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Eflronlcle anti WEDNESDAY, - - JOLYII, IB77 ’ CHOP NEW*. The friends of the ChboMci* aWd Constitutionalist in Oeorgi* and South Carolina will greatly oblige tw by sending, from time to tfme, brief let ters showing the condition of the crops. We would like to hare a letter once a week from every locality where the Chronicle and Constitutionalist cir cul ates. Hates has snubbed Mossr. Good ! The Radicals in Mississippi har shout concluded to run no ticket in tna State. Sensible, Returning Board Kenner is to h deputy naval offioer in the New Orieai. Custom House. Oaket Hall, being well up in wa topics, is supposed to be a Herald oorres pondent on the Han n be. Twenty of the Harvard graduating class failed of their degrees. Some were “plucked” for immorality. A Cincinnati woman asked a clergy man to christen her little dog, and seem ed surprised when he refused. The Nicholls government has already tracked np the defalcation of Packard’s subordinates to the tune of $156,000- Clerk Adame’ latest report shows that the Democratic majority of the House is ears to be eleven, and may be eighteen. Bishop Lynch, of Charleston, denies the report that he ia to become coadju tor of the New York Cardinal Arch bishop. m • r Packard says Hayes has thrown away 19 electoral votes and every Con gressional district in the South. Bully for t Blaine admires Robeson and Robeson admire# Blaine. It is a case of Jack Shephard pronouncing an eulogy upon Hick Turpin. Mb. Tildbn has one consolation, He is the only Presidential candidate who had a clear majority of the popular vote and was not inaugurated. It is i>aid that the Russian General who led the vanguard over the Danube is a German, Rnd, translated into Eng lish, his name is Carpenter. Sir Walter Scott was the first “inter viewer,” according to the modern ac ceptance of the word. See introductory chapter of the Fortunes of Nigel. — T . The Republican party in Mississippi has practically dissolved, because the negroes have no white rogues to or ganize them and the bayonet has played out. John Horn, Jr., of Detroit, has res cued one hundred and thirty persons from drowning. He has lost 81,BO** worth of clothing in these humanitarian efforts. The Constitution boasts that Atlanta is by all odds the best off financially of any Georgia city—and this too despite the fact that she is considered reckless And rapid. Ip the Eastern and Western Radicals will let some of the States go Democrat ic, jnst to “rebuke the Administration,’ they may proceed at leisure to wind np the oonoern. m * m lowa "rebukes” the President for liv ing up to the very platform it endorsed. A Radical-Republican cares no more for a reform platform than a smuggler does for a custom house oath. Blaine does not believe in “giving np hail of the Constitution to save tb rest.” He likewise does not believo in giving np any railroad bonds receive for services rendered as a Congressman <Qen. Toimbs was really the first pal' lie man in Georgia to urge the remora of the objectionable “rebel” clause it our State Constitution ; but Jim Blaine thinks Mr. Hill was at the bottom of it *n. t Silistma, before whioh the Russians aro said to be in foroe, is a famous for tress. The Russians failed to take it in 1773 and 1809. They took it in 1829. In 1854 they failed again to reduce it. Its surrender in 1829 is said to have been due to treachery and gold. The Baltimore Gazette shows how the line 5 finely drawn in belligerent Re publican circles thus: “When Colonel Wilkins, in the offloe of General Ttleb, BA id that a statement of the latter was •false,’ that stern warrior objected to suoh language in his office. Whereupon Mr. Wilkins went out of his offloe, and standing at the door said: 'Now, I am oat of your office, I say it is s lie; whereupon the warrior arose and shut the door. Thus did he wash out in gore the aspersion upon his honor.” The Boston Globe gives its experi ence of a common nuisance. It says : “The average college graduate who ap plies at this office for a place, generally wants to know ‘if there is a vacancy in the position of dramatic editor or liter ary oritts.’ He expects to receive SSO a week the first month and SIOO a week afterwards, and is always sure he was bom to be a great journalist. But after he is sent to a fire, as his first job, he finds new light break in on him, and discovers that his true mission is‘the liar.’” A correspondent of the Herald says Europeans laugh whenever a war-ship of the Union enters a foreign port. Wo do not see what there is to langh at. The iron clad fleets of Europe have only rammed each other in otherwise peace ful reviews. The powerful squadrons of France were useless against Germany. The torpedo has neutralized their effec tiveness, and cannon have been con structed that would sink them at a sin gle shot. Until these iron-clads show themselves to be anything more than expensive coffins, the people of the United States can afford to let the Euro peans laugh. Just now the langh is rather a sickly one, The New York Commercial Bulletin gives a statement of dividend and in terest payments on shares of fire in surance companies and national banks doing business in New York city, on Government and SUte bonds and rail road securities, payable in July, that have been announced up to this date. The total payments announced foot up $60,301,783, of which [526,978,255 is on United States bonds, $2,872,647 on Stale bonds, $1,929,625 on national bank shares, $16,858, lffO on railway stocks nod bonds, $287,000 on fire in snrance nto’ks, and $1,276,096 on m.s eellaneous et*res. With the addition of payments on 4ty securities, manu facturing companies, etg., the total dis bursements of semi-annual dividends and interest payment* at the pfcneipal cities will aggregate in the neighbor hood of $75,000,000- The Boston Advertiser gives some interestingstatistiea from 49 of the larg r cotton mills of New England. They make about 80 per t. of all cotton goods in the North, and consume annually 385 000 bales. In the first six months of the present year they worked up 89,- 238,842 pounds. As the quality of the crop of 1876-7 was much better than that of the season before, the Advertiser thinks it safe to assume that these figures represent an inmeose (in pounds) of 5 per cent, i* *e quantity of goods turned out. These goods have founds market, there is uo large accumulation on hand, and the demand is perceptibly improving. H prices ean be kept down this Summer, the Advertiser thinks Au tumn will find the New England mills unable to keep np with their orders. a Wide sPUT. The Republican party of Maryland is in hopeless disorder, consequent upon the deadly altercations of Federal office holders and ambitious men who attitu dinize as leader*. The present hubbub has been occasioned by the dismissal of Collector Wilkins, of the Baltimore Custom House, and appointment of Mr. John L. Thomas. The recent history of this change may be read between the lines of the following extraordinary, not to say “cheeky,” letter : Office of the Baltinobe Anamcan, I Baltthoee, May 80,18T7. j To Bis Excellency, Rutherford B. Hayes : Dea* Sib— Aa the appointment of Colonel Wii-Kihs to the Collectoralup of Baltimore waa partly uixrn my recommendation, it ia proper f.irine to *!ate, in asking hi* removal, that I mdoraed him with the poeitire assurance frrm i.m that he would be willing to retire at the il'ise of Preailent Grant’s term, in favor of •fr. Thomas The President had. of hie own volition, assured me that he would aak Mr. Booth to resign and appoint Mr. Th iHas. ad mitting that he had done tho latter great in justice and waa desirous of undoing it. He asked and received the resignation of Collector Booth, when Mr. Ceeswell interfered and in sisted that Mr. Thomas should not be appoint ed The President then said that he would appoint any one that Mr. Ceeswell and myself would select. As we were in the midst of the canvass it was necessary that prompt action should be taken, and Colonel Wilkins agreed to take it for the balance of President Qeast s term. Thus this appointment was made, and as soon as Colonel Wilkins became Collector he need his power to drive Mr. Thomas from the Chairmanship of tha State Central Committee, failing in which he commenced an open war on the oommtttee, and did all in his power, in co operation with Mr. Cbeswelt,, to hamper and weaken its influencs. He was a mere persist ent di.organiser than Collector Booth had been, and his fosition in the party at present is such that neither Republicans nor Reform ers are willing to make nominations for the municipal contest. If the Prevalent wiU promptly make the ap pointments of Maryland that have Ijeen suggest ea to him try Mr. Thomas ami myself, it will electrify the whole State, and I promise him in return Dee election of a Reform candaUUe for Mayor next Pall. The rural districts of Mary lantl are Repuh.ican, ami when the Baltimore rings of the Bourhon Democracy are broken their power uhll he gone. With much respect and thanks for the ap pointment of General Tyleb, I am. very re spectfully, yours, f HABi.Es C. Fulton. The publioatlon of this letter acted like a bombshell in Baltimore and Ad ministration circles. The camp imme diately divided between Wilkins and Thomas, the friends of the former threat ening to go over iu a body to the aid of Democratic candidates. The President must have been wofully deceived by editor Fulton, of the American. The