Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

oH .'iti'3 -zes././i '—siimoD su Itloaw eat aurA i 8Ttd I .gnil* I lad} brm'nBtn i TKJKJ C Till StOTW 1 ,13 U&i odraxo ITrw gr> j ^ ^ Ytw {iJ UyJ ,yaie M •|iiiaaj- ud baled m jjiwl»fcmyiq <iaae < »w5g' usmjntnT t** -aaiyri" Judffibflfeftt? Jr .siiHoisCj 2i j~3f.it. ed Ui« .a .K » <M 0*6 B 1 Hf'A>r idO^/ adt ui jaiifiin liiriw sill fld ad) rf-amrii mm i: yJ .iliooa • Tjl S ,it to viaW-dT jramre POOS yhrou PS *pv3 4 Bin ■ unu 804 mistm 4 ; „ >Jlr ^ srf 4<8e». 8moeto»:i r -: 11 -tnoq 1 ^ OJ ^aaiptm ] "publisher EVERY FRIDAY. 1HTES OF WEEKLY. Xi.: $3 00 One ye»r-— ...1 75 siI Uonlbs... 1 00 "BATES FOR'TIl'i'-WEEKLY. ^ 5 2 50 sit Months-..."- _ .. 1 25 TI ‘ r0C LHVAMAM.T iK ADVANCE. To clubs of Five or more ene copy will be fur- ji a«nCoW» B»S» «“‘“ l in “cbungefor the j ip er at three cents per . M dWINELL, Proprietor. , ADVERTISEMENTS. , r T and hr Adm^istrators, Electors or Me of Land by AOj ]aw to be held on iaard'MS. e« «9 e esco y month( between the the first T y (tc - orenoon and three in the hoars 01 ten t Holl8<1 iu ^ county in "'i>h the poertvis situated . . Vofieos 0? loose sales must be given >R a pub- ,ic . ?‘ I . elt f.f Q th* 5 sale r of personal property must Jgrm Vdt°e manner, through's public gan- t[ Sotk'u’Iteb”ra U »o4Editors .fan estate, m ust ho ?!, p»ppl?c»tion» will be made to the CmH of0rh4 for l«»™ to sell land must be ,, p-t!bons'forTetUt* lt of Administration, Guar- must be published 30 days-for S irou Administration three months- ftanissi 00 from Guardianship, 40 days. °Rules for the forecloseurc of Mortgages must e publisl abUshiog iionths— ^»tE;K.nl^.Vf three months. Publications will always be contained. apeord- Ju those, the legal requirements, unless oth- rwise ordered, at the Allowing RATES. r i i j c , -ir-, c-lea nor levy of teu lines or less $3 00 SSift fi J fa. P« >-y, 5 .0 Tar C.lleclor’s sales, per levy........ Citations for letters of Administration..... ... 3 00 Citations forlettersol Guardianship......." 3 00 Notice ot application for dismission from Administration, o ou Notice of application for dismission from Guardianship,. - yv * "" Indication to soli land ” ?? Notice to Debtors and Creditors .3 00 sale of Land, pcrsquarc ale of perishable property, 10 days strav Notices, 00 days, — .reeiosore of Mortgage, per square - 4 00 • in adrertising his wife, (in advance)10 0 led lor mo i#iwiww»»' -=> o , ablished monthly for four mouths-forea Editorial Correspondence. Memphis, Tenn., May 18, 1868. • Dear Courier—TraveEu-g a large portion of the time in the night, on my trip to this place, the opportunity to ob serve the condition of the country, crops, etc., was quite limited, except that portion lying between Tuscumbia ntid this city. On this latter portion, the crop prospects are anything but flattering. The cotton is just showing two oi four little, puny sickly leaves; the corn about four inches high, aod evidently of the “yellow sort;” and the wheat spiudling up like “the quills of the fretful porcupine.” At Graud Junction, we had the pleasure of shaking hands with that prince of gallantry, and noble daring, Gen. Forrest. lie wished to be very kindly remembered to the citizens of Home, and especially to the ladies who treated him and his caumiaud so hospita bly, when he was in sueh straightened cir cumstances. Ila said give my regards to Oapt. Gartrell, and request him to remem ber me to every man iu his company. The prospect is that the Commercial Convention will by far surpass anything of the kind ever held in the South. AH the Hotels are now crowded foil, and large numbers are eujoying the hospitalities of the geuerous citizens of this city. The great amount of 1 usiness talent and capi tal here represented, ought to be produc tive of immense advintage to the South.— We have some fear that local interest will tend however, somewhat to distract, its de liberations, and possibly prevent a realiza tion of all the good that otherwise might be accomplished. There is, at this time—10 o’clock—a meeting ol delegates front Georgia—about 100 iu number, for the purpose of securing co-operation and systematic action. Judge Cole, ot Macon, is Chairmau. and W hid by Spikes, Secretary. The billowing arc a cornin't tee to report business to this meeting: lieGraffenreid, of Milled"eville, Hulsey, of Atlanta, iir. Cary, of Augusta, >Iauu, of Savannah, aud Chapman, of Griffin. 1 he day is cool and cloudy, and every thing about this city seems delightful. As the mail is about closing, we must close this hasty Liter. We will write again to il. D. Memi-ius, Tenn., May 19,1869. Dear CouHi E ;t-This is a beautiful moruing all nature smiles in the glad some sunshine of joyous spring-time fresh ness and vigor, and the Bluff City, always ee f Dt ’ “ ,,u w attired iu her loveliest robes 0 actuating beauty, 'a here is, at least, QUc mature of this city which expells all era that wc have visited, and which can? nut fail to command the admiration of ev J «y stranger, aud that is the deiightfiil - teholson Lavement that is laid on all the prtac.pal streets. There is said to be 18 nn esof this within the incorporate limits, n the luxry it affords to the fifty thous- en inhabitants is not surpassed by any m °f streets or pavements in this conn- 7’ or P to bally in the world, ?'c are in- ' med to the oj iuion that this is rather .an that it e *peusive luxury, for the reason nss uot seem probable that a wooden pave- “' eut w “* Inst more than ten yet it bin every respect , delightful; r , U doe * endure. There is also a street “ road funning through Maiu and some e other most important streets, thus or ng to this thrifty city unsurpassed fo- cbties for locomotion. But - • - ■ *ny present purpose is not to describe 'is, but briefly to allude to the great' Southera Commercial Convention nowsit- a ? ere ' Seventeen States are-represent- y over one thousand; delegates, besides tora^Tn 111 ^ ° f guests and visi-A thi, ,J he Greenlow Opera House, where ^■«les,isfiUed to its utmost ‘bat never Lr WB c‘ U ™ atara the ness t l . be / 0r ° has the capital and ^tun- resented 1 - # South been^etfidlyi rop- reseated u any cue usembhr.