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Saturday Moknoto Sbtembeb 16.
THE ATLANTA W EEELY SUN
JWr The publioatioix of Tlui South, a
freckly paper "devoted to the material
interests of the Southern States,” has
just been commenced in New York. It
appears that the publishers, Messrs. Tar-
drew & Co., have selected rather a remote
standpoint of observation, for the faith
ful preparation of - the class of literature
which theypurpose disseminating through
The South. It is natural that one should
think New Orleans. Mobile, Memphis,
Richmond, Charleston, Savannah or At
lanta, a better locality for the publication
of such a journal, especially if it is to be
made acceptable to Southern people.—
But the projectors of this enterprise
think differently. They will, however,
have to manage their craft very artfully
to avoid the suspicion that The South is
to he made the vehicle of Northern ideas
of the necessities of the South, and what
the South ought to do and be. Of the
special fitness of Messrs. Tardrew k Co.,
for the enterprise which they have pro
jected, nothing appeal's to satisfy the pub
lic mind. Their publication office is 31
Park Row, New York, and the price of
their paper is $3.00 per onnnm.
The Courier-Journal sows: “When
we see the name of Alexander H. Ste
phens linked with such names as R. Em
met MonaghaD, S. Edwin Megargee and
P. Gray Meek, we may be pardoned for in
dulging a distant suspicion that Mr. Ste
phens will ultimately part his hair in the
middle.” And when the name of the
editor of the Courier-Journal is seen
linked with the names of R. Manton Mar
ble, P. “Moxa” Morton and B. Funky
Butler, it is understood that a combined
effort is to be made to part the Demo
cratic party in the middle.
B££U Tho Washington Chronicle says:
“There was nothing left of the great
Democratic party except its head after
tho election of 18GS.” Bat that head
contained about all the brains in the
country, and that brains, pitted against
fraud, corruption iu high places, usur
pation, criminal waste of publio money,
and other equally flagitious conduct, is
expected to win a victory for the Demo
crats, over Radicalism, next year.
Our Montana Litter.
We publish a liignly interesting and
in it vuctivo letter from Helena City, in
Montana Territory, which will repay
©very one for reading it. We are happy
to state that “Montanian” will occasion-
< ally contribute to the columns of The
Son.
Davy James.
Yesterday, \v6 had the pleasure of
meeting David James, Esq., of Henry
_ T^nnlrnw J1 f L 1 1 Tir - 1 - - * /
well-to-do old gentleman, active and
lively as a boy, full of fun, and makes
himself agreeable wherever he goes.
Air. A. JU. Speights.
Mr. Speights, one of the proprietors
of The Sun, left last evening for New
York City. He will stop a few days at
Baltimore, daring the session of the
Commercial Convention, after which he
will proceed to New York, to be absent
for some weeks.
Ml STxrHZHS and the Dkmockacy.—In a r*-
cent number of The Sch Ur. Stephens, in
speaking of the unconstitutional amendments, says:
“We hail as friends all those who acquiesce in them
as dt /ado, bat not de jure parts of the organic law.’*
Mr. Stephens has made a hard fight, bat we always
tiwaght there warn little or no dUfersaaa between kirn
ant the people ha Was fighting.—.SanaaixA Rrpdbli-
ctm.
We clip the above from the Chronicle
and Sentinel (Augusta, Ga.,) of the 14th
inst. We have not seen the issue of the
Savannah Republican from which the
Chronicle and Sentinel made the extract.
But why either of onr cotemporaries
referred to should reproduce these few
disconnected words from “a recent” Edi
torial of Mr. Stephens in The Sun, with
the accompanying comments made upon
them, is a matter of some surprise to us.
The object we do not understand; but we
have no hesitancy in saying, that these
words, if reproduced at all, should have
been given in their proper connection, if
the purpose was to represent Mr. Ste
phens fairly, either as to what he has
been making “a hard fight” for, or
liis position in that “’fight” from the
beginning to the present time. From
the comments made, the purpose seems
to be to impress the public mind with the
idea that Mr.Stephens, in “a recent” Edito
rial, has modified, to some extent, at least,
the position at first taken and heretofore
maintained by him. If that really was
the object, we have onlyto reproduce these
words with their context, iu the “recent
Editorial” alluded to, and compare them
with the words used by Mr. Stephens in
his first Editorial on taking charge of the
political columns of The Sun.
