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t toccklg (Sfywnitlt & Canstftattmtaltet MA SERIES—VOL. ICII MEW SERIES—VOL. LX. Cfjroiticle and Srnrtnel. WEDNESDAY, - - JDLY 4, 1877. Dons Piatt and Job Pulitzer like Hates. Look oat for the millennium. New Yoke eats a million bushels of “goobers” per annam, at ten cents a quart. Butleb and Wayne MaoYeaob were in New York at the same time. No blood. Ah improvement in scrub fruit, no* tably peaches, would pay Bell in this market. Homebody wants to know if the seat of war on both sides of the Danube is not about worn out ? The Richmond Dispatch wants Qeu. Hampton to make one speecb without saying, “So help me, God !” Infbkquinct of eleotions is one of the inestimable blessings accorded Missouri by her Constitutional Convention. Eabl Bbaoonsfibld bad better bring his certificate of baptism when he comes to the Northern section of this country. ltav. Joseph Cooz, tho celebrated Boston preacher, was married yesterday to Miss Hemingway, of Fair Haren, Conn. Ben Butleb was lecently presented with a gold scarf-pin in the shape of a sword. Why not in the shape of a spoon ? The Duke of Wellington frequently misspelled his own name. The Duchess of Mablb though had five ways of spell ing her patronymic. Up to a recent period the average Russian, if he knew anything at all of America, thought the inhabitants were entirely oompoaed of negroes. A Pabisian doctor has discovered a rapid remedy for gout. He has cured .Marshal Canbobebt and will presently (tackle Prinoe Gobtsohakopp. At the Baltimore primaries the “beys” B( qrotiasoa vote what ia called a “pud ticket— a big ballot with several smalls'* otte “ nunningly placed within it. Thb ed. t ol ' tbs Freeman's Journal evidently bt'le*oN ‘bat England, France and Anstria v’i“ ver Y soon form a tri partite alliance' against Russia and Ger- ~ Ex Judge Hilton’ is accused, when Commissioner of Pal Its in New York, of suggesting that the- bronJO statues should be whitewashed during ‘he hot weather. _______ Riotous young men of the best fanf* - lies in Pittsburg, Pa., axe sent to the workhouse for ninety days, and their true names are published in the paper likewise. The Baltimore Gazette is of opinion that a great many Englishmen go to see Gbant in order to gaze upon the friend of Poker Kchenck oud Me Lawd PIBHBKPONT. It is oomputed that Gen. Martinez Campos has oontrived to lose about 50,- 000 (Spaniards during bis campaigns in Cuba, without gaining a single victory of importance. —- mm 9| Anybody with money, who thinks this Government is a “fraud,” can invest in a Russian loan of 200,000,000 roubles, payable bait a century hence. Better take U. H. four per cents. Sbveral Northern papers assert that Bo llock and Blodgett carry tin boxes into the Court Room, and the very sight of them is sickening to some of the De mocracy. Can this be so? We. H, Vanderbilt says New York is killiug her commerce by not allowing the railroads to push their termini to the wharves. The truckmeu and dray men differ with Mr. Vanderbilt. m m Mrs. A. T. Stewart’s new cathedral ia Garden City will cost $1,500,000. From all accounts, this will be a oburoh in a wilderness and without a congrega tion—-a foolish waste of money. Brother Beeoher pleaded with Broth er Hayes to retain a member of his con gregation as Internal Revenue Collec tor. The man Beecher prayed for is superannuated, but he will be retained. As We. W. Eaton was the only Democratic Senator who opposed the Electoral Commission, it is a wonder that some paper has uot nominated him for President or Vioe-President in 1880. Grand Duke Alrxis and bis suite are -gait 1 to have pioked up a few phrases in Am* ria to enrich the Russian tongue, such as : “Wypyoohinoff,” “pulldown yovti'i,” “cheeseilzky” and “pgivusa rest.” Fred Douglass was born in 1818, obriatened Frederick Bailey, and taught reading, writing, arithmetic and geography. Slavery does not seem to have Been snob a horrible thiog for him. after all. Sumur Dudley, of Kentucky, has lost Urn wife— the second one. It may be re membered that Bishop Whipping ham objected to his oonsecreation on the ground that a Bishop must be the hus band at only one wife. The flowery editorials of the Wash ington Republican are said to be writ ten by a gentleman not altogether dis connected with God's ministry. The proof is carefully revised by Mr. Rogers ml the White House. Baltimobb and Ohio Railway stock sallied to 95. Eighteen months ago it •uli at 173. This leads the Philadel p 4m* rimes to declare that the Htock jj utst, as an indicator of values, is wo <4Jilms, except for speculation. At mm* Mr. Bkechkb’s recent church eontei wwee, we read that Mr. Sheab man, one of Mr. B.’s lawyers, thonght lying vrak’ ’ T °rs than stealing. He didu’t thiok th at anything could bring him to tell a lie. (Numerous smiles.) Pia Ibon Ksll.w does ’jot know pre cisely where Mr. HaJeb steads upon the financial question, bet ventures the opinion that he favors tire rigorous en forcement of the Resumptrea Act to the full letter of the law, and will second Secretary Shxbman in his efforts to carry it out A Minnesota paper reoently pro claimed that Ossian E. Dodos was to giws s display of fire-works st St. PsuL A eon temporary, however, referring to Mr. Dodge's death, a year ego, quaintly states that it ia possible he has facilities .for and* e display, bat questionable if Ihe makes at JPackabd endorses Col. Jack Wbab- KD aa a friend wfeo stuck to him to the The New Orleans Democrat raih •eripraiaw Wbaeton’s appointment and yet the vary name of Pacslabd or his .caoM was hatefol to that paper beyond rail calculation, fiarbapa Jacx Wbaeton ns everybody’s friend. FRENI DENT ok the convention. The MoDnffie Journal waimly advo cates the election of ex-Governor Jen kins to the Presidency of the Conven tion and thinks it will be generally con ceded that no man in Georgia is so emi nently fit for this high position. Tbe Columbus Times has little doubt of Governor Jenkins’ election by a unani mous vote if be will accept tbe position. We do not pretend to speak by authority bat we have no reason to doubt that Governor Jenkins would accept the position if it should be tendered him by tbe Convention. A communication appeared in the Atlanta Constitu tion a few days ago suggesting the name of Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, in this connection. We do not knew whether Gen. Lawton sanctioned the publication. We are inclined to think he did not. We do not believe that Gen. Lawton will antagonize Gov ernor Jenkins or that there will be any contest between these two distinguished Georgians. Geo. Lawton’s talent and iufloenee, well balanced mind and known conservatism can be of infinitely more service to tbe State on the floor of the Convention than in the President’s chair. It was also rumored at one time that Messrs. L. N. Trammell, of Whit field, and T. J. Simmons, of Bibb, would be candidates for the Presidency, but we have seen no announcement of their names and do not credit the report. Public sentiment all over the State seems i to recognize tbe eminent appropriateness of tendering the honor to Governor Jen kins and we believe the vote of tha Con vention will give voice to that senti ment. A HE.MAHHABLE DECLINE. On tbe 20tb iast. shares of Baltimore and Ohio Railway stock were sold at prices ranging from 93j to 80. Last April this stock sold readily at 123. Here is a fall of $43 per share within abont 60 days. The Gazette attributes this decline to an absurd panic, not warranted by any facts, and adds that this great corporation suffers for the misdeeds of others. Since the collapse of the New Jersey Central, a distrust of railway securities has manifested itself at the North. The Baltimore and Ohio Company paid its regular semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, last month, and there is no evidence that we have seen warranting so pronounced ajdecllne in its securities. We have heard whisperings, even in Augusta, that such a calamity as that of the 20th would take place, but the reasons for it were not vouchsafed. When we see a corpora tion like the Baltimore and Ohio losing ground and reputation, what a triumph it is for some of our Southern, our Georgia, toads that they more than maintain themselves in the good graces of