-i-.-i ' .«oao ■The Convention was called to toider by Wr H. Cherry', President of the Memphis Board of Commerce, and opened by prayer by Hr? Lovie Pearce, of Ga.—an a^“" welcome delivered by Mayor Leftwicb. Ex Gov. Patton, of A1abatoh, J was-elected -tem porary Chairman, and M. R. Moore/ : of Memphis, Secretary. A committee on Credentials, consisting of one from each of the seventeen States represented, was appointed, and while they were preparing to report, a beautiful ad dress was delivered by Hon. J. W. Clapp, of this city, extending a hearty welcome on the part of the commercial interests of the tee. Some little confusion was created tin the proceedings, growing out of the question as to whether it was proper to take steps towards a permanent organization ' before the coa-mittee on Credentials had reported! Ex-Gov. Pattonsbowed that whatever oth er clever qualities he may possess, he has notthe requisite qualities for a good pre siding officer. It was finally decided to take no 1 action of a permanent character until the above named committee had re ported, and the Convention adjonrned at 2Lovelock until 4. 11 At the appointed time' jt^e ; Convention reassembled, the Committee on Credentials reported, aod a committee of one from each Stale was appointed on permanent organ! zatlon. During the absence of this com mittee, a letter from Gen. R. E. Lee was received and read, which created, enthusi astic and prolonged cheering. The announcement that Senator Spfagne, of Rhode Island, was iu the city, was re ceived with rapturous applause. He io ex pected to address the Convention today.-r= Senator Fowler of this State being called for, made a short speech, abounding in good, plain, practical oommonsense, and valuable ggestious. , .... the permanent organization. Judge Williams, of Kentucky, Chair man of the Committee on Permanent Or ganization, reported the following gentle men as permanent officers of the Conven tion : •- - - President, Gov. Chas. C'. Anderson, 'of Kentucky. Viee Presidents, Audrew Weatherly, of North Carolina; Hon. Erastus Wells, of Missouri; l>r. E. J. Toof of Iown; Judge Byrd, of Alabama, J. C. Rcakhart, of Ohio; Hamilton Smith, of Indiana; War ren Mitchell, of Kentucky; Hon. A. M. Clayton, of Mississippi; Gov. W, Dappio- ton, of Arkansas; Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Georgia; I. S. Haldeman, of West Virgin ia; Geo. H. Walter, of Smith Carolina; W. H. Cherry, of Tennessee; W. B. Isaacs; of Virginia; P. O. Morehead, of New York; W. J. Gatewood, of California; Dr. J. A. Noyes, of Louisiana. Secretary t W. .H. Fitch, jr., of Memphis. Assistant Secretaries—the members of the Press id the-Convention, with privilege to ach delegation to appoint oi-.e more addi tional, as desirable. We recommend the rules of the United States Congress for the'government of this Convention. The report was adopted by acclamation, and Judge Williams, and Lx-Goveroor Foote were appointed by the chair to con duct the. President elect to the stage. Upon taking the Chair, Mr. Anderson made,oneof the most interesting and elo- qu< nt little speeches we have ever listened to, and very forcibly reminded as of oar idea of Henry Clay. Without further business, the Conven tion adjourned to 9 o’clock this morning. Among the Georgians here, we notice Major (Anderson, Gen. Lawton and Me. Cohen, of Savannah; Messrs. Powers, White and Holt, of Macon; M. P. Stovall, T. P. Branch, C. F. McCay, D. E. But ler and C. P..Clayton, of Augusta; C. Pee ples, of Griffin; J. H, Nt wton, of Athens, Mayor Hulsey, E. Hulbert, V. "A. Gaskilj and Win. Cox, of Atlanta, and J. M, Sel kirk, now of Borne. M. D. The Latest.; Blodgett has been suspended and Bryant appointed Postmaster of -Augusta, in his stead. Washington suspended, and Hon. H. M. Turner appointed Postmaster of Ma con. Bullock has returned to Georgia and Sheibly to Rome. News enough for one day,-;. m3 ia-b savsd - ’Xd*td ,JLnj/i4DU.vJ irtL-di atcdui nohiviG mentoftheStandi^ ^ mi tnoduction gnd., reference ltJIII[l , Thiese ^ommltteeA are ali ceniptXedti’fifuii# delegate from eaeh Stete in the Cbifvefifibif of the hill-pfthe same name; aUdis ended by the Chairman of altitude ofM0,B00 feet-UbovAthe deveb iqgtiib^i qftbei^Comjnitte^jiud.niem bers from-Gedigiar sj saeoeH ei) taoft Pacific Railroad—^Hoc. Nelsbn^T^L General Business and Agriculture—J). E. Buttler. v» anya w Internal Improvements, Rivers and C; nals—J. M. Selkirk. Mississippi River Improvements—C. "1 McCay. ; 7 -, .1 Finance—W. B. Johnson. Railroads Generally—Vitgtl Powers. Tennessee River Improvements —Dr. C. B-Jledwme, ji Immigration—Hulbert. The most notable event of the day, was the SpUech of-- Senator '.^pragcle| v or^. J. IIis introduction to the ConvpqtioU was fol- lojitet^^y enthusiatti: and prqlonged cheer ing. He is a small man, only 32 years , miqnqe ieq^efiinferiorimetol^abiteie^impemUil! ' Wotton umunomutpwiiuj^ atnn *2) U) nt rtJtw »r X HsrdmHes; ms the pi, a. *esrqPn«cra ra White Oura, four or five miles ride tonUkwthe distance.