The words in the ‘ ‘recent” Editorial
stands thus :
Wo have no objection to those who acc'pt the
fraudulent amendments” as existing facts, while tho
administration of the Government is in the hands
of those who are clothed with power to enforce
them; hut who do not endorse them &sf polities. We
hail as friends all those who acquiesce in them as de
facto, hut not dejurc parts of the organic law.
Now wherein does this language vary
from the position assumed by Mr. Ste
phens in his Salutatory, of the 17th June,
when he stated :
With regard to tho past usurpations and revolu
tionary measures of Congress, since the restoration
of the Union in 1865, by the resumption of their
obligations to the Union under the Constitution, by
all tho States which had attempted to withdraw
from it, and for the prevention of which attempt
alone, tho war was professed to have been waged
against them, The Son will advise and enjoin strict
obedience to all acts of Congress and acts of State Leg
islatures under them, which have the forms of law, as
expounded by the Courts, State and Federal, and
enforced by thoso in authority, clothed with power to
execute them.
After stating how these usurpations
could be rectified in a peaceful manner,
by a resort tQ the proper instrumentalities
of the Constitution, the Salutatory went
on to say:
But no people devoted to Constitutional law
need over expect to secure a rectification of admitted
usurpations of power, by granting, in advance, a
general absolution to tho perpetrators of them.
Now we submit to our cotemporaries,
and to all readers, whether there is any
difference as to our position in the mat
ter of acquiescence in, and giving strict
obedience to, all the acts of Congress hav
ing the forms of law—even the “fraudu
lent amendments”—so long as they, in
Assumacy.
Dr. Bard trying to make himself im
portant by attributing to Mr. Stephens
the authorship of everything that appears
in The Sun concerning the Doctor or his
journal—no matter in what department
of The Sun it may be found. Some men
have greatnris thrast upon them; others
try to thrust themselves into important
positions#, and assume greatness.
Personal.
Dr. David "Wills, President of Ogle
thorpe University, leaves this morning
for a visit of a week or ten days to
Southwest Georgia.
Oglethorpe College has prospered un
der his management and he will, no
doubt, build it up—making it one of the
great institutions of learning in the
South.
A SHOOTING SCRAPE.
X Daring Act of a Policeman—A Long
vhase and Capture of tlio Offender
# Last evening, just about dork, at the
junction of Marietta and Walton streets,
a man by the name of Coppege—said to
be a brother of him who was, not long
since, killed by a woman in this city with
an axe, was seen by policeman O’Shields
having his pistol presented at a man by
the name of Smith. He endeavored to
shoot his intended victim, but the cap
only exploded, and the charge missed
fire. O’Shields rushed to take him
■when Coppege turned and fired at him
without effect This brave and deter
mined man did not halt, but re-doubled
bis vigor, seeing which Coppege turned
and ran in the direction of the old
fan-yard in the Walton Spring Branch
eagerly- pursued. Coppege turned and
fired twice at O’Shields after starting to
run, and O’Shields fired at him once
and would have done so oftener, but his
pistol was out of order, and failed'to
shoot any more. Coppege was overtaken
below the tan-yard, and taken to the
guard-house. He will be carried before
a magistrate this morning.
All honor to the brave O'Shields. It
is'pluck that wiins.
Ql'lty, clnt.hprlAuUL jjo-n-cr to execute
em; between the “recent Editorial” and
the first, or any other ever penned by us?
What we want, in all discussions on
these subjects, is fair dealing on the part
of those who may differ with us.
But if the Savannah Republican and
Chronicle and Sentinel really think there
is “very little difference” between us and
“the people we are fighting,” then we
say to them, they had better wake up from
their slumber, and learn something more
of the momentous issues involved in the
controversy, than they now seem to be
aware of. It is the difference between
simply obeying and conforming to an
unconstitutional measure, so long as it
is enforced by those clothed with power
to execute it, but with a protest against
its justice or validity, by one party; and
the acceptance and indorsement of the
same iniquitous measure, by another,
with, the declaration that it is all
just and right, and should never
hereafter be questioned or even discussed.