the financial world and the pub lic generally. Nothing but the best of management could seoure so desirable p result, in the midst of so much stag nation and apprehension. THE CHIEF JUSTICE AT CHARLESTON. Brother Blaine’s organ, the Kenne bec Journal, seems to bsye become in oculated with the mendacity of its mas ter. Here is a sample falsehood in a re cent- issue : Chief-Justice Waits, since his return from trying the Ellenton riot cases, gives free ex pression to tbe manner in which he was re ceived there socially. He was really Insulted, andhimself and his family ill treated. Mrs. Waite was avoided by the wives of the chival ry. The Chief Justice is said to have expressed the opinion that in his judgment a white man in Uouth Carolina could not be convicted of any offense against a negro. Tho number of lies which Blaine’s editor has crammed into ona short para graph betrays a perverted ingenuity that is really astonishing. Chief-J uetiqe Waste explicitly and emphatically de nies that he was the subject of any dis courteous treatment while in Charles ton. So fax from being “really insult ed” and “ill treated" tbe original false hood as started by hue Northern news papers stated only that *th, U/jief-Jns ticc complained that he had not *tuseiy ed my social attentions from the Char los ton isos. Mrs. Waite did not aceom- : pany the Chief-Justice on his visit, and consequently aould not have been avoid ed by tho “wives the ohivalry.” The Chief-Justice did -m* express the opin ion that a white man in Hq#th Carolina could not be eonvioted of aDy offense against a negro. He has too muqb in telligence and too much honesty to make auy such rfemark. Judge Waite bps been surprised and mortified at the pub lications complaining of discourteous treatment at the hands of Obarlestenians and purporting to be based on language used by him and has giveu /-hem a fist contrail iction. So ends the bulbing sensatiou of Brother Blaine’s gang,. , What uew fiction will they next invent ? THE COMRNTI4W fALI.ES. Governor Colquitt has issued a pro clamation giving the result of the recent, election in this State. The proclamation states that oflloiai returns have been re ceived from all tbe counties in the State except Wilcox and Echols, and that the result is as follows : Total vote east 87,238 For Convention 48,181 Against Convention „39,067 Convention majority 9,124 Tbe Governor declares that the people have voted in favor of hohJjng a Consti tutional Convention, and caiis upon the delegates elected in the different Senato rial Districts to assemble at the Capitol in the etfjr of Atlanta on the second Wednesday (the i>tbT of July. It is doubtful whether auy were held in tbe two counties which nave not yet reported, bnt if elections were held - the vote of Echols and Wilcox will make a difference of only a few hundred votes in the general result. Under all the eircnmstances of the case a very full' vote baa been polled. The full vote of Georgia is about 225,000, but from various causes this vote is never polled. At the last Presidential election 190,000 rotes were caat, and at the last Guber-, natocisl election 134,000. The vote st the Convention election fell off 47,000 votes from the last parted figures. The cause of this seemingly iigjjf vote is easily explained. Up to a few daya be fore the election the advocates of a Con- 1 vention din pot think there wonld be any serious opposition to the measure. There was no evidence o 4 any and an almost unanimous vote in its favor was confidently expected. On the day of election, therefore, only a small per cen tage of tbe white voters of the State went to the polls, men deeming it un necessary to trouble ii^smselves about a matter which did not m?et yitb resist ance. But the Republican leaders the negroes believe that their political rights would be taken away if a Con vention assembled and persuaded a large number of them to tnrn out and vote against the oall. In seme quarters, too, the office holders, who feared some change in the organic law detrimental to their interests, assisted this move ment to the extent of their ability. If it had been generally known that such influences were at work the people would have turned out en matte end there would have been a larger vote for n Convention then wee cast for Tilden Inst November. Coder the circum stances as Urge e vote as coaid have b.sen expected was polled, and tbe Con vention carried tbe day by a handsome majority. LETTER FROM THE WENT. The letter from tbe West which we print this morning will be read with in terest, It will be seen that tbe question of immigration has began to attract at tention in tbe West, and no small de gree of interest is centering upon that of emigration. Hundreds have gone from the older Southern States to Texas and Aikansas—too many of then', alas, expecting to find a veritable El Dorado, forgetful of the fact that the conditions of success in every legitimate pursuit in life are the same the world over. Man must eat bread in tbe sweat of bis face, Tbere are advantages of climate, soil, etc., which propejly enough control both emigrant and immigrant. In tbe West and the North thousands are anxi ous for a more genial dime. The same is true of Europe. To these no place offers stronger inducements thaa the South. Here,-there is land enough and to spare. To every man, no matter un der what skies he may have been born and i eared, who comes South to be an honest producer as well as consumer, a warm welcome will be extended. Dr. Qayuond, to whom reference is made by Mr. Foley, was a member of the last Congress. M i . THE WAR NOT A BENEFIT—WHAT OF THE FUTURE t When war was first declared between Russia and Turkey there was an imme diate rise in breadstnffs, and it was con fidently predicted that what was a Rub so-Tnrkish mi-fortune would become a commercial God send to certain sections of the Uuited States. Experience ap pears to have taught a different lesson. The West has found out that immense fortunes in the sale of her products are not to be made iu a day or in a year, as a matter of coarse. The Chicago Tri bune, whioh never believed in the pre vailing idea based upon panic prices, now moralizes in tbe following strain : “When war was declared, the operations on the Chicago Board of Trade of outsiders —farmers, merchants in country towns and the like—were enormous. The lessons of prudenoe that were supposed to have been taught to every one by the panie were swept away in an instant and dreams of sud den wealth took their place. At first the gains were heavy, but a reaction in the market transmuted them into eqnally heavy losses. The losses in wheat and provisions have alone been serious enough to account for some of the thoughtful quiet that pervades this part of the country. But, apart from specu lation, the war has utterly failed to create the demand for the products of the West that was expeoted.” Individuals get rich by wars and the misfortunes of nations, but there is very little, if any, permanent benefit to the common run of people by hostilities. True prosperity can hardly ever follow upon strife, which has been so costly in blood and treasure. It smites the conqueror and conquered alike. Germany is not happier or more prosperous beoause of her duel with France; and France, won derful as her recuperation is, does not hold altogether the same position at home or abroad that she formerly did. There was a seeming gain to the North ern States of this Union by warring on the South; 1 at every day tells a differ ent story, and we know that in all sec tions of the country there has been positive and frightful loss in wealth and morals. Individual# in the North and South have bean eufjiejii/d by inter necine broils; but the masses have beep well nigh ruined. The miscalculation of the West is quite (quailed by that of the East. We read in the Commercial Bulletin, j of New Ycrjc, that “last week there weie shipped from Jfe w York to foreign ports nearly five millions fil merchan dise of one kind and another, but po,t dollar’s worth went to a Russian Turkish port. Not only has the East ern conflict been a disappointment to speculators in breadstuff's and provis ! ione, but, th the exception of a few specialties in be orders for war munitions lor the belligerents, it ie a question whether