Democracy are od the broad grin at his promisee. The oouutry does not “elec trify ” worth a cent, it is true that Fi-lton has got the scalps of his party antagonists, but the party itself is rent in twain. The Democrats are happy, because their triumph will be all the easier, and the disgust of the country with the existing race of Federal office holders must be complete. Gail Ham ilton has material for another letter. IN THE “*BW YOIIK TRIBUNE” IWO iUBPNOV The contest of the Tribum with its printers, standing as it does alone among its contemporaries in New York, is sup posed to argue financial distress. Five years ago, Jay Gould gained control of the paper, and Whitelaw Kei& became managing editor. The shares were val ued then at SIO,OOO each and the estab liahment at $1,000,000. It was out of debt and had a cash surplus. We learn from a Massachusetts exchange that du ring the Intervening time there have been no dividends paid to its stockhold ers; a debt has aeoanmlstad of from a half to three quarters of a million, possibly more; the shares could not ow be sold for $5,000 apiece; and it ig re. ported th at Jay Gould is seeking to get rid of the property at almost uny price. Some months ago, we ffjjderstand, Pres ident Andrew White of Cornell JJniver sdv sought to buy it. The property was offered to him for half a million, inelnd >ng real estate and deb*- 8 - Hut an ex rtmination of the condition of things by himself and his friends convinced theta that it was not worth what wa asked, and .they withdrew from the negotiation. The chief causes of the paper’s de oline are supposed to be the moral taint of Jay Gould’s ownership? the money sunk in an expensive building wft.h a tall tower; an alliance with Blaine polit ically; and the subserviency of its edito rial page to proprietary scandals. The Springfield Republican is partial to the Tribune and would welcome its return to ancient prestige ami popularity. It thinks that separated from its debts sod its real estate, the paper is well worth a half million dollars to-day. But it is the eonvu*io4 of those who know most about its affair* th at its debts greatly exceed the value of its b#iJ4jngs and land; and, unless in some way the tide in its affairs is changed, some ravo lntiou oneuf&d both in its attitude to ward the puiiiiA wd Ike attitude of the public toward it, the*® ifi certainly dan ger of its drifting on to hsukrUidisy, This is a singular state of affairs, gftd • yet it is creditable to the public that It will not support a paper that has Jay Gould tor a c<*droiler. A journal, like A nation, must have > moral life. UI.AINK, OF MAIN£. The stalwart Republicans, who ioye not Mr. Hayes, are evident P*rsh}.b ing under the lead of Mr. JamT!* Blaine, “the plumed knight” of Maine, the dramatic victim of a fortunate son stroke, the man who still holds Mulli gan’s “mimorandy,” the antagonist of Ben Hill, and the brother-in-law of Gail Hamilton. It is true that Mr. Blaine has shining and showy qualities aud most dexterous talents. He made a notable Speaker of the House, and is said to have also made much money as a Congressman. He is a master of parliamentary tactics, but, by his own confession, he kuows no law. Mr. La mar, of Mississippi, and Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, who know a great deal of law, have, on several occasions, made Mr. Blaine's deficiency painfully ap parent. They have, jn.point of fact, temporarily struck him dumb, sharing in this feat an equal honor with the noontide sun. Mr. Blaine has many elements of a popular leader, especially among Machine men and the “stalwart” members of the Republican party. No one better knows how to in terpret the passions and prejudices of the worst forces of his political follow ing, and no one is bolder than be in riding a hobby in the best manner of the opera bouffe 6tagc. His recent speech at Woodstock, Connecticut, is the real opening gun of the campaign against the Democracy and the South. It is also a note of warning to the Presi dent that he mnst slink back into the folds of the serpent of party, or else pre pare for the worst that the shop of Blaine A Cos. contains. We did not know, nntil Mr. Blaine avowed it, that war with Mexico or peac able annexation of a large slice of that sister Repsblie was part of the pro gramme of the immediate future. Of course, there bad been some newspa per talk about this: bnt it read more like the wild jargon of a Bohemian than anything else. But Mr. Blaine tries to get ap a genuine scare on the sub ject, and, in order to make his bugaboo the more effective, give* it a rakish Con federate appearance, and proposes to offset it by the scooping np of Canada. So, to prove Mr. Jug Blaine a veritable seer, this country, already groaning and sweating under an almost intolerable burden of taxation, mast ran atilt with the greasers of Memos and the subjects of Great Britain. The Woodstock au dience may have swallowed all of this ghastly nonsense; bnt we do not be lieve a msjority of people as sembled there did so seriously. We know of no overpowering de sire on the part of the South to be allied politically with any more half breeds, and thereds, presumably, no ir repressible conflict, outside of Maine, to make war upon Canada. But let us see what it is that so tetri fiee the “plumed knight,” We quote tha concluding passages of his speech : The cansolsUted strength of the sixteen States that were lately sUvetaolding ia a tre msadoos politic ,L fori, embodying almost ons-half the Senate of the United SUte* more than one-third or the House of Repre sent Ativca. and about two-fifths of the aggre. gate Electoral College. This entire clement ia controlled by a small minority of the people of thoee States; it will be wielded in the fu ture with the unity of despotism, and aims at permanent domination in the Government of the country. Let ns look the future equarely in the face, prepare for the danger in season, and avert it if possible. I take my position without hesitation, without distrust, without acrimony, and without concealment. I believe that Southern contiol in the Government of the Union ia the worst possible result, even for the South itself. I believe that it ia menacing and dangerous to every interest in the land; I believe that the men who in battle and in counsel saved the Union should govern it; I believe that the men who for four years sought the life of the nation should not be intrusted with its supreme control: I believe that the hereby of the citizen’s primary allegiance be" ing due to his State—a heresy which has al ready wrought so mnch misery and shed so much blood-should be confined to the States that chenah it, and not be permitted to install itself in the Government of the nation; and, finally. I behove that any policy which con templates. or by any possibility involves, the annexation of Mexican territory or any other addition to the disturbed elements of the South, is at war with the highest interests of every American citizen, of the generation that now "is, and of thoee countless generations which, in the Providence of God, shall suc ceed to our proud title and to its continually widening responsibilities. Mr. Blaise is aghast with contem plating the ghost of the Confederacy! What a tribute the South has forced from his reluctant lips ! We have been defeated in battle by overwhelming odds; we have lost property enough to set up in luxury a dozen nations; we have been subjected to the role of the bayonet; we have been “reconstructed” repeatedly; the unfriendly legislation of Jim Blaine & Cos. has been more de vouring of onr snbstanoe than the war fare of their betters in the field; we have been robbed, insulted and brow-beaten, commercially and otherwise—the re sources of men and devils have been ex hausted to debauch and unman us—and yet, after seventeen years, full of war and the horrors of an angry peace, we are more powerful than ever, though poor. This failure to stamp out the life of the South is what galls Jim Blaine; but it is the bitterness of death for him and his to know and feel that every art he and his employed to destroy us has been made, in the Providence of Gop, an in strument of our total and permanent deliverance. The South does not as pire to control the Government by any but lawful means. If she can gain that control lawfully, why not ? It may not please BbAINSS, of Maine, if snoh shonld be the oase; but men who sow the wind need not be surprised if, at some time or other, they reap the whirlwind. But the most audacious doctrine of Jim Blaise is where he asserts that a Government wbioh does pot protect every citizen iu every State baa no right to allegiance. Mr. Blaine had better read the history of his country, and especially that part which refers to tbs formation of the Federal Govern ment. it wit! dp Jiim good and mend his ignorance to pursue such a course of study. Even the Cincinnati Gazette, disgusted with this heresy, reminds the wipdy orator that ours is a country of law, not a ftlpb wielded by a Presi dent, It adds : ”?hp ptqteption of citizens ia left to law, administered by the citizens of the vicinage, We should have to abolish the protection of law to the citizen in order to put a club in the hands of the President to make him the protector of everybody. Republicans can regfegjber the time when it was well for the® th 4 m mk olnb was in the hands of the President. WP 4° not propose to make onr Government Ifec that of Dahotny, even for the promise of having Mr. Blaine to wield the protec tive*!