^ , Fred Douglas, th9 1 nggrp 5®Qnter,, and Whatever Trcasuro City may bo in the fn- politician, has tiro sons,' at least, in govern- ture time alone can.demde. Iicsan only speak mentemploy here. One is inthe ' ' for the present,.|nd say^tbatv, gx4 TV,’ quietly atvork at his desk J as‘ * « ception it i8tne,m66tunattracGye jplace D t» other has keen aasfetedto a “clist ever bad the'misfortune to visit. True it the National Printing Office. Thera is'that itrKmfiWbe othervryejit is' but a ,be some trouble in respect to the lnst nam- shbratjme«ineethe firstlog4»bin was con- ed “puse.” Iunderstandtheprintersout- structed, jt^wmn.dwelt. the hardy men who side of tfie government office are in a ma- discpvered and located the celebrated Ebar- jority in’this city. Among the rdles of hardt mine, and, since then men have not theirAssociationisoneprohibitinganyoth- had time to do more than erect sufficient covering from the severe- storms of Justices of the Peace- The Ordinary has-rooeived the sions of the iullowing Justicesof the Peace: Thos. J. Perry, 919th" District, G. M., Rome. \.\ . - H. H, Richards, 9C3d District, G. M., Cbulio. ,n j A. R. Bussqll, 1048th District, CL .M., Etowah. Thos, Hppper, 1059th District, G. M. Livingston, L ■’ .nJ'.tt/ Who are requested to call aud get them. SixDiAricts left^ont. What does''dial mean ? They werc all elected according, to law, and all equally entitled to their; Commissions under ,tha:law. . Preshyterlankin. The goneraf acsotuulies of the Oljl and fifteen; School. Pjrestyferiims^ of thp, Hirth'crn ! Slatq|fl^tj ifl, .mWjirtfilNWu York on the 20tli inst,, in separate bod somo ies; and on the s?,pe_ dqy ; thq„li|te assem blies for of these-bodietwmthe samu t dayv'iud'.tfof 1 .v-;. 4 -tea™. WtAik-lASVUit «ld,‘ tlumet 4>eardless,delicate aud hoftyery' t>f 4hC htraseS°thereott; ■ yau aike' raBler iir prepossessing in his personal apnearance. anajorily xif the cases to look.over the toy His speech was rati io fftve utterance practical thoughts, exalted erpeStaGbns that had been in dulged in. He warned the South f!o^ bo- ware, of the centralizing tendencies of Hie times, both as regards government and cap ital, and seek prosperity rather from its improved and enhanced agricultural and mineral resources than from the compara tively far off projects of railroad and di rect trade movements. He urged the South to assist iu saving our common cohntry. In regard to the Southern Ph allic Railroad, said it was due thus section that it should be built. ond^oubted not, that, if the South would agree ‘ upon its lo cation, Congress would make as liberal ap propriations for it as it has done for-ths one already built. He urged that efficient measures should be adopted, to secure a large, immigration so to increase the pro ductiveness and aggregate wealth if the country. . ... ;•! A communication was received from tho Chamber of Commerce of New Olreans in viting this Convention to that city on the 24th, offering as an inducement free trans portation'by Boats and half Fare at their Hotels. The. invitation was accepted. Mostofthe,remainder of the:day was spent in the call of States for the introduction of resolntioDs, most of which were referred to the proper Committees without read 's- Wc fear that so many minor topics will be pressed upon the Convention that com parative little will be done in regard to three leading questions: Pacific Railroad, Levee ing'the Mississippi and Immigration. We beEeve.it would..- have ‘heart bet!",- .: all other matters bad been excluded, hi_L—■■ ■ a'' —- 'v —_ Memplils Braneb Railroad. The incorporators held a meeting iu this oity on Tuesday last, opened books aud ap- pointed a committee to solicit subscriptions of stock. A subscription of fifty thousand dollars by the people of Rome and of this section will, we are informed, insure the building of the Road, as it will, secure the endorsement of the bonds of the Company by the Georgia Railroad. The com-'-* 1 ^ ku ~ . this point wouldUiicrease tbe value of tlia property of this city, alone, half a million '■dollars, and that of-Flcydiponnty'. perhaps i nasmuch sonaliy and pecuniarily interested in the building of.this road, and should, invest as largely as possible in its capital stock. We hope the'Auoantof'fflty - tboasand } cbilhrrd, atleCstl'Wfll.be! speedily subsoribed, so that 0(4 work 1 may be eqmmcmsed'and! pushed rapidly ; thijjugh.; ] — £2 t *K auo^uA The meeting of the incorporators ad jonrned to Monday next, when, they Will elect a 'Prasidiht end Beard of 'Diree boV — :-»-!• ■ =41 ail - • Annual Addreiiu ' *2* j^^following^rresjondence.^ny ex plains itself,.! We .congratulate,! (hftuCAHtf pany in seenring as Orator Grand Master Lawreqse, and webope] the Masonic 1 TVS; teinity will turn' casioh: | for a price that would pay for i metal range ts, being explored , i thatrbetter ore“ SS be found «yet no discoveries' have; beeb made; iwe knaw cffr.T It is singubu: thatj rated only by so R acterofore o?iirt .- .| W*ohhride it'is sopare withmlver tl fay’ is at -aujhon ^ M (^ ^ rtisbanjl’the pifei long, long wiateri-u-. . iin -. -:q T i 1 Kb9ib$atlle > Wbmeon4bpi city, -is erected found, and then nothing but rock, rock.