it does not to-day find\ other mercantile trades in a similar state of mind. What is true of the Unit ed States in this respect is also true of England and other commercial nations. Tpis ;*ar has been of no benefit to them, if, £ew cases, and the advantage of kbese, ,q9^o ( p.tye<ji the depression occasioned tpgepqrpl weighs but little ia the balance. .Commerce is the golden link which binds nations .to gather; and war, in thus destroying; oommerce, can never be aught but what! # is, tbe worst enemy, we do not say of, and humanity merely, but j of material every form.” These reflections of the JjtfifeHn are ! Weighty and truthful, so far as tirey re fer to a war between Russia and Turkey ' exclusively. But iff case of a general European ppmplication, which * B no ‘ improbable, it ip lijkoiy [hat a temp<s?W stimulation would giy.au hd jWJJJe i branches of industry iu America. The sha/e pf the however, in auy j such assumed rayiyfd of trsd e i conse- j queut opop * general Furores p con flict, is uot so clear. But there is a popular feeling that any change would be for tbe better that breaks the spell of stagnation now prevailing. The next few weeks may be big with fate. The | course of events will be watched with anxiety interest, not only on the banks of tbe Thames and Danube, but also on tbe banks of tbe Hudson, Mis sissippi and Savannah. a fai.se prophet. Mr. Stephens' death has become the subject of prophecy. A fortune-teller; has predicted the very day of his pass ing away. A man liviDg in Lamar, Missouri, reoently wrote the following to the Chicago Inter Ocean : Whl do vou condem ever man that pretends to be a Fortune teller I know a man that has been raying Detracted For 13 years wbat be eee cornea true to convince yog such ia the Case be says Alexaxleb stevhjss will die 4/fue 2j 1877 if it so Hapens be wishes to advertise with you if you will so state bis predictions Address Jxo L Williams lamar mo Mr. SyxyHENs is one of the most courteous and obliging gf men. But in the matter of death he displays a con trariness and obstinacy altogether for eign to his nature. He has been several times at tfca very point of dissolution daring the past fesv years, and last Winter a report of bis death caused a number of newspapers to print obituary articles, and some of the Georgia towns to go in mourning for the Great Com moner. Bat he lived to resd the obit uaries and to tarn tears into rejoioing. So, the Missouri fortune-teller turns out to be no seer at all, a n 4 will not get a chance to advertise in the Inter-(jeean. The fatal day has passed, and Mr. Ste phens ia nof pply alive, bat his health has improved so mash thal bp seems to have years of usefulness yet before kijp. Fbep Doro Lass advised the colored people lately to get money and save it. He said : “Without mosey theta is no leisure ; without leisure, no thought; without thought, no progress.” And yet some of the wisest, beet and greatest of mankind lived and died in poverty, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 4, 1577. SENATOR HILL AND FOSTER BLOD GETT. The editor of the Atlanta Independent —Mr. A. L. Habhis— takes the Chboki ole and Constitutionalist to task tor oensuring Mr. Hill’s statement to Fos teb Blodgett that he coni 1 not obtain a fair trial in tbe Courts of Georgia. On account of the peculiar position oocu pied by the editor of the Independent in relation to these cases we can scarcely consider him an impartial judge in this matter, however much we may admire the zeal and gallantry which he displays in championing tbe canse of the Geor gia Senator. Others have questioned the justice of onr criticism and have as serted, in eflect, that a great deal more license should be allowed to a lawyer than to a Senator or a private oitizeD. We might freely admit this to be true and then fail to discover the application of the rnle to the present case. Mr. Hill has stated publicly that he advised Footer Blodgett not to return to Georgia and meet the indiotments pending against him be cause he coaid not obtain a fair trial in the Courts of Georgia. We believe that there has not been a day since the flight of Bullock and the accession to power of the Democratic party when the Judges and juries of Georgia have not been able and willing to do impartial justice to any man accused of crime brought be fore them. Radical stump speakers and Radical newspapers—men like Morton and Blaine and Butler and journals like the Inter-Ocean and the Times - have asserted that Republicans conld not obtain justice in the Courts of Geor gia. Georgians and Georgia journals have always denounced such statements as falsehoods born of. the malice of our enemies. It may be true of Atlanta that there was a time when Republicans oould not obtain justice in the Gourts of that city. It cortainly is not true of any other locality in the State. To those who know the history of Atlanta since the war it will seem almost iucredible that such a thing should be true of that thrifty and enterprising place. TIIE STATE UNIVERSITY. It is evident that a change will have to be made in the government of the University of Georgia. For more than a year complaints have been rife of the inefficiency of the present manage ment, and it is said that the institution has already been seriousily injured thereby. Unless something is done at the approaching meeting of the Trus tees there is reason to fear that the University will cease to do good in the great field which it has occupied for so many years and that the youth of Geor gia will seek collegiate education be yond the limits of their owu State. It is useless for the Trustees to evade the questiou auy louger. They must meet the issue iu a few weeks and they should meet it equarely and prompt’y. The present Chancellor should resign volun tarily or he should be asked to resign. His government has been a failure and the sooner the mistake made in his elec tion is recognized and corrected tho bet ter for the State and the University. No man, however good or accomplished he may be, can control a great institution like this unless he possesses the confi dence of both the students and the pub lic. The present Chancellor has failed to obtain the confidence of either and a continuance of his government will work more serious mischief. There seems to be a general desire that Prof. Leroy Broun, who was for a long time connected with the University and who accomplished so mnoh of good, should be invited to resume his UQpn,e,cjJ9n with tbe institution. The reasons inducing h‘ a have never been fully explained- presum ably it was because of a difference with tbe Chancellor which prevented them from laboring together. In a recent ar ticle on this subject the Washington Gazette strongly intimates that Prof. Broun was forced to resign his position iu the taeidfy .9/ the University on ac count of his “religions bj?!ief.” What does this mean? The Gazette is usually! accurate in its statements, and we pre sume can piove the correctness of its assertion. We trust that it will make a full stjjegowut of the matter, and let the pufdip knoy eyaefty ivjiac }i means, {f religion, of, rafhjej-, spotapanjsm was 1 brougW into U piano from which secta rianism should be, and we believe is, banished by law, it could not have been done by the Trustees. The Board of Trustees is a large body of gentlemen, representing almost every shade of re ! Jigious belief. It is not possible that t t should have established a sectarian j test ip' #0 of Professors. If i such a test was established at all ft ! must have been established by the | Chancellor. We hope that the Gazette is mistaken. We can scarcely oredit the | assertion that in this day of political and religions liberty a man is to be judge* by too eraed which he professes. It is bad hno'ugfr itf have ' e^ l ® nc 7 of a great educational institution— opde j the pride of Georgia and the boast of ‘ Georgians—destroyed and to force the ’ yoftth oi Htate ‘0 Peek instrn';? ou ia Virginia, JjTew ggp Massachn | setts ; it ie ba,d enough fq h#yp taipntpd and useful pien driven from th faculty; bad enough ti have a University which does not command tfie confidence of the people ; but worse, far worse, than all these things is the raising of those foul fiends—sectarian bigotry and sectarian intolerance. A SENSIBLE VIEW. The President has pret’y correct ideas about newspapers. He told the editor of the Wash ington Nation, the other evening, that be thought the time for party organs had passed away, and that journals now a-days to be suc cessful must be independent, praising and blaming in peifect freedom.