^.” If Mr. Jim MLAaNS desires to go before the people of this country • his present platform of centralization, let him sound hi* bugle again and begin. If President tyiij fegjain true to the Constitu tion and tfm laws not * ear Blaine. There will bo nothin? left of the Maine man’s plume in such a non test, not enough to partially cover the disreputable nakedness of Job s turkey. (t¥ 4 SfKjyaPAPER. Tho Chicago Inter Ocean has seen fit to make public an itemized account of jts career since it was first established up to tii& {WBflpnt week. The editor premises that tew pflderstand or have any idea of the rasbusai Of tiffi Un dertaking to build up a great daiiy newspaper. He says: “Ten or twenty j yesr§ ago it was a comparatively insig nificant But in these days of telegraphic e* teeing over two hemispheres, end cabtesefr efabiftg oceans and seas, with an educated public that demands the latest news from Con stantinople, St. Petersburg, London and lean jPrfMfjaoo, as well as that from R<*kford, and Kankakee —that rqnuleee obiW ml activation in the editorial chair- that insists Utap there shall be reporters learned inlaw, science, theology, art and mnsio—that that an epitome of the world’s doing pa lgjd upon the breakfast table 0* early and regular,’ the**, til these bfti faintly tfrow forth an undertaking tnde of such an enterpn— fail to be a draft on the purse, the ■- * and the mind, taxing endurance' If a man has gray hairs and plenty of money, let him'refrain from embarking in the haz ardous experiment. Even if he has yonth and money let him hesitate.” Having shown what demands are made by the publio and how hard it is to comply with them, especially when that publio grows, as it often does, ill-natnred and nngratefnl, the editor reveals the business of the office with a formidable array of facts and figures. It is shown that the Inter-Ocean started in March, 1872. On the 31st December it had sunk $62,571 75.- In 1873 the loss was $34,847 92. In 1874 an additional sum of $60,849 67 went the way of the rest. In 1875 the ocean of indebtedness swal lowed np a farther pile of $71,116 65. On the 20th day of October the old com pany sold out. So trying was the sit uation that the new company lost before the close of the year, less than seventy five days, $14,005 79. And daring the year 1876, in spite of every effort at economy, the loss of the new organization was $59,313 29. In five years and a little over, therefore, the paper had sank more than three hundred thousand dollars. This was discoaraging enongh; bat brains, enterprise and true grit won at last. According to the statement now before us, the tide has turned. There is no longer an annual loss sufficient to support a second-class paper in laxary for a year or two, bnt a large balance to the credit of the concern. The profits of the paper for the first five months of this year are set down at $42,208 44. The circulation is estimated at 26,000 daily copies. We are not always able to agree with the Inter Ocean politically, bnt its en terprise is worthy of all praise. Very few papers, however substantially back ed by “ demnition cash,” would have been able to fight and conquer as this Chicago jonnal has done, and from the nettle danger pluck at last the flower safety. Grant having about got through with the “bloated aristocracy” of Great Bri tain, has commenced tickling the work ingmen. The World punctures the ex sovereign’s speech by showing that the emigration to Great Britain from this country last year exceeded in numbers the immigration from Great Bn tain hither. A bitter comment on the true relations between Grantism and the working classes. And yet Jim Blaine is howling for a return to Grantism. CZAR ALEXANDER. A DRAMATIC PICTURE! A -ttrniaincenc-r of the Snpmr NlckelM fMettare Brtwcea 1N26 nnd 1577 Hiller, Be pealing Tt*ll- 1 lie Path of [A. Y. Times—Editorial.] The Czar’s rumored displeasure at the ill-supplied condition of his army is doubly justified by tha fact that the esme mismanagement wbioh is now de laying his progress on the Danube was impeding that of his father when ho himself was a child seven years old. It is sufficiently curious that the last ap pearance of a Russian Emperor on the scene of actual warfare should have been made on the same spot, and in the same way, as the present one. In the Danube campaign of 1826, undertaken by Nicho las within a few months of his accession, he determined to enconrage the troops by his personal presence; and his ap pearance at Ploiesti stili lingers in the memory of some few of the oldest resi dents. His first exploit on the Danube was within a hair’s breadth of being his last. On the green slope that rises be hind Ibraila there is still standing a tall obelisk of gray stone, with Russian in scriptions on its four sides, one of which runs thus : “On this spot, by the grace of God, the Emperor Nikolai Pavlovitch escaped death from a cannon ball dur ing the siege of the town in 1826.” The Czar’s personal experience of war was a brief one. Disgusted at the miserable plight of his troops, and the utter break down of the mechanical routine in which he delighted before the rough test of actual warfare, he speedily returned home, leaving the chief command to Count Diebitsch, the future hero of Adrianople. Since his depth the Russian military system has been greatly changed for the better. The reduction of the term of service from twenty-five years to seven, the improved food and lodging of the rank and file, the gradual adoption of the barrack system instead of that of “quartering out,” and the comparative disnse of the odious and barbarons pun ishments of the old regime, have done much good, though it must be owned that the commissariat still shows defects enough to justify the trenchant distich: “ Busaki sold&t, molodetz. Kuaski komisar, podletz!” (The Russian soldier is a fine yellow ; the Russian commissary a villain.) Had Nicholas’ life been prolonged, the spectacle of a Russian Czar on a battle field would probably have been seen once more ; for in his agony of grief and rage at the successive disasters which overwhelmed him, he was meditating a departure for the army when the news of Eupatoria proved his death blow. His last review (held, by a strange and terrible irony of fate, on the very day of the great defeat on the Alma) was that, of the cavalry of the Guard, just before their departure for the Crimea, and when he had blessed and taken leave of the splendid horsemen as they defiled before him in all the bravery of their gorgeous trappings, departing never to return, then, for the first and last time, the iron man fairly burst into tears. Five months later his reign and life ended to gether, and his son, with characteristic love of peace, put an end to the conflict as soon as possible, little dreaming that he was one day to lead an army in the very steps of his father, and avenge the latter’s defeat upon the ground which had witnessed them. [Herald Correspondence .l Ploejestj, June II. —The Emperor Alexander has arrived in Ronmania. He has made his entry successively into Jassy and Ploejesti. In the last of those two towns His Majesty was received quite in a modern fashion; at Jassy, on the contrary, his passage had borrowed from antiquity a usage that had long been forgotten. Iu old time the passage of great personages was marked by a sacrifice, and a madman resolved that the sovereign of all the Russias should not be less honored than the tyrants, the satraps and tie Pharaohs of the past. Bipod on flie Path of the Czar. Be tfiprefofe deliberately stabbed him self to the heart. TTnfortunately the Czar, in whose honor this fine blow was struck, is the duly person who, even to the present day, kuows nothing about it. It was thought best to conceal from His Majesty the excessive zeal of an old offi cer of excellent qualities and great per sonal courage, who had the drawback of becoming easily excited when going un der fire. I had seen this strange person dqrfyg ®y stay af Jassy. I had even dined with hi®. JJe wits a handsome man, of some thirty years, with a face that would make the fortune of a manu facturer of wax figures. The face was regular in its features, with a serene ex pression; the eyes and the mustache were black; the dress gray cream choco late. jTe’a’&eeted the Circassian style, which has repeated or imitated the uni form of the Cossacks, with all the ac cessories, pistol, poignard and cartridges on the breast and Astrakan cap. pjieyajier of Ht. George. On his outsail the cross of St. George, which, notwithstanding his de sertion, this Pole still wore, because the cross of St. George is ouly given for gal lant deeds, and is rather a mark of ac knowledgment than an honorary sign. For Jfjis paeon nothing can deprive the pobsesSor bi ’U' because nothing can wipe out an accomplished A chev alier of St. George might kill his father and mother, might even rob or commit any other crime without for this ceasing to be a chevalier of St. George. The ®ge actions of the future suicide had . Skd fey attention. From curiosity I informed 'my'llel/ about him, yet thought so little tbeu that tub informa tion would prove of use to me that 1 aid not write down his name, which I have since forgotten, and which—this is a characteristic Russian trait - has never been motioned to be by any one. ins .ijfee C/ar. This man came n,e;r pajjsipg the Em peror some annoyance, and, therefore, every good Russian