— ‘iA^treet—Lliy I be" pardoned for using the term—abiraUthiHiy feet wide has been cut fnmnZhe slapetif the hill, and on either agepiegpdJie ipiipqjplastructures of which the city is. cyinpqsed ?he .amer side of this avenue ts so much higher than the other that, standing in the door of one Cherokee Masonic Life ! Rome Ua . May ll, 1 SvaB’^aPxfhvV. neqaq . It is made my duty, aud I assure you it affords, me mnch pleasnre, to inform' ^ ‘yw that at a regular meeting af-the Board of DiEeetUatthffidHEAdayjiyDpHwaRrkiadHis monsly : chosen: to deliver the annmd addresef provided for in VIII article of the Consti tution, at the annual meeting of the Com pany, to be held ini this:city on th6 24th of J"aft«;next; and ■ earneOBy request yon comply with the wishes of the Bond; a# wellas the members generally. -R '^ ” 1 ' 1 tfettff*|»iWi&dQ'aBi-'-'-" :,/ ’ l ’ dh-hba I am M. iW. Sir and Brotherj trb^P aBd 5 fcatekaafiv mad, #onal*a<4*a Thos. J.piBRTySeo’y, '' 41. W. S am’l. Lawrence, Master Grand. LodgCtafGanu.. . ui aasbuic 0£2 wed* «lwq P. S. I see no Wky fory< LggtHum livlsolr— Eff nncit. ud izA Hid «fT. 4 TO nTfA :i■. Iferry;.. .f- •- iuthH a Voura of:the, J1 th inst., informs'; met ml tne selection of Beard of Directors of myf sp!f,! to deUver tbe.jmBiialaddn:8S,«c., -re* cehrei. Without reference at this time to the ConstltntioD, I suppose it is meant to be in tome sort a keeping with St John’s tDayidtAs jdiWmo wif oftracajfe'fdk'me fla-Ptuf. J. G. Boberis; Mffifig Teacher, to tunc and repair Pianos. Or- JwKHi} -1-> Tsaij|iiWrnlsK|lViofa^f i «»<' Jqrd ool l»l OeiJI aiahitiY aOetov ; Groups of men are"-standing here and ihere^others aie moving - about wW» a pldk„-andp>oyel; some . Jiave hands full or bagsfull of orq, rushing off, .to tj>e assayerj and parties' may be 'seen' maMng ready to move Oii’explorations to other dis tricts not yet examined. AU is life and animation, and a livelier place than Treas ure City, considering its population, would be very hard to find. • .. l . qr - ■ * khetaljooel^im j There-have b'oenover£ix' thousaiid min ing clainm located in this district - Let the speculator or purchaser remember this.- Now, suppose that one thousand only should torn out well (and'this is five times as ma ny as' ever'will pay); why, there are five thousaud ffihtTemam wHcLcat of the ‘first order, that are perfectly and absolutely worthless, that probably never will be med, would declare nothing bnt Irish *^iind»—i.e. assessments.. *.-••• i:L«t .qpt.- - tx;;:/ is beyond all dpnbt the richest silver mine at present known in the world; its wealth is Ejyonfl : estimate." This was the first' mine located on-Treasura'HHl/and'ij! yef 'it is the only one that has been extensively work ed, aud from which a large amount of- bul- UonhtmjHtemsentto ^e mmket- .It is divided into six shares only, end thire are seven owners,' two being joint owners of onc-sixtb. About' §1,000,000 have .been taken out to this time, and now, with small mills only, about $6,000 per day is being turned out, ready for shipment Yesterday this mine was visited by five gentlemen, all of whom are experts; they went through all its leDgth and breadth; they were freely shown every shaft£taiuiel and drift; nothing was withheld from them, and they confessed themselves as being astonished at wbat they saw;.that it was far beyond wbat they had erpected, evehwith all they had heard 'respecting!it!>c “ossv L!»<« aw »/. - bt-id I asked them all to state what was their opinion of the wealth of the mine; what they thought .the value of the beds of ore hSw in sight; and they all agreed ’ that I might say with entire safety; and be nndtlr the mark, that 910,000,000 would not cov er the valne of what this mine bad in view ready, to be tqken out for working. . I give yon what tboy stated, and as they are all men without a dollar oFinterest in it. and all are well posted in miningj‘ yon may rely up on it that the r are as near the troth as they caq.be,.and.that they. endeAvoreda to keep To-day I have been over the mine in com iy with one of the owners and several ations.. I have beeh shown at 4hat-’ ^.to be seen; havp had.tlte differenb grades of«rock alained to me; h|ive been allowed to cot .jost pore silver from some . points where it was in plain sight. and 'cfgreqt' extent, so pure thatymcFafn cat It? like lead, and you could roU * between yoor fingers with out breaking. 1 -h •• - I was told that such ore would yield over $20,000 to the ton. Indeed, no point of interest was left'Untouched. I explain ed tyMtf.- Drake, the owner'who politely nc cmnjianiedLmc, tkat-if.-1 ;unade areertkms cencej^ngtllft immense wealtli of Ins pos sessions, l might bp charged , with ntalunf false statemenijs, pnffing, etc., and to avoi _ this I would like to take'a sample ‘with mo of some of- tho richest portions. -To this he agreed, and omreaching the ore honse he gave me ajpepq weighing at least fourteen 820,000 to the too, and as a whole, at least 8JO;OOQ! Thispiece oFrdck f- have for warded to New- York, so that any one of thg.-doubling Xhonuses may sec for them- )I Ail- 4aid) 1 o»J* 1 hbnd* or ..Those best informed pn the subject say that no Jmpyqininelii the .world haq ^ver produced ore so riel t In snoE quanlities. Some persons fiavisirii to rundown this mino and say ‘that it is “played out,” bnt they never oonld have seenitaslbave.or their opinion, would qhan-e in spite of themselves. The reason mw’ffiM lwiioIrtem more exf R-'Wofttedj'kM'uffife' TiulKtiff *'tr&di bdranqhanaaTndd hiMl'nriflidgofilciFties rOqe small-mill, eubt starns on- dpqSiiU I the,-;,work: jhns lers can le.put *— er than members from employment in any lized office. Another prohibits a ne- fTftffiNnhuv T f " pMiM seen.whether the government isprepqr^to run a tilt against the mechanical associa- tiou of the country to the extent of ignor ing them: altogether. ' Two' white Radicals were removed-to make room for these two negroes I learn, that every compositor in the govern ment office suspected of Demo cratic proclivities has, Eke the employ ees at the Navy Yard, heed already summarily dismissed.