—Springfield Re publican. President Hayes entertains as sound so opinion ahoqt journalism as be does on the Southern question. Tqe dsy of; tl e partisan newspaper organ has in deed passed away and the success ful journal of this time is rarely an or gan. Times have changed and with them men and newspapers must obange also, of el so tjjp f a}l find giye yray to the ney order of things, f n this day of the railroad, the telegraph and com mon schools the people think and act for themselves. They are no longer the bond slaves of party leaders and party presses. They are able to judge men and measures, and they do it. They have a jnst contempt for party hacks and organs. They respect the journal which is indepeudent enough to oou demn whgt is wrong, even though it be done by ‘'our party,” sad to commend that which deserves sommendatjon even though it be done by “the other party,” The paper which praises or condemns indiscriminately will soon lose influence and position, and its applause or blame will not benefit or injure. The blind slave of party is bad enough, but the blind slave of a man or of a set of men ia infinitely worse. The public man who has a recog nised newspaper organ possesses a piece of property that cannot possibly aid him, and which is certain to worjf him much mischief. Organship, in this day, will inevitably result in the politi cal death of the organ owner and the journalistic death of the organ. And after this death there is no reanrreo tion. THE COMINGJOTTON CROP. CONDITION AND PROSPECT OP THE GREAT SOUTHERN STAPLE. The “Financial Chraahle’a” Report—Grar tfia, Florida, Ainbaank—llinsimlppi, Louis fano. Texan, Arkaaau, North and .South Carolina—Acreage aal Condition. North and South £trolina.— Although North and Sonth Gwilina are not in all respects alike as tf the changes this year in cultivation! yet they have so many points iu oommin that wa oau bet ter speak of them togsther. Fertilizers. —ln each of these States there has, of late years, been an almost constantly growing use of commercial fertilizers, aud by tbis means, espscially in North Carolina, has tbe produltiveness of the soil been very greatly increased. This Spring, however, both Btates have ap parently commanded 8 halt, showing not only no advance but an actual fall ing off in the consumaption, averaging for tha two States, ffayß or 10 per cent. In home midemanurq however, there is steady progress, considerable portions of each State giving, in this and other respects, evidences ol decided economy and thrift in cultimtion. Acreage.— There was not apparently any disposi tion at the time of tie preparations for planting in North Carolina to change the acreage in any aoaterial respect; but the unusually bad yeather, making re planting largely neoissary, after cotton had so materially Reclined and bread stuffs nad risen fu price, has resulted in a substantial decrease, not less, we should say, than 5 per oent. on last year’s planting. Iu South Carolina, the delay in the settlement of the polical situation was a check to all activity during the early SpriDg months, and this, with the low price, resulted in lees enterprise and less land under cotton. We should say the decrease was from 3 to 5 per cent.; we average it at 4 per cent. — Stands. —in North Carolina, tbe stands are very backward and, in a considerable section, poor; bui in South Carolina, though backward, they are well culti vated, aud since the late rains, develop ing well. Compared, however, with this time last year, both States are less promising. Georgia.—Good progress was made in Georgia last year, and planters im proved their condition materially. Fer tilizers.—The idea of making two blades of grass grow where one did formerly, is largely developingin tbis State; so there is no let up in the use of fertilizers, both home made and commercial; iu faet, there is steady progress in this direc tion. Acreage.—A pretty general incli nation to increase the cultivation of cot ton was evident this Spring, which, if carried out as begun, would have re sulted in au average increase of the State of fully § per cent., but since then the relative value of crops has changed, and in May cold nights made replanting largely necessary, so that corn was in very many eases substituted, say de er* using the proposed cotton area about 3 per cent, aud leaving the net increase about 2 per oent. Stands were back ward all over the State, and especially in the northern section, before the late rains and warm weather; and, though still small, the plant is now well culti vated and growing vigorously, giving good promise of a satisfactory result. Florida.—We cap ijud no xjuaterial change iu the acreage ip Florida. Some seetious show a small increase, but others a decrease, and altogether we give the result the same as last year. Stands are abont an average, very well worked, but smaller than usual ju con sequence of tffe yery cold Spring. Alabama.—4 yefy fpif improvement is observable in tbe ppudifiop of pi it liters over a considerable section of this State, Less debt, more hopefnlness and cour age are the prevailing features, a result, iu good measure, of the improved polit ical situation, added to the large pro duction of food products the past two years. Acreage.—The year opened with a disposition to increase cotton cultiva tion, and, in spite of tbe decline in price there appears to be a con siderable addition to tp@ ’area under cotton in many counties; this is particu larly observable in some of the more productive seotions, and, then agaiu, in some o( the best cultivated sections. We give the average increase at 5 per cent. Stands are good, though almost everywhere small, the results of cold uights aud a dry May; the plant is very well cultivated, aul since the late showers has taken a vigorous start. Fer tilizers.—There has been a fair increase in tbe use of both home’made and com mercial fertilizers. Mississippi.—’'jf'he conditions in Mis sissippi are very si'miJsF tU fbosd” piled above for Alabama. Acreage.—There is a decrease in some oounties, but tbe average for the State shows an increase of about 4 per cent. Stands are gen erally good, aud in the majority of cases very good, though small, say ten days to two weeks later than usual; a few counties report only fair stands, but tbe fields are everywhere very well cultivated and'elH&n, sad the Jate T, arm, Bhowery weather has given the etop a new start; we should say that the promise is now good. Louisiana.—This State sends us very hopeful reports. Aoreage. Over a very ji|sere has been an ptaiHiugV'ana |n aos?e paTrispds this is decidedly the case; Bat in others there js less lend qpdejr pdttqn. We ppf tbe average for tbe State at, g per pent,, increase on last year. Stands.—The ne groes are working very well, and the fields are well cultivated and cleaner than usual. In some few sections the early planted cotton has not oome up evenly, but as a general thing the stands are very good, though some ten days late, and tjie rains siujia the Gth of June have m^eU}j9-p(arit''rjump.4 Texas.—The rapid progress this State has been malting for many years shows no cheek this season. Aoreage,—-All crops have received increased attention, there being a decided addition to the labor supply. We should estimate that tbe new land put under cultivation in the State thia Spring would reach about 18"p?q'\>5}uf:, I ‘api} oKiir? cotton, say, per ep'p|i. Tbe excel lent almost every where—strong, healthy, elean and well cultivated, and iu the lower half of the State very early and ~ A hut in the upper half backward, forwaiu, a * *-'naiv and though now growing vigoiu.~.. pidly. Texas farmers are generally thrifty, ana/ witty soil and climate *l* most tfneqn’ailed ip the yorlfl, j E no wonder that even with Jow priced cotton they keep the balance op ihe right side. ffrtysn&as.—Tljpfe appears to be anew spirit of ppterpfjsp this year in this State. Acreage.