15 215,000 | ;— Mississippi.. 12 197.00 | Total dec. ac. 932.000 The second column in the abovo statement of de creased acreago is based on the total estimate of ave rage given out by the Government test year, and showB that the falling off reaches nearly ono mil lion A meeting in the interest of the At lanta & Blue Ridge Railroad will 1?§ held ja yarteravuie next Monday, TSE1 LATEST. Washington, May 31.—The President and his family will go to Long Branch to-morrow. Tho cabinet meeting hold tc-day will be tbe last full meeting for somo months. Secretary Delano leaves for Ohio Sat urday, to be gone some weeks. A portion of tho act providing for an additional issue of National Bank notes circulation in the South and West will expire in July. There is an increased number of applicants from those sections for new banks and several have been granted within a few days. The members of the Ku-Klus Commit tee have arrived and will meet here to morrow. The Democratic Central Committee of North Carolia has published an address advising a full rate for the proposed Con stitution, and urging the Democrats to carefully abstain from violence, and make an extraordinary effort to preserve peace. Tho President to-day appointed Rob ert Wallace United States Marshal for Carolina.