must forget his nan® on the moment. This name should be torn from the memory, and ail those to whom I addsessed myself answered me : “ t fiave forgotten that wretch’s name.” I know very yell jtu&f £7 persisting I should have discovered a BftftSiaa with a more sceptical memory, but I have preferred to remain iu ignorance in or der to be able to inscribe anew evidence of Russian servility toward their sov ereign. This suicide of Ki—which is all I know of bis name—was a Pole, who, after gaijiibg f g/Iyancment, de serted. The £mp£r6f, jo wnoju be pp ! psai6il pardon, bad answered hin* u'et nojl baying been judged that, conse he was —Anil ’ geaing quently, no p_ to q.esgrrion, this the unfortunate, - fjfe) fell into his old habits and dese. This is a madman', who is not more in teresting than other madmen, and it would not be worth while to devote so much space to him except to connect his act with the hesitations concerning the war, which still exist in the super stitious mind of the Czar. The son of 1 Nicholas, who, it is said, promised his dyiDg father not to make war during his reign, hardly leaves Russia—that is to say, hardly entered on the campaign —when his way is marked by the stain of blood. This was something calculat ed to make him reflect —to stop him, perhaps. But he never learned any thing about it, and so the war continues. CROPS IN CEOIUiIA. Condition of Ibe L'fl> iu Warren. I Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist .] Pleasant Hill, Warren County, July 3.—Crops in this section are looking well. Most farmers are cleaning their crop of grass. Although there are a great many crops suffer ing for want of attention, labor is plentiful, and a majority of laborers are working well, I think better than in previous years. Wheat was seriously damaged on account of the rainy spell of weather which we have just had. However, it will be a great help to the people, as the crop was above the aver age. The Con-Con is dawning upon us, with very little interest in this section, my judgment being based npon the small vote cast iu its favor. As it is to be, its proceedings are looked npon by some with interest. I am not author ized to say, but I am inclined to think, that onr representative will favor an im provement of onr present homestead; also, the removal of the capital. He is aware of the great fact that the State of Georgia is encumbered with debt, and that it has property, yes, property that cost heavily in Atlanta. It has proper ty in Milledgeville which, unless used for the purpose it was intended for, is a dead loss to the State, while the property in Atlanta can be disposed of to advan tage. Why not then sell the Atlanta property and remodel the State House in Milledgeville for future use. It is cer tain that if the capital is fully establish ed in Atlanta, the cry will next be heard, “Anew Capitol Building;” “Anew Governor’s mansion;” and other like ex penses to gink the stpte still deeper in a debt amounting -to not less than a clean million. And atill we have t<ie Milledge ville property a dead loss. We want a sure enongh homestead law, as the one we have is as flimsy as tissue, like the ones who framed it. It is useless, how ever, to discuss these many subjects which are sure to be presented before the Convention, as we have men to be there who will surely look to the best interest of their beloved Commonwealth. Vox Popull CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. ttlg OPINION OP MR. HAYES AND HIS POLICY. Itoßekmiles the PoiuNi .11 n4e in Hl* Let trzJWo-The Harvard RrcepUnn and It*Meaning— The Republican Party Hopp le**! y Divided, Etc. “I am now simply a private citizen,” said Charles Francis Adams to a New York Sun reporter, who bearded him in his Quiucy home. “I have no wish to go before the public. My duties as President of the Board of Trustees of Harvard College required that I should be in Cambridge and appear publicly with Mr. Hayes. But the suggestion that because I did meet him in public and extended to him a civility which I think proper to be extended to any one who holds the office he does—because I did this that I had changed my views as expressed in this letter to Mr. Tilden, which was published, is wholly false. I have not changed those views, nor can I. I did feel a little peculiarly when ,1 thought of meeting Mr. Hayes. It is a hard thing to say of any man that he bears the stamp of fraud upon his brow, and, therefore.if Mr. Hayes saw the letter he must have been touched by it. I did not write it for publication, but only to express to Mr. Tilden some sense of my respect for the maimer in which he had acted, while the wrong was being done him. But what I then wrote I still ad here to. Still, Mr. Hayes came here. He is the acting President —not the rightful President, but still he holds the office; a certain respect is due that of fice; that is all that my appearance with Mr. Hayes means.” “Were the civilities paid Mr. Hayes by the authorities extended in the same spirit ?” “Massachusetts has always extended civilities to the President. In this case the State extended such civilities to the acting President. She did what was right to do and no more.” “Can Mr. Haves’ trip and the civility shown him be takon as an endorsement of him or his policy ?” . “ The trip cau do him no harm and no good. One fact stands out prominent nothing can overshadow it; and that is the method by which he received his office. No policy of his can atone for that.” “ Then, in your opinion, the attempt at civil service reform will not offset the means by which he obtained the Presi denev ? ” “ Not at all. Civil service reform ! What is it—a meie matter of detail. In significant beside this one great matter. Policies, reform and such things are mere side issues. But this matter goes a way down to our existence. That was a great crisis through which the coun try passed last Winter. It is wonderful that the majority of the American peo ple, whose will was then overridden, submitted to it so calmly. I am grate ful that they did. It is a credit to the American people that there was uo vio lence. But, sir,” and Mr. Adams spoke with impressive solemnity, “it could never bo so again. The next time such a thing shall happen There Will lie Violence, Bloodshed nnd Ruin. I havo always been afraid of that weak clause in the Constitution which made such U crisis possible. I was very apprehensive early last Winter when I saw that those who had been lawfully elected were to meet with opposition. When I learned that the matter had been left to the gentlemen who acted on the Commission, I felt somewhat re lieved, because I thought: “Now the judges, at least, will look at this ques tion in a fair and judicial light. They will try to get at the truth. They will try to learn whom tho ppople elected to be their President and Vice-President.’ And it seemed so plain who were so elected that I felt almost assured of what their decision would be. But what was the result ? Taking advantage of technicalities, of legal qnibbles, of every point that would give them an oppor tunity of voting as they wished to vote, the majority declared as it has. Among other sad results of this decision there is this one : It has utterly destroyed our faith in the judiciary so far as political questions which may come before it are concerned. Taney, years ago, shook our faith somewhat when lie ren dered decisions on questions con nected with slavery. This latest action has entirely destroyed that faith. The judiciary are no longer to be relied upon as a source of justice iu political matters. Now this has been done. Something remains to be done, and that is the most important, the most imperative duty at hand. It must not bo allowed to be slighted. Immedi ate steps must bo to make the re petition of this wrong'itnpo.sgible. Jt must not be a party matter. I hope the people of all parties will join in making this demand. Congress ought, tho very first thing, to begin the consideration of a constitutional method of preventing the repetition of sueh a crisis. In every way that is possible this depiand should be made. As to Mr. Hayes, J must say that I feci a sympathy for him. He menus well, I think, but he is in a false position, apa therefore a trying position. His is puj wjll bp the ffiost difficult course that any president hais eyer had, a great deal more difficult tjtan of those two men,” pointing to the por traits of his father and grandfather, “and they had it bad enough. I think Mr. Hayes looks careworn now. I looked at hi® rather closely at Cam bridge, and I thought fie seepaej worn. The cTifjlcnJties'are riot only those which result from the methods w'hiqji made him President, but are also those which he has made sinoe taking his seat. What has he done ? He Has Divided, Split Up His Own Party. There is proof enqugh of that. See what Republicans in lowa' have done. There-is a Urge pgf'tiofi that makes no secret of opposition. Then see what his Southern policy has done. There was a time when it was necessary, as a result of their condition, that the Southern negroes should be looked after by the Administration. Now it is a po litical necessity foir the Republican party to ’’keep pe'gro ybfce. But M r - Hayes has lost the’pariy that. Had he been as shrewd and clear-headed a poli tician as Blaine or Morton, he wonld never have done that. I am grateful— so is every good citizen—that peace and order have come to the South. But that Was fcfje policy of the Democratic party, and the pnlicy feiqep jy would have car ried out had it not been 'bfbvenfed by the event which put it in Mr. Hayes’ power to do so. He who had no right to do it has done right. But he will se cure no support from the Democratic party for having done this, and it has diviqea pfe ov’n. Then there is another difficulty lie is sniffir. It arises from the false }*i6srtioli ha todk apod himself when be'threw Packard over bcferiTin Louisiana. 