—The esrly jptjsntipn in clined towards some increase in cotton culture; but as prices fell and bread stuffs advanced, this intention t >ok anew di rection, and we find that the results was no appreciable change in the area de- cotton, bnt considerable addi tion to the grain acreage. Stands.—Tbe stands are very good, and but for the overflow in the Arkansas Valley, the prospect in the State wepjd be better than for years. Cotton ia very well cul tivated; tbe fields are cleau and tbe plant is developing finely. The Arkansas Valley oveiflow has, however, befen a very severe blow to ih'ap riety section of the State. Our coj,respondents say flint lands are under water now which were not harm ed in 1844. The loss from this cause to cotton we cannot measure at present. It will be remembered in this connection that there was an overflow of the Arkansas river the first week of July, which did much harm, Tennessee. —Thip State did not heve a good season last year, the weather and low prices resulting in considerable dis couragement, so that the present year’s work appears to have been entered upon with rather more carefulness and thrift than usual. We see this illustrated by a considerably increased use of home mfide fertilisers. Acreage.—We think the original intention was to have at least as much land in cotton this year as last year; but as tbe season has ad vanced and cotton has declined, with breadstuff's improving in price, the ten dency has been towards breadstuff’s and away from cotton, apd there can be no donbt of the result being u small falling off in the cotton acreage—say 9 per cent, and possibly more. Stands are not, on tbe whole, as favorable as a year ago. The most, however, are fair to good; nearly all are well cultivated, but the plant is backward, though the late growth has been rapid. From the foregoing details we reach the following results : First. Had ttye relative prices of cot ton and breadstuff's remained as in Jan uary, it ia more than probable that there would have been a very considera ble inoregse in cotton acreage this year. The loaf crop was, in general, raised so iadiciously—that is, with such an addi tion to food products and so marked an increase of ecouomy and frugality in cultivation —that though prices were low results were not unfavorable. But with the snbaequent rapid advance in breadstnffs and the obstinate deoliue in cotton, the early intention to increase the ootton area was reversed in the later planting, tbe inclination gradually tendings toward breadstuff's. Of course, iu Texas, Louisiana, all but the North ern portions of Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, where the seed are put iu early, this feeling developed less decid edly, but in all those seetious where tbe planting is later, we find this result a very evident featnre. The aetnal in crease and decrease in each State this year, we estimate, therefore, as follows : , 1877-8. , States. Inc. and Dec. Acres. N’th Carolina. —5 percent. 577,220 S’th Carolina. —4 per cent. 893,"60 Georgia |2 percent. 1,612,620 Florida no change. 220,500 Alabama t 5 per cent. 1,981,350 Mississippi... f4 per oent. 1,695,760 Louisiana.... +6 per oent. 1,285,250 Texas flO per cent. 1,444,300 Arkansas no change. 1,089,000 Tennessee —2 percent. 725,200 Total t 2.8 per cent. 11,824,960 Tbis shows an increase in the acreage this year of abont 2.8 per cent., or a total acreage of 11,824,960 acres. Second, As to condition and cultiva tion, what we have said above leaves little to add. Generally speaking, the crop is everywhere, except iu the lower half of Texas, more backward than last year, say from ten to twenty days. That, however, we think, the only unfavor able circumstance in the present surroundings, outside of . North Caro lina, a part of South Carolina, aud the flood in the Arkansas Valley. Excluding these limited sections, the plant is al most everywhere strong, healthy, un usually dean and well cultivated though small, but growing vigorously since tbe late rains. In management, the same features are observable that we noticed last year and have referred to above : increased thrift, less “slovenliness" iu cultivation, less debt incurred, and every kind of economy practiced in a greater degree than ever before, points which the hard times are each year more and more developing. To this add the pres ent season anew spirit in the labor olass, aud we have a combination of cir cumstances pointing to and giving promise of a very prosperous future for the South. The comparative couditiou of this and other crops we represent in figures as follows : m 1577. 1876. 1876. 1874 Texas IQS mtf 98 9c Louisiana 100 92 104 93 Mississippi 95 95 100 93 Alabama 93 9g 100 94 Florida 98 99 95 94 Georgia 98 100 93 95 South Carolina 90 100 96 94 North Carolina ... 80 100 96 94 Tennessee 96 100 98 92 Arkansas 95 100 100 92 Average 95.6 98.4 98.1 93.7 This statement indicates fbp condi tion of eaob crop at about the middle of June of each year. SITTING BULL PACKARD. Tlie Dethroned Monarch in lowa—A Loyal Speech, In Which He Shows His Republi canism aud His Cars—Republicanism Ulti mately to Swoop Down Upon the Pelican. DksMoinb*, I<,wa, June 27.—Gover nor Prtckarif last nigfit, in response to a serenade, spoke as follows : “Kjip Frjeniis—l am gratified at this exhibition of confjdeupe aud fpend ship t tpe. I represented the pause which you b<>ld dear as Republicans and as American citizens, discharging as well as J oould tbe simple duty that fell upon me as Governor of tbe §tate of U°nisir ana, trying to ftsseyt authority. J did not fail beoause tbe principles have failed; but I believe that the prineiples of the Repnblicars will yet save Lou isiana to the Republican party. [Load oheers and applause.] Since I have ar rived in your beautiful city, and even before I got here, I saw the evidence of loyalty which abounds in this great State, to the Republican party. I see all around me thrift; f seg abound gin in telligence ; I fofind kind friends who had a word of encouragement to say, a word of comfort and cheer to give, and a word for me to take back as I return to my Son them home in a few weeks to cheer my companions. Many of you have met in this eity as delegates to a Convention which is about to make nominations for State officers. The men that attend, as usual, are men of more political experience and intelligence than myself and for this nothin? need be said, but I wish to say that I am none the less a believer in Republi canism now than I was while 1 was olajfuipg "tjf@ ofjjoq 1 df Gdylsrndr of Louisiana, and I “ift glaf| to see in lowa evidenpe that U elpppou whiph is to oome off this Fall will be one in which the old time majority will be repeated. It will be an election of tho whole Re publican party, an election in wbich by the reminiscences of the majorities of past times those majorities will be re peated. If the Republican standard is kept up, if we have the old guard on duty ic tllp Jjepnblioan party hereafter as we have bad it heretofore, there will he no danger of a Republican defeat. Three years from this time, if the Republican party is defeated, you un derstand that ft is 1 tee* Demofaratio paS;ty‘ mar 1 sufeWds, ’ "anq ''if 5 vhe Democrat' is the Pqnfpderapy jg fo obgrge of the Opvprnmeut. and you all know what that means. [Loud applause and cheers ; cries of 1 That’s so. ’1 I shall contribute all I oan in the future as I have in the past to avert calamity. We need the encouragement of tbe round majorities from this State- and others which the r,ep,qbji*atf ’ftifrty has pe g n m the tj£jbit"af giving, to en courage us to make the Republicans feel there that their hands are strength ened. In conclusion, hoping we . may have in future the same sterling, strong and resolute action as has always been had in this State, I predict that the other States will follow, and that this country will be saved to the Republican j. party for years to. ootoe;*' iHhAnk yon i for your attenttofi;V. “ ■ ' * ” T Tit* |tr<!ldenpn PoMoy as viewed In New Haiopahire—A Masuauiiuoiia Democrat is Set Down Upon—A Lively Debate. Concord, N. H., June 27.