The “people” we aro “fighting” wish the
Democratic Party not only to peaceably
acquiesce in these Radical usurpations, so
long as the present Dynasty is clothed
with power to execute them; but to give
their solemn sanction to their validity,
rightfulness and continuance for all time
to come. This is a difference which, we
think, “the people we are fighting” look
upon as one of very great importance in
view of the objects they are aiming at—
that is, the centralization of the Peoples
of these States into one Consolidated
Empire; and hence the earnestness with
which they “fight” us. It is no “twee-
dledee” and “tweedledum” business,
either with them or ns, as much as our
half-a-sleep cotemporaries of Savannah
and Augusta may be disposed .so to con
sider it- A. H. S.
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From the (Cincinnati) Commoner, 9th. Sept.', 1871.
Critical Notice—Alexander JOT.
Stephens on tlie Study of the
Law.
by c. reemeltn.
There are persons whose apparel is so
studiously proper as to attract- attention
to the slightest spot, and so there are
public persons whose opinions are usu
ally so rightful as to make the least de
viations from truth conspicuous. Mr,
Stephens, of Georgia, is such a public
man, and his letter to his law students
of which we have a copy before us, is
piece of writing open to such a notice.
The author and the pupils addressed are
persons of distinction, and the subject is
of great importance; moreover it is dis
cussed with great ability, and if space
permitted it, we should spread it before
our readers. As things stand, we must
confine ourselves to the less agreeable
task, that of pointing out those portions
that deserve correction in our opinion.
The first we will notice is the clnssifiAq
tion of lau into three branches, viz: mu
nicipal, federal and international law.
Composing criminal, commercial and
othar civil law branches under municipal
law, has the sanction of Blackstone, and
though we think it a defective classifica
tion, yet we shall not animadvert on it,
because so sanctioned, and for the further
reason, that it does not do much harm. It
is otherwise with the separation of feder
al law from international law, for that
subdivision deprives the student of the
fundamental truth, that federal law is an
integral part of the international law,
and it must be studied from that basis.
Vattel divides international law into
three kinds—(vide § 27,) to-wit: volunta
ry, conventional and customary, and he
says: “They all proceed from the voli
tion of nations, the voluntary law from
their presumed consent; the congression
al law from an express consent; and the
customary law from a tacit consent.” He
adds by way of caution that he “care
fully distinguishes from them the natu
ral or necessary law of nations,” and he
furthermore, for further warning, says:
“As to the laws introduced by treaties,
there is no room to fear that any one will
confound them with the natural law of
nations.” Federal law is conventional,
or treaty made international law; it is
jus strictum, that is to say, it requires
the express consent of the States or na
tions. It differs from all other law in
this, that it is not obligatory on any
body, unless the express consent of a
State or nation can be shown for it. In
short, using Vattel’s words, “it is not a
universal, but a particular law.”
Mr. Stephens loses sight- of this dis
tiuctiou when he says, after dividing law
into the three departments, as already
stated:
“These several departments of law all
emanate from the same source, and
rest upon the same basis—that of natu
ral right.”
The law-writers of Germany avoid this
mistake. Grotefend, the latest federal
jurist, says:
“The compacts that create federal law
emanate from conventions of indepen
dent and mutually free States, and fed
eral law appears only,as international
law—it is a part of the positive inter
national law.
The sources of federal law must
never be assumed to be the principles of
general, philosophic (natural) law, nor
the scientific deducti ms therefrom.”
Heffter, also a German federal jurist,
s iys: “Federal law is pure treaty law; it
is not made by a higher legislative au
thority; hence it is not to be completed
or added to from general principles of
civil law, nor to be construed like other
laws, but as international treaties.”
Klueber, who wrote a very good book
on international law, says:
“That general or natural civil law, or
legal analogies drawn therefrom, can be
federal law, is an oft-repeated error of
doctrine.”
These extracts, and their application to
the history of federal politics in this
country, will satisfy every one that we
must even deny that the source of federal
law is “natural right.”