'ln either way' in wfii ph ft J btfetfei M.- fee fe in' a false po -Uiao. tUrev atod his parfy -i -a bad lot. Mow,' ifW overboard a- Mr. Hayes wag Packard was not not. There can be no denying w.- that if he WSfi ousted because he was not ’elected, Mr. ft aye; is in the same condition exactly. Tb,e yotps i-byt elect ed Hayes elected Packard. On the other hand, if Packard was elected, why was he to give up his seat as Gov ernor of Loufsktna? It will be seen that in either case Mr. JJ;yes is in a false position, and therefore pis will be a trying one. I do not see how he can succeed' in i*. I cannot think it possible to he snecees/tff i* the face of all these difficulties.” The Cossack Cifivalrywciu The Cossack cavalrymen are all com -atively youDg men and have young they set ont on a * • i white scarf or band campaign they buy a kerchief to take with thefilr A-* of their period of service they WSf urn to their villages and are met by titfi wpo,e population. Now a wife who h as been unfaithful to her lord, kneels down be fore him in the road, puts her face in the dnst, and places her husband’s foot upon her neck. This is a confession of guilt, and at the same time a prayer for forgiveness. If the hnsband then covers his wife’s head with the white scarf, it means that he forgives her and agrees to forget her fault. If the white handker chief is not produced, the woman re turns straight to her father's house with out again entering her husband’s dwel ling, and a divoree is pronounced. Mr. MacGaham recounts a tragical story which a soldier told him on the Danube. A returning Cossack was informed by a malicious neighbor before he reached his home that his wife had been unfaith ful. His comrades pereeived that he had all of a sudden taken to drink and dissipation, although he was not a man given to these vices. When he reached his village his wife, as he feared, came forward, knelt down, and put her face in the dust at his feet. The spectators saw him look at her as she lay in the dust for a long time. Two or three times he put his hand in his breast for the white handkerchief as if he were goiDg to cov er the repentant woman’s head —two or three times the movement was restrain ed. Finally, as if driven by a sudden impulse, he drew his sword, and with one stroke severed her head from her body. The punishment for the crime was” two months’ imprisonment, while the malicious neighbor who had taken the trouble to inform him beforehand of his wife’s misconduct jras sentenced to Siberia for three years. A little colored girl blown from a bridge near Milledgeville descended sixty feet in perfect safety by means of her parasol acting as a parachute. A TRIPARTITE TILT. DESPERATE NAVY BATTLE IN PERUVIAN WATERS, Two Urtiil i>lr*-oI \Var Bear wn Upon a Petnviaa Rebel lla*a—A 'Three Hoars’ £ugneinenl Upon lh Kea-|fclie Bam Dto nbled nud Boated—The Peruvian Govern ment Outraged Over the Euglisliers’ ( oil duct. Panama, July 6.—The following are the details of a battle between the Shah and Amethyst, of the British navy, and the rebel Peruvian ram, Hnasear. It oc curred on the 29th of May. The Eng lish opened fire at about 600 yards, the first shot carrying away the flag of the Huasear, which was immediately re placed. The Huasear replied with her heavy 300 pound Blakely’s in the turret, and the Amethyst lying off and on steadily persisted in her attempts to rake the ram. The Shah fired her broadsides, which are discharged by electricity, and in a few moments everything on the Hnascar's decks, except her mast, turret, and smoke-stack, had disappeared—her standing rigging, bob steering, gear and capstan were destroyed in a hot fire from the English vessels. The Huasear, however, continued her fire at regular intervals, sometimes from her turret guns. A shell from the Amethyst entered one of her forward ports exploding in side, killing one man and wounding several. After the fight had lasted about an hour and a half the Amethyst was seen with sj thick smoke issuing from amidship and steamed away out of ac tion not returning for twenty minutes, leaving the Huasear and the Shah alone. The former now attempted to ram her adversary but the splendid handling of the Shah prevented any successful ma noeuvre of this nature. On approach ing, as the Huascar’s officers state, the Shah appeared to move as if by instinct, and her heavy batteries were brought to bear on the assailant. A small Gatling gun stationed in her tops assisted very seriously in commeding the combattauts on board the ram. Her stack is riddled with musket halls. One three hundred pound shot struck the turret of Huasear, and penetrated the iron for two inches and then rebounded. On the side she was hit twice by the same shot, and with precisely the same result. The Peruvian ram adopted anew mode of attack, first advancing on the Shah and then on tho Amethyst, but the superior speed and superb manage ment of these vessels prevented her ramming them. The battle lasted for three hours. Then the Huasear slowly retired, the shell from the Amethyst having destroyed all the primers of the turret guns, and she headed towards land for which she had been maneeuvreing for some time previously. The enemy did not attempt to pursue, but content ed themselves with receiving the last shots from tho Huasear and remaining about two miles from shore, evidently keeping watch over their brave antago nist. The Huasear, attacked at this time by musketry firing from tho Government troops on shore, who imagined that a landing was to be attempted, seut a messenger with a white flag to the Cap tain of the port begging for ammunition, and asking permission to land a few wounded, who were on board. Only one man was killed. This was refused, and the answer was returned calling for the surrender of the s’- ip, but the Huas car, being short of ammunition, and ap prehending a repetition of the English attack, thought it better to take ad vantage of a heavy fog, then rising, and slip quietly down to Iquique, where the Government fleet was lyiDg, and where Pierola hoped to make some arrangement for combined action against the British forces. The movement was cautiously executed, and none too soon, for ahont ien o’clock a steam launch from the Shah came stealing through the darkness with a torpedo, and by a mere chance, avoided affixing that implement of destruction to the side of a coasting steamer, in port, mistaking her for the Hnasca. When the departure of the ram was made known, the English disappeared. The President has issued a proclamation in which he declares that he will exact from Great Britain an explanation and satisfaction consequent on snch a wan ton outrage on a friendly power. On ar riving at Ignique Piereola proposed to the Government forces to unite and go out in pursuit of the English. This was not acceded to, and Pierola seeing that his personal cause was hopeless, surrendered his vessel to the Inde pendence, obtaining safe condnot for his followers, but refusing all guaran tees for himself. With this tho revolu tion terminated. HIGH M(.'HQOI.. The Commencement Exercises of ail Old educational Institution. f Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutioiyilist. ] I have jnst returned from Commence ment Exercises (if snob it may be term ed) of the High School.— The examination exerpffies came off last week, when tue pupils were subjected to an examination by the principal on questions propounded by the School Commissioner. N° religious services on Sabbath. Prayer by Rev. Wm. H. Davis af tfip opening of the exercises, and a good address' by Ed. L. Brinson, E-q., of Burke county. Exercises for the day closed at 2 o’clock, p. m., and night services commenced at 8, when we had a concert, charades, etc., by the young ladieg an 4 gentlemen for the benefit of the organ fund. The amount realized is unknown to your correspond ent. Ap enjoyable time most of the visitors had. Hephzibah certainly de serves praise for its hospitality. These Commencements are fast losing their prestige, as the decrease in attendance gradually sho^ys—the attendance being very small tjiis time as compared with similar ocoasjons in the “gone by days.” Oh, for a' return to the old plap, when the scholars were publicly examined be fore a large audience, and the examina tion often conducted by prominent men selected from the audience; then a pupil stood or fell py his or her own merits, when concerts, were free, when everybody was not only provided wit‘H'accommodations'by night, but'were invited to a “ huge barpecue 1’ at noon. Examinations then were not so much of a farce as now. Then the school fund was disbursed by one officer for the county, and pupils got their pro rata of the taxation imposed for school purposes.' The tipres ‘ did not require two’dozen or more men to disburse the school fund. Then,' the old ffied And el derly ladies turned out in full force; now, very few attend, the audience be ing composed in these days principally of the younger class. Do not understand that I am finding ! fault with the anticipal—lie has only to obey insifuetions' given by a superior officer. When in times gone by he waA left nntrafh'melldd, fin'd did' all in |iiß powiJr tb bake the entertainment one of sueb'efes affij popularity! J hope the new Constitution provide for 'an entjrq change in the school law. p*—“.ting to the school exercises aga\n, while I do £?