—1n the House, a resolution was introducsd by iur. .jluG.all,.Democrat, "that the acts of the National Administration in the re mpyaf of puitpd States trgopa imd the restoration pf id the States'of Florida, fjouifei&na au'd South Carolina, and the order prohibiting officeholders frofl# holding connection with wpat is qs tfje toaphingry of politics for P,f Qpntroiling po litical and declaring that no assessment top pplitjnal purposes on officeholders should be allowed, do receive our unqualified approval,” created a lively discussion, and finally, on motion of Stevens, Republican, was, by a strict party vote, referred to tb Committee ou National Affairs, thk NAficsi qp rqp y^oiu.q. A Bad Showing for JJiiele Sain—The Herald Want* Afore Ship* and More Haas. New lobi, June 25 —The Herald publishes detailed statistics of the pres ent condition of :he naives of the ‘.chief maritime nations, the object being to compare the condition of oar navy with that of other nations, in view of the European war and the possibility of other nations being drawq into the con flict. These atatisties show that Eng land has 68 iron clads, with 725 guns; France 53, with 481 guns; Russia 32, with 213 guns; Turkey, 30, with 175 guns; Italy 25, with 228 guns; the United States 24, with 28 guns; Norway and Sweeden 20, with 28 guns; Holland 18, with 56 guns; Germany 15, with 174 guns; Austra 15, with 144 gone; Brazil 14, with 60 guns, and otfiq? nations with smallpr cumbers. The article re fers to many causes that may lead to war. It argues that America will be al ways the commercial rival of all Europe. She must be able to sustain this rivalry in trade and to protect the trade she creates, What she needs, therefore, is a powerful navy—force that will patrol and polioe the seas, affording protection to her flag wherever it floats. THE PROTEAN GOVERNMENT. The Foment In Uneasiness !■ Dloz Circles—Activity of Lenh’s Forty. Crrr of Mexico, Jane 17.—Diaz is re ported to be ill bat not dangerously. Generals Vallejo aqd John B. Frisbie haye arrived from California. Jt is sup posed they are engaged in an extensive railway scheme in Mexico. General Diaz affects unconcern regarding Ler do’s return. He says that Lsrdo will not be molested. Affairs are reported as very unsettled owing to disunion among Diaz’s followers and the activity of the Lerdo party, but at present qniet apparently prevails. THE WEST ANH THE SOUTH. THE ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO THE SEA. Letter from W. O. Foley—Tbe Cbirago and Ausuata Line Not Abandoued—A Bright Prospect—Weeten and European Imuil granto—Let Them Come to Georgia aud Carolina. Indianapolis, June 18, 1877. Dr. 11. 11. Casey, Waverly Hall, Ga. : My Dkab Sir— Your letter of the 13th inst. was received last Saturday. It was highly appreciated, beoause it was the first satisfactory account of the Au gusta meeting that I have had. I im mediately took it np to Dr. Haymond’s office, to give him the benefit of the in formation it contained. The Dootor, by the way, has removed to tbis city, where he thinks he oan better prosecute the work of building tho C. aud S. A. R. R. Ho has not yet given the enterprise up, but is doing all he oan in the good canse. With reference to our part of the road, I have no definite information to give at this time, though I hope in the oourse of two or three weeks to be able to in form you that we have made arrange ments for ironing and equipping the first seventy-five miles of the road. A party of Boston capitalists is now iu Chicago to make such negotiations. That part of our rail bed bas been graded for two or three years past. I am rejoiced to hear that you have such bright prospects for tho Augusta aud Knoxville Railroad. I have ulways fa vored a line on the western side of the Savannah river, for no other reason, I suppose, than that I first marked that line out as a part of tbe great line from Chicago to the sea. I hope you will bo able to begin the work right away, and bring it to an early completion. When you reach Knoxville you will have a line to the Northwest, for both the Cincinnati Southern and the Louisville will have pushed their Hues that far, I think. That will be a great advantage to your people, but will not do away with the necessity of theC.& S. A. R. It., which will afford a much shorter line to this city and Chicago. If we succeed in our negotiations with the Boston parties of whom I have already spoken, our en terprise will be placed in a position which will insure its early completion to this city, and then we can go ou towards the South more easily and rapidly. We are organizing in tlqs eity. under the style qf the United States Emigra tion Company, a sooiety for the pur pose of encouraging and direoting emi gration, buying and selling mineral lands and water power. In the first plaoe, we hope to be able to oontrol and direct the emigration from this State, whioh is now quite large. Texas and Arkansas are the fields we will first visit to receive lands, as those spem to be the objective points ftf emigrants at present, If, however, J were seeking a home it seems to me I would go to one of the older Southern States. What inducements, if any, does your part of Georgia hold out for emigrants ? I suppose there is muoh rich land along the Savannah river, and its water power is very great. If a large body of land oould be secured along that stream, or one of its tributaries, affording a flue mill site, I oan think of no better place for a oolony of IJew England operatives, aud I imagine they could bo secured now; for manufacturing industries aye at I a low el)|j ip [[lose States. Up you know of suc[[ a location ’I The lands ought to be offered at 3 [oft ,[„,[ if of fered at a low (atp ppd w time, i should predict a progpe.yops psp,ny and 1 a prosperous gamuiUmtY them. What dp you tfeL.ff qf the ? The pim}o§p§ ftf 9Wf |qoieiy do not restrmt [ft business to Indium* or to the United States, We expeot to have our agents in Europe as well; for we think that, with the prospeots of war, thon- 1 sands will want to seek onr shores, and now that the Sonth is ffped irorn' cor rupt and ignorapt yule and from slave labor, it W'H offer ope of 'the most in viting fields for tfie immigrant from the (; south of Europe, ought to try and reoeiye a lafge.UVtmher q{ Italian immi grants who now go to South Amerioa. ' I should think that Georgia and South Carolina would suit them in all respects. What do you think of our soheme ? Dr. Haymond sends you his beet re- ' gards and assuranoes that be has uot given up and does not intend to quit the C. and S. A. Railroad. Ho also wishes you sueoess in your part of the work. I have already written you too long a letter. I hope to hear from you . soon again. Yours., very Lur?.’ * 1 • ? OI ' EY ' SENATOR HILL AGAIN. 4 F,f“S* WN,J* GOflrgln Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Is it quite fair to take what au advo cate says of his client, which is tho po sition in whioh Hon. B. H. Hill stands to Foster Blodgett, and make it the ground of reflection on the former? A lawyer in the plaoe of counsel for an ac cused person has always been allowed great latitnde, Tfep woffjt criminal has a right to dofepse, hud jf his defender’s words are 16 oe weighed too seriously it discourages ‘ffi'a ‘afcmg plaoe. 1 4° upt dq# that footer 8!°d8&‘ T S r y gaMu: agfiiP# Mm people of Geor -Blt- EfetyhPdJi' who assisted to force on them tue galling yoke from whioh they freed themselves is morally a crim inal, whether he is so within the me-'u ing of the law or Dot. But If a man " ; s e. technically guilty he to be punished hj tha law. a bad to escape puuish "ht Vv ta worse to punibh hitn without law. Now, in saying that Foster Blodgett is ‘ heru 18 no evidence that Mr. Hill intended anything but this techui* cal innocence. It is likely rest of us might not think him legally innocent, if law and facts *we iPgtied before us. But once heard'an' errfiiient lawyer Hay an advocate 1 was very Apt’ to think his client iftffoefeut'tfchlaw. Wi lien a man 14. fegafry innocent, but morally gouty of a great crime against a people, it is very difficult to find them 000 l enough to make this nice distinction, and not twist forms of law to punish him. It is no serious reflection against the people of Georgia to say this of them. There is no free people, among whom tbe laws and their adu>iuistration depend on popqlar opinio!), 1 more or less, vhp ardvndt’kjSt to' ni’ake characters of theTrihd 'flusHfe,‘ whether [hay do it by striot forms of' law, oir 'phis is evident all toe Wpyy of the Apglo ba[jop