We may readily admit that universal
international law has for its basis natural
reason; and Vattel says so in his terms,
for he declares that it is “common to the
whole human race,” while federal law
applies only to the nations or States ex
pressly creating it, by erecting a Federal
Union.
Our revolutionary Congress declared
the new-born Federal Union subject to
the law of nations, and by this, the
£4? they recognized themselves bound
Madison, though they disliked it, and re
fused therefore to become conscious of
the law reasoning which guided all their
States. ’
Washington was once carried away,
and called the United States Govern
ment “the grandest model of a confed
erated republic,” and Mr. Stephens
quotes this remark, but the real opinion,
the one with which he died, was that our
federal constitution was an experiment.
Nor does Mr. Stephens help the mat
ter when he gives us Brougham’s words,
that “to Thomas Jefferson’s -genius this
wonderful system is mainly due.” We
know better on this side of the Atlantic;
for Jefferson’s merit consists simply in
the efforts he made, after our Constitu
tion was framed, to make our Union
really federal, and to instill into it sound
federal law. Mr. Jefferson succeeded in
establishing a party that, amidst much
weakness, adhered rather faithfully to an
approximately true federal law; but the
constitution contained too much munici
pal or civil law, and established too
pointedly a civil government, to ever al
low Jefferson’s construction of the con
stitution to be adopted by the whole
country; it was merely the platform of a
party.
And for the cause of this political phe
nomenon, we must take into account the
antecedents, of our federal Union. We
are at least in origin, more British, than
we are any other Europeanism, and nine-
tenths of our education has ever had and
has still its root in the British Isles ; —
Our jurisprudence especially, is essential
ly English. We established in theory a
federal Union, but in practice, we con
tinued British politics. We are an ex
emplification of Professor Haering’s doc
trine, that all life is but conscious or un
conscious memory, and British memories
are still alive all through this people.—
Our population never was federal in its
spirit; federal law was always entertained
by but a few, and by these few imper
fectly.
$We have, in the foregoing, done tow
ards Mr. Stephens, what small men would
regard as a mortal offense, but we know
that the Statesman and jurist of Geor
gia will not so regard it. He knows our
devotion to federal institutions and will
accept our strictures as a' tribute to his
title to be the leader of the friends of
States rights. Even minor error becomes
vital in him, and for that reason we have
objected to the doctrine, that “natural
right” is the source of federal law.
A Brilliqnt, but Rather an Impractica
ble Idea.
Dr. Bard to leave the ranks of the
Radical party, of which he has been a
distinguished and influential member,
and come over to the Democratic party,
but bringing with him and retaining his
radical principles !
That’s the brilliant idea which is rath
er impracticable,
iv
We hear it stated that Dr. Bard says
that during his recent visit North he did
not have an opportunity to sit down and
have an easy half hour’s social chat with
the President in a confidential way, as of
yore. The President was exceeding busy.
( The President ought not thus to mis
treat his warm friends.
as to all other countries, by the natural
reason of mankind, or if the words of
Mr. Stephens suit better, by the natural
right evolved and recorded in the univer
sal law of nations; but when several years
thereafter they made the Constitution of
the United States, they made a particu
lar international law or treaty, or federal
law, by which their conduct between the
States of the Union was to be regulated
Our readers will now see why we are so
tenacious of the distinctions presented in
the foregoing remarks, and they will also
perceive why we except further to the
following passage inMr. Stephens’ letter:
"The government of the United States
presents the federal form in greater per
fection, than it was in any model of the
kind ever before exhibited.”
The history of onr Union shows, that
this very government had hardly been
bom, before a schism arose between, the
best jurists of the land, which finally
gathered them into two parties, respect
ively under the lead of Adams and Ham
ilton, or Jefferson and Madison and
which parties continued even after
amendments had been made, that were
meant to cure the defects, especially Ar
ticles ix and x. This schism ended in
an inter-State war, and that has now
landed ns in complete anarchy as to any
legitimate construction of our United
States Constitution. .Nor need we go far
to find the fountain of. all the strife! It
flowed from the imperfectly understood
nature of federal law. The framers of
our federal government were excellent
jurists in municipal (English) law, and
they were familiar with the law of na
tions, but they did not know, that
federal law is particular international
law, and must be treated as a special
branch of the law of nations. This ig
norance continued through all our ad
ministrations, including specially that of
Lincoln.