* wish to make in vidious distinction, candor compels me to gay that Miss Lula M. and Master Willie D., did exceedingly well in their respective |iy.W Ql scholars, where all did so well, 1 would fain mention Miss Jesse D., as excelling among the girls, and Master R. J. M„ amopg Jhe boys. Of the eojme f i, I can safely say all did well. JDhe crowning pte V 6, the Band Begins to ?fay” by a band of young ladies, was superb. “Don t Marry a Mfcn if he prints,” by Miss Butli M., called tort* WpW&t# applausp. §ppg. ff j by fj€.o cofiJ4 ppypQ exeeiktf, Nothing transpired to maf tub plea sures of the day, except one Uttffi 4 1B " turbanoe in the yard between a young ma q from Bsrke and one from the lower portion of Richmond. I °ee posted on the 'oads Pleaafi keep*out/’ etc , etc., and was lri.-ymed \ this was a precautionary measure to keep trespassers ftom fhh Jteßbl & —, ana melons. j CROP NEWS. The CrO(tt Elmwood, N. C. [Correspondence Chronicle aniJiConslilutionalist .] Elmwood, Edgefield, S. 0., July 5. As yon request to hear from different localities in ,Georgia and South Caro lina concerning the crops of different kinds, I will write ypjj 3 line or two. The weather for the past yeqg han been oppressively warm, the mercury rang ing from “90 to 98” in the shade during the day and bfft little difference at night, consequently the late pains have disap peared very fast leaving Jthp ground very dry under this burning ann and checking all vegetation very rapidly. Sain is much needed at this time, es pecially for the corn crop, which bids fair for a good yield if rain sufficiently comes soon. The cotton crop is two weeks later than last year at this time and therefore is very small for the time of year, but the acreage about the same as then. The wheat and oat crops are now housed; the former will prove an average crop while the quality is a little deficient pp account of the _ heavy rains daring the time of harvesting it. The latter will fall far short of the past year s crop. The fruit crop will be saSleient for all purposes, especially the peach crop. Senex. Promises kept inspire confidence; and Dr. l ull’s Baby Syrup never promised relief in the diseases of childhood with out at once effecting it. Hence the pop ular reliance upon it. Price, 25 cents a bottle. BEATEN AT BIELA. A RUSSIAN BALK AT THE BALKAN PASSES. A Lively Fight Near Sistovn, in Which the Turks Are Scouring the TranN-Danui}aH Con n fry—The Turk ish Army Caver nJt Kustcliuk nod Sliumlu. London, July 6.—lt is stated at Bu charest that over 120,000 Russians have crossed the Danube at Simnitza with an immense train of artillery, comprising some pieces of very heavy calibie. The enthusiasm of the Russian troops is very great. The cavalry marches about tweuty kilometres iu advance of the in fantry. Aa the Turks have no propor tionate amount of cavalry, the Russians are sconring the country up to the foot of the Balkans. The Turkish outposts are at Jautra, which is their present advanced line. The ceutre of their army is near Rasgrad, the right covering Rustchnk, the left stretching towards Shmnla. It is reported that only 12,- 000 men are left- iu Silistria. The first great battle in Bulgaria will probably be fought on the above line, if the Turks give battle in an open field north of the Balkans. It is probable that there will be little of interest from tho front until anew disposition of troops by both belligerents is made. The Russian cavalry have penetrated to Pierna and Softeha on the west nud to Tirnova and Rabrova towards the Balkans. They appear to be masters of the conntry be tween the Balkans and tho Danube, and from Jantro. A Pera dispatch says it is reported here that the Turks have gained a great victory at Sistova. Shomda, July 6, 10, a. m.—A battle was fought yesterday in the vicinity of Biela, which lasted twelve hours. The Russians were repulsed with consider able loss and fell back on Sistova. No details. The Struggling Provinces—’Turkish Troops Abandoning Montenegro ltoiiiiiiinia’s Datnibian < i vrotions— Warns Her About Servia—Bosnia’** Petition to Vienna. London, July 6.—A Constantinople dispatch reports that thirty battalions of the Turkish army in Montenegro have reached Antivari whence they will em bark for an unknown destination. A special dispatch from Vienna says : “The Romanian Government before sending troops across the Danube in quired how Austria would regard such a step and was informed that as long as the Roumanian army respected Servian neutrality Austria would remain indiffer ent to its movements.” A Bucharest dispatch says that no im portant action is expected until the Russians have established their depots of supplies on the southern side of the Danube and prepared everything for an advance. A Belgrade dispatch says : “The Greek and Roman Christians of Bosnia are anxiously awaiting tho result of their petition asking for the occupation of Bosnia by Austrian troops. Part of the Mohammedan speculation also favor foreign occupation.” A special from Constantinople says : “All papers seem to confirm the view that the Turks are about to withdraw a greater part of their forces from Monte negro.” A telegram from Bucharest says that 120,000 Russians who kava crossed the Danube at Sistova comprising 20,000 cavalry and 250 cannon. About 80,000 more Russiausare concentrated between Simnitza aud Turnn Magurelli, The army which crossed at Sistova has been divided into three bodies, the principal of which is marching on Rustschuk aud the other two towards the Balkans and Nikopolis respectively. The Unfruitful Fight iu Agin. Minor—Kiissia Not Likely to Do Much Work this Season — Waiting tor Reinforcements. London, July o.— An Erzeroum dis patch says it is unlikely even if the Rus sians are strongly reinforced that they can successfnl]y|reuew their Asiatic oam pain this year. Ten weeks hence the climate will preclude effective warfare. A special dated Erzeroum, Thursday evening, states that both armies remain inactive. The Russians are evidently awaiting reinforcements. London, July 6.— Russian official in telligence thus explains the occurrences in the Asiatio theatre of war: “General Laris Melikoff having reached the Araxes Valley by the way of Kars and Kogismau, was marching west in the direction of Erzeroum, when the Turks, occupying fortified position of Sewin, menanced his right flank. To prevent an attack in front and rear, General Melikoff, before proceeded further west, had Jto turn north and attack Sewin. The attempt failed, and Gen. Melikoff fell back to the Araxes Valley, where he heard that a Southern column, under Gen. Tergukassoff, which was to have met him there previons to a joint march on Erzeroum was likewise defeated near Dob baba and had retreat ed. Lieutenant-General Tergukassoff is seemingly determined to retrace his steps tq the frontier and rescue Bayaz ard. while General Melikoff, according to latest intelligence, intended to take up liis position in the Arax valley and hold tho road to Kars aga nst the vic torious force from Sewin.” Wlmt (ortsclinkofl'Tliiiiks of Thom—A Tight Job in Prospect n—Russia’* Non-Interfer ence Policy—A Bulgaria-. Vienna, July 7. —Tho Preuse says : “Prince Gortschakoff, in an interview with a distinguished statesman, stated that only the Servian question induced him to accompany the Czar to the seat of war. lie h3 prevented Servian co operation, although qrgently offered. In order to avoid European complica tion, Russia had acted on two principles: Ist. To avoid all interference with the internal affairs of the same, not to en courage them to warfare against Turkey, and to decline, as the war lasted, any intervention by the Powers, who at the conclusion of peace would have an op portunity of protecting all their in terests). The Russians were prepared for greater ifegistanpe by Turkey than lias hitherto been experienced.” Hecon cluded as follows : “If we succeed in a decisive battle in Bulgaria, our task will be completed in a short time. If the Turks retire into the Balkans, and I have reason tq believe they will, we shall haye annoying delays heoaqse of their) excellent position for defense, Then will commence our difficulty in provisioning the army.” Doings in the Dobrudsclia The Turks Threatened on Every Kjtle— A Flight tq> tlie iiloMiitains Inevitable—Turkish Concen tration Between and Sliuialn— How the Kinds Will Fa^i.e London, July 7.