— WmJeM/Wn more Qmtbui • • :.X-. ena i-imri -Jill .dot: i .i eta -(in., a.-l) H “W ,W»Fd Beecher, of Brooklyn, on. the iff ;-ii» ui 7o ititmo e.uicli><yq sdi The last refnge of j astice. ^ it tour couts; and yet, so corrupt hasonr that the name of judge stinks. There is nothing that excitesiuy indignation ^ moie- There is no treachery that is sdbase. There is nothing that I forgive myself so unwil lingly for; as for meeting a corrupt judge and not frowningupqn him—yea, aud strik ing him. Not bnt that they are Snbjects.of mercy; bnt if there was 6hly some man holding the relation of patient, ’ that could take some of these sturdy judges and re new, the scenes of their youth, I should heartily rejoice, They blunder, and. are known to plunder. They make decisions and hold them up for Bale. They make'auc tions of justice, and among the seekers of justice they bi J for bribers. And what then? They are-elected again to the su preme bench, or to the circmt courts. They are elected because they are corrupt. There are few men who mutter and say" : “fob bad! too bad !”bui-that iathe whole of it And our courts are growing more and: more cor rupt, and onr , Judges more infamous.— Beecher’s Sermons, page 142. . The election of au anti-Sprague -Mayor of the chief city'of his ' pocket borough, Rhode Island, is a sockdolager to that sud denly famom man. : It is first''blood' for the great family, nnd-bodeaHl to their as sailant. He must train his gaflsto a shar per point, or dip. deeper int i ^s Pactolean pockets—the last probably would be bet ter. We arc on Sprague’s side, but v e can’t bet many stamps on a man who allows himself to be beaten in the first skirmish. If Sprague is worth the millions be issaid to revel in, and don’t control the votes of a people so accessible to the arguments of le gal tender, why he is’nt the man we took him to be. He eah’tget dp a .new party that’s certain. En acant Sprague, or you are ingloriously squelched.—Jfucwi Hessen- Mb 1..'«^eld«Ma!»: t»T.A j^uraSr^K^w ,. B®.Ursus, the itinerant cynio, intro duced into the opening chapter of Victor Hugo’s new nova, “The Man who "Laughs,” has printed on'his crib, or cabin-carriage, tho following inscription : “Gold Ibses annually by friction one. fourteen hun dredth of its bulk; this is what, is called the wear and tear; thence it follows that out of fourteen hundred millions of gold circula ting throughout the world, every year one Eon-isloet. This million of gold goes off in dost, fries away, floats, is ail atom,-be comes breatheable, loads, doses, burdens, and. impairs the ..conscience, and amalga mates itself with the ’sold of the"'rich J which it renders' prbnd,End with' the of the poor, which it- renders savages." helkept the people io a state of excitriSSflt' by threats of what he wmld do or cause to be done, if mjttprs g^onl^py- go to suit him and his friends, Fur some time, ..past tawb’ma ,assooHted:with’tho toast promifient - Radi-i cals, asa-pnblic «peaker,vnever.Failing to have in bis aadieneehrge numbers of Rad ical females, anxious tojee and hear the Sing-Sing Jiera, Not longsince be applied to Grant lor an office,thonghneam d w.ad- fiifrbrs, 'thought that it vrtWRPfte qmte a: condescension on his part even to ‘ accept one. It is a mystery of t these I strange times .thfit-. thisapplteatiqnf friends were indignant, and he was. ,qon- temptuous. He waxed,smart. He sqid that the trodbffi id his case was'that 'he was not related to Grant, bnt he thought that -bra pot jbeing so, was-fnll-pompensalidit for.'his failure to get an office. It is trnqtbat Al- peoria stole his idea frqpi Courier-Jour nal, bat it takes g^jiRJMger to steal a sharp thing."’Tra safer to depredai mmpfpM mb a Qn'*tt-m£Br%6a abjeV The Courier-Journal hasno Spring gunspremanttoapaabont itOpiepiMMS^i yquTselyes, njg5gp^O>( tf %5/oppiI.j MIC liw il -jiuoi.i-raur^i 9e.ls i.m mods AlKNOBWittQnpsxpMr.-aa-MiitlqtiMned, Ppstmjstreaaat ,W»taPMt,-Jh»*,*iieoenHy married Mr. Alfred Smith. Mrs Smith is not known toAfce department as. Ppstpiis- tress. Miss JoneS ! has no longer'alegi-I ex istence, and thigs generally arc very much mixed. Smittf&flnirioml to know if be hM 'taamed-into the pastwffiebf or: he married the post-office opt of tba;fcmily, -1 -i.i TTmrtleijl-^ri'ite -d; c* awe a 4 DSVAd Agricultural Couventiun his jqtt beenjheld- ip Cqlambia,^^^ i<V«E; en. Johnson Hay w. - Jonvention sat two days. Palmer read an interesting paper on manu facturing iu the South. He infers that Southern-made yarns- can be sent to Eu rope and sold .at the cost of producing En- 7i. Kmmim.Ji '*Mlt£ISSf J1V ... ■ urges the if.correctiqn for ..ueu ts, - apd. pen( tqqtiaties for females, and that .the inmates, as wel as those of orphaq asylums, bo emj ’ cotton manqihetories- The “Agu ral and Mechanical Society of South Caro lina,” was organized.. , .4 .s|atiffingppKii^- pondencewith Europe on immigration. An- igate making good jfkejn^ect^ 1 ion was constJ- other committee sugar from soi •scientific agrii the revenue will be immense. I was mneb delighted with my vfrit, as it proved high ly interesting and instructive. lliz \ ewAile* avfe odwliffiwri - uccp anu narrow gorge or valley, is White Pipe Mountain,"or, £ it'^‘"better known faff m ih|4bltaWoHb^«Ccft<W , , < thCTadd meted range.' Here silver isfouud, but so mixed withijvemmtala thxi working tho sr re l i' , Col. Bnlkley, late ol too Russian Rne, baa shown me rock that, : n] seed in an ordinary stove, ’wil Iflts weigbtin lead, mqce'd Srith a small rtiohof hard metal which we suppose to silver.