We have before us, as we write, Mr.
Stephens’ book on the Constitution of
the United States, and also Reimann’s
excellent work on “The Transition of the
United States of North America from a
States-Union to a Union State,” which
latter work contains a history of the Con
vention that framed our federal Constitu
tion, and these books indicate to us Yery
plainly, how the Convention groped along
without the beacon light, which a true
knowledge of federal law would have
given it; and how it finally took the fatal
leap into the dark by stepping beyond
tbe fundamental logic of federal Law.
They took that fatal leap under the pre
sumption, so flattering to their pride,
that they were going to improve federal
law by stepping beyond it, and by mix
ing with it municipal, natural, commer
cial and other law Alexander Hamilton
shows us how clouded, his otherwise dear
intellect was, when he said :
“A nation without a national govern
ment is an awful spectacle! The estab
lishment of a constitution in time of pro
found peace by the voluntary consent of
a whole people, is a prodigy, to the com
pletion of which I look forward with
trembling anxiety.”
The words Nation—national Govern
ment—whole people, dire significant indi-
cations of the Status of his mind. IJe
had some instincts about federal law, but
no real erudition. His acknowledged
model was the Rritish government, but
it was also that of Washington, Franklin,
DSL, The Golden Age says “Grant is
working like a beaver for renomination.”
And like a beaver’s, his work will end in
a dam(n). jf/JB
E@=. “Laura Fair has acquired reli
gion” is now the newspaper announce
ment. It is hoped that it is not of Mrs.
Stanton’s quality,- fiiaoir 1
Messrs. Phillips & Crew have
Godey and The Galaxy for October.—
Both are very superior numbers. The
latter contains Dr. Greeley’s article upon
the one term principle.
floe Relief Law Again before the Su
preme Court.
In the argument of the case of Col. C.
B. Wellborn, of this city, vs. Hon. War
ren Akin, before the Supreme Court yes
terday, Hon. Milton A. Candler, of De
catur, rawed some new points on the Re
lief Act of 1870.
Our readers will recollect that the Su
preme Court has, during its present ses
sion, held that the Relief law is Consti
tutional and valid. Mr. Candler yester
day presented these points not hereto
fore made:
1st. That the Act on its passage by the
House of Representatives was not read
three times, as required by the Constitu
tion.
2d. That this Act has reference to more
than one subject matter—whereas the
Constitution requires that all laws shall
have reference to one and only one sub
ject.
3d. That, the Constitution requires
that all laws, to be valid, shall be general
in their operation; and that this law is
not according to this requirement.
Mr. Candler was a Senator, and knows
something of the unlawfal proceedings
of the late peculating Legislature. We
learn that he offers the Journals of the
House, besides other evidence, that the
bill was not read the three different times
as required by the Constitution. If this
bo true, the Court cannot, it would seem,
frame an excuse for sustaining the law
again.
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Narrow Gauge Railroad Design.
Not long since we called attention to
the great number of railroads chartered
by the late Legislature (so-called), to
which aid, in the shape of indorsing their
bonds, by the State, was granted; and
predicted that every one that was huilt
would prove to be a loss to the State.
Since that time we have heard it whis
pered about that the programme is to
commence the work on most or all of
them on the narrow gauge plan, and
claim and confidentially expect,-to receive
from the Governor the full amount of
indorsement intended for the broad
gauge system.
Now we would like to know if this is
really true? Is this the intention of the
Corporators? Will any one of them
answer plainly.
If this be the intention, we would like
to know if Gov. Bullock or any ^ State
official has given any intimation that the
Bonds, in such a case, will be indorsed?
We ask our people every where, to take
this matter seriously into consideration,
and let their voice be heard in unmistak
able tones, announcing the full determi
nation, to hold every man who aids in
getting a dollar wrongfully out of the
Treasury, strictly to account for the
same. —
—And-we-smeeiallp ack-the people not to
allow these Railroad schemes to be used
as engines of corruption, to save Bullock
and his coadjutors from the punish
ment they deserve.
Counsel Employed.