—A Bucharest corres pondent telegraphs; According to infor mation received from Dobrudscha, I have no faith in any effectual resistance being made by the Turks on the line of Trajan’s wall. The correspondent then summarises the military situation, show ing that the Turks are threatened in front by [he Russian army at Sistova and in the year ‘by a corps advancing through "the Dobrudscha. Russian offi cers of rank at the front believe that the campaign yfijl sopn be decided. The Turks are concentrating abcqt Shqmla in order to take the Russian advance to the Balkans on a flauk. Tho Russians will probably go forward until the Turks come out of . humla, and then face about and give them battle in the open country. It is stated that all the rep resentativek of the press haye beep or dered to leave Russian headquarters. It is rumored that by advice of Austria a kind of informal armistice will'bn es tablished in Montenegro, both sides maiuMßiP# $e defensive, A Bucharest cßspatcu sa>s tye tary Situation now l appears to bp as fol lows : TheTffrks 'have changed front ~u i [o ''the. westward Since the Jiaseian epUauco ipt P 4*^® ihissiahs are’deploying w'4h" tueif left Hank resting ou the fianube fo face the Turkish Ifne from ft H atq}i[- ( jr to ahpmla. When this" movement ;s completed a general battje may he expected, unless the Turks fall back to the Balkan* or Rus sians mask the whole quadrilateral and turn it by passing to the Balkans, Rus sian forces radscha are approaching iue rear o. Turkish ttustphuk and Shumla line. This column is too strong to be opposed by any force detaclifed'frOm tho Turkish main body, while the’main body itself cannot turn upon it without exposing its rear to the Russian main force. jj oxe xiiis Correspondent seems to entirfelv icm ore the existence of Silistria, Varna and Kustendji. The latest in formation fixes the garrisons at these places respectively at 32,000, 20,000 and 10 000 which, operating on the flanks or rear of the Russian Dobradscha force,, would paralfei its efforts to’co-operate with the aim? in .Osnlral Rin ? a..a Re sides the' garrisons of tbefe fortified places, Snlieman Pasha s artny, wmch is now stated to be embarking at Anti van coul* be i—.ded at Varna, which would mak! &e f ffipbp ft T “* sian left flank aloud over ftWf- Knssi®n Dobradscha corps is stated to number only 30,000. yis-n-Vis in an * Bamßd-B*iU liuiiirnf— rtf’ Pravisinofae AfUlif' Ebzebocm, July f.'~The following is the actual position of forces in Armenia: The Turkish right wing confronts the Russian left at Utsch K.lissa Paick Pasha has a fresh body of 12,000 Rus ri&cs opposed to him near B&yazid. Another Russian division of 20,000 is marching towards Ardahan. Mukhtar Pasha’s advanced guard is within four teen miles of Kars. Battles are expected at Utscb, Kilmsa and Bayazid. lt is aisq believed Mukhtar Pasha will be en gaged soon. The provisioning of the belligerent armies is now a matter of great difficulty. THE ME, THE PEOPLE, AND THE PAPERS. Glynn has $216 67 surplus. Gamesville delights in foot races. • Milledgeville has anew post office. Governor Cplqnitt is in Dahlouega. The heaviest thftig out —The wheat crop. Georgia is supplying the North with peaches. Army worms are ravaging corn in Baldwin, A heavy storm recently passed over Marietta. The Griffin Post Office has run short of stamps. Rev. J. H. Cowart died recently in Bullock county. Mounted chicken thieves are the novel ties in Columbus. The Rome Tribune recommends Fe male colleges to teach telegraphy. An effort is being made to establish a paper-at Sylvauia, Scriven county. Forsyth proposes to go extensively into the dried fruit bnsiness this year. A colored girl in Atlanta terrified by n storm, died of heart disease the other night. The Griffin News thinks that County Judges will hereafter be elected by the people. Rev. C. 0. Williams, pastor of Christ’s Church, Macon, has declined a call to Savannah. Brunswick has applied to the society in this city for a branch society of the G. S. P. C. A. Some party in Macon chopped up a section of hose recently dnring the pro gress of a fire. Mr. H. A. Bnice, of Atlanta, and Miss Coax, of Maoon, met in Griffin last Sat urday by agreement and married. Merriday Martin, a Macon cabinet maker, died last week from the effects of a fish-hook snag in the palm of his hand. Miss Mary Chandler, of Columbus, who has been spending some time in Augusta, left Wednesday morning for her home. The third aunual commencement of Pio Nino College at Macon came off Tuesday. Bishop Gross delivered an able address. The name of the Cherokee Baptist Fe male College, at Rome, has been recom mended to be changed to “Shorter Fe male College.” Captain Mangham has been elected Major of the Fifth Georgia Battalion, consisting of two companies of Griffin, one of Forsyth and one of Barnesville. The At-Con. is busy writing obitua ries of the Con. Con. delegates. They will be frescoed upon marble slabs and placed in tlie Opera House if the Capitol is removed. The Rome Tribune wishes Hayes to visit the cotton States. It says: “We have not seen a President siuce the war, and the Southern policy of Mr. Hayes will secure him a hearty welcome every where.” The Milledgeville Recorder thinks that photographs of the maguificont public buildings located in that city should be taken and placed in the Opera House during the session of the Con vention. The Governor has issued a proclama tion offering a reward of )two hundred and fifty dollars for the apprehension of the murderers of the unknown man found in Sumter county, with his head severed from his body. A lire broke out Tuesday morning in the millinery store of Mrs. Conroy, on Whitaker street, Savannah, and spread ing so rapidly consumed half a block before it was extinguished. It appears that the alarm telegraph wires were cut. The Savannah News asks tlie question: “What business has a family man (not of the newspaper fraternity or a police man) tb see a meteor at two o’clock in the morning?” Our understanding is that aa family men ofteuest “see stars” it is meeter that they should observe these things than single men. MFE ATTHE JORDAN AI.IMf. [Correspondence ChronicleandCmisti'utiunalist ] Jordan Aiajm Springs, Va , June 28. The day was tropical on which we left Augusta, and the train crowded with passengers hurrying away for the Sum mer. The rush and roar and sharp steam shriek would have roused old Rip himself, while the smoke and heat were stifliDg ; but as we neared the mountains our shawls were in demand, and when we reached here it was difficult not to believe it was a morning in October—so fresh and crisp did the air feel. Life at the “Jordan Alum” this Sum mer will be a perpetual festival. The hotel is spacious, accommodating easily four hundred guests, handsomely fur nished and admirably kept by one whose courtesy and ability is a host is too well known to need praise. There are fine piazzas around the building, stately trees that shadow the green lawn, a pic turesque lake with an island, on which flowers bloom and fountains play, a bil liard saloon, a resort for those who de sire to communicate with the spirits, a bowling alley, and a ball room 100 feet long. These will gladden the pleasure seeker, while tlie invalid will find waters with wonderful power to heal and the most luxurious beds. The epicure, though he bo the most fastidious, can not complain of the table. The lover of nature will find that space and wildness which belong to American scenery here in perfection. The beautiful blue moun tains have always an inspiration; we stand awe-stricken and hashed before their solemn grandeur, and feel onr insignificance in the presence of such sublimity. Not to feel a personal pleas ure and exhilaration fn nature is a mat ter of regret—one who loves her is never friendless; every phase is a coun sellor; the flowing streams, the moun tain heights, the coming and going of the year, the budding and the falling leaf—each and all whisper truths to the heart, if it be not insensible to snch lessons. Yesterday a small party was recruited for an excursion up one of the adjoining mountains. The road was in easy zigzags up the side of a steep ravine, the rich aud varied foilage made the mountain side a succession of leafy terraces and down the gorges we could look oyer a wide and beautiful moun • tainons landscape. But while we re veled in tho loveliness before us and : breathed the invigorating air, a storm was throwing piles upon piles of black ness over the tender blue of the after noon sky. The lightning laaped in keen flashes around qs, then a mighty bolt b.urat and suddenly the rain came down, drenching ua through and through and destroying both the beauty of the scene and our capacity to eßjoy it. We sought refuge in the carriage aud returned to the hotel a very moist and unromautic looking party. In the evening we watched the moon rise over the opposite mountains, giving a tender tqne and showing delicate shadows over the lawn. Her soft light seemoJ to purify the night, while within doors there were strains of music sweet enough to suggest the sops of the Lorelei. Nest week the seqsoq opens. Over one hun‘l re< l gueuta are hooked for the Ist of July and the Marino Band from Washington City will arrive on the sth. If idleness and the luxuries of nature do not induce laziness, perhaps you may receive another letter. Georgia. A TJtAMPW VITALITY. Asleep hi n RailroadTrnek and EiuiUiaciouH ly Losing a b r ij- Elmira, A). Y., duly 3 A,a accident, attended witty the most extraordinary circumstances, occurred pn the North ern denial Railway, new Troy, Pa., Sun jay pigtyt. A tramp named dames M. Rowers was walking omt’ne track to wards ttyftt place. Being tired and hnn gry, he sat down by the side of the rail road and fell asleep. When he awoke he attempted to get up. but, as he said when discovered, found that ho could not use bis legs. He had thrown them across tfip rail in his sleep, and a train had run over them. One was nearly severed below the knee, and the other was broken. No train was in sight, nor had he heard the noise of any tram passing. He took his knife from his pocket and pqt (be elfin and flesh that still held his one leg,, severing it entire ly. He says be lay there unable to move, wholly oopaoious and suffering the most intense agony for at least an hour. Finally he heard a Irani ap proaching. Re bad 8 watch -1® W® pocket aud a newspaper. He lighted the paper when the tram canie in Bigut and signalled by 1 wavlfag ft. The en gineer saw the light and stoppled the train. Bowers was taken on board and carrieq I to Troy. Efe' never lost con sciousness, ab.i when a doctor was sum moned, who pronounced another ampu tation of the severed leg necessary, Bor ers refnsed to lake any anaesthetic, and coolly subjected himself to that opera tion anfl tJ tj.e setting of the bones in his btokeh 1%. fie was removed to ffie County House, and if is thought he jujl recover. Fllßl.’ii pjNANCgS, A Well Kmwi Man Commit* Siiiede. f Special Dispatch to the Constitution.] Albany, Ga., July s.