- Experiments' with 1 tjns rock- I have sceit yrith the above reshlts; hence I speak from my own experience, and not from herecay. -Of course this metal must remain where it is, forat present' Tates of freight, or even’were a railroad ‘construct ed to this point, it could noLbe sent to mar- . fl^Wm, B. Astbr ought to be pretty comfortable—that ia, if the cure of his money don't give him too much tronblb, which is very likely the easel He retnrri- ed an Inoome last year .of 81,079,212.— Think of. payings yearly tax-^/if, ,850,960- G9! A jiaptfrome income of itself., Ariy There is .no ir :t - t: _ if sickness , in which Darby s Hrophylactic fluid may not feijs^,T?ao*“ ‘Ec sick room, j tg^-The e liter of the Jacksonville, Aik RepubEcan is one of the oldest .’and most reEMile .newspaper men in the . South, fit a recent number of his paper he says: “We are gratified in being able, most - candidly and sincerely,: to reoommcnd'this truly val uable medicine to ons readers. We have used it in onr fimuly, and lmow how high ly it is estimated by others who have used Jt^sST -b .teRm priimosA - • o' »*_A Western paper commenting upon the fact tjmk Presjdent Grant hva been pre 7 rented with a pair of fine horses, tnat ne has accepted toe present with a view ofmakrag-thfo a stabtegOTeriihleoll ,a »®-Gen. PbiIEp'St. George' Cook, who succeeds Gen. Thomas m command of (hi department of Kentucky, is a Virginian by birth, a graduate of. West Point, jutdi du» ing bis long qufl boimrabje ser ' the late war, repeatedly distin iiff. J. R ? s.mihut, l^r rebel cavalryman, married n daughter of Geu. Cooke, and. it is said that during the war he made Frequent attempts to capture his, father-in-law, bat the cld genucjimm m> Vot'to he caught in that w^j.—Nash. y hasa quber troublo. Two aehurchobw bariugseepded ,ve been singing in the mlififf; «nf iwn-tbe enemy.' Arrest and disci and re-arrest followed, to no purpose, offenders still siog out of tune. 'nr.naWU.ggjiSl' fWHIi #@_Tke Opelika Locomotive says the sasles are having a very successful run in that town. It knows of three grown dry good clerks, two - negro draymen, one lawyer, twenty-five, school 1 children, on* S^nefiS' ;tW? W -“ w ° 5°* r-i.-’T .vinil vqsd ban tag Ena -vlioi FI so21 emo* n AS , r«iT ,xrn-iu.vK -we!> UiaisoiiiK-1 atll—axiir.iu j ..<1 elllil a Idgin mai aiodri Mi 1w Jeerib noiwiwp edT ".wivw rad ew tea : A Smart iYe*ro. A. Alpcori in New! yellow color, and.of a pleasant tart^'.ffayof. The vines bear profusely, and commence ripening about Christmas, at whitb. time T jnjs r tbenumbej-—and'l (nee to three cents a hun son lasts tbree.months ; and bnsbeis er picked, simply because they are if 1 m MOI01M A NnriSbfaailE w» nh?¥io*ueiafH- ists.—It issaid that the drifting strikes of ahePsansyivakia miners are all ’bogus^ g«c ijp mrrt e tosamae^fttl^ jmfmte- tore themselves to raise ihe pribc '-cP-tl* stock on tlie market,‘And- it-ha* Mtdctleded to the extent of a dollar per ton ‘‘in- New York. This is the latest sebcfie'*hw*jprf- tefctioirwhic’B'has' feed * . icai -arw 41 J1C. J - nal ol SOU t oi eOcm of lc?l idl ila yd be Ins 'Last.: Rifle - Invention:—The new rifle in- " " " ‘ _ fnenxgtheaaeifinate git si 4( it, ^Si jJartAhooMnaEA destakethsef death- dealing weapin in existence, ; and.froniiq Jes ’ to snpetceded Xhetiseodls gun; - eras; charge and dischargectoifidiert^laOe^liaaat simultaneously, and--it is said thirty shots can-be fired from it in a minute. Akthe moment when the banell ixeloed; b Y- » valve,’the cartridge ia explodAd-bys a small knife. A particular apparatus prevents the escape of ases^ nn^ess by the legiri- mate vent. Thra new weapon weighs on ly right and a half pounds, and thi bas a length of thirty«ix inches; the cart- (ad^Mii aemofttphpeff whuhiffiemdueffieUg chdaff, ringotetvpaiidndnffiafcirBiftetem^ho barrcV.as was the case' with the- American ,»ifiateied irirSb flltirriraig.-JrimB .0 M The Jong, arrow-shaped projeotilatof the Mayhafer iriflMklnflffeh ntt'lflQQtplwa weigh* only otmtwente-lbuithJot vP »o that every soldier in the field can with himone hundred rounds of cartridges. The rifle is loaded-by a gentle, blow ofithe flat of the, hand on the* handle 'of'the-vaivu, which opens the powder chamber for the entrance of the cartridge- The inventor, who is himself not practically skiRed in fire-aim*, baa on- several occasions ‘fired ifcntmantotihatffrislweeaqifai aiifi twenty-six shots in one minute.—New York OemmettUUu mlavt ml yds qaroKl ta~a^ea je y Mia- need »v*J . _>i.iu_ro.sjvT’Tnvjm»~TT—w~ia5s*iTi* not got it j wanted the’ Collectorship ol Customs at New York; there were too many hungry people 8fU^ it^ Bid I had no chance. I next -.^tried fork Judgeship; done again. .Nothing-ffiscouraged, and re- solved to'hmre ■ snrahmwigjj’iigtt dwhahil could, and hero Pam ibr-four yearaa keep er of • Kgbt-bodaeUs Jt- w a<o yyYt ..<«:■ i -WsE,ihe(iiffn*u4iikin^Qd< yantitEit*l*H' events.. BorneofeUawsJxcre .mitecd even the, suit of old clothes. . ; iodiv /. ■jjiJi ■ ■' ■ ■■■■ g ■ -At it r J MM from the Athena ^teS^j^^e "above read will soon be under contract" from At- lanta to Gainesville, a distance of about sixty miles.’ i»dI -tJoidJ isuw -Jl-'.