fapp, of ipiiqh our own history forpag a part and continuation, Mr. £f ill is one of (icQfUwV greatest sons, if Uft‘ t[;e (-vß|tp%[. Ife <mq have no pqsmWa wtwe*‘ apart from oors. Let ps treat him generously. Justice. The Ntery el M■>'. For seventeen years the most curious object iu the Museum of the 'fpqqeasee Historical fjcfliety bijeiji the Egyp tian muwwi- hqs a very singular history. Iu lfifiO Col. Jeremiah George Harris was a purser ou a United States man-of-war in the Egyptian waters. He went on shore, and was at once ushered into the angust presence of the Khedive and his numerous household, He was walking out one day with a member of the Khedive’s staff, when the latte? was set upon by ruffians, pqlpuel Harris, who is a map of arsat length, interpos ed, and the roughs were vanquished, '•What can J do,” asked the Egyptian officer, "to show adequate approbation of the services yon have rendered me ?” "Give me a mummy,” laughingly sug gested Colonel Harris. ‘•A mommy?” repeated the officer, holding bis breath and pondering. "Did yon not know, sir, that our lawa pro hibit the removal qf mummies, under penalty of death % But, never mind; yonr request shall be fulfilled. Just before tfie vessel leaves the harbor, a boat will oome alongside. It will con tain that for which have asked.” Colonel Harris bad dismissed the sub ject from bis mind ; but just before the hour of the departure of the ship three natives were seen palling toward the vessel. The boat contained a bundle directed to Colonel Harris. This bundle was not to be opened nntil the arrival of the ship at Boston, when it was dis covered that there were six mummies, instead of one. They were unwrapped, and the best one forwarded to the Ten nessee Historical Society, of which Colonel Harris was then and is still a member, When Professor Huxley was here he examined the mummy with a great deal of interest, and said that he believed it to be the best preserved specimen either ia America or ia Europe. —Nashville American. Now the pensive William Goat sur-re butting every boaster, calmly cools his burning throat with a ehew of oirens potter. *2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID THE STATE. ' THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. I “The scholars homeward fly.” Pears are meagre in Oglethorpe. Cotton blooms in Thomas county, I LaGrange is building a high school. Mr. Andrew Smith, of Rome, is dead. Watermelons are coming in to Atlanta. The Convention—O yes, we’ll have one. In Coweta German millet is generally sown. Elberton girls continue to mince onions. Ohioken cholera prevails in Lincoln oounty. The negro revival in Talbotton is toning down. Hall county believes she will have a fair this Fall. Mr. Newton J. Loekridge, of Bartow county, is dead. Hydrophobia has appeared in Macon. Merely sporadic. A portion of Bartow Iron Works was burned ou Sunday last. Fearfully and wonderfully dull are our Georgia exchanges. Covington ’lows to have a Court House Park one of those days. Country editors arc now canvassiug for the first watermelon. The Twiggs county jiil at Jeffsrson ville, baa been burned. Wheat has been “shockingly” dam aged by the rains, so to speak. * Mr. H. S. Yeargood was elected coro ner of Jackson county recently. The Elberton base ballists were whip ped in a bout with the Abbevillians. Ihe Atlanta Constitution is tvn years old, and is a very promisiug bantling. JJawHon ia declared to be too moral to support a local column in the Journal. George Herbert Scudder, son of Pro fessor A. M. Scudder, of Athens is dead. The Salem Baptist Church, in Talia ferro oounty, is to be removed to Bar nett. And the sound of the sickle and the thud of the cucumber are heard in the land. A concert is soon to be given in Ac worth for the benefit of the Christian Churoh. The Bonner gold mine in Carroll coun ty, is said to be one of the richest in the State. Coaohwhip spakes, six feet long, are laslppg themselves aronud ou Stone Mountain. The Newnan Herald declines to com pliment Coweta couuty upon her Con vention vote. The sheriff of Gilmer county resigned his place rather than hang the condemn ed man Goble. Hon. A. O. Bacon, delivers the literary address Ippfw the societies of the Uni versity of Georgia, 4 correspondent of the Macon Tele graph favors a reduction of the number of judicial circuits. Thad Allen, a colored man, recently' dropped dead in his field while cutting wheat near Athens. Linked sleeve and buttermilk straight supply ine wear and “tear” of thp Savannah sports. Mr. Jeptha Tabor, a highly respeolcd citizen of Madison county, died last week, of heart disease. The LaGrange has nicely j done up sweet girl graduates of that town for twp, weeks past. Mr. ¥'• Murphy, of Lexington, is still suffering from his wounds received in a recept putting affray, Eou. Eeterao.n Thweatt, formerly Comptroller General, is in Orawfordville on a visit to Mr. .Stephens. Mr, James Watson, a farmer on the river a few miles above HavannaU, has lost three sons by drowning, Col. Wm. H Matter*, ihe “No Con vention candidate, was elected to the Convention in Elbert oounty. Berrien Hall, recently woundod in a cutting affray with, Lis brother, died at his home in Ugh-thorpe county. Mr. C|aUi Jftraaoh, a well known citi aen of Jones county,and his horse were killed by lightniug last Monday. GaaT P. M. B. Young was the only Georgian at the Tilden and Hendricks reception at the Manhattan Club. Commodore Cranford, of the Athens Georgian speaks the pure Parisiau and qnatta nothing but Rye (ne) wines. It is claimed that a Calhoun county t hunter has killed six thousand a.pd two deer since he became a sno^iamap? Russian wheat, froip seed planted in Georgia, with varied success. A yonng lady in Lexington finding a I snake coiled up in her atfivo, closed him up, built a fir@ uod cooked him to a crisp, The Commercial Reporter announces the appearance of anew novel in Athens, “ The Lost Heir, or Blant in the Storm." Mr. H. R. Hannah, of Gwinnett oounty, recently suicided. Financial embarrassment was what’s the matter with Hannah. “It is understood,” ffie GonsOit/u,- \ tion, “that Geppral’ d’oombs has volun teered to aid fhc State iu the prosecu tion ol bullock.”' Not a single lawyer was elected to the Convention from the Gainesville dis trict, though half a dozen legal gentle men were candidates. Dr. W. P ; Harrison, of the First Methodist Church, 4t1”1,a, has aooepf ?• °a** to Ihe Mo out Vernon Rlaoe Church. Washington Qity. -i'r. T. J, IJowmd. or Uglethorpe county, MM reoeutly waited upon by a uegro mon to rescue a boy with whom he had a contract. The posse was finally routed. The Monroe Advertiser ttiinks that I Prof. Broun should be to the ! University by all moans, and if necessa ry, extra should be held out u influence him. j The following is a choice bit of pessi mism from the Hartwell '‘Our country is now tojug to, hell as fast as a locomotive would go down an inclined plane without brakes.” The Athens Georgian says : Miss Ethel V. Hatton, of Augusta, the beau tiful blonde, will leave an aching heart behind her and make new conquests in j another field. Vive, vale. In speaking of tfla war, an old lady in Habersham couuty wishes to know H Wheeler’s cavalry has ; “jined,’, if so,’ she proposes to sell out ; i her chickens and eggs at once. The Rome Courier inserts that Gen eral Toombs hep, beep, ip. late years, tbe best ftbpAOd m.au in the Rta,te, and no man baa ever lived i,u Georgia ol whom the people have had betler reasons for feeling proud, Cora Ift growing Splendidly. Baldwin proves the banner oounty. Rome wifi have a one ou the Fourth. Athens wants “Just Human” in hei’i*. Atlanta pulpits are pitohin" into slang. ° Many Carolina farmers buy g(%ip in Toccoa. Miss Annie of Jackson county, is deafl. Social Circle had a swimming match yesterday. Toccoa has handled 550 tons of giyu't. this season. There will be 194 delegates in tha Convention. Dr. W. A. Perry, of Covington, died last Saturday. One hundred and sixteen grocery storea in Ma<son, Only two editors are in the Constitu tional Convention. Tocooa has the Catalytic Springs. A mild case we hope. Mrs. Ligthfoot, one of the oldest resi dents of Macon, is dead. D. M. Ansley, Esq., becomes Ordi nary of Newton county. Mr. W. 0. Remp, of Athens, has been quite sick for