We hear it stated that Gov. Bullock
and Foster Blodgett have employed He®
B. H. Hill as associate counsel, and Col
Farrow, the Attorney General, to prose-
cute those who have been or hereafter
may be arrested under charges of de-
frauding the State Road.
BgL, Theodore Tilton has just written
and published a life of Victoria Wood-
hull. It has been hinted more than once
that Tilton was very familiar with his
subject.
The latest “New Departure” is
that of W. H. H. McClintock and Dr. R.
A. Simpson, of Pennsylvania, who an
nounced in the Perry County Democrat
their withdrawal from the Radical
party.
The True Union is the name of a
new semi-weekly paper which has just
been started at Opelika, Alabama, by W.
B. Thomas & Co. The editor is Hon.
Wm. F. Samford, LL. D., one of the
best known And most accomplished schol
ars, not only of Alabama, but of the
South. The True Union is a Democratic
paper, and obstinately refuses to bow
down and worship that false god—the
“New Departure.”
Another Railroad Lease.
We have learned (no doubt reliably)
that the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
has leased the Atlanta and West Point
road—the contract to commence on Mon
day next. This is a most important Rail
road move—not only to all who are per
sonally interested, but to this city and
the public generally. The Pennsylvania
Central is the strongest corporation in
America. It will make the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad a very useful and
a very important feeder in the West.
Some reflections having been cast
upon the officers of the Central Railroad
regarding their treatment of the passen
gers who were detained by the recent
break in the road, a statement is made on
the authority of the passengers, many of
whom are well-known, which not only
removes the false impression but reflects
great credit upon the officials, especially
upon President Wadley. This gentleman
happened to be on the train that was de
layed. When it reached the break
and it was found that it could
go no further, he set out himself
on foot, and sent others out, and hunted
up carriages and other vehicles sufficient
to transport the passengers to Gordon.
At Gordon all hands were kept upon the
best of treatment for two days, and when
the time came to depart no one was per
mitted to pay a cent, as President Wad
ley footed the hotel bill of the entire
party, as well as the expense of the ve
hicles hired to bring the passengers away
from the train. This certainly relieves
the authorities of the road from even the
shadow of a charge of negligence.
The Cotton.
If the rain now prevailing in this sec
tion, is extended oVer much of the cotton
region, we fear it will destroy many of
the big calculations made on the cotton
crop, by Northern and English specula
tors; and from four and a quarter mil
lions, the South will come below two mil
lion bales. The prospect, at best, is very
poor; and if planters are prevented much
longer from gathering as fast as the boll
opens, a great deal will be wasted; and
continued wet weather will cause much
of the fruit to rot. We have no “great
expectations” about the cotton crop.
The Fair Prospect.
A glance into Secretary Echol’s office
discovers the work pertaining to the Fair
being pushed earnestly. Applications
for premium lists come in from North
South, East and West. Manufacturer
and stock-men are plying the office with
letters, and the indications are that the
Fair will be well attended. The boik
are open, and entries begin to come in
From the following note, it will be teen
that one of our leading dry goods houses
offers a very handsome special premium
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1871.
Mr. Sam'l, A. Echols, Sec'y., Atlanta, Ga.
Deab Sir: As a special premium, w
will give a $50 gold medal for the best
pianoforte of .American manufacture, ex
hibited at tbe Fair, held in Atlanta, in
October next—the premium to be
awarded by the Judges of your Associa
tion. Respectfully,
Peck, deSaulles & Co.
The following will be of interest to our
friends in reach of the Air-Line Railroad,
who contemplate attending the Fair:
Office of A. R. Aik-Line Railway Co.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14, 1871.
Samuel A. Echols, Secretary.
Deab Sib: Passengers attending, and
freights for exhibition at the Fair, at
Atlanta, commencing on the 16th Octo
ber, will be passed at half rates.
B. Y. Sage, Eng. and Supt.
Governor Bullock to Come
Georgia.
Tlic Investigation Committee.