-^aetl ‘ fari.tc- -lira.. KrJWJ Moow the woods the oi acres of woodland. vap a foil and prolonged Cabinet lioner Deiano has returncii;' ^ ^One-tihird of ^ tj-o rema^in^^Trei^ry ieaSbe MsWipifleffiiitoi tot denhhis ilhal 'wif-\ locipede ^jnjbitiqns are U»llle.'tol.thqaaiwt tax as theatres. ... , ,, *^® f yef4lCpoSEIie D^yr^nrj: • mHTHha) i ^G^MJyavwas^iaddpuMq , - h Gen. Grants approval endorsed e findings. . rtoi* Assistaur Posltmaster General ‘has issued orders that no, clerk shalL give information to members of the" press,if so -‘ddrbg'inteHerek'withlio duties. '' Forty new appointments to ' post mastership >wcre made for the West and South. i -The pnblic Printer has . determined to carry, out Jiis..yjews regarding apprentices and the coloredr'* ^ ’ ’ rm of the Uni<fD? ,ii; ' U: Motley’s instructions were dispotohed to -hi»,.ta-da.yj)y special rtMsengaciIiItothiiig is known of their charagtejr^ t ^,. . ,,, gjjgfipss msStmte** OintJASo, May-lB.-^Tbe meeting of the Methodist clergy to-day passed a resolution Wft jfliwl thudecoratiogofsoldier's graves on ; Snnday. rti lh ^.»i Ui i pissed a resolution excluding wo n< «rtAb«rahi^: j »' io,> “ 0 bmtijoiniui u: fcsi-ov •Gen. Hancock ;rhas M Arrived not' St. * itym, m a letter declining the banquet by the authorities at Southamptoi , es gratification at the• ’fextincGon oFthe late apprehcnriqoha of unfriendly relations Wftt Britain .ancL-thecIJiMtei .b*09»,' elections a*«iS vicinity are likely to result favorably to the opposition, bnt thegeneral result- through? '■ “J^LficANDKi5,' i: tMay* is!—The "tlce- royi-'ai^'Rgyptt''departed on!a European’ tonr-i' -'.-.u '1 axii.uiou-.-jQi ol 1'-.iirt-q : J Omaha, May 18.—Seven - companies oi the 5th cavalry nnd?r Gen. , Carr, in mov ing front Kausas to Fort .McPherson, en countered 500 Cheyennes!' A fight ensued, and the-Indians left 25 warriors on the field. The troops last three killed and three wounded. ,»slw nn:?l ^£arjr^|sriU in ^jaursait^nqar ( Metlipim iNEw-ORtEANs- Mty 18.^-Iiifdrihatiiii; has been reebriedtefia break in Grand Le vee parish, at Pointe Coupe, half a mile jfefflEP if* bera completed.. It was tho, break . which m?bn‘c<5mpleted; and which fiboded Si Qifg&fPfbrtiim of 'West Louisiana thfi last-two years.- The break jnstreported^iow- e^wgfatd,to4aMjbl»gieat: dangec. ..The and because of the high stage of fuc it wEl be difficult, if not impossible, to close fks-Gw si ffst .-■*> s-saiBits cTbe-Inllere crevosse, at Bernard parish, has-been.abandoned -a*, utterly hopeless. The break is row several hundred feet wide gftjfreWgrt j is sweeping Uninterruptedly back to the tSkoi t. • -Galvb^wv, 1 May 19.^-Gen. Reynold! informs the chairman of the Republican Executive Cmq^itteo of Texas that he has selected all the registrars for, the State, and WfflBT^fcsiffeuP^fe atl 5 0 brder ! for the cieationliteTBXa^it ean be heM>ia July; at the time ^lesigiteiedJibffq&eiJate-.Grimrtett . : - bill A a The steamer LoyalisL - a „ , , _- r . sfut^' foi NetFOHdaasdbr rOjiaMi-Wittft'offMmrtt Mermantean she -sprung a leak add sunk id J^ fathgmsLofwnter. NoEves lost. ^UsuiKQTON; May 19.—BoutwcU will e sin king Inna. Tbe bonds will be chabg- ed froffFwffpoffi? tS^^stS^Cai” moits *#- jiE|(n .ooaBOVcoe.adl 4*dT jaPnefl OiL*i6i9, 0 SM^ l *4i^Ulitif > last irigMHhettijdMKtlAr of J^etBon’, though (MUffellrai SbtrepoEtau police -dis trict, lh& refused to accept the Metrt lM »wd?*flfeing armed resistance to crery attempt on the part of the Metropolitan to bMVMfthtfk fMfatoEs, and litigating the matters in the- eonrts ‘ in the meantime!. fiksflhiJht the Metropolitans ofthis-“city ra&ei«Khttd>ciaMMt; tflEflera-captaiS fleflfilM •toikcdbfllg^CfthejJeffersoa pro- aifeyrid '’iliWgff n Mukorata^i'abons ’ ten EtaEEff^llBdfrfte i municipal bnitiE^s-’>«f Jcflbesb«j'Mffi!h<WClf& fllted" with‘ armed ffitischs. ’T'A^adOFbimivebaucdfii^ which tWelve or fourteen ofthe Metropolitans were wounded, two il ia thought dangerously. The-poHce rctirtd. - , - v “ . i -riGbv- Warmonth caUed-upou.Gen. Mower flir %»arel f ixliC^W, ode Caaraanyqcf! hUeh we^fdniAE<4lriteni>4idg^TUeffteEa(*Ui ed quietly to the mnnicipal buildings, and meeting no oppoeition installed the Metro- i possession. The citizens were Mtt&dCfeMy^excUetL-itTlie soldiers i are sffiU hntbo gRrifedfaUffino-daramratralioM rira body of soldiers driven offi' None” of the citizens believed' to bo hurt,bring protected by 5 thi uJtdhsHmHto) 1 —ffjpoltuntywHingn The mnnicipal election is in progrera^dietly tested/.?- vd ,i'r:urto»»i gahroilb! aril O-TJqoll ‘ f V ' !I?I° ingol 19.—The, action Jtotion , _ :t the Metro- in the Jeffersoni- their busi- irs from all irof Jeficrsonians st night wire only number of citizens, ed this morning, but on learn- approach of tho military,. they ‘.ccompanying the infiintry were rs.all under the command of . b J mouth and the police. Supenn- after the Metropolitans obtained lion, proceeded^' revenge ‘their de- of?ast night UDoaunoffending. bystan, ,a number of whom were badly beaten ' policemen’s clubs, and citizens were stzd indiscriminately. Among those cn were an old gray headed spectator A.butcher standing qnietly at Ids' mir- etiopolitans wece entirely directed against unsuspect- We vs-jmw—re r £ nni fi disappeared. Consid for the murder of Broadbcckcr and Buckman, on the 5th of December, to-day found guilty of murder. Others will be tried in sncccssion. re, May 19.—Richard Patti- .Delivery Clerk of Hamden’s r as gagged and robbed of sixteen ‘thousand dollars, in the third story of No. l9, North Charles street. ‘ 'New York, May 19.