— Wm. J. Ford, late Ordinary of Worth county, and brother-in-law of Hon. W. A. Hams, committed suicide yesterday at Isabella by shooting himself with a pistol. Fi nancial embarrassment and other trou bles are supposed to be the cause. De cease! will be remembered by many as one of the constitutional clerks of tad Senate. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA, PALMETTO IfKWB LEAVES. Fort Pickens has a B. B. C. Cotton is profusely blooming. Abbeville brags on her street lamps. The mad dog exottements have abated. Ninety-Six wants a postal money office. Mr. W. J. Henry, of Chester county, is dead. The Chester Sabre Club paraded on the Fourth. Five thousand melons in Charleston on tho Fourth. Quick transportation is what the up epuntry wants.. Edgefield has held a good old time Court once more. A two-horned rooßter is cock of the walk in Columbia. “ Mr.” Hampton is what the New York Times calls him. The Due West commencement wound up with a spelling bee. A Presbyterian College is soon to be established at Wulhalla. Chester county counts on the best wheat crop since the war. A colony of beavers are building Iheir dams at Long Cane Greek. The store of Mr. Glazener, at Easley, was burned the other night. Col. Clary has upon his Saluda planta tion valuable mineral waters. Mr. M. R. Wilson, of Sumter, died last week after a short illness. The Chester Methodists begin their quarterly meeting to morrow. The Anderson Baptists have been holding a protracted meeting. Mean whisky and sun strokes are dan gerous things to mix just now. The Sumter Female Institute lirs had a very pleasant commencement. The Chester Lee Light lufautrv had an elegant festival on the 27th nit” Aiken jail, with nine cells, has thirty six prisoners— 2 white and 34 colored. The “ fencing ” fight is merely a strug gle between the “ ins ” and the “ outs.” The colored dramatic tioupe of Char leston will take a starring tour next sea son. The Greenwood and Augusta Road apply for 200 couviots to grade their route. Chester is going to agitate a Library Association when the mercury lets down. It appears that youngsters in Chester stretch ropes across the street “justonly in fun.” A colored boy nine years old was killed by lightning near Due West the other day. The Carolina papers came forth as regularly as if the glorious forth had never come. Mr. James W. Colcock, who recently left Yorkville for Texas, has returned to his old home. How to give every man credit for the first cotton bloom is one of the puzzles of the season. The Investigating Committee are se cretly at work iu Columbia. Gov. Hoott testified Tuesday. A negro recently left the employ of Barnwell's sheriff, carrying with him several souvenirs. It is said that D. T. Corbin has gone to Europe, aud will not return before the Ist of October. Wm. H. White, of Yorkville, died at Howard University, Washington, reoent ly of heart disease. Carson Warren, Esq., an old and highly esteemed citizen of Edgefield, died Monday morning. The Mayor of Spartanburg was re cently kicked by a cow. Ho is now in favor of a cow ordinance. The Abbeville Banner editor “ feels like courting somebody.” Guess it must be the watermelon man. Gen. Butler delivers an address next Tuesday at, the closing exercises of Mr. Lunch’s school at Johnston’s. James Hemphill, Esq., of Chester, was elected .by the Alumni Association of Davidson College a Trustee of that insti tution. Dr. W. C. Brown, member of the Legislature from Anderson county, is a brother of ex-Governor Joe BrowD, of Georgia. The Register notes that Whittemore, who represented Darlington in the South Carolina Senate, owns a $35,000 house in Massachusetts. Tho exhibition at the Cedar Springs Institute for the deaf, dumb and blind is described by the Bpartan as being highly interesting, A small fire broke out Tuesday eve ning in the foundry of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, at Co lumbia. No damage. A oolored man near Spartanburg had a mule stolen from him recently, and tracking the thief into North Carolina, caught him near Hendersonville. Spartanburg has ordered out a fire engine, hose oart, and a quantity of new hose. All that Spartanburg now wants is a lager beer keg aud three “tigers.” While Mr. Carrol Shirley, of Store villo, was attempting recently to place the band of the thresher on the wheel of the engine, his arm was caught, fractur ing both bones. Tho lightning has been bolting and freaking around iu Greenville consider ably lately. Greenville, you seo, didn’t foresee all this when she was laying her street car tracks. The Presbyterian Ohnrch, of Colum bia, has secured Rev. J. F. Latimer, Professor of Greek and German, at Da vidson College, N. 0., for their pnlpit during the Simmer. Bishop Lynch says that there is no foundation whatever for the rumor that he is to be transferred to the Aroliiepis oopal See of New York as Coadjutor to Cardinal McCloskey. The Yorkville Enquirer says that Rufus Johnson, colored, who was in jail on the charge of burglary and lar ceny, escaped from the jail of this county Tuesday morning. Says the Edgefield Advertiser : Our popular young townsman, John R. Abney, Esq., has proved himself in the very beginning of his new career a So licitor nascitur as well as fit. The Chester Reporter says that Col. James L. Orr, of Anderson, while rest ing from his labors and honor as a legis lator, has been invested with the digni ty of vice-president of a base ball club. The Summer meeting of the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, will be held at Anderson on the Bth of August. The State Agricultural aud Mechanical Society will meet at the same place and time. Two young merchants of Augusta have just returned from Columbia, where they have been attending their raining interests. Admonished by the old proverb, however, they have built no “New-eastles” in the air. The Reporter observes that Dr. A. H. Davega, President of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, is in Now York, look ing after the interests of his road. The prospect is good for building the road to Lincolnton during the present year. The Reporter notes that a joint meet ing of the Chester and Union commit tees will be held at the residence of Major J. W. Wilkes on Wednesday, lsih instant, to confer concerning the early construction of the Chester and Union Railroad. The Kilitna at lUidvUe. We chronicled the fact last Wednes day morning that a quiet and inoffen aive colored man named James Hberoc was assassinated at Station No. 9J (Mid villej, on the Central Railroad, lasi Saturday night, by some unknown party, who pointed a doable barrel gnu in the door and shot him while he was waiting on ocstomers. Bherod was an indus trious negro, and had amassed between ; ten ajid fifteen thousand dollars by keep -1 ing a store. Last January bis store and dwelling at Midville were destroyed by fire, the work of an incendiary, lie was insured for $2,800 in the Home Insurance Company of New York, but that company refused to pay the policy on the ground that the fire was the work of an incendiary and that Sherod had reason to expect it, an at tempt having been made some time pre viously. Suit was brought in Bnrke Superior Court against the company by Judge H. D. D. Twiggs, counsel for Sberod. A motion was made by Messrs. Lawton & Basinger, representing the company, to transfer the case to the Unit 3d States Court, >and the matter' is still pending in tho Courts. 1 ' Sherod; re built his house ami) a (ore, ptbeured ■•£* stock of goods and commenced business once more. He placed a’ high stoekadd around the property to prevent' inbed diaries from setting fire to house - or store injthe future. He was known as a reliable and trustworthy negro; and had' no difficulty in obtaining credit in Au gusta. As yet no clue has tyeen obtain ed as to his murderer, 1 *’ 1 1,11 Monthly Weather Report. We have received from Air. H. Res sant, Signal Service Observer at this point, his weather report pr which is as follptfQ' Highest - b&rbtfibtter, 30.268, on the 2d; lowest barometer, 29:758, on the Bth; monthly range qf barometer, 510; No. of lunar halos, 1; highest temperature, 97, on the 26th; lowest temperature, 58, on the Ist; monthly range of temperature, 39; greatest daily range of temperature, 28, on the Ist and 2d; mean of maximum temperatures, 87.7; mean of minimum temperatures, 69.5; mean daily raDge of temperatures, 18.2; total rainfall, or melted snow, 667 inches; prevailing wind, northwest; total number of miles traveled, 2,418; maximum velocity of wind, 30 miles on the 27th; number of cloudy days, other than those pn whijh rain fell, 1; number off whiety rain or snow fell, 16.