The Committee of citizens having
custody of the State Road Books, and
their clerks, are wearily plodding through
the piles of records and labyrinth of fig.
ures inscribed upon their pages. We
cannot see anything like an early
end to their labors. No doubt, how
ever, their services will be worth
much. They will, in the first
place, take care of tho records. In the
next, they will do much towards ascer
taining the balances on the hooks and
getting them in an intelligible shape, to
be ready for the use of the Legislature
when it meets. What is mostly needed
at this time, however, is a committee of -
tho Legislature to taka charge of the
matter in hand, who will have authority
to compel the attendance of witnesses
and the production of papers instanter.
The labors of the present committee will
be worth much, but they have no power.
[COMMUNICATED.)
Fruit Trees with, a Second Crop of
Blooms and Leaves.
Editors Sun: I notice in your issue of
the 15th inst. an article headed “Strange
Freak of Nature,” giving account of or
chards in Virginia containing this year’s
crop of apples and fresh blooms on one
tree. No less remarkable is it with some
late pear trees on my lot. Soon after
the hail the leaves on several of them
commenc’ed dropping, and I feared they
were dying from the effects of drought.
They continued dropping until one tree
was literally denuded of leaves but a con
siderable portion of the pears remained
on. Now two of the trees have the pears,
yet unripe, while also a new set of leaves,
more than half grown, are growing flour
ishingly, and blooms are coming also—
some full grown. The first we noticed
of the budding was last Sunday; since
then they have grown very rapidly. The
pears are a late kind and are sound and
hard. T. S. Reynolds.
Remakes.—It is a desideratum, long
sought to be filled, to have fruit trees—
such as apples, peaches and pears—bear
continuously during the summer, like
figs. We hope the fact here furnished
to the world by Mr. Reynolds will give a
valuable bint to pomologists, from which
valuable knowledge may be acquired, and
the very desirable object accomplished.
We leam that J. R. Wallace, Esq., of this
city, already has a variety of pears,
which continue to bloom, produce fruit
and mature from early summer till frost.
•Ed. Sun.
Onr City Agent.
We take pleasure in announcing that
we have secured as Agent for The Sen,
in this city, Capfc. John S. Wise.
He has long been well known iu this
city, and enjoys a deserved popularity.—
He is a live man, and will devote himself
exclusively to the interests. of The Sun.
He is authorized to take subscriptions,
make contracts for advertising, and make
collections j(pr us. His receipts and
agreements will be respected by this
Office.
In addition to his being long and fa
vorably known here, he has an extensive
acquaintance from the Gulf to the Ohio,
and from the Atlantic Coast to the far
West. He has engaged in various pur
suits, and has always been successful iu
what be has undertaken.
We hear it stated that Governor Bul
lock, before leaving New York for Cali
fornia, told a gentleman who resides in
this State, but there on business in that
city, that he would return to Georgia by
the 4th day cf October next, and that
when he did reach here a very different
phase would be put upon all the proceed
ings and the general opinion of the pub
lic concerning the prosecutions now go
ing on against delinquents and plunder
ers, of the late State Road administra
tion. In what particular this new phase
was to appear, we did not leam. We are
anxious to know, and suppose we will
find out when the new phase appears, if
not before.
WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT
Receipts at all ports 19,5Gl a
Against for last week. 9,131
“ » previous week 7,579
•• ‘‘ three weeks since............... 7,814
Total receipts since September 1st. 21,863
For the corresponding period last year...... 33,882
Showing a decrease of. 12,022
Exports from aU ports this week............ 15,815
Same week last year 3,840
Total exports for the expired portion of the
cottonyear 30,430
For the same time last year....... 10,903
Stock on hand at aU ports 85,228
“ « “ same time last year 55,253
Stock at interior towns 10,291
Same for same time last year 12,975
Stock in Liverpool.. 498,000
* “ “ same time last year...... 490,000
American afloat for Great Britain 51,000
«* «• game time last year. 17,000
Indian aftoatfor Europe...i......... 716,186
<« “ same time last year. 443,245
SSH3& “A New York reporter has of
fered to die for Mrs. Woodhuli.” Mrs.
Woodhull would oblige the morality of
the country by dying in person.
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The Savannah News says: “ At
lanta houses are still miLumbered. ” It
might have added, if building continues
a few years longer as it lias for the past
five years, the houses will Be numberless.