—;Edward Richards of Chicago,had his pocket picked of six thousand dollars. Motley sailed to-day. Society of Cincinnati is holding their 86th Anniversary .at- Carnum,s Hotel. Fish, Secretary of State, presiding. ‘ Fish don’t thind tha:t Great Britain ought to apolpguc in addition t - paying. _ Cresswell is ousting and appointing postmasters at a rale of four hundreds week The Cabinet wiU commence the consid eration of Mississippi at tho next meeting, and Wfll take'up Texas subsequently. Grant goes tothe Naval Academy ball at Annapolis on the 4th of Jane. ; ’Fish , bis submitfed certain questions to Hoar regrading removals under the amend ment tenure-of-office act. Vague ideas re garding the meaning' of the act arc afloat. ‘It is stated that Senators Morton and Sheribah Have written Boulwell elaborate gold-selling, bonddray- ing and sinking policy. It is stated that the Treasurer declines to pay warrants sigted by Porter per Boric. Tbesnb Judiciary Committee of the House wfll take evidence onBnstecd’s case in'Mobile. Washington, May 20.—The President appointed J. E.. Bryan, postmaster, An- gusia,' Geoigia, vice Blodgett suspended ; and Rev. Sir, Turner, colored, postmaster at Macon, Georgia, vice Washington suspen- ikic - Brevet Brigadier General Kizyzonowskl has been appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue for Georgia, Alabama and Flori- ‘ al The general: impression is- that SIoGey’s instructions ate very parifie, but non-com- mittaL • Memphis, May 19.—Senator Sprague addressed the C~ J —*—'■*- J — — free trade and denunciatory of cent: of capital, as at New York. Tbe committee wiU repiort to-morrow. A letter was received from General Lee with immense applause, which was renewed again and again. St. Louis, May 20.—The delegation from the Merchanr Exchange and Board of Trade, to the Commercial Convention leave tomorrow. CiNClNATTr, May 20.—Dr. V. N. Stan ton,’Boston, President of the Wills VaUey Railroad from Chattanooga to Meridian, Mississippi, is here today, with an impor tant proposition to the Southern Railroads. Dublin, May 20.—An ugly riot occur ed in Trabee. The police interferred. when both parties attacked ‘the police, who fired on the people. Many were hurt. Three policemen were wounded, one fatoUy. Special Dispatch to The Constitution.] .Memphis Commercial Convention. Memphis, May 20.—The Convention adopted unanimously this morning the re port of the Committee on the Southern Pa cific Railroad, recommending the building of a road from Sandiego, Cal., via Elpaso to a convenient central point near Brazos river, in Texas, and distance to Memphis, with feeders, to St. Lonis, Cairo, New Or leans, Vicksburg and other points, as the shortest, cheapest and best route. The re port is considered a very admirable one, and as harmonizing all conflicting interest. Great enthusiasm on the subject. _ The,, following preamble, aud ’resolution offered by Col. E. Hulbert, was unanimous ly adopted: .' . Whereas, we Jiave in onr midst, a pow- er which, if energeticaEy directed in tfae_ in terestsipf Southern immigration, would wield a commanding influence in our behalf— And, whereas, the scarcity of labor is se riously retarding the development of the Sonlh, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Railways of the Southern States, with their millions of capi tal, be respectfully, but earnestly requested to meet in Jonvention for the purpose of Oriabffig|dng-a Southern Railway Immigra tion organization with a view of supplying the. increasing demand for labor and pro moting the varied interests ofthe country and thereby increasing their. twn re- Ce ‘ PtS ' W. G. Whidby. The Nations Without Fire.—Accor ding to PEny.fire was a long time unknown to the ancient Egyptians; and when Exo- dqp,, (the celebrated astronomer) showed it to them, they were absolutely in rapture. The Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks and sev eral other nations acknowledged that their ancestors were once without the use of fire, and the Chinese confess the same of their progenitors. Pampanion, Mola, Plutarch, md o ther ancients speak of nations who, it the time they wrote, knew not the use of fire, or had just learned it Facts of the same kind are also attested by several mod em nations. The inhabitants of the Ma rion Islands, which wore discovedin 1151, had no idea of fire. Never was astonish- ment greater than theirs when they saw it on the desert of Magellan, in one of their Glenda At first they believed it wa3 some kind.of an animal that fixed .to and fed np- on wood. The inhabitants of the PhilEp- pins ..and .Canary Islands were formerly equally -ignorant Africa presents, even in onr own day, nations in this deplorable jtfoyiNO South.—A Danville corres pondent of the Richmond Dispatch says the negroes of that town are rapidly mov ing South. Fifty of them left a night or two ago for Atlanta. Tho tobacco manu facturers have gone to tho same place. Our factori s are nearly all dosed. nguDisraeli has tbe goat It is but lately tl at be bad the go-out. ■^.A soldier with a bullet in bis breast —not Ins back—received at Bull Run, has been removed from an Indiana postoffice, to make place for a rich Radical. E9*The greatest wisdom of speech is to know when, and what and where to apeak-tlie time, matter and manner. The next to it is silonee. . i^^Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the government cannot collect income fax from foreigners who hold our bonds, and that what has been collected must be re funded. EQ“A Louisville photographer has set up in the spectretype business.