several days. The Rome Tribune will beoome a daily ip the sweet by and by. Mr. James Tuan, of Emanuel oounty, has become a raving maniac. The Milledgeville Union is still harp ing upon the Capitol buildings. Athens is earnestly making war npon the Georgia Road through tbe press. Tbe pop of the pluffer and the siz of tbe shirt collar are heard ou all sides. Anew lattice bridge will soon be erected over the Oconee river at Athens. The DeKalb County News is steadily olimbing the stony heights of journal ism. The new Baptist church of Covington will be dedicated on the 4th Sunday in July. Gooseberry jam will hereafter be Berved up to the dignitaries of Emannel county. The Covington Presbyterians will soon commence work on their new church. Mr. Geo. Mygatt, of Clarke county, and Mr. Hnnnicntt, of Winterville, died last week. Dr. Harrison’s departure to Washing ton City now depends upon the action of his churoh. The Masons in several State town ships pnbliely celebrated St, John’s Day last Saturday. SODTH CAROLINA. . PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Laurensville has anew dentist. Cotton iu Richland is excellent. Two many lawyers iu Barnwell. Beaufort bolds a temperance revival. Eleotion in Charleston oounty yester day. i Brayton is said to be a native Geor gian. Two sohools at Ridge Spring and one at Bethel. Base ball clubs play on Sunday in Charleston. Mrs. James W. Williams died recently in Greenville. Glass ball shooting is the amusement m Charleston. The Commencement of Furman Uni versity is over. The country editor is still busy dodg ing early peaohes. The free sohools of Greenville county will open July 9th. Monltreville elects an Intendant and Wardens July sth. An one pound Irish potato is exhibit ed in Laurensville. The Yorkville Methodists have had a successful festival. The Winnsboro firemen had a calico hop the other night. Mrs. Jas M Abney, of Edgefield, died on the 18th inst. The up-country mail service seems to be somewhat deranged. The Gordon Light Infantry, of Winns boro, is a oraok company. The Common Pleas Court of Beaufort county has been abolished. The Colnmbia Female College is iu full commencement regalia. Mrs. R. M. Smith, of Edgefield oonn ty, Harmony section, is dead. Donald McQueen, Esq., an estimable citizen of Camden, died on Sunday A gang of outlaws at the ten mile hi!) near Charleston, has been captured. i li 9 uor shops cost the bur rough of Chestnut Grove its charter Laurens county has been visited by a severe raiu storm, doing much damage. Mr. Joseph Smith, the celebrated week™* 11 wtlß married last Ihe Greenville Light Dragoons are to have a parade and pie-nio ou the 4th of July. Iu Marlboro tbs continual rains have injured the largo wheat crops very seri ously. In Fairfield wheat was somewhat dam aged by the rains and it is too wet for cotton. Jprdan Hardy reoently died ia the reuitentiary. He had been imprisoned tor life. A Greenville nabob has heen parad ing the streets with a532,000 oheck in kia pocket. The Courier-Journal, of Aiken, cornea out from anew office and in an improv ed form. Jho United States Signal Corps has established an observatory on King’s Mountain. Judge Reed has appointed Mr. W. St. J. Jervey Solicitor pro tern, of the First Judioial Cirouit. Governors Vance and Hampton are both expected at the Davidson (N. O.) College Commencement. The Edgefield Advertiser thinks that the act prohibiting the sale of seed cot ton after dark was a good law* A whole military company was arrest ed m Charleston the other night and made to deliver up their arms. The little boy who was run over by the street oars, ia Charleston, a few days mn ° e . w Improving oonsiderably. u u eV ; /^ I * ar< l Richardson, Couuty Hohool Commissioner, has returned to. office ° r0 ’ iB “ ow re ffMarly at his Tha Rev. H. O. Judd, Assistant Rec tor of Grace Churoh, Charleston, is ex pected to officiate at the churoh next SuDday. Hon. 0. G. Memminger, of Charles ton, has deolined both the Demoeratie and the Radical nomination for tho Leg islature. ° A little son of Mr. A. H. Fleming, of Winnsboro, being bitten on the hand by a dog, fell down a&d broke his arm above the wrist. The Right Rev. W. B. W. Howe, Bishop ol the Diocese of South Carolina preached in Grace Church, Ridge Spring, Sunday last. The Winnsboro News thinks that the nomination of Hendrioks and Hampton for the national ticket iu 1880 would be one ol great strength. Two negroes, Dave Pierce and George Stevens, have been convicted and sen tenced to death in Charleston, for tbe. murder of Mr. Edings. Richard O. Watts, Esq., of Laurens* ville, a barrister, has been appointed upon the staff of Governor Hampton, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Election for Senator of Darlington oame of yesterday. The election of Col. W. C. Corker, their nominee, wiH give the Democrats a majority in the, Senate, bondsmen are evCtovernor Soott, ex-Comptroller-Geueral Hoge„ Professor Cummings, ol the State lumbia Blty ’ BDd Anew , of Co il a Nhuah News rnefnlly admits that the merchants of that city patron ise the Port Royal route extensively in> It • l ’ anß P°*totion of their goodft from New York. Col. James Farrow has resigned the Presidency of the Laurensville Female College, in order tadievote himself here after exclusively to. the practise ol his profession Says the Register; South Carolina | bonds have advanced per cent, since her Governor talked to the people of Aburn, “Sweet Auburn, loveliest vil lage of the plain.” The train hands of the Wilm.ucgCun, Columbia and Augusta Railhead- were paid off the other day i* Columbia, when some of them go.t away with the. funds of the others. Ajl colored. The Board of Doctors of the South. Carolina Monument Association, an nounce that the monument is finished and will be erected as soon as the amount guaranteed ta the architects can be obtained. BeDjatfiiu Arrington and Jasper Rob ertson, of Aiken county, got in a fight •; recently, in which the former was stab j, breast with a pocket I inflicting a wound from which ha. died in a few moments. THAT SPICY I.ETTEH. A Slight Kuinblinff Among “UoMom Farm.” [Atlanta ConsUtufion.] A writer in the Augusta Chronicle and CoNSTrrwioNALiaT, over the sriua tnre of "Yonah,” pretends to write from New Holland Springs. Nine men ont of ten in North Georgia will not be mis taken as to the real Source of this letter. It was written in this city, coming from a small circle 0 f maloontents, who are doing themselves more harm than they do the parties they assail. We are not nor do we aspire to be the organ of any person. We claim the right to express an opinion on uny sub j ject that is discussed ; and we intend to do so at length if we are needed in the discussion of the matters referred to by "Yonab.” Attorney-General Ely seems to have offended “Yonah” by gaining the railroad suit at Gainesville. He could do no more than was done. It is well for the Attorney-General to repre sent the State even against "giants” if he can be successful. It is certainly much better than to pay large fees to pigmies to fight giants. We have many facts relating ta the matters referred to in this “ spicy let ter” that will keep till Fall, when the new organ is to appear. In the mean time, if we are to be driven to the de fense of Governor Colquitt, we think it will prove an easy task. If the contro versy allnded to is not one sided in North Georgia, and all over the State, then we have been misinformed, and we try to get our information from the most reliable sources. As the parties who inspired the letter in question are known, and are closely allied to some who have already dis cussed this fee business, would it not be well to tell the public why it is that I any “ bottom facts ” remain to bm brought to the light ? We are willing! to spend this Summer on this “ bottom! fact ” business. If we are needed i the discussion, we have many “ bottoiß facts ” that will be of interest. The English papers announce Tennyson is reading his own his friends. Mr. Tennyson is a ful man, and as soon as the audiencqfl seated he always takes the precautions have the doors locked. A woman dispenses law in Territory. Not only one but them. One sent her husband to jaifl thirty days for winking at